http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/americanhistory/ en-us Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:49:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395904/posts NEW YORK — Members of one of America's oldest Protestant churches officially apologized Friday — for the first time — for massacring and displacing Native Americans 400 years ago. "We consumed your resources, dehumanized your people and disregarded your culture, along with your dreams, hopes and great love for this land," the Rev. Robert Chase told descendants from both sides. "With pain, we the Collegiate Church, remember our part in these events." The minister spoke on Native American Heritage Day at a reconciliation ceremony of the Lenape tribe with the Collegiate Church, started in 1628 in then-New Amsterdam as the... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395904/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:49:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385491/posts As America debates whether to send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan, in the ninth year of a war for ends we cannot discern, a riveting new history recalls times when Americans fought for vital national interests. "A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent" is Robert Merry's brilliant biography and history of that time. Merry goes far toward righting the injustice done by historians who have denied this great man his place in the pantheon of presidents, because they believe "Jimmy Polk's War" to have been a war... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385491/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:04:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371955/posts ELIZABETH -- Many of the headstones marking the graves in New Jersey’s oldest cemetery are no longer readable, not only because they’re worn, but because they’re partially underground. While excavating around the headstones in the Old First Presbyterian Church cemetery in Elizabeth last week, archaeologist Seth Gartland found stones had sunk several feet, leaving only the top half exposed. When workers elevated the decaying stones, Gartland discovered inscriptions that had long been hidden. Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerRows and rows of markers in the cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church on Broad St. The cemetery is currently undergoing a project of preserving... The Star-Ledger (Newark) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371955/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:44:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370592/posts The 4th of July is the time when we celebrate our nation-- a time to reflect on the freedoms which we believe are not granted by our government, but are self-evident rights for all humankind. Time for the Independence Day Quiz which asks, "How much do you really know?" Every day thousands leave their homelands to settle here in the land of the free. Before they become citizens they are required to take a citizenship test and score 80%. Could you pass this test if you took it today? Our quiz is made up of 20 questions found on the... Toast.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370592/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:29:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355050/posts At a White House dinner with a group of historians at the beginning of the summer, Robert Dallek, a shrewd student of both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, offered a chilling comment to President Obama. "In my judgment," he recalls saying, "war kills off great reform movements." The American record is pretty clear: World War I brought the Progressive Era to a close. When Franklin D. Roosevelt was waging World War II, he was candid in saying that "Dr. New Deal" had given way to "Dr. Win the War." Korea ended Harry Truman's Fair Deal, and Vietnam brought Lyndon Johnson's... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355050/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:15:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349526/posts .....But what began to radicalize American anti-slavery activists? First, it was Evangelical Christianity. Some of the radicalism they took from their faith. They took from the so-called Second Great Awakening. They took from this idea that somehow, it was their duty, it was their place in the world--many of them were the sons and daughters of ministers--to save souls. And if you'd been inspired by Charles Grandison Finney out in Oberlin, Ohio, or--as Theodore Weld had--or a number of other ministers across the North, that it was your duty to go save souls, it was only one step further--and Finney... Yale University http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349526/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:36:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344516/posts Yellow Springs company embraces niche and club publications YELLOW SPRINGS — In the summer of 2008, Benjamin Smith and Vicki McClellan spotted a small magazine out of Fort Myers, Fla., calling itself Patriots of the American Revolution. After seeing it, they knew two things. First, they liked the magazine, its exploration of a certain corner of history, its direction and feel. Second, they knew their company, Yellow Springs custom publisher Ertel Publishing, could make it better. The magazine’s owner, Three Patriots LLC, has hired Ertel Publishing to design and produce the magazine. But Three Patriots and Ertel Publishing aren’t exactly... Dayton Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344516/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:18:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343125/posts A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, Now Met in Congress at Philadelphia, Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity of Their Taking Up Arms.