The Revolutionary War
Rome Sweet Rome: When Romans Stopped Being Romans (Part 2)
Part Two: When Romans Stopped Being Roman Imagine yourself living somewhere in the Roman Empire around A.D. 400. Your grandfather keeps telling you Rome isn’t what it used to be.…
Read MoreOur Lives, Fortunes and Honor: The Declaration of Independence
Ever hear of George Walton, Arthur Middleton, Lyman Hall or William Ellery? Or Thomas Heyward, Richard Stockton, Francis Hopkinson or William Floyd? Probably not. They’re hardly household names. Did you…
Read More“I am a Real Christian”: The Religious Views of Thomas Jefferson (Part 1 of 4)
Jefferson’s personal history…disgraceful conduct…reputation for free thinking and loose morality is admitted.[1] “An atheist and fanatic.”[2] “[His] knowledge of and admiration for the teachings of Jesus have never been…
Read MoreThe Winter That Should’ve Ended America—And Why It Didn’t
The winter of 1777 should’ve been the end of the Great American Revolution. Everything was going wrong for our patriot forefathers. Throughout the fall of 1777, the British tightened their…
Read MoreJuly 8, 1835: The Day a Judge, the Liberty Bell and the Founding Era Ended
One night, a weary stranger sought refuge in a rural tavern. Exhausted and hungry, he longed for solitude but soon realized he had interrupted a heated debate on the “merits…
Read MoreAmerica the Republic: Why America Wasn’t Created as a Democracy
In recent years, there’s been a lot of chatter about our democracy or democratic form of government. Some political commentators use fear to suggest our “democracy is in peril” if…
Read MoreThe Black Robe Regiment: How a Group of Patriots Founded America
They were called the “Black Robe Regiment.” A group of patriots who served in Congress, presided over influential American schools, led troops in the Revolutionary War, signed the Declaration of…
Read MoreThe Summer of ’77: When a Bible Shortage Forced the Hand of Congress
The summer of 2022 was a season for shortages. From fuel to rental cars, certain food items to paper goods, stock was low and prices were high. Gasoline, for the…
Read MoreThe Yale Man: How One American Preacher Lit the Fuse for the First Great Awakening Revivals
America’s first colleges were in the Ivy League. And they were created for a distinct purpose. The original 1636 purpose of a Harvard education was to “…advance learning and perpetuate…
Read MoreAlexis de Tocqueville: The French Man Who Saw America’s Past, Present and Future
“[It’s] the most comprehensive and penetrating analysis of the relationship between character and society in America that has ever been written.” That’s how one historian described Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy…
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