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Known for. Painting. Notable work. The Spirit of '76 ( c. 1875) Archibald MacNeal Willard (August 22, 1836 – October 11, 1918) was an American painter who was born and raised in Bedford, Ohio. He was the son of Samuel Willard, the pastor of Bedford Baptist Church. [1] [2]
Synopsis. In Philadelphia, on 8 May 1776, Massachusetts delegate John Adams urges the Continental Congress to debate whether officially to secede from England. Although many congressmen support the "independency" issue, all are offended by Adams' frequent tirades and implore him to sit down. Instead, the frustrated Adams leaves the building ...
Dramatic recreation of the painting "The spirit of '76" by Archibald M. Willard. Opens on a stage with a painted backdrop of a battlefield and stage props of dirt, stones, and a broken wagon wheel. From stage left marches a trio of Revolutionary soldiers in a fife and drum corps. As in the painting, the center drummer is a tall, older, white-haired man in a white shirt and dark vest. On his ...
Music/dance. You'll be seeing stars and stripes as the most fascinating leaders in American history come to life in 1776, a musical about the birth of a nation! With the Boston Harbor still stained from over-taxed British tea, a revolution is brewing in the colonies! And now England has thousands of troops headed for America's shores to squelch ...
By the time "1776" came along, the stage was set for a dumb, simplistic romp through Independence Hall. I guess we don't want to fully recognize the stature of those early leaders; might make the present variety look a little transparent. The movie, as everybody must know by now, involves the days immediately before the signing of the ...
Jul 13, 2010 · Includes bibliographical references (p. 1297-1319) and index The fierce spirit of resistance -- Congress asserts the rights of Americans -- The war begins -- Bunker's Hill -- The battle for Boston -- The Canadian campaigns -- "A great empire and little minds" -- The great declaration -- The loyalists -- The struggle for democracy at home -- The battle for New York -- "Bagging the fox" -- The ...
