Parnell, Ireland's Uncrowned King
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Charles Stewart Parnell was an unlikely champion of the Irish cause in the late 1800s. As a Protestant landowner educated in Britain, he was essentially a member of the opposing ... Read More
Lincoln and Obama Speeches Compared
Thursday April 24, 2008
The renowned author Garry Wills has written an informative and insightful essay comparing Abraham Lincoln's speech at Cooper Union with Barack Obama's March 18th speech in Philadelphia. The article is ... Read More
The Why of Lewis and Clark
Tuesday April 22, 2008
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery helped map the northwest and documented many plant and animal species. During two years of rough travel in the wilderness they ... Read More
Archbishop John Hughes
Saturday April 19, 2008
It was heartening this morning to hear Cardinal Edward Egan of New York pay tribute to Archbishop John Hughes at the beginning of the televised papal mass at St. Patrick's ... Read More
Letters of Abigail Adams
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Thanks to the HBO mini-series based on David McCullough's biography of John Adams, millions of viewers are becoming fascinated by the brilliant correspondence of Adams and his wife Abigail.
The great ... Read More
The Death of Lincoln
Monday April 14, 2008
The shooting of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 was a horrendous shock to a nation just emerging from four horrible years of war. The news ... Read More
George Armstrong Custer's Civil War
Wednesday April 9, 2008
The legend of George Armstrong Custer leading his fabled 7th Cavalry to disaster at the Little Bighorn in 1876 is known to all. But what's often overlooked is Custer's earlier ... Read More
Lincoln Letter Sold for Record Price
Friday April 4, 2008
A letter written by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 has been sold at auction in New York for $3.4 million, which is a record price for a Lincoln manuscript.
The letter ... Read More