I’ve become stuck in the “M’s”: Maryland – H.L. Mencken Massacusetts – Henry David Thoreau Minnesota – James J. Hill Missouri – Mark Twain

I think we need to look at this issue on a state by state basis rather than by the “American nation.” In fact, it would be better said on a nation by nation basis. After all Louisiana is as different a nation from New York as France is from Slovenia. I have to object to the proposal for the great nation of Virginia. Though I admire Lee, he gets negative points for serving in the standing Federal army that savagely invaded Mexico. I propose the greatest Virginian ever to be George Mason, a guy who refused to sign the statist … Continue reading Great Americans by State