From its founding as a sovereign nation in 1783 until the Civil War in 1861, America’s future was most threatened by slavery, and greatly exacerbating that threat was the event that occurred this week (July 12) in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention. That is when the delegates agreed to the ...
For most of its existence – from its creation by the Residence Act passed this week (July 9) in 1790 to its construction on a strip of mostly mosquito-infested swampland along the Potomac River between southern Maryland and northern Virginia – Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital, ...
On the same day (July 3), two years apart, Jim Morrison, the lead singer of the popular rock band, The Doors, and Brian Jones, the original leader of the legendary Rolling Stones, died – Jones in 1969, Morrison in 1971 – and the cause of both deaths remains unclear. The coroner said Jones, ...
One of the most important “checks and balances” the Founding Fathers embedded in the Constitution that was ratified this week (June 21) in 1788 was the creation of a bicameral legislature that included a Senate. The pre-constitutional government, the Articles of Confederation, was a ...
Abe Lincoln’s most famous speech prior to becoming president was delivered this week (June 16) in 1858. It was called the “House Divided” speech, and in it, Lincoln, the just-nominated Republican candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat in the upcoming 1858 election, warned members of ...
I have written before that the Declaration of Independence is our nation’s mission statement. It clearly states that the government’s mission is to protect our right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness – including things that give us happiness, such as property. The Constitution is ...
