Blackbeard’s End, the Death of America’s Most Famous Pirate
On November 22 1718 (1), Edward Teach (2), better known as Blackbeard, died in combat off the coast of Ocracoke Island North Carolina. Relatively...
Peer and Patriot: William Alexander, Lord Stirling – American
It is almost impossible today to call anyone an “American original” without sounding hackneyed. To use that same appellation for William Alexander of New...
Human Shield – Threats Against the President of the United States
The first recorded attempt to kill a president of the United States took place in 1835. A man aimed two flintlock pistols at president...
Significant Influences on the American Revolution
Late in life, John Adams wrote to his old friend and political competitor Thomas Jefferson that the American Revolution was not what historians would...
The Dismissal of MacArthur: Civilian Control Vindicated
The Cold War between the Communist and Western Worlds turned hot on June 25, 1950 when North Korean forces invaded South Korea. An accident...
Common Sense: Thomas Paine’s Three Best Points are Still Relevant
Thomas Paines 1776 pamphlet, Common Sense, was an influential and radical work that was written in such a plainspoken manner for its time, that...
Mary and the Other Mr. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln died intestate. He left no will, thus his estate would be shared equally by Mary, his wife, and his two remaining sons,...
Rise of the Planter Class in Pre-Revolutionary Colonial America
The growing prosperity and power of the Southern elite planter system can be traced to the seventeenth century. By the time the American Revolution...
Gerald Ford, Deserted By His Birth Father, Adopted By Another
Gerald R. Ford, Jr. was born July 14, 1918 with the name of Leslie Lynch, Jr. His biological father did not choose to be...
Agriculture vs. Manufacturing in American Politics, 1790-1896
The history of American politics seems to be viewed as Democrats vs. Republicans or liberals vs. conservatives. But there has been a strong urban...