The American Minute

Did you know BASKETBALL was invented by an instructor for the Young Men's Christian Association. The game was invented by James Naismith, who was born in 1861 in Ontario,...

The founder of the YMCA was George Williams was born in 1821 on an English farm in Dulverton, Someset. Baptized into the Church of England, he described himself growing up to...

I have to confess, I am not a reader of the Slate online publication, so when I received an email from staff writer Molly Olmstead, I...

The most common form of government in world history is power concentrated into the hands of one person. This person is called by different names in different countries: King, Khan,...

Camelot and King Arthur's Court, Knights of the Round Table, Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, and the search for the Holy Grail ... (The Holy...

Japanese Emperor Meiji allowed many freedoms during the Meiji Restoration, 1868-1912. The country industrialized, adopted many Western ideas, allowed voting, ended feudalism, permitted private citizens to own land,...

To appreciate Labor Day, one needs to know the history preceding it. At the time the United States was founded, most people were self-employed, working as either farmers or in trades, such as: baker, butcher, carpenter, cabinetmaker, upholsterer, tailor, milliner...

World War Two combat in the Pacific began when military forces of Imperial Japan invaded China, Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong, Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines. The fighting that followed included...

"It was enough to melt a heart of stone," remarked John Adams after the First Prayer in Congress. The First Session of the First Continental Congress opened in September of 1774 with a...

There is an age old struggle between two competing motivations: GREED versus the GOSPEL. Throughout history, there have been those motivated by GREED, who: -took land...