Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
Why has modern America chosen to attack Columbus Day? Many schools no longer celebrate it; many states have dropped it in ignominy… or worse, they use it as a negative teaching opportunity: to trash the explorers who brought European civilization to these shores. Of course, it’s still celebrated as …
It was January, 1906. The S.S. Valencia was being tossed upon the ice-cold Pacific like a rubber ducky. Two days earlier, the ship had set out from San Francisco to Seattle. It was a bad trip.
A dastardly historical maneuver is “historic negation.” The facts of history are erased and newly imagined facts are recorded and taught.
Mister William was old when I interviewed him years ago. Ancient, actually. Mid-nineties. Bent and pale. “It was World War II,” William began. “I was in Italy…”
The Holy Grail has long been shrouded in mystery, often depicted as the sacred cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper or the vessel that caught his blood at the Crucifixion. However, alternative interpretations suggest the Grail is not a physical object but a symbol of esoteric knowledge—perhaps a guide to saving humanity or the Earth from catastrophe.
Gettysburg is a place of ghosts. That’s what they say. This town is known to historians and ghost hunters as the promised land for paranormal activity. There’s the phantom regiment, sometimes heard marching through the streets. There’s the specter of a little girl at the Tillie Pierce House, often heard playing in the other room, …
As our rental car eased into Gettysburg, past the brick-and-plank storefronts selling tourist trinkets, women’s fashion, artisan tacos, funnel cakes, and free CBD samples, my imagination was running amok.
You don’t expect to feel history crunching under your boots when you’re dragging a tree stand into the woods. But at places like Fort Knox and Fort A.P. Hill, that’s exactly what you get—world-class hunting grounds layered over old farmsteads, lost churches, and more than a few hard truths about eminent domain.
In this episode, John Parillo discusses how James Madison a modern day Aristotle balanced powers of the three branches of the new government.
In case you missed it too, June 25th marked the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War – the first hot front of the Cold War.
Compared to most of their fellow subjects, these 56 men were benefiting handsomely under British rule. They were educated, landed gentlemen, well-to-do merchants and/or professional men. By placing their names on the Declaration of Independence, they were risking their lives, their wealth, and their futures.
March, 1783. The Revolutionary War was not over. The throng of Continental soldiers encamped at headquarters was pissed.
Bringing Some Of The Details To The Discussion: What About These Big Numbers?
While the wounds of conquest, war, and forced assimilation run deep in Native American communities, the United States has, in more recent decades, taken measurable steps to reckon with its past.
Many Gave Some, Some Gave All: Never Forget
Most Americans can name the Tet Offensive of 1968. Fewer have heard of the Easter Offensive of 1972—a thunderous, armor-led assault that nearly shattered South Vietnam and delivered one of the most brutal, large-scale conventional battles of the entire Vietnam War.
With or without Confederate History months, the South as a regional sub-culture remains. Like every other culture in the history of the world, the South is evolving.
Modern academics and popular media often portray the Crusades as a series of brutal, unprovoked wars of Christian aggression against a peaceful Muslim world. This narrative is not only historically inaccurate, but deeply unjust to the generations of Christians who answered the call to defend their faith, their fellow believers, and the very existence of Christian civilization.
This is part 4 of a 4-part series on The Founders and their prescient fears and warnings on the dangers of Political Parties.
This is part 3 of a 4-part series on The Founders and their prescient fears and warnings on the dangers of Political Parties.