Why did John Hancock sign the declaration so big?
“There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!”
How did the Little Rock Nine Change History?
“I walked up to the guard who had let the white students in. He didn’t move. When I tried to squeeze past him, he raised his bayonet and then the other guards moved in and they raised their bayonets. They glared at me with a mean look and I was very frightened and didn’t know what to do. I turned around and the crowd came toward me. They moved closer and closer. Somebody started yelling, “Drag her over this tree! Let’s take care of that nigger!”
Women on opposite sides
Civil War Day – How did nurses saving lives view the opposition? Kate Cumming, Confederate nurse writes: May 30, 1864 —We have had a great deal of excitement lately. Word was brought in by someone that five thousand Federal cavalry … Continued
What are five interesting facts about Thomas Jefferson?
Signers of the Declaration of Independence Jefferson is so well known and recognized, it is difficult to tell anything of him that is unusual. Of the many signers, he and Benjamin Franklin probably wrote the most and left the most … Continued
Bus strike, Alabama. Rosa Parks, right?
Sometimes credit in history is manipulated for image. Taking nothing away from Rosa Parks, but she was far from the first to stand (or sit ) for her rights. In fact, several months before Rosa’s now famous refusal to give … Continued
No Sunday School Picnic
One of the ways to best see the Civil War, as through a pinhole, is through the eyewitness accounts of the individuals who lived through it. Much in the history texts is devoted to the great doings of generals, and … Continued
Francis Lightfoot Lee (10/14/1734 1/11/1797)
He wrought there industriously during four years, never seeking his own ends, but only the public’s.
Ely Lilly – more than a pill pusher
Eli Lilly( (July 8, 1838 – June 6, 1898) was a businessman, and if you were to mention his name to anyone in business, they would immediately think of the giant pharmaceutical company still in existence that bears his name. But … Continued
Why is Richard Henry Lee famous?
“Why then, sir,” (said Richard Lee, in conclusion,) “why do we longer delay? Why still deliberate? Let this happy day give birth to an American republic. Let her arise, not to devastate and to conquer, but to reestablish the reign of peace and of law. The eyes of Europe are fixed upon us.
Francis Lewis (1713-1803)
What did Francis Lewis do? Continuing series on the Signers of the Declaration of Independence Francis Lewis was born in Wales, child of Reverend Francis and Amy Lewis. Both parents died by the time he reached age four, and his … Continued