On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech to an anti-slavery society and he famously asked “What to the Slave is the Fourth of...
Who gets to be a founding father? “Founding Father” status goes to men who helped found the United States. That means the 56 men who signed...
On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere rode to Lexington, Massachusetts to spread the alarm that the Regulars were marching. Revere made several...
How did early Americans educate their children? How and when did Americans create a formal system of public education? You sent me these...
What can a family history tell us about revolutionary and early republic America? What can the letters of a wife and mother tell us about...
It wasn’t always fireworks on the Fourth. John Adams predicted Americans would celebrate the Second of July, the day Congress voted in...
There’s an old saying that tells us we should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. It’s a reminder that we should practice empathy and try...
How did the postal system work in Early America? How did people send mail across the North American colonies and the British Empire? You...
Benedict Arnold is an intriguing figure. He was both a military hero who greatly impacted and furthered the American War for Independence...
Mother’s Day became a national holiday on May 9, 1914 to honor all of the work mothers do to raise children. But what precisely is the work...