Armistice Is Declared, 1918
Week of November 11
Also known as Remembrance Day, and observed as such by countries across the globe, the eleventh of November marks the anniversary of the ceasing of hostilities between the Allied and…
Harvard University Is Founded, 1636
Week of November 18
A mere sixteen years after the Mayflower deposited her few intrepid passengers on the wild and barren shores of Plymouth Harbor, the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay…
Herbert Hoover Pleads for a Resurgence of American “Rugged Individualism”, 1928
Week of October 21
Due in part to our rich heritage of blended cultures and our abundance of exceptional characters, along with the distinctly public method of our electoral process, America…
Sir Francis Drake Completes His Circumnavigation of the Globe, 1580
Week of September 23
In the late 1500s, Reformation was sweeping across Europe and the grand colonizing nations of the old world were at odds with each other over matters religious and…
The Confederacy’s Costly Victory at Chickamauga, 1863
Week of September 16
The clash of Union and Confederate armies at the small Appalachian town of Chickamauga was one of the costliest engagements of the American Civil War with 125,000…
Henryk Sienkiewicz Is Awarded the Nobel Prize, 1905
Week of September 9
A little over a century ago, Polish novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz (pronounced sane-KAY-vitch) stood apart as an international literary phenomenon when he accepted his…
Beatrix Potter Creates Peter Rabbit, 1893
Week of September 2
On this day, while on holiday in Scotland with her family, aspiring naturalist Beatrix Potter penned a note to cheer the son of a friend, a little lad who had been confined…
The Death of Colonel John Laurens, 1782
Week of August 26
As the American War for Independence drew to a close, with the battle of Yorktown being a decisive victory the previous year, a young luminary of the conflict rose from his deathbed…
“Old Ironsides” Earns Her Moniker, 1812
Week of August 19
On August 19, 1812, an American legend was forged into being when the United States frigate, USS Constitution, met and defeated the British…
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Takes a Stand Against the League of Nations, 1919
Week of August 12
On the 12th of August, 1919, esteemed statesman and Senate Majority Leader, Henry Cabot Lodge, rose to his feet on the floor…