July 4th is just around the corner.
A day known for picnics, vacations, fireworks, patriotic music and this:

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume [...]

President Bush has not been Conservative enough for some.
For others he has been nothing more than a man who stole an election with the assistance of the United States Supreme Court.
He has been vilified for his handling of the Iraq war, sometimes deservedly so, but it you read, really read the words of [...]

In the comment section of this post, David asks a very poignant question:
“Where’s our nation’s memory.”
David, I only wish I knew.

While speaking to the Israeli Knesset yesterday President Bush made this remark:
“Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.
“We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American [...]

What a superb job HBO has done in both casting and producing “John Adams.”
Watching the first two episodes was akin to traveling back in time to join with those who forged the independence of this country.
Having visited Independence Hall and the surrounding historic area of Philadelphia many times, it was easy to [...]

This stirring recitation of the Declaration of Independence was delivered prior to the big game on Sunday.
On this important day in the political process in our country, what better reminder could there be of our obligations.
If you live in a Super Tuesday state, please go vote.

**If [...]

Amazing color photography from the Great Depression and World War II.
For history buffs, this is a bonanza.
These vivid color photos from the Great Depression and World War II capture an era generally seen only in black-and-white. Photographers working for the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) created [...]

These newly released pictures of Lincoln’s Second Inauguration are fascinating.
From the Library of Congress:
Details of Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration come into clearer focus with the recent discovery at the Library of Congress of three glass negatives that show the large crowd gathered at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., for the president’s address on March [...]

It has never been my choice to debate the Iraq war with most. Each individual has their own thoughts as to whether or not we should have gone to Iraq initially, or how the battles both in Iraq and Afghanistan have been commanded.
I have always believed that once we have troops committed [...]

Have you ever thought that you might have made better strategic decisions than Robert E Lee did in the Battle of Gettysburg?
Courtesy of Military.com you now have the opportunity to test your skills:
One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War –and indeed of all U.S. history — was the battle of Gettysburg. [...]

If someone were to ask you, which would you choose as the “greatest generation” in American history?
Walter Williams has a perspective on this question which I found quite interesting.
The “greatest generation” is a term sometimes used in reference to those Americans who were raised during the Great Depression, fought in World War [...]

With all of its shortcomings and its trials and tribulations, this really is a Wonderful World.
It never hurts to have a little bit of history mixed in while listening to the remarkable voice of Sam Cooke.

A bit of history for this Friday Morning.

I decided to have a look at Whytuesday.org and while it appears to be in its infant stages, I think the potential for drawing an audience is visible.
The fact that their blog and vlog rolls are bi-partisan will allow for many opinions and voices to be heard. [...]

If you have read or listened to Hillary Clinton’s speeches and answers to questions about the war in Iraq lately, you have probably noticed she is backing away from saying she will make a quick withdrawal from Iraq if she is elected president.
The reason may be some advice and information she and other Democratic candidates [...]

With all that has been written over the years about the Holocaust and its victims, the amount of history to be yet uncovered is no doubt staggering. As I read this piece, I found myself travelling back in time using examples cited trying once again to grasp the magnitude of this horrific time in [...]

Here’s an argument for a return to the kind of bipartisan foreign policy we had during WW II and the early Cold War years. Among their many points about what led to the collapse of bipartisanship, and what can be done, Charles Kupchan and Peter Trubowitz at Real Clear Politics say:
Former Secretary of [...]

If you’re in the mood to hear what the “eggheads” have to say about US war in Iraq, visit H-Diplo. You’ll find that they’re not just a bunch of “nattering nabobs of negativism.” Actually, there’s a variety of opinion.
Dr. Walker kicked it off with this essay, and you’ll find one response here and [...]

President Bush and other administration officials have been casting about for an historical parallel that best explain and rationalize its war in Iraq. And they’ve traveled all over time to find them.
In a speech to the American Legion last year, Ex-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld compared this time to years leading up to World War [...]

Time does fly. It seems impossible that it was 20 years ago today when Ronald Reagan gave what is remembered as one of the speeches which defined his Presidency.
Power Line has an interview posted this morning with Peter Robinson, the author of the famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate.
In April 1987, when [...]

We may have to do a rewrite of many history books in the world if the DNA studies in this story are factual.
Which came first–the chicken or the European?
Popular history, and a familiar rhyme about Christopher Columbus, holds that Europeans made contact with the Americas in 1492, with some arguing that the explorer [...]

For those of us old enough to remember that fateful day in November, 1963, the memories when prodded even slightly, become vivid again..
I was in school when news came over the loud speaker that President Kennedy had been shot. The hallways and classrooms became eerily quiet and after dismissal, the walk home produced [...]

Laura Lee Donoho shares an email received from her son serving in Iraq which shows history certainly does repeat itself. Here’s a little peek but please go read the entire piece.
We ventured to remark, several months ago, that the Administration had shown its entire incompetency to conduct the present war. We regret to be compelled [...]

In the rich historical district of Philadelphia yet another treasure is being unearthed.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Dig yields some unexpected finds
Six weeks into the excavation of the site where George Washington and John Adams lived and conducted their presidencies, archaeologists have unearthed significant portions of the original President’s House - the nation’s first [...]