The Date “Thanksgiving” Was Established in America

(Please read below the documentation of the official founding of “Thanksgiving” in America.) Congress approved the First Amendment the same week it called for a Day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God. The First Amendment was passed in the First Session of Congress, which was meeting in New York City. The first Ten Amendment, called the Bill of Rights, were intendedContinue reading “The Date “Thanksgiving” Was Established in America”

The History of Education In The World and In America

The earliest human records appeared about 3,000 or 4,000 BC – Sumerian cuneiform on clay tablets in the Mesopotamian Valley. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson stated in his Cosmos TV series (2014): “It was around 5,000 years ago between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that we learned how to write.” This was followed by Egyptian hieroglyphics on papyrus and stone, around 3,000 BC.Continue reading “The History of Education In The World and In America”

The Battle of Okinawa and the Amazing Desmond Doss

Desmond Doss was A Seventh-Day Adventist Christian and he was the first conscientious objector to receive the Congresional Medal of Honor. He saved the lives of a huge number of other soldiers, most all while under intense fire. It is my opinion that he was protected time and again directly by God. When you read his story, see ifContinue reading “The Battle of Okinawa and the Amazing Desmond Doss”

History of the Mountain Men

The amazing Mountain Men of the old west tamed the frontier and made it possible for civilization to move to the western United States.  Here is a short history of these increible individuals.  Do enjoy it: History of The Mountain Men Following Lewis and Clark’s expedition, Christian missionaries made their way to the West. These include: Jason Lee, Methodist missionaryContinue reading “History of the Mountain Men”

Battle of Cowpens: A Tactical Masterpiece & Revolutionary War Turning Point

“The bloody butcher” is what colonists called British Colonel Banastre Tarleton. He let his dragoons bayonet and hack hundreds of surrendering Americans at Buford’s Massacre during the Battle of Waxhaw, May 29, 1780. In January of 1781, 26-year-old Colonel Banastre Tarleton led 1,200 of Britain’s best troops, consisting of British dragoons, regulars, highlanders and loyalists, in a day-long, non-stop pursuit of theContinue reading “Battle of Cowpens: A Tactical Masterpiece & Revolutionary War Turning Point”

Exploits of the USS Constitution

The first of the new American fighting ships was now finished in Boston. The war of 1812 had started. The USS Constitution, under the command of Captain Isaac Hull, sailed from Boston on August 2, 1812 and steered for the blustery waters southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. After two weeks of daily gun drills in preparationContinue reading “Exploits of the USS Constitution”

History of the US in the Mediterranian Sea

Algerian–American War (1785–1795): After Spain concluded a peace treaty with Algiers in 1785, the Algerian corsair captains entered the waters of the Atlantic and attacked American ships, refusing to release them except for large sums of money. Two American ships, the schooner Maria, and the Dauphin were captured by Algerian pirates in July 1785 and the survivors forced into slavery, theirContinue reading “History of the US in the Mediterranian Sea”