This Week In History with Tara Ross.

Tara Ross ^ | October 16, 2016 | Tara Ross

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Happy Sunday! Attached is a summary of my “morning history” posts from this past week. Enjoy and have a great week!

Monday, October 10

Medal of Honor Monday! On this day in 1928, a future Medal of Honor recipient is born in Hawaii. Herbert K. Pililaau never lived to see his home become a state. Instead, when Pililaau was killed in action, Hawaii was still only a United States territory. Surely no one expected the quiet Hawaiian to one day earn the Medal of Honor? He wasn’t very social, didn’t drink and always seemed to be reading his Bible. FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/2eeJWLt (Permalink); http://bit.ly/2eG9YpV (Facebook); http://bit.ly/2dgtOrK (Google+); http://bit.ly/2e6mkWw (Instagram)

Bonus post: Federal Farmer III: “[T]he government will take every occasion to multiply laws, and officers to execute them, considering these as so many necessary props for its own support. . . .” MORE: http://bit.ly/2eGqdUc

Tuesday, October 11

On this day in 1776, Benedict Arnold fights the Battle of Valcour Island. He was still a good guy back then, fighting valiantly for the American cause! Indeed, before the day was through, he would lead his men on an amazing, middle-of-the-night escape from British General Guy Carleton. The British thought he was cornered. They were wrong! They couldn’t have known who they were dealing with?! 😉 Arnold was never one to be cornered. FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/2e6kt4i (Permalink); http://bit.ly/2dkKuJE (Facebook); http://bit.ly/2dYCvZj (Google+); http://bit.ly/2dU6mOJ (Instagram)

Bonus post: Federal Farmer IV: “It is proper the national laws should be supreme, and superior to state or district laws: but then the national laws ought to yield to unalienable or fundamental rights—and national laws, made by a few men, should extend only to a few national objects.” MORE: http://bit.ly/2e8X2Z9

Wednesday, October 12

On (almost) this day in 1960, the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the New York Yankees to win the World Series. Bill Mazeroski hit a home run in the 9th inning! He clinched the title for the Pirates at the very end of Game 7. So, why on earth am I telling you this story? Believe it or not, the series teaches us something about our Constitution. FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/2dYGEwh (Permalink); http://bit.ly/2ekQyUV (Facebook); http://bit.ly/2el6Rkd (Google+); http://bit.ly/2evsmm7 (Instagram)

Thursday, October 13

On this day in 1776, Benedict Arnold burns his fleet of American ships, preventing them from being captured by the British. He and his men flee to safety. Technically, Arnold had lost a battle, but it probably didn’t feel that way to the British! FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/2ecoNNA (Permalink); http://bit.ly/2dggCTR (Facebook); http://bit.ly/2dW1ERX (Google+); http://bit.ly/2el5WQS (Instagram)

Bonus post: Happy birthday to the U.S. Navy…. And (kind of) to the great State of Texas! MORE: http://bit.ly/2e9D3HC

Bonus post: Federal Farmer V: “Our countrymen are entitled to an honest and faithful government; to a government of laws and not of men; and also to one of their chusing—as a citizen of the country, I wish to see these objects secured, and licentious, assuming, and overbearing men restrained.” MORE: http://bit.ly/2e8Uw5b

Teddy RooseveltFriday, October 14

On this day in 1912, Teddy Roosevelt is shot by a would-be assassin. By then, Roosevelt was a former President, but he was campaigning to win the White House again! He’d been campaigning hard. In fact, he traveled and spoke so much that a doctor who had been traveling with him had advised him to stop and get some rest. His voice was wearing out! Roosevelt rested on October 13, but he was determined not to miss an October 14 rally in Milwaukee. His decision almost proved fatal. FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/2ecrPBu (Permalink); http://bit.ly/2dGs3jD (Facebook); http://bit.ly/2dtrpse (Google+); http://bit.ly/2dgto4v (Instagram)

Bonus quote: Samuel Adams: “It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer [our liberties] to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.” MORE: http://bit.ly/2e650Ru

Saturday, October 15

Calvin Coolidge: “There are only two main theories of government in the world. One rests on righteousness, the other rests on force.” FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/2e9D6mR (Facebook); http://bit.ly/2el7udD (Google+); http://bit.ly/2ecv4sF (Instagram)

Check out my Saturday morning presidential trivia! http://bit.ly/2dVJ64g

Sunday, October 16

On this day in 1780, the Royalton Raid takes place in present-day Vermont. The raid was conducted by just under 300 Indians operating under the command of British Lt. Richard Houghton. It was the last Indian raid to occur in New England. One Vermont historian describes the reasons for the raid: “[It] would serve the British purpose of terrorizing the frontier, and destroying housing and food supplies, thus driving inhabitants back toward the seaboard . . . .” FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/2eeKu4a (Permalink); http://bit.ly/2evb3BT (Facebook); http://bit.ly/2eGp3bc (Google+); http://bit.ly/2ecrAq2 (Instagram)