Category Archives: United States of America

The Musical Hamilton and the Founding Narrative of the United States

Hamilton: An American Musical began airing on Disney+ on July 3, 2020, in the midst of protests and growing unrest in the United States surrounding the difficult race relations that have plagued the U.S. since before its founding. This musical is based on the life of the Founding Father of the United States, Alexander Hamilton, […]

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Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and Slavery

In most of my writing, I try to stay away from difficult or controversial issues and instead focus on astrology and metaphysics. Yet, this is a site which discusses real historical figures, and there is not really any way to avoid these type of issues.  If you turn more than two pages of any history […]

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Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

For various reasons, I tend not to be aware of pop culture. Because of this, I have been relatively late to the phenomenon that the musical Hamilton has become.  When I first learned of it, it did not have any immediate appeal to me. A musical in hip-hop style about the first U.S. Secretary of […]

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