In 1607, Jamestown was settled by E nglish settlers arriving under the authority of the Virginia Company of London chartered by King...

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher "To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and...

In 1848, Congress authorized a declaration of war against Mexico. In 1864, the first military interment occurred on the grounds of...

Major General Benjamin Lincoln In 1780, Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the Continental Army was forced to surrender with 7,000...

Chief Justice John Marshall "Our resistance was not made to actual oppression. Americans were not pressed down to the earth by the weight...

President's House A few years ago, I had the opportunity to visit Philadelphia and take a class on the Constitution while I was attending...

In 1754, Join, or Die , considered to be the first American political cartoon, was printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette . The cartoon...

Robert Morris "I am not one of those politicians that run testy when my own plans are not adopted. I think it is the duty of a good...

“The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. ” ― J. Robert Oppenheimer

Hernando de Soto reaches Mississippi In 1541, Spanish Conquistator Hernando De Soto reaches the Mississippi. He is the first European to...

Conspiracy of Pontiac, by Gari Melchers, 1921. Courtesy the Library of Congress [LC-D416-872]. In 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion against the...

Pamphlet from trial “The injured party may repell force with force in defence of his person, habitation, or property, against one who...

Henry Clau "The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity –...

HMS Sloop of War Falcon In 1775, HMS Sloop of war Falcon seized two small sloops at [New] Bedford, Massachusetts to use as transports. In...

“America is more than a place. More significant, it is an idea. Always has been. Adlai Stevenson said it: ‘When an American says that he...

In 1780 at Haddrell's Point, South Carolina British Major Patrick Ferguson and 60 American Loyalist Volunteers marched to Haddrell's...

“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” George Bernard Shaw

In 1718, the San Antonio de Valero Mission now known as the Alama was established in modern-day San Antonio. In 1777, A change in...

“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” Theodore Roosevelt

“The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of...

In 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States under the Constitution. The ceremony occurred in New...

Entrance to Lincoln University In 1854, Lincoln University because the first black university to award Blacks college degrees. It was...