Thomas Nelson, Jr was a member of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution, and in that unique position became a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Yet, there was so much more...
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Robert Morris: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Robert Morris was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a wealthy businessman. Born out of wedlock to English parents, he came to America as a young teenager, and was apprenticed into...
The WWI Christmas Day Truce: Famous Christmases in History #5
On Christmas Eve in 1914, troops on both sides of the war suddenly stopped fighting each other in a small town in Belgium. They sang Christmas carols to each other, then ventured from their fox holes...
The Treaty of Ghent: Famous Christmases in History #3
The Treaty of Ghent is the treaty that ended the War of 1812. It was signed in the city of Ghent, Belgium, over Christmas of 1814. Americans and the British were both quite happy to put the war...
Lewis Morris: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Lewis Morris was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as a career politician with a variety of offices he occupied during his career. Lewis also came from a political family with...
Arthur Middleton: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Arthur Middleton was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Also, he was a politician in South Carolina, an accomplished student, a man who studied law, a rice plantation owner, a husband, and...
Thomas McKean: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas McKean was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The son of Irish immigrants to the colonies, he studied law and divided his personal and professional lives between Delaware...
How to Do Irish Genealogy Research Without Crossing the Atlantic
Irish genealogy research is very popular in the United States because so many of us have Irish ancestry. Here are some fantastic online resources for Irish genealogy to allow you to research your...
Thomas Lynch, Jr.: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Lynch, Jr is one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. While not a famous one, he nonetheless played an important role in American history, and his story is unique in many ways...
Philip Livingston: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Philip Livingston was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. While not one of the well-known ones, Philip was nonetheless a busy and industrious politician, merchant, and investor. A native of...
Francis Lewis: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
A Welsh merchant named Francis Lewis is one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. While not one of the well-known signers, he nonetheless had quite an interesting life that included...
Richard Henry Lee: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Richard Henry Lee is one of the better known Founding Fathers of the United States. He is the one who first put forth the motion to official declare independence from Great Britain at the Second...
Family Cobbler Recipes May Hold Clues to Your Roots: GeneFoods #7
Does your family have a cobbler recipe that has been passed on for generations? That recipe might be able to show you something about your family’s history.
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution changed the legal voting age in the United States from twenty-one to eighteen. The reason for this was the military draft in WWII and Vietnam that...
Florida: American Folklore, Part 9
Florida is a land of many wonders, and a whole host of weird things you won’t find anywhere else in the nation. With a long history of European exploration going back to the 1500’s, there has been...