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valerie gritsch
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loud disabled academic who’s obsessed with her dog. MA in celebrity & fan studies, currently a MLIS student. creator of spottedhounddesign. suffering mets and destiel fan. she/her.
That’s right, not “the British are coming!” #hatm
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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lol Samuel Seabury, so maligned by Lin-Manuel #AmericanRevolution #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Witch hunts are basically an American past-time since 1692

😒 #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Great point about switching identities from British to American, or as John Adams said the Revolution was a mental event. #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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SNEH: These committees just sound like McCarthyites #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
And here’s the loyalists finally #hatm
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Paul Giamatti reprising his role as John Adams #AmericanRevolution #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Dissolving the House of Burgesses was a big mistake. #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Exactly. It gave them an excuse to say they didn't know who was involved if they were caught and also permission to be reckless or "savage" while dressed that way-kind of like the rebel yell. #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A lot of the sons of liberty actions were
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Unpopular opinion - the Boston Tea Party was terrorism. #hatm
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A photo from when I visited the Boston Tea Party ships. I may have cut in front of children to throw tea overboard. No regrets. #hatm
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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So many references to colonists being enslaved by Britain. The irony was lost on them. #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Somehow I never saw liberty kids and I think my parents failed me in that regard
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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There was a PBS children's series called Liberty's Kids. It had a vast array of celebrity voices: Walter Kronkite voiced Franklin. Michael Douglas as Patrick Henry, Ben Stiller as Jefferson, Liam Neeson as John Paul Jones, and (I kid you not) Arnold Schwarzeneggar as Steuben. #hatm
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Shouting out the famous voices in this like this every minute #hatm
a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair pointing at something
ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair pointing at something
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Meryl Streep as mercy Otis Warren HELLO #hatm
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM