“I Have a Dream”: The Fifty Year Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
“I have a dream that on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that, one day,…
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Stranded on the Pennsylvania Turnpike: A March for Life Adventure
The night before this year’s March for Life, I almost decided not to go. I heard about the crazy storm that was supposed to arrive that very day, and I didn’t want to be stranded.…
A Different Kind of Tea Party
By Marie Jeanette Word Count: 987 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A short story about the Boston Tea Party It was December 16, 1773, just after suppertime. It was cold, and you had…
Breath of Liberty
By Velynda Wilson Word Count: Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: An original patriotic poem By Mrs. Sergeant First Class Thomas A. Wilson We may not have your picture hanging on our wall We…
If We Can Keep It: Maintaining Constitutional Relevancy in the Modern United States
Sweat rolled from their faces like ocean waves. The air was stale, for the windows were nailed shut to keep away all prying ears and eyes. For months, they struggled “to form a more perfect…
The Enfield Report
~ by Sarah Levesque [Newscast at the Second Meeting House of the First Church of Christ, Enfield, Massachusetts] ELDRIDGE: Hello, I’m Francis Eldridge from HIST News. Today, July 8th, 1741, I’m standing in front of…
To Be a Pilgrim: Thanksgiving as a Pilgrimage
Thanksgiving, for most people here in America, is something of a precursor of Christmas that initiates a deluge of holiday hits playing ad nauseum in public and private locales until sugar plum fairies dance…
Leisure Versus Laziness: A Catholic Perspective
In the 1500’s, there was much corruption in the Church, and resentment towards the Magisterium by many Catholics. Martin Luther, John Calvin and others recognized a real problem with those in power. But the reason that…
Liberty's Cry
LIBERTY'S CRY By Catherine Woods Word count: 88 Rating: G Summary: An ode to freedom Countries can crumble, Nations can die, On the ruins of empires America lies. With her shimmering waters And high white-topped…
Ferguson’s Grave
~ by Avellina Balestri Reader Advisory: Contains violence/blood and character death. ~ A lament for British Major Patrick Ferguson, killed at the Battle of King’s Mountain, October 7, 1780 *** Ferguson, lying beneath cold stones,…