The Beacon, a freethought journal by Gilbert Vale (1788-1866) was a pivotal, influential social and political publication in the mid-19th century, publishing 587 issues from 1836 to 1851. In the mid-19th century, The Beacon helped to forge a movement against the age’s undemocratic forces.
Gilbert Vale and The Beacon Read Post »
The new works being discovered by the Project has confirmed his role as a leading writer close to the Pitt/Shelburne faction long before coming to America. Volume I of the new Collection of his writings will be almost entirely filled with these recently discovered works.
From the Thomas Paine Symposium, June 17, 2022 Read Post »
George Loyd, lived in New Rochelle from 1853 to his death in 1906. For 30 years he cared for the abandoned grave of Paine, and when the Monument was moved in 1905, he cut off a piece of the tree over the grave for remembrance.
Who was George Loyd? Read Post »
Gilbert Vale was an early supporter of Thomas Paine, first in England, then in America in the early 19th century. He was a freethought publisher and writer, and through his work he reached the freethought and progressive segments of the American people.
Gilbert Vale, Thomas Paine’s Good Friend Read Post »
The Thomas Paine Historical Association will be designating the Paine Monument as the Thomas Paine Monument and Grave. We cannot officially change the name, as the City of New Rochelle has jurisdiction over it.
Thomas Paine Monument and Grave Issue Read Post »
Paine is the benchmark, the inspiration, the guide, the inspirer of the secular democratic trend in world history. His legacy is all around us: in Black Lives Matter, in separation of church and state, in the sanctity of government for, of and by the people, in civil and human rights.
Speech at the Juneteenth Event at the Thomas Paine Memorial Building June 19, 2021 Read Post »
I decided to visit the United States as it was the month Paine had set out to go there in 1774, the first of his five journeys across the Atlantic. My visit would coincide with the Annual General Meeting of the Thomas Paine-Huguenot Historical Society.
A Paine Pilgrimage 17-31 October, 1989 Read Post »
