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What the Colonists Fought For
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (663+ words) Tom Griffin is the chair of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of a print and online Catholic magazine called The Empty Tomb Project. His first book, on…...
American Folklore Is More Than Just Scary Stories; It Carries a Value System
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (884+ words) Salena Zito / @Zito Salena Salena Zito is a Pittsburgh-based columnist for the Washington Examiner. She is the author of "The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics." DONEGAL, Pennsylvania'It is 6: 14 p. m. on a Thursday. You're hiking along the Forbes…...
Battered Christopher Columbus Statue Resurrected by White House
3+ week, 6+ day ago (192+ words) (The Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations) The White House installed a statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus early Sunday, constructed from the remains of a monument that was destroyed in a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest. The new…...
Beware the Ides of March: What Julius Caesar and George Washington Teach Amid Today's Toppling of Dictators
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (765+ words) What makes a man truly great? As President Donald Trump celebrates the ouster of dictators in Iran and Venezuela, and jokes about running for a third term in 2028, I can't help but think of the two great men whose lives…...
Commemorating the 250th'Anniversary of the First American Amphibious Raid: The Raid of Nassau
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (328+ words) New Providence Raid, March 1776, oil painting on canvas by V. Zveg, 1973, depicting Continental Sailors and Marines landing on New Providence Island, Bahamas, March 3, 1776. (U. S. Naval History and Heritage Command/public domain) The'arrest of Nicolas Maduro'this year'is'far from the first time the United…...
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address Has a Sobering Message for America Today
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (646+ words) President Abraham Lincoln at Antietam, Oct. 3, 1862. It is no small thing to grasp the true significance of current events, let alone their spiritual meaning. Sure, any man can tell you that the southern states seceded because Abraham Lincoln won the…...
America at 250: Miracle at Philadelphia
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (580+ words) Gene Pisasale is an historian, author, and lecturer based in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. "It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States " should unite in forming a system of national Government…...
What We as Americans Can Learn From Historic Sites
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (409+ words) Brenda Hafera is the Assistant Director and Research Fellow for the Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Where will you go to celebrate America's birthday? This summer marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence,…...
Why America's Founding Principles Still Matter 250 Years Later
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (625+ words) Matthew Spalding is the Kirby professor in constitutional government and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College and oversees the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship at Hillsdale's Washington, D. C. , campus. His new…...
Freedom 250 Mobile Museum Launches National Tour for America's'Semiquincentennial'
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (324+ words) Courtesy of Hillsdale College The'Freedom 250 Mobile Museum kickoff event'this week'launched a nationwide tour of interactive museum trucks designed to bring American history to communities across the country.' Dr. Matthew Spalding, vice president for Washington operations at Hillsdale College, delivered remarks…...