If Walls Could Talk: Touring James Madison’s Virginia Family Home at Montpelier
Bob Kirchman
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which
One of Thomas Jefferson’s greatest achievements was the Louisiana Purchase, in which the United States acquired 828,800 square miles of the French
Shortly after noon on July 21, 1921, bombs from American aircraft exploded beside the former German battleship Ostfriesland, already damaged by several
Decoys originate from man’s efforts to lure waterfowl. Whether hunting with nets, traps, or firearms, hunters came to value decoys as highly
Mention “Rosie the Riveter” to anyone who’s familiar with America’s entry into World War II and you’ll likely get a smile. Bandana-wearing
The Mark Twain House & Museum resides befittingly in Hartford, Connecticut, in the charming, historic neighborhood of Nook Farm, once a thriving
On March 4, 1801, the 32-member U.S. Marine Band gathered at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., for Thomas Jefferson’s inauguration. Consisting of
It took some doing, but the Christmas holiday finally became an American tradition. Long before the 13 Colonies and the War for
Gary Cooper is synonymous with the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was one of its most successful box office draws. He was
Rarely is a man remembered for who he was when he was so overshadowed by what he did. In the case of
If you ask what education means to people, most will think “school.” If they are jaded, “debt.” But for the first great
Among the constitutional amendments, the First is the most sacred. Its guarantees of the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the
“The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied
In 1962, our young, charismatic president John F. Kennedy was entertaining the year’s Nobel Prize winners at the White House. He said
Near the end of World War I, the Russian Empire, its army rent by defeat after costly defeat and with morale ebbing,
In the fall of 1962, a little airplane manufacturer on Long Island, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, beat out seven competitors for the
In 1887, Nellie Bly boarded the boat with the other patients bound for Blackwell’s Island, now known as Roosevelt Island. Their stay
In the autumn of 1885, Cornelius Vanderbilt II paid a little over $400,000 for a summer cottage in Newport, Rhode Island. The
It was the spring of 1781, and war had come to Virginia. Many Virginians were fighting elsewhere with George Washington’s forces, weakening
It was Ray Whitley who started the excitement. Throughout the 1930s, Whitley traveled with the World’s Championship Rodeo, providing musical entertainment with
“The hills bear all manner of fantastic shapes,” Charles Bessey observed, noting that they sometimes featured open pockets of bare sand in
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