In London on this day in 1775, Benjamin Franklin publishes “An Imaginary Speech” in defense of American courage.
Franklin’s “speech” was intended to counter an unnamed officer’s comments to Parliament that the British need not fear the colonial rebels, because “Americans are unequal to the People of this Country [Britain] in Devotion to Women, and in Courage, and…worse than all, they are religious.”
Wednesday, February 7, 2007