Great Quotes By Abraham Lincoln That Are Perpetually Relevant
"My advice, then, under such circumstances, is to keep cool. If the great American people will only keep their temper on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end.” "What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty [...]
Ten Vintage Views of Americans and their Motorcycles
via Library of Congress, no known restrictions Mrs. Sally Halterman, the first woman to be granted a license to operate a motorcycle in the District of Columbia - September, 1937 via Library of Congress, no known restrictions Men on Motorcycles, Summer of 1922 [...]
Eight Great Images of Native American Chiefs
via Wikimedia Commons, public domain Chief Washakie of the Shoshone tribe holding a pipe via New York Public Library Digital Collections, public domain Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perce - Native American warrior and statesman by Edward S. Curtis c. 1903 [...]
Eight thought-provoking images taken during the time of The American Civil War
via Wikimedia Commons, public domain A delegation of Native Americans on the grounds of The White House in Washington, D.C. via Wikimedia Commons, public domain A very young unidentified soldier in Confederate infantry uniform via Wikimedia Commons, public domain [...]
Eight Great Scenes of the Old American West
A Cheyenne chief's horse reaches for a drink of water in this Edward Curtis photo titled "The Valley of The Rosebud" via Library of Congress (1905) In this breathtaking painting titled "Emigrants Crossing the Plains" Albert Bierstadt captures sunlight shining through a grove of [...]
Unforgettable Images of Old Glory during WWII
From the time of Betsy Ross to this very day the symbol of our great nation, Old Glory has been there. In the early 1940s she hung behind a President who fearlessly addressed his citizens after the dastardly attack on Pearl Harbor. She flew on our battleships as they sailed [...]
Life of William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison c. 1813 by Rembrandt Peale, public domain via Wikimedia Commons "On the banks of the James River, in Charles City county, Virginia, is a plain mansion, around which is spread the beautiful estate of Berkeley, the birthplace of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, [...]
Benjamin Franklin’s journey to Philadelphia at 17
On January 17th, 1706 Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts. When he was 17 he traveled to New York and on to Philadelphia, but his journey wasn’t easy. “Franklin arrived in New York in October, 1723, without money or letters, and at the inexperienced age of 17. He failed [...]
Andrew Jackson’s Presence of Mind
“Boys, big enough to carry muskets, incurred the dangers of men. Robert and Andrew Jackson had their guns and their horses, and were almost always in company with some armed party of their kindred and neighbors. Men could not sleep unguarded in their own houses, without danger of being surprised [...]
The World’s Longest Covered Bridge That Was Burned During The Civil War
The following article appeared in Harper's Weekly on July 18th, 1863 "On Sunday, the 29th of June, 1863 it was reported that the Confederates were on the turnpike road from York to Columbia Pennsylvania (twelve miles), and were four miles from Wrightsville, at the west end of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge; but as there [...]
Hero Tales From American History – The Storming of Stony Point
The Storming of Stony Point by Theodore Roosevelt http://ia800302.us.archive.org/9/items/hero_tales_from_american_history_dl_0905_librivox/herotales_07_lodgeroosevelt.mp3 In their ragged regimentals Stood the old Continentals, Yielding not, When the grenadiers were lunging, And like hail fell the plunging Cannon-shot; When the files Of the isles From the smoky night encampment bore the banner of the [...]
Hero Tales From American History – Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain by Theodore Roosevelt http://ia800302.us.archive.org/9/items/hero_tales_from_american_history_dl_0905_librivox/herotales_06_lodgeroosevelt.mp3 Our fortress is the good greenwood, Our tent the cypress tree; We know the forest round us As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the [...]
Hero Tales From American History – Bennington
Bennington by Henry Cabot Lodge http://ia800302.us.archive.org/9/items/hero_tales_from_american_history_dl_0905_librivox/herotales_05_lodgeroosevelt.mp3 We are but warriors for the working-day; Our gayness and our guilt are all besmirch'd With rainy marching in the painful field; There 's not a piece of feather in our host (Good argument, I hope, we shall not fly), [...]
Hero Tales From American History – The Battle of Trenton
THE BATTLE OF TRENTON by Henry Cabot Lodge http://ia800302.us.archive.org/9/items/hero_tales_from_american_history_dl_0905_librivox/herotales_04_lodgeroosevelt.mp3 And such they are — and such they will be found: Not so Leonidas and Washington, Their every battle-field is holy ground Which breathes of nations saved, not worlds undone. How sweetly on the ear such echoes sound I [...]