Every schoolchild once knew the story by heart: how a beleaguered George Washington became one of the sole surviving officers in a massacre that killed most of his army, but left him unscathed. How he took command when his general fell, rallied his troops as two horses were shot out from under him, and walked…
Protected by Providence: Did You Know Young George Washington Once Survived a Rain of Bullets Unscathed?
July 18, 2022
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The 19th-Century Woman Who Simplified Our Shopping Trips By Inventing the Paper Grocery Bag
If you’ve ever carried your groceries home in a paper bag, you can thank Margaret E. Knight. It is a name that you have almost certainly never heard of, associated with an invention that seems too obvious to notice. But the brown paper bag is one of many useful modern conveniences that, trivial in hindsight,…
James J. Hill, the Ambitious 19th-Century Railroad Tycoon Who Helped Bring Prosperous Trade to America’s Northwest
July 18, 2022
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Of Irish heritage, James J. Hill grew up on the Canadian frontier. Despite the loss of vision in his right eye after a hunting accident at age 9, little “Jim” was a savvy fisherman and expert hunter, both with his handmade bow and his rifle. Raised by a Catholic mother and a Baptist father, Hill…
Erie Canal: How a Team of Self-Taught Engineers Constructed the Longest Artificial Waterway of the 19th Century
Boom! Canon fire echoed across the state of New York on October 26, 1825. Men listened carefully at their posts, firing their canon once they heard the distant sound of another. This relay stretched from Buffalo to Manhattan, where the final canon proclaimed that the Seneca Chief had departed Buffalo and was making its way…
Will Rogers: Remembering the Charismatic ‘Cowboy Philosopher’ Comedian Who Won the Hearts of America
There isn’t just one word that can describe famed American folk hero Will Rogers. Born on a ranch in Indian Territory in 1879, he became a cowboy, a ranch hand, a rodeo rider, a vaudeville performer, a film star, a columnist, an author, a public speaker, a humorist, a radio personality, and a social commentator….
The Darkest of Russia’s Secrets Traces Back to This Day in History 104 Years Ago
With faint light painting strange shadows on the wall, on that pre-dawn morning, Russia’s last tsar led his wife and children down to the basement, with the scarce concept of what would happen next. In a merchant’s house in the Urals that was seized by the Soviets, a family was mysteriously moved in, and their…
Cinema TV Series Review: ‘The Chosen’
TV Series | 2017– | TV-PG | 54m | Drama, History “The Chosen.” (Angel Studios) We live in some truly tumultuous times—a world full of depravity and pessimism. This is reflected in all sorts of media, particularly in cinema, where degenerate woke/Marxist social programming has been slipped into films in order to sow division and…
Bed Time: Mats, Four-Posters, Sleep, and Culture
Most of us were created in one, many were born in one, and many have died in one. Most of us spend a third of our lifetime in one, where we read, converse, make love, sip a glass of evening wine or a cup of morning coffee. It is a hospice of health and restoration,…
A Tour Through Alabama’s American Village, a Living History Museum Bringing the Revolutionary War to Life
The hall is grand, with hardwood floors and a high ceiling. A large portrait of George Washington greets visitors from the center of the main wall. The country’s first president looks regal, majestic. After all, he and a few leaders of the American Revolution penned a constitution that has given the United States a democratic…
Allegedly Made from James Madison’s Cedar Tree, This One-of-a-Kind Heirloom Table is a Homage to the American Constitution
Eric Horton, manager of the Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was in for a surprise the day his lumber buyer came across some original tree slabs from Founding Father James Madison’s estate. The slab that really piqued Horton’s interest was a cedar one allegedly gifted by the Marquis de Lafayette to James Madison…
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