Virginia Institute for American History
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Favorite Quotes from President Calvin Coolidge

›
"We live in an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. The things of the spirit come first. Unless we clin...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

The History Of Flag Day

›
"The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebratin...
Monday, June 6, 2011

President Roosevelt's D-Day Prayer: June 6, 1944

›
My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troo...
1 comment:
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Perpetuating the Republic

›
Just outside of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia stands a statue of Thomas Jefferson, sculpted by Moses Ezekiel, and “presen...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The Basic Principles of the Declaration of Independence

›
W hen in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with a...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Our Duty to Conscience

›
In England of old, under the common law, there developed two courts: courts of law and courts of conscience. A court of conscience -- or “c...
Sunday, April 3, 2011

No Liberty without Virtue

›
By: J. David Gowdy To our Founding Fathers it was obvious, or “self-evident,” that self-government, or a democratic republic, could only b...
1 comment:
‹
›
Home
View web version
Powered by Blogger.