Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 by Bill Federer -- "Freedom is not free" is the inscription on the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Korean War started June 25, 1950. Communist North Korea invaded South Korea, more…

Monday, July 25th, 2016 by Bill Federer -- On July 26, 1775, Benjamin Franklin became the first postmaster general of the United States, a position he held under the British crown before the Revolution. Franklin's public more…

Sunday, July 24th, 2016 by Bill Federer -- Ulysses S. Grant was commissioned July 25, 1866, as general of the Army, the first ever to hold that rank and wear the four silver star insignia. Though more…

Saturday, July 23rd, 2016 by Bill Federer -- Spanish Explorers Hernando de Soto, in 1540, and Juan Pardo, in 1567, traveled inland from North America's eastern coast and passed through a Native American village named "Tanasqui." more…

Friday, July 22nd, 2016 by Bill Federer -- He was the only person to sign all four of America's founding documents: Articles of Association – 1774, Declaration of Independence – 1776 Articles of Confederation – 1777 more…

Thursday, July 21st, 2016 by Bill Federer -- "I see America not in the setting sun of a black night of despair. ... I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from more…

Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 by Bill Federer -- "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," stated astronaut Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969, as he became the first man to walk on the more…

Monday, July 18th, 2016 by Bill Federer -- It was on July 19, 1941, that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill held up two fingers as a sign of victory. It became a symbol for all Western more…

Sunday, July 17th, 2016 by Bill Federer -- In the decades prior to the Revolutionary War, tensions arose between the two largest global powers: Britain, led by King George II, and France, led by King Louis more…