Today in History: Vermont Secedes from New York

Today in History: Vermont Secedes from New York

Today in 1777, the Republic of Vermont seceded from the state of New York and declared its independence as a new republican state. Thereafter, the fledgling republic acted as an independent sovereignty throughout the War of Independence and remained outside of the...

Do the Secessionists Have As Much Courage As the Nullifiers?

By now, anybody who even casually follows the Tenther movement and the liberty movement in general has likely heard about the secession petitions circulating.  Yesterday, I had personally gone from only hearing about Louisiana, to hearing my State of New Jersey had...