Frances Folsom Cleveland was a First Lady in a very literal sense of the word. She accomplished many firsts for First Ladies while she was one, and after. Here is the interesting story of the...
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Lucretia Rudolph Garfield: America’s First Ladies #20
Lucretia Rudolph was the wife of 20th US President James Garfield. A woman of keen intellect, she and James enjoyed a scholarly lifestyle together. Yet, due to James's assassination, she was First...
Julia Boggs Dent Grant: America’s First Ladies #18
Julia Boggs Dent Grant was a pioneering First Lady in a number of ways. She had a birth defect but didn’t let it hold her back. She was a staunch supporter of women’s rights and opposed white...
The Rise of Iconic U.S. Lighthouses
Lighthouses are an iconic part of Americana that have a rich history stemming back to ancient Egypt. Let me show you some of the history behind them!
Benjamin Rush: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Dr. Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Yet, that was just one small part of a life spent in service to others, in research and innovation, and in making America what it is...
Robert Treat Paine: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as a prominent lawyer who prosecuted the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre (though he lost to defense...
William Paca: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
William Paca was a signer of the Declaration of Independence who was from Maryland. He came from a wealthy family, and began his political career early, pretty soon after starting his own legal...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison: America’s First Ladies #9
Though she was only First Lady for a month, and never actually went to D.C. during her husband’s brief presidency, Anna Symmes, the wife of ninth U.S. President William Henry Harrison, was an...
How Riverboats and Steamers Shaped American History
Before trains and automobiles, it was riverboats that connected America. You can learn more about the rich American tradition of steamships here.
Francis Hopkinson: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Francis Hopkinson was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. However, this important and famous signature was just one of a virtual cornucopia of accomplishments by Francis. He was truly a...
The Eleventh Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Eleventh Amendment is meant to keep citizens and businesses from suing states in federal court if they do not live in the states they are suing. The US Supreme Court has broadened this...