I have been mulling over different directions to take the Wake Wednesday posts lately. I enjoy them, but there are not always enough research hours in the day. Another consideration is that Heather Leah has started doing something very similar with her new Facebook page. She is doing a great job and producing content at a rate that I just can't match. I encourage you to visit Heather's page. I may direct you there from time to time when I see she has written about something really special.
Otherwise, I am on a quest to see if I can dredge up content from the 1770's through 1790's to inform us how the denizens of Wake County lived, rebelled and coped with the political turmoil of their day. I hope to capture as much or more about life lived around and in spite of the politics, but I am sure both topics will appear over time.
As I was toying with the idea, one of my resources suggested this great article from the Muscogee Muckraker as an example. It offers extensive discussion of the era and the times leading up to the Declaration and the Revolutionary War. The article covers influences from French and Indian War, Stamp and Tea Acts, Lexington and Concord and Siege of Boston to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It is a handy article to read now if you are all-in on the spirit of America 250.
How Local Citizen Newspapers Spread Independence In A World Before Twitter
-Muscogee Muckraker, Jan.8, 2024
-Muscogee Muckraker, Jan.8, 2024
Read along and wish me luck on finding articles of a local nature. If you know of any interesting ones, please share here with atribution! I would love to feature guest posts.
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