Juneteenth: What Is It All About?
June 19, 1865 was the day that General Gordon Granger led his Union troops into Galveston, Texas, and announced that the Civil War was now over and the slaves were free,...
History
On This Day at the Convention of 1787: The New Jersey Plan Is Presented
On June 15, 1787, New Jersey's William Paterson offered an alternative to the Virginia Plan to preserve the equality of the states existing under the Articles of Confederation. ...
On This Day in 1775: The Continental Army Is Created
On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress took a significant step toward achieving American independence by authorizing the mustering of the Continental Army. ...
On This Day in 1776: The Committee of Five Gets to Work Writing the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration was a collective effort, reflecting the diverse perspectives and political compromises needed to get 13 clocks to strike the hour at the same time. ...
This Day at the Convention of 1787: Compromise, Compromise, Compromise
Three pivotal decisions were made on June 8: the Connecticut Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the New Jersey Compromise. ...
Censorship at Arlington Cemetery
Not only is it now planned to remove the Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, near Washington, D.C., but the cemetery’s supervisors have decided to censor any ceremonies honoring...
This Week in 1789 James Madison Proposes the Bill of Rights
Madison's words to the First Congress in support of the Bill of Rights would become one of the most famous orations in defense of liberty ever delivered by an American statesman....
The Petition of Right of 1628: A Forgotten Cornerstone of Our Constitution
The document's significance must be taught to modern-day Americans who carry on the fight to force our federal beast back inside its constitutional cage. ...
America’s Middle Class: A Crucial Bulwark Against Tyranny
We cannot preserve the American Republic without preserving America’s middle class. To do this, we must promote policies that allow the middle class to flourish, and hefty taxes such as the...
Time Magazine: Teach History and Civics as the Founders Intended
“Teach citizenship the way the founders intended.” As unbelievable as it may seem, that is the headline of a story in the latest issue of Time magazine. The article’s authors —...
ADL Worked With FBI To Infiltrate John Birch Society, Says Leftist Historian
A historian revealed in his new book that the Anti-Defamation League infiltrated The John Birch Society decades ago. Matthew Dallek, whose book is not favorable to the JBS, said the ADL...
Rhode Island: First to Fight for Freedom, Last to Join the Union
Where is Rhode Island? That is not a question anyone at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 would have asked. Not because they didn’t want Rhode Island to be represented at the...
Alexander Pope: Famous, Fearless, Forgotten
“Some people will not learn anything for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.” Do you think there is value in reading the books our Founding Fathers read? Do you...
Trump Calls for End to Birthright Citizenship
It would be proper for a president to use an executive order telling agencies to not recognize the citizenship of people born to those illegally in the country. ...
Mass Murders of the Osage in Oklahoma a Hundred Years Ago
October is the release date for a Martin Scorsese movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, based on a David Grann book of the same name, on the string of murders in...