"The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom and defended it as they ought." Sam Adams An intense love of liberty burned in the heart of Sam Adams, which was lighted by his father and stoked by his mother, who taught him the Bible. Both of his parents...
“It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we would grow too fond of it.” General Robert E. Lee War is a terrible thing, but it is sometimes necessary and justified by Scripture. War brings out the best and the worst in people. Throughout history, God has...
Who would have thought that a teenage French aristocrat would play a pivotal role in America’s fight for liberty? Gilbert du Motier, better known as the Marquis de Lafayette, fought and was wounded in the Battle of Brandywine and played a crucial role in the...
"It has pleased the Almighty to bless our arms, both on the land, and on the water.…On Lake Erie, the squadron under the command of Captain Perry having met the British squadron of superior force, a sanguinary conflict ended in the capture of the whole.“ President...
Which US President: had states, babies, seven mountains, eight streams, nine colleges and 33 counties named after him?has a national holiday for his birthday (February 22nd)?has an image of his face carved 60 feet tall in granite?was elected President two times,...
He laid the cause of his bleeding country at the throne of grace… George Washington is called the Father of His Country, but do you know why? Early life and education. President Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Virginia, to Augustine and Martha Ball...
The President of the Convention George Washington wrote that the “adoption of the proposed General Government” disposed him to be of the opinion “that miracles have not ceased.” For, he said, one could “trace the finger of Providence…into an adoption of the system...
With a letter of introduction tucked in his pocket and his beloved Russian wolfhound, Azor, strolling alongside, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben headed toward the Continental Army winter encampment at Valley Forge. He reported to General Washington at his...
"The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts." John Jay, First Supreme Court Chief Justice The Bible was the...
