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America at 250: The Pamphlet That Changed History

A depiction of Thomas Paine was featured on a U.S. postage stamp in the 1960s. (Dreamstime)

By    |   Friday, 09 January 2026 07:43 AM EST

If you're planning to visit the gravesites of some of America's Founding Fathers as part of this year's semiquincentennial celebration, don't bother trying to locate Thomas Paine's.

Paine, author of what remains one of the greatest treatises in American history that was critical in convincing wary colonialists to oppose the British crown, is widely believed to be the only Founding Father without a recognized gravesite.

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If you're planning to visit the gravesites of some of America's Founding Fathers as part of this year's semiquincentennial celebration, don't bother trying to locate Thomas Paine's.
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