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Americana Corner Hits 250: A Milestone in Sharing America’s Story

Thanks to your support, Tom Hand’s passion for preserving the past has reached classrooms, historical sites, and patriotic Americans all across the country. Help us celebrate this incredible journey!

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Tom Hand’s first book, An American Triumph, masterfully blends the personal experiences and historic milestones of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and John Adams into a captivating collection of stories written for the everyday American.

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The Barbary Wars, Part 3: “The Most Daring Act of the Age”

Captain William Bainbridge managed to run the USS Philadelphia hard aground on a submerged reef in Tripoli harbor on October 31, 1803, and this pristine frigate, one of the top ships in the United States Navy was now in grave danger of falling into the hands of the Tripolitan pirates.

The Barbary Wars, Part 2: The Philadelphia is Lost

Soon after Thomas Jefferson was sworn in as our country’s third president on March 4, 1801, Yusuf Karamanli, the Pasha of Tripoli, decided to renounce the existing treaty his North African province had with the United States. Unhappy with the amount of his annual tribute and feeling under-compensated compared to his fellow tyrant, the Dey of Algiers, Karamanli demanded that the new President give him a one-time gift of $250,000 and an annual tribute of $20,000.

Americana Corner’s 250th Article Launches Barbary Wars Series

The Treaty of Paris of 1783 that ended the American Revolution, brought the United States its long-desired liberty and independence from Great Britain. But with that separation came the loss of protection on the high seas for American merchant ships by the Royal Navy. And the removal of that security blanket had painful and expensive consequences for the young country which were first felt several thousand miles away, in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

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