Monday, February 27, 2012
Preaching Virtue and Happiness in Virginia (1776)
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The Anglican church (or the Church of England) was the official church of the colony of Virginia. In colonial Virginia, during what h...
Monday, February 20, 2012
Washington's Birthday
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The federal holiday celebrated the 3 rd Monday of February each year is officially intended to honor George Washington’s Birthday. Washin...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Religion and the American Founding
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The Washington, Jefferson & Madison Institute is pleased to announce that its next Seminar for Virginia Secondary School Teachers will b...
Friday, December 16, 2011
Christmas with James & Dolley Madison
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"Today when we think of Christmas, we think of Christmas trees in houses and town squares, carolers in the snow, and houses d...
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Betsy Ross and the Stars & Stripes
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“Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom) was born on January 1st, 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Betsy was brought up a Quaker and educate...
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Founding Farmers
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Thomas Jefferson considered himself a farmer by profession. He was continually searching for more progressive ways to work his plantation...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The Equality of Women in America in 1838
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Alexis de Tocqueville was an aristocratic Frenchman who came to the U.S. in 1831 (at age 25) and later wrote Democracy in Americ...
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