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Americans lead the world in tech and innovation because we have the freedom to try new ideas and solve difficult problems. Today, that freedom is being squeezed by red tape and bureaucracy that make it harder to build, create, and succeed. That was the message in Greensboro, North Carolina, where Americans for Prosperity activists met […]
The shoes on your feet, the laptop on your desk, the ice-cold bottle of Coke in your hand. We take these things for granted; they’re part of our day-to-day. But for most of our history, they weren’t. It took a driven entrepreneur willing to make their novel ideas a reality. The story of an entrepreneur […]
What fuels the freedom to dream bigger? For nearly 250 years, Americans have had the ability to think, build, and create without asking for permission first. That freedom has driven some of the greatest innovations in human history. In 1790, President George Washington signed the first U.S. patent. It gave everyday Americans something powerful: the right to own and benefit from their ideas. […]
American inventions have shaped the modern world. You just have to ask yourself: What have Americans invented? When you call someone on the phone, when you watch TV, when you hop on a plane or in a car, when you turn on your AC, when you drink a bottle of Coke, or right now when […]
On March 5, 1770, tensions between the American colonists and the British boiled over in Boston. British troops were stationed in the major port city to enforce crippling new taxes and trade regulations. Colonists saw the soldiers as an occupying force. The situation grew more volatile after a British customs officer killed Christopher Seider, an […]
In 1790, just a few years after the Constitution was ratified, the United States granted its first patent. President George Washington signed a patent for a process to make fertilizer production better and more efficient, invented by Vermont native Samuel Hopkins. Our young nation was experiencing many tests in its early years. Our borders were […]
About 400 Tennesseans gathered recently in Nashville for AFP–Tennessee’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” event, a celebration of the ideas that built America and a reminder that the responsibility to protect them now belongs to us. Lara Trump headlined the event, joining AFP’s Katelyn Bledsoe for a conversation about what makes America exceptional. […]
Fort Hood, Texas. July 1944. A young Black officer from the 761st “Black Panthers” Tank Battalion is getting his men ready for deployment to Europe. Despite the racial bias in the U.S. Army, he knew his men were more than ready to fight for liberty and send the German army back to Berlin. Then one […]
“Give me liberty or give me death.” Most Americans know the line, but on March 23, 1775, the speaker stood inside St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, addressing the Second Virginia Convention. At the time, the colonies were locked in a growing standoff with Great Britain. British troops were already stationed in Boston, and tensions […]
