July 6, 2022
2022-07-06T18:00:00
Burlington County Lyceum of History and Natural Sciences
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THE FORGOTTEN FOUNDING FATHER: THOMAS PAINE (ZOOM)
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
When we think of the Founding Fathers we often think of names like Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and Washington; the list goes on and one. We rarely think about Thomas Paine. Paine's "Common Sense" inspired the idea of American independence and is one of the best-selling books of all-time. Paine would go on to write several other pamphlets, some that would garner him fame and some that would leave him ostracized by the very people that praised him years earlier. When we think of the Founding Fathers we often think of names like Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and Washington; the list goes on and one. We rarely think about Thomas Paine. Paine's "Common Sense" inspired the idea of American independence and is one of the best-selling books of all-time. Paine would go on to write several other pamphlets, some that would garner him fame and some that would leave him ostracized by the very people that praised him years earlier.