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Join us for our annual June 8th “Thomas Paine Day: Celebrating 250 Years Since Thomas Paine Changed the World?" in New Rochelle. This year is the 217th anniversary of Paine’s death. Free and open to the public.

Correction!!! The correct day is June 7th! Not June 8th! For more information visit our website: https://thomaspaine.org/about/events/

u/thomaspaineha — 1 day ago
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English poet William Blake’s undated drawing from a manuscript in his Notebook (page 74). In 1792, Blake warned Paine to flee London moments before authorities came to arrest him for treasonous libel over his writings. Paine was tried in absentia and lived forever in exile.

See more at the Thomas Paine Historical Association's collection of Thomas Paine portraits, paintings, etchings and sketches: https://thomaspaine.org/gallery/portraits/

u/thomaspaineha — 4 days ago
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📢 FREE food + a fascinating talk? May 14 at 7PM in New Rochelle, NY and on Zoom for “Media and Revolution from 1776-2026” with BU’s Joseph Rezek. How did revolutionary ideas spread in 1776? Free & open to the public #Democracy #NewRochelle #Westchester thomaspaine.org/about/events

u/thomaspaineha — 8 days ago

The first Wearmouth Bridge was a bridge across the River Wear in Sunderland, England and the second major bridge to be made from cast iron. Paine patented the bridge design after being inspired by strength of “the figure of a spider’s circular web” thomaspaine.org

u/thomaspaineha — 8 days ago