Five dollars was all she was paid by the Atlantic Monthly Magazine for her poem, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," published FEBRUARY 1, 1862. It became Lincoln's favorite song…
Continuing through the centuries, courageous missionaries spread Christianity. In the 5th century, St. Patrick evangelized the heathen Druid tribes of Ireland. In the 6th century, St. Augustine of Cantebury…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... On June 20, 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter for the Colony of Maryland, named for his CATHOLIC wife,…
Spain had claimed Florida since Juan Ponce de León's exploration in 1512, reputedly looking for the Fountain of Youth. Ponce de León named it La Florida as he explored it…
John F. Kennedy stated in his Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 28, 1961: "The Pilgrims, after a year of hardship and peril, humbly and reverently set aside a special day upon…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... Bartolome' de Las Casas left Spain in 1502 for the Caribbean, which was called the West Indies, where he became a hacendado…
From 1714 to 1718, James Oglethorpe was a military aide under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy fighting to drive the Muslim Turks out of Belgrade, Serbia. After the…
On September 2, 1948, Lyndon Baines Johnson ran in the Democrat primary for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Texas Governor Coke Stevenson. Governor Coke Stevenson was more popular and would…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... "There she blows!" cried the lookout, sighting the great white whale, Moby Dick. The classic book, Moby Dick, was written by New…
Franklin Pierce was born November 23, 1804. His father served in the Revolutionary War and was Governor of New Hampshire. Two of his brothers fought in the War of 1812.…
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