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During the American Revolution, Brits weren’t just facing off against white Protestant Christians − US patriots are diverse and have been since Day 1

  • Written by Adam Jortner, Goodwin Philpott Eminent Professor of Religion, Auburn University
During the American Revolution, Brits weren’t just facing off against white Protestant Christians − US patriots are diverse and have been since Day 1A detail from the Washington Monument in Philadelphia, sculpted by Rudolf Siemering.PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

In 1770, Barnard Gratz of Philadelphia wrote to a friend complaining about a recent speech by King George III. Gratz, an American patriot, wrote that the speech “was such narishkeit” that it was “not...

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