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Thomas Paine Historical Association
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The nonprofit TPHA is the oldest historic association for Thomas Paine, established in 1884. We are the authority on the life of Paine and have been assisting scholars and authors for decades. Located at 983 North Avenue in New Rochelle, New York 10804.
250 years ago while writing Common Sense, Paine addressed a shortage of US gunpowder. He and a colleague conducted experiments on how families could make gunpowder from commonly available materials, with the results being printed in newspapers across the colonies.
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A 1938 postage stamp from Poland commemorating the 150th anniversary of the US Constitution shows Tadeusz Kościuszko, Thomas Paine and George Washington with the Statue of Liberry in the background. See more Paine cartoons at: thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"An army of principles will penetrate where an army
of soldiers cannot — It will succeed where diplomatic
management would fail — It is neither the Rhine, the
Channel, nor the Ocean, that can arrest its progress —
It will march on the horizon of the world, and it will
conquer." - Thomas Paine
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"My Country Is The World" a 1847 drawing is an anti-slavery map centered on West Africa, in the light, and contrasting the U. S. and Europe in the dark. Below is an inscription from Thomas Paine: "My Country Is the World; My Religion is to do good".

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November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In 1925, inventor Thomas Edison put the first shovel in the dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony to build the Thomas Paine Historical Association's Thomas Paine Memorial Building in New Rochelle, NY.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." - Thomas Paine
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Jan 31st event: "Finishing the Revolution: Thomas Paine, Universal Suffrage, and the Problem of Bicameralism". Dr. Gomes de Carvalho, Professor of Modern History at the University of Sao Paulo returns with another fascinating aspect of Paine’s political philosophies. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hey Bluesky! Check out all of our upcoming events, all both in-person and live on zoom, on our website's Event Page...

www.thomaspaine.org/about/events
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Join us at our building at 983 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY and via Zoom as award-winning author and historian Jack Kelly discusses his new book, “Tom Paine’s War: The Words That Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time“. January 17th, 2026, 4 PM EST
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Thomas Paine Memorial Building in 1925
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM