Thomas Paine Historical Association

05/31/2026

A new free peer-reviewed essay "Ink, Imagination and Algorithm: Returning to Common Sense" by Lyne Hervey-Passée from the latest edition of Studies in Thomas Paine, a publication produced by the Thomas Paine Historical Association. https://thomaspaine.org/newsletters/

05/29/2026

See a Thomas Paine reenactor character in spirited and lengthy imaginary debate with Teddy Roosevelt, Cleopatra and Saint Thomas Aquinas. Steve Allen moderates the debate on the first ever episode of "Meeting Of Minds", a television series which aired on PBS from 1977 to 1981. Paine appears somewhere around the 26 minute mark and dominates the conversation from there. This portrays Paine very positively although is not 100% accurate.

1.5K likes, 266 comments. "Meeting Of Minds with Steve Allen, Season 01 Episode 01"

05/28/2026

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05/27/2026

"Calais Pier" is a 1803 painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner of the French port of Calais. Thomas Paine arrived at the Calais in September 1792 fleeing his impending arrest in England for seditious libel he published Rights of Man. See more at https://thomaspaine.org/gallery/thomas-paine-a-life-in-images/

05/27/2026

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05/26/2026

Join us for Thomas Paine Day in New Rochelle! Sunday, June 7: "Celebrating 250 Years Since Paine Changed the World"

Live jazz • Paine scholars • Legacy Awards • FREE & open to all

Celebrating the 217th Anniversary of Paine's death.

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05/20/2026

FULL EVENT VIDEO: Joseph Rezek reflects on the historical significance and contemporary resurgence of Thomas Paine’s great pamphlet, “Common Sense”, drawing connections between the media environment of the American Revolution and that of our own time.

May 14, 2026WHAT: On Common Sense: Media and Revolution from 1776...

05/18/2026

Join us for our annual June 7th “Thomas Paine Day: Celebrating 250 Years Since Thomas Paine Changed the World" at the Thomas Paine Historical Association in New Rochelle. This year June 8th is the 217th anniversary of Paine’s death. Free and open to the public. For more information visit our website: https://thomaspaine.org/about/events/

05/16/2026

English poet William Blake’s undated drawing of Thomas Paine from a manuscript in his Notebook (page 74). In 1792, Blake warned Paine to flee London moments before authorities came to arrest him for treasonous libel over his writings. Paine was tried in absentia and lived forever in exile.

05/12/2026

📢 FREE food + a fascinating talk? May 14 at 7PM in New Rochelle, NY and on Zoom for “Media and Revolution from 1776-2026” with BU’s Joseph Rezek. How did revolutionary ideas spread in 1776? Free & open to the public thomaspaine.org/about/events