The Washington, Jefferson & Madison Institute's next semi-annual educational seminar will be on the subject of “The Bill of Right...

“The original Constitution, as proposed in 1787 in Philadelphia and as ratified by the states, contained very few individual rights guaran...

On this day, January 4 th , in the year 1780, a major snow storm hit General Washington and his troops encamped at Morristown, New Jer...

“When the second President of the United States, John Adams, moved into what would come to be known as the White House [in November 18...

By: J. David Gowdy On November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Ge...

“World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Pal...

By: J. David Gowdy What permanently ended slavery in America was the very close vote in the House of Representatives over the Thirteenth Ame...