Key Founding Figures – Part II

This is the second part of a three part series highlighting seven key Founding Fathers as identified by historian, Richard B. Morris, in 1973. The two such figures in focus on this blog are probably the most recognized names in American history: Benjamin Franklin and...

The Shifting Flag

Did you know that the design of the American Flag has been officially changed 26 times since the Flag Resolution in 1777?  Prior to 1777, there were no official guidelines as to the design of the flag resulting in an unstandardized representation of the new country....

June 14 – A Day of Commemoration

Are you ready to display Old Glory this month? Check your calendar and you’ll see Flag Day noted on June 14.  Our national flag’s birthday, tucked between Memorial Day and Independence Day, doesn’t seem to ignite much patriotism among Americans these days. Perhaps...

70 Years of Remembrance

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the largest seaborne invasion in history—June 6, 1944,  D-Day.  Planning for this massive assault started a year earlier.  A strategic deception was put into place:  Operation Bodyguard. The idea was to fool Germans into...