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McArthur was born January 26, 1880 to parents who both had military backgrounds.  His mother who most called Pinkey, was from well to do Virginia parents.  His father was already a rather famous U.S. Army officer. Compared to most famous people, Douglas McArthur lived what I would call four whole lives.  He was a commanderContinue reading “Douglas MacArthur – Second Installment”

If you would like to know the real, accurate history of how we got Mother’s Day, please read the following words: Ron After the Civil War, abolitionist Julia Ward Howe, author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, led a Mother’s Day for Peace march in New York on June 2, 1872, to promote peace, national healing and reconciliation. She composed aContinue reading “Mother’s Day”

MacArthur was born January 26, 1880 to parents who both had military backgrounds. His mother who most called Pinkey, was from well to do Virginia parents.  His father was already a rather famous U.S. Army officer. Compared to most famous people, Douglas MacArthur lived what I would call four whole lives.  He was a commanderContinue reading “Douglas MacArthur”

Old Hickory Most folks know that Andrew Jackson’s picture is on our $20 dollar bill, that he won the Battle of New Orleans, that he was the 7th president of the United   States, and that he was considered rough and rowdy in Washington, but little else about him. I hope you will read the following, andContinue reading “Old Hickory”

Just before Christmas on December 23, 1783 General and former President George Washington stood before Congress and resigned his Commission to return to private life on his farm.  Few men in history had amassed the power that he had in the Colonies, and almost no man in history had ever walked away from such power.  When KingContinue reading “George Washington’s Farewell”

You know that prayer has been eliminated from America’s public schools.  If you wondered exactly how that happened, I have shown you exactly how in the following words.  If you wondered whether God and prayer and refences to God have been eliminated from our national treasures in Washington, D.C., they certainly have not. Just lookContinue reading “Prayer In America’sPublic Schools”

On April 8, next Tuesday much of the United States will have a total eclipse. Many people are very intrested in watching it. Some are traveling great distances to be at just the right place at the right time. Ron Do you know how rare it is for a total solar eclipse to cross overContinue reading “Solar Eclipses”

To so many people in the Western World Easter is all about the Easter bunny and colored Easter eggs and similar things.  Young people grow up with Easter egg hunts put on and sponsored by their local communities.  On a national level Easter is celebrated by the Easter Egg Roll Party. Since 1878, American presidentsContinue reading “Easter”

If you ever doubted that the men who founded these United States of America believed in the one and only Mighty God of this Universe, please take the time to read this brief series of their Proclamations. American Proclamations During the days of America’s founding, colonies would declare: This developed into many colonies, like NewContinue reading “Proclamations”