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A Celebration of the Historic Ties between Geneva and the U.S.A.
According to a new publication celebrating America’s ties to Geneva, produced by the United States diplomatic mission in that city, the first major connector...
Foundation of America
America was built on a foundation, rich in principles, strong on rights, to provide past and present citizens, with the perfect recipe for...
The Growth of Democracy in Post-Revolutionary America
The political leaders of the thirteen colonies that won their independence from Great Britain were, by almost any definition, members of an elite class....
Hemp and Our Founding Fathers
One of the greatest controversies related to hemp is the origin of it in U.S. history. Although the facts show that hemp was a...
History of Hemp
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson knew the amazing value of this plant and they both grew hemp. Benjamin Franklin owned a mill that produced...
Desperate Vice Presidents of the United States
The office of Vice President has not exactly impressed people. The first Vice President, John Adams, called it "the most insignificant office ever the...
Andrew Jackson and the National Bank
During Andrew Jackson’s presidential term he decided that the National Bank must go. He decided that it did not warrant reform but rather needed...
The Adventures of Young John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was born to John Adams and Abigail Smith Adams on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts, a few miles south of...
Andrew Jackson and the Elimination of the National Debt
After having peaked at $127 million after the War of 1812, the national debt stood at $58.4 million when Andrew Jackson became president in...
Simon Girty – Villain or Hero?
I have a friend who grew up in the 1930s in Ohio. She told me that even then, a century after his death, Simon...