"The Perfect Historical Primer"
American history is a menagerie of episodes both patriotic and less-than-desirable. Our history is a saga of both slavery and freedom, justice and oppression. It is a story of Jim Crows and Martin Luther Kings. All in all, while American … Read More »
The United States joined the fight against Germany in World War I in 1917, about three years after the war began in Europe. For the majority of the war, President Wilson’s opinion (and one shared by many Americans) was that … Read More »
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was one of the greatest and most virtuous commanders in the Civil War. He led his men valiantly and fearlessly and left a legacy of great nobility and honor. Despite the fact that Jackson fought under the … Read More »
“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” -George Mason “Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who … Read More »
Seventy years ago today, Allied forces from the United States, Great Britain, Canada and various other parts of the globe, embarked on the largest military invasion in history: D-Day. Germany had overtaken Europe four years prior, but now the tide … Read More »
America’s history contains numerous stories, some heroic and patriotic and others which leave us with an ill feeling. One of the earliest mishaps of American history was the infamous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr which left Hamilton dead … Read More »
Last Saturday marked the 60th anniversary of the momentous Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. This Supreme Court case ended race-based segregation in American schools and moved the United States into the Civil Rights era. Rather than diving … Read More »
Perhaps no image is more iconic and awe-inspiring to the American spirit than the image of the American flag being hoisted high above the sands of Iwo Jima by the US marines during World War II. The sacrifice of those … Read More »
We have strayed far from the Founding Father’s original intent for our country. This is due, in a substantial part, to the Civil War. Ironically, the Civil War almost united the country. The North fought the South, the USA fought … Read More »
In 1776, American colonists declared independence from Great Britain. Under twenty years later, the French deposed their king and guillotined him and his wife. The American and French Revolutions were close chronologically but radically different in nature. While the American … Read More »