Sometimes, I listen to people singing the Star-Spangled Banner – you know, at sports events, stuff like that. Which is great and all, I think it’s a great song, but why do people only sing the first verse? In this case, it goes like this: O, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light [...]

The Declaration of Independence is one of the corner-stones of American politics. It effectively meant the birth of an independent United States of America, separate from the interests of Great Britain. It was written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, and signed by delegates from the American states at the time, on July 4th, 1776. When in [...]

Written by Elias Lieberman: I am an American. My father belongs to the Sons of the Revolution; My mother, to the Colonial Dames. One of my ancestors pitched tea overboard in Boston Harbor; Another stood his ground with Warren; Another hungered with Washington at Valley Forge. My forefathers were Americans in the making: They spoke [...]

Whereas, on the 22nd day of September, in the year of our Lord 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State, [...]