Both served in the Continental Congress.
Both signed the Declaration of Independence.
Both served as U.S. Ministers in France.
Both were U.S. Presidents, one elected the 2nd President and...
Among the many U.S. Navy and Marine heroes confronting Tripoli's Muslim Barbary pirates was Captain James Lawrence.
In 1804, Captain Lawrence was second-in-command, under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, of an expedition...
Do you know America’s tradition of Days of Prayer?
In Alexander Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrims, (Boston, 1841), Edward Winslow recounted:
“Drought and the like … moved...
Christianity is the largest religion in the world, around a third of the Earth’s population, and since Easter is the most important day to Christians, this...
The French and Indian War ended in 1763 with the French forced to cede to the British all of Canada and the land from the Appalachian Mountains west to the Mississippi River.
The French had cultivated...
The Renaissance of the 15th century led the Reformation of the 16th century, followed by the Scientific Revolution -- a period of increased understanding in the fields of astronomy,...
President Nixon, in his last official address, August 8, 1974, left a cryptic warning of the Middle East "... so that the cradle of civilization will not...
