Who Encouraged, Educated, Mentored Our Founding Fathers?
Great leaders always have great mentors – who did our Founding Fathers look up to? with whom did they sharpen their wits? (archive https://archive.ph/yJeAO)
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The Indispensables
42 ViewsAmerican Revolution, Azor Orne, Battle of Brooklyn, Bunker Hill, Christmas night 1776, Delaware Crossing, Elbridge Gerry, George Washington, Hussein military, John Glover, Lexington, soldier-mariners from Marblehead Massachusetts, U.S. History
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There is a lot leading up to and included in the crossing of the Delaware river that our education fails to cover – which is why you should always be reading books to go beyond what you learned in school. Learn just how elaborate and challenging this whole scenario was that turned the American Revolution in our favor… (archive https://archive.vn/kXS7G)
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1876 – Our 1st 100 Years as the United States of America
3176 ViewsAbraham Lincoln, Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, Adams-Onis Treaty, Admiral Cochrane, Alabama, Alaska Purchase from Russia, Alberta, Alexander Majors, Algiers, Alta California, American Indian Wars, American Revolution, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, anti-Catholicism, Anti-Defamation League, anti-immigration, antisemitism, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Arapaho, Arizona, Arkansas, Articles of Confederation, Barbary Wars, Battle Ground, Battle of Appomattox, Battle of Bad Axe, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of San Jacinto, Battle of Sand Creek, Battle of Stillman, Battle of the Alamo, Battle of the Greasy Grass, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Battle of the Thames, Battle of Tippecanoe, Battle of Wisconsin Heights, Benedict Arnold, benjamin franklin, Bill of Rights, Black Hawk War, Brazos River, Brig. General John Buford, California, Campo de Cahuenga, Capitulation of Cahuenga, Cemetery Hill, Cemetery Ridge, Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chickasaw Indians, Chief Billy Bowlegs, Chivington massacre, Choctaw, Civil Rights Act of 1866, Civil Rights Act of 1875, civil rights movement, Colonel Henry Dodge, Colonel Robert E. 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Grant, George Atzerodt, George Washington, Georgia, Georgia Gold Rush, Governor Andrés Pico, Governor William Henry Harrison, Graves County Courthouse, Great Chicago Fire, Great Sioux War, Groce's Landing, Gulf Coast, Harper's Ferry Raid, Harriet Tubman, Harvard Law School, Ho-Chunk, Idaho, Illinois, Indian Removal Act, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa Indian Territory, Islam, Jackson Purchase, James Bowie, James Buchanan, James Knox Polk, James Madison, James Monroe, Jefferson Davis, Jim Crow laws, John Adams, John Bingham, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, John Wilkes Booth, José Antonio Carrillo, Judiciary Act of 1789, Kansas, Kentucky, Kickapoos, King Louis XVI, Kiowa, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Lakota, Latin American Wars of Independence, Leathernecks, Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express Company, Lewis Powell, Lewsi and Clark Expedition, Library of Congress, Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Frémont, Little Round Top, Logan Act, Louisiana, Louisiana Purchase Treaty, Maine, Major General George Meade, Major General Joseph Hooker, Major General Winfield Scott, Major General Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, Mary Smith Peake, Maryland, Massachusetts, Massacre of Cheyenne Indians, Mayfield, Mediterranean Sea, Menominee, Meriwether Lewis, Meskwakis, Mexican–American War, Millard Fillmore, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Montana, Muscogee, Muslims, Napoleonic Wars. Treaty of Fort Jackson, Nat Turner's revolt, Nebraska, Nevada, New England. Cherokee, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New Spain, New York, Nordicism, North Africa, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Old Northwest, Oregon, Oregon Trail, Oregon Treaty, Ottoman Empire, Our American Cousin, Pacific Ocean, Panic of 1837, Peach Orchard, Pennsylvania, Petersen House, Pickett's Charge, Pony Express, Potawatomi, Pottawatomie Massacre, President Antonio López de Santa Anna, President Jefferson Davis, Prophetstown, Quasi-War, Reconstruction legislature, Red River Wars, Red Stick War, Republic of Texas, Revolutionary War, Rhode Island, Rocky Mountains, Runaway Scrape, Sabine River, Sack of Lawrence Kansas, Saint-Domingue, Sam Houston, San Antonio de Béxar, Sand Creek Massacre, Santa Fe de Nuevo México, Saskatchewan, Sauks, Secretary of State William H. Seward, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Seminole, Seminole Wars, Shawnee, Sheriff Samuel J. Jones, slavery, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southampton County, Southern Cheyenne, Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Poverty Law Center, Spain, Sweden, Tecumseh, Tejanos, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Tenskwatawa, Texas, Texas Mexicans, Texas War for Independence, The Reconstruction Era, The Trail of Tears, The Treaty of Limits, the Wheatfield, Thirteenth Amendment, Thomas J. 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Russell, William Henry Harrison, Winfield Scott, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yellowstone Caldera, Yellowstone National Park, Yorktown, Zachary Taylor
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Our first 100 years saw many changes, advances, growth, and expansion – it also set the tone for the 2nd 100 years (1876-1976). Now we need to drain the swamp… (archive https://archive.ph/maSL6)
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