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The blog will consist of posts on places, people, events and writings related to American History. Information is derived from a variety of historical sources.
Please note that Events of the day are taken from multiple sites as is and may or may not include links back to those sites.
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"When the people behold in the Senate the countenance of an aristocracy, and in the president the form, at least, of a little monarch,...
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Aug 13, 20251 min read
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President William McKinley “The great essential to our happiness and prosperity is that we adhere to the principles upon which the...
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Aug 12, 20251 min read
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Not really a quote but more of a poem that was sent to James Madison during the Bill of Rights Debate by his friend Richard Peters Eleven...
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Aug 11, 20251 min read
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"Compare the free regions of the middle states, where a rich and noble cultivation marks the prosperity and happiness of the people, with...
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Aug 8, 20251 min read
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Francis Bacon “If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.”
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Aug 6, 20251 min read
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“Knowing as we do that the foundation of national greatness can be laid only in the industry, the integrity and the spiritual elevation...
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Aug 4, 20251 min read
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“You are not all going to die. Only 2% of you right here today would die in a major battle. Death must not be feared. Death, in time,...
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Aug 3, 20251 min read
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“Whatever state among us shall make piety and virtue the standard of public honor will enjoy the greatest inward peace, the greatest...
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Aug 1, 20251 min read
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"The Americans who went to Europe to die are a unique breed.... (They) crossed the seas to a foreign land to fight for a cause which they...
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Jul 31, 20251 min read
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“You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.” Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United...
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Jul 30, 20251 min read
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“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” ...
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Jul 29, 20251 min read
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"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe...
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Jul 28, 20251 min read
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“Don’t sit down and wait for opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” Madam C.J. Walker , the first American woman to become a...
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Jul 24, 20251 min read
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"You know my heart wishes for peace upon terms of security and justice to America. But war, anything, is preferable to a surrender of our...
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Jul 23, 20251 min read
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Abigail Adams "But you must remember that Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken — and...
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Jul 21, 20251 min read
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"History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes." Attributed to Voltaire
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Jul 18, 20251 min read
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"The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An...
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Jul 9, 20251 min read
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Touro Synagogue National Historic Site "May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the...
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Jul 8, 20251 min read
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Harry S. Truman - 33rd US President "America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable...
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Jul 7, 20251 min read
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David McCullough, American Historian “History is who we are and why we are the way we are.”
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Jul 6, 20251 min read
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