With Father’s Day approaching, we should remind ourselves that the Founding Fathers were not only America’s symbolic fathers, but many were pulling dual duties as real fathers as well. John Adams was ...
Walking along Commercial Street, I admired a picture of George Washington in a store window. If the “Father of Our Country” came back from 1787, what would he say about the mess our government is in ...
It is July 4, Americans across the country are filled with a sense of pride and a loud reverence for the country they call home. Fireworks light up the skies, parades roll through main streets, and ...
The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain and established natural rights.
The Democratic Party, and members thereof, certainly have a “vision” of what they want America to be. Some of that vision you and I would not disagree with at least what they SAY. They SAY they want ...
Section I: The crisis of creation : The first farewell ; Washington at home ; A reluctant president ; The seeds of the two-party system ; The death of the one-term dream ; Second-term blues ; Hating ...
As the relationship between America and Britain deteriorated throughout the late 1700s, John was frequently called away from home to participate in both the First and Second Continental Congresses.