Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Frederick Douglass: "What to a Slave is the 4th of July?"

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Frederick Douglass (February 1818 - February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, and writer. After escaping fro...
Friday, November 20, 2020

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

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“The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was one of the most important documents in early U.S. religious history. It marked the end of a ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

The 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower

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After a tempestuous ten weeks at sea, on November 11, 1620 (O.S.), the ship known as the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Rock near Cape Cod, M...
Sunday, October 4, 2020

Liberty requires Unity

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"[Y]our union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty, and that the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservati...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

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Reviews of Allen C. Guelzo,  Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America . (New York: Simon and Schuster, 20...
Sunday, August 9, 2020

All Men are Created Equal: America's Defining Creed

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Our nation has and continues to be in the throes of a debate and conflict, sometimes violent, over the history and meaning of the phr...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

History of Juneteenth - the End of Slavery

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“Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was...