Category — Crossword
The Song of Marion’s Men by William Cullen Bryant
General Francis Marion, who became known as The Swamp Fox, is the character upon whom Mel Gibson's role in the movie The Patriot is loosely based. Read the rest of this entry »
September 2, 2014 No Comments
Resignation Speech of George Washington
We offer our apologies in advance for the atrocious puns employed in the clues for this puzzle. As per the usual, the words for this puzzle are taken from the text below. In this case we are featuring the resignation …
Read the rest of this entry »December 23, 2013 No Comments
Offences of the Press with respect to Government. – James Mill, Liberty of the Press
This week's crossword puzzle is taken from an excerpt of an article supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica in 1825. There are some very interesting ideas, herein, some of which are highlighted by WWTFT. Read the rest of this entry »
July 5, 2013 No Comments
An Excerpt From Madison’s Speech Introducing the Bill of Rights
Here's a quick little crossword for your Friday. The words are taken from a speech delivered by Madison to the Congress, in which he introduced the Bill of Rights. Read the rest of this entry »
June 28, 2013 No Comments
Code of Conduct for Members of the United States Armed Forces
This Friday's puzzle is taken from the US military code of conduct. Read the rest of this entry »
August 31, 2012 No Comments
Saturday Links: Joe Biden Edition
Enjoy this week's links and a bonus crossword puzzle featuring the wisdom of Joe Biden. Read the rest of this entry »
August 18, 2012 10 Comments
Friday Crossword – Hamiltonian Edition
We haven't done one of these in a while. Sometime contributor and fellow blogger Michael Newton inspired this puzzle about his hero, founding father Hamilton. Read the rest of this entry »
August 17, 2012 2 Comments
Preamble to the Bill of Rights
This puzzle came about in the course of researching the concept of natural rights, e.g. those inherent to human beings. A lot of what Madison put into the original version of the preamble echoed what was in the Declaration of independence, but those in Congress at the time, didn't like such an explicit statement about how people were entitled to overthrow an abusive government. After all, they were now the government. Still, the preamble they came up with says a lot about their views on government and its role. Read the rest of this entry »
December 30, 2011 No Comments
Declaration Puzzle
This Friday's WWTFT Crossword Puzzle is from the Declaration of Independence. It seems only fitting to bring this puzzle out of the archives for the 4th of July weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
July 1, 2011 No Comments
One Term Presidential Limit
As with many other precedents, George Washington set the custom of serving no more than 2 terms as president. Up until FDR, all of his successors adhered to this tradition. After FDR, the 22nd Amendment was passed by congress to …
Read the rest of this entry »June 24, 2011 2 Comments