| Last week’s curation at RealClear’s American Civics portal starts off with a piece at the Civics portal from historian David Head, an Associate Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Central Florida and a fellow with the Jack Miller Center. Head commemorates Gálvez Day, which celebrates Bernardo de Gálvez, the commander of the Spanish force that defeated the British at the 1781 Siege of Pensacola. Head argues that while in the American mind the fight against the red coats took place in only New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the Carolinas, the Revolution also happened along the Gulf Coast. The Revolution was in reality an “international war in which Americans were only a portion of the combatants,” writes Head. In conclusion, Head notes, “The Revolution was fought by men from many different backgrounds for reasons that didn’t include the creation of a new nation.” Gálvez himself said that “he commanded ‘men of all conditions, nations, and colors,’ and he served at the pleasure of his king.” At the Baltimore Sun, Armstrong Williams reminds all Americans that they have a duty to ensure that our republican government remains in working order. As Williams argues, Americans “must exercise eternal vigilance over their government servants to prevent the republic from degenerating into a de facto monarchy crowned with limitless power.” Citizens need to keep power-hungry politicians and others from destroying the great republican edifice, which was built and maintained over the span of hundreds of years. Part of this is interacting regularly with our elected officials – “not only on polling day but on all days in between,” Williams says. Citizens must follow what their “representatives are doing or saying via newspapers, the internet, C-Span, the Congressional Record or otherwise.” As he concludes, “When it comes to keeping the republic, the buck stops with us.” Essential Reading David Head, RealClearAmericanCivics May 8th is Galvez Day in Pensacola, Florida. A celebration of Bernardo de Galvez, commander of the... In the News M. Danish Shakeel, Patrick J. Wolf, RealClearEducation Jeff Greenfield, Politico John Peterson, The American Mind Casey Chalk, Ford Forum William C. Stack, Oregon Artswork Noemi Santaella, Chamber Business News Eitan Fischberger, City Journal Paul G. Summers, Tennessean Ruy Teixeira, Liberal Patriot Elliott Drago, Jack Miller Center Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun Robert Prener, RealClearPolitics C. Bradley Thompson, Substack Scott Bomboy, National Constitution Center Sophia Vitter, College Fix Texas Tribune Welcome to this virtual program from the Texas Tribune titled you T Austin protest the state of... The Learning Curve This week on The Learning Curve co-hosts U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng and DFERs Alisha Searcy interview Politico's Peter Canellos... RealClearRadioHour Monday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth talks to RCP contributor and former Houston Chronicle editorial... Civics 101 Host Nick Capodice talks to co-host Hannah McCarthy about what it's like having real access to the... Carl Cannon's Great American Stories As I have noted previously in my 1735 Project, freedom of expression didn't spring full-blown from the brow of George Mason, ... Although you may not realize it, the common phrase "out of the mouths of babes" comes from the Bible. The ... America's first income tax was signed into law by its first Republican president on Aug. 5, 1861. With a massive ... | 