Movie on Cristeros War Exposes Mexican Govt.’s Anti-Christian Campaign
“¡Viva Cristo Rey!” (“Long Live Christ the King.”) That was the rallying cry for millions of Mexicans during the second and third decades...
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June 1, 1812: Prelude to the War of 1812
Two hundred years ago, President Madison presented a case for war against Britain in our nation's first declared war. Congress, though, not the...
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Duty, Honor, Country: Douglas MacArthur
“Duty, Honor, Country,” Douglas MacArthur solemnly intoned in 1962 to the cadets at West Point , invoking the three words that summed up...
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The “People’s Department”: 150th Anniversary of Dept. of Agriculture
On May 15, 1862, Lincoln created the Department of Agriculture, or what he called the "People's Department." Similar special interest federal agencies have...
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Fifty Years After MacArthur’s “Duty, Honor, Country” Speech
Fifty years ago, on May 12, 1962, Douglas MacArthur bade farewell to the cadets at West Point, an academy that he attended and...
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Seventy-Five Years After the Hindenburg
Airship travel was a big success, until that fateful day in Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 6, 1937, when the Hindenburg met her fate. ...
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Twenty Five Years after the Meech Lake Accord
Canada, like the United States, has struggled with federalism. Twenty-five years ago, with the Meech Lake Accord, it looked like the problem had...
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The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Mystery
In the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case — the case that became known as the crime of the century — was an innocent man...
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Remembering Pierre Laval, the Communazi
The artificial ideological line that presumably places Hitler and Mussolini on one side of a mythical ideological spectrum and which places Stalin and...
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John Birch Rescued Survivors of 1942 Doolittle Tokyo Raid
April 18 will be the 70th anniversary of [Lt. Col. James H. “Jimmy”] Doolittle's Tokyo Raid. This surprise bombing attack on Tokyo and other...
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Remembering the Lonely Struggle of Otto Otepka
Otto Otepka is not a name that automatically rings bells in the minds of most Americans, even those Americans with a historical understanding...
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Remembering Wilson and the First World War
George Washington warned Americans "… to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world..." "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with...
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100 Years After the Cherry Blossoms Bloomed
One hundred years ago last week, on March 23, 1912, Japan gave America a gift that keeps on giving: more than 3,000 cherry trees,...
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237 Years Ago Patrick Henry Said: “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death.”
Lord Byron called him the “Forest-born Demosthenes.” Others called him the “Lion of Liberty.” Whatever the title, Patrick Henry (left) was never one...
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Madison!
Today, March 16, is the 261st anniversary of the birth of the “Father of the Constitution,” James Madison, Jr. At Montpelier, the home...
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