Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 by Bill Federer -- The groans of a dying man kept him awake in the little inn outside New York. But he was hardened to the cries because a college friend at more…

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 by Bill Federer -- On Feb. 21, 1848, "Old Man Eloquent" John Quincy Adams suffered a stroke at his desk in the House chamber. He had just given an impassioned speech against more…

Monday, February 19th, 2018 by Bill Federer -- The Boston Tea Party was when colonists threw 342 chests of British East India tea overboard. The British responded by by passing the Boston Port Bill to blockade more…

Saturday, February 17th, 2018 by Bill Federer -- The English Civil War took place 1642 to 1651 between Royalist Anglican supporters of King Charles I and the Puritan Parliamentarian supporters led by Lord Fairfax and Oliver more…

Friday, February 16th, 2018 by Bill Federer -- A baseball star, Billy Sunday played for the Chicago White Stockings in the 1880s and later the Philadelphia Phillies. Born during the Civil War in a log cabin more…

Thursday, February 15th, 2018 by Bill Federer -- "The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco," stated President Obama in Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009. Morocco began recognizing American colonists in 1625. Governor William Bradford more…

Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 by Bill Federer -- There are more slaves today than at any time in human history, reported Benjamin Skinner, a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy more…

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 by Bill Federer -- In the third century, the Roman Empire was being invaded by Goths. At the same time, the Plague of Cyprian, probably smallpox, broke out killing at its height more…

Monday, February 12th, 2018 by Bill Federer -- Novgorod, which means "new town," was the first and only Russian Republic. Founded as a trading port near the Baltic Sea in 859 A.D., it is considered the more…