(1) If it was possible for men, who exercise their reason to believe, that the divine Author of our existence intended a part of the human race to hold an absolute property in, and an unbounded power over others, marked out by his infinite goodness and wisdom, as the objects of a legal domination never rightfully resistible, however severe and oppressive, the inhabitants of these colonies might at least require from the... Avalon Project http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343125/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:53:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324789/posts The 1820s American Farm at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia, features a log house which incorporates an original log cabin built in 1773. The two wings of the house, joined by an enclosed dogtrot, demonstrate the progression in log-structure building techniques from colonial to early American times. This log farm house is a Shenandoah Valley original, moved from northern Rockingham County to the Museum and reconstructed on a hillside site. Backcountry Notes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324789/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:03:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2322871/posts Even as the Left still flirts with socialism (and I'm being nice with the word, "flirts"), the first Pilgrims who arrived here in 1620 learned their lesson early: socialism, even on the scale of the Pilgrims colony at Plymouth Rock, doesn't work. William Bradford wrote about his "experiment" with socialism then in his journal, "Of Plymouth Plantation". Check it out sometime in a library or get it on Amazon. It is an early primary history of the Pilgrims' spirit of adventure, free enterprise, and devotion to religious freedom. We could use a little taste of their spirit today. I pulled... Intercollegiate Studies Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2322871/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:10:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2322623/posts The Virginia Frontier Culture Museum's 1740s log cabin is displayed as a work in progress. The cabin is a typical peeled-log, saddle-notched settler's cabin of the kind favored by Scotch-Irish moving into the wilds of the Backcountry. The construction was simple and required few tools. The museum's replica is built with one door and no windows -- a common practice which led to laws requiring homesteader's cabins have at least one window. Backcountry Notes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2322623/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:21:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320674/posts SAN ANTONIO -- There's a new battle under way for control of the Alamo -- and just like the Texas legend, neither side shows any sign of surrender. For more than a century, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas -- nearly 7,000 women who trace their pedigrees back to the origins of the Texas Republic -- have had total control of the Alamo, the state's most revered historic site. They maintain what's left of the old mission, manage its historic exhibits and run the gift shop. They don't charge admission, and the site doesn't cost the state government a... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320674/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:47:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320273/posts (CNSNews.com) – Less than a week after the Environmental Protection Agency restarted a controversial dredging project on the Hudson River, dredgers operated by the General Electric Company dislodged wooden beams that are the last remnants of one of the largest British forts in the American colonies. The EPA now says that the beams are contaminated with potential carcinogens known as PCBs and therefore must be buried in a landfill. The dredging operation is being conducted to remove sediments containing PCBs from the river about 40 miles north of Albany, N.Y. Fort Edward, where the dredging damage occurred, was one of... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320273/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:07:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318807/posts (CNSNews.com) – Less than a week after the Environmental Protection Agency restarted a controversial dredging project on the Hudson River, dredgers operated by the General Electric Company dislodged wooden beams that are the last remnants of one of the largest British forts in the American colonies. The EPA now says that the beams are contaminated with potential carcinogens known as PCBs and therefore must be buried in a landfill CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318807/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:33:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316471/posts Crews dredging PCBs from the Hudson River on Friday ripped away remnants of what was once Britain's largest fort in Colonial America, a mistake that incensed local officials who had feared the cleanup project would damage such relics in the area. Neal Orsini said he was awoken around 4 a.m. by the sound of dredging along his riverside property in Fort Edward, 45 miles north of Albany. Orsini said he later discovered that the dredgers had torn out the riverbank, along with two wooden beams that had been part of the original fort's waterfront bastion. A third beam was later... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316471/posts#comment Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:55:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309727/posts The original targets of the Ku Klux Klan were Republicans, both black and white, according to a new television program and book, which describe how the Democrats started the KKK and for decades harassed the GOP with lynchings and threats. An estimated 3,446 blacks and 1,297 whites died at the end of KKK ropes from 1882 to 1964. The documentation has been assembled by David Barton of Wallbu More..ilders and published in his book "Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White," which reveals that not only did the Democrats work hand-in-glove with the Ku Klux Klan for... Live Leak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309727/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:59:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308012/posts This country’s Founding Fathers were racist, sexist white men whose opinions don’t matter in today’s world -- unless they can be used to bolster liberal talking points. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers by Brion McClanahan smashes those misguided notions by re-examining the men who helped forge this country’s government without falling back on postmodern spin. Founding Fathers is a painstaking look at how the country began, where the Founders stood on key issues like freedom of religion, as well as how they came to their political philosophies. It also details the spirited debates behind some of the... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308012/posts#comment Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:18:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2294281/posts The battle at Stony Point, which took place in July of 1779, was (according to the National Park Service) "the last military action of importance in the northern theater of war." In addition, the National Park Service provides this description of the general battle scene: Stony Point is a steep promontory jutting half a mile into the Hudson River and rising 150 feet above the water, which all but surrounds it. A marsh, under water at high tide, protected the inland side of the post. The British, under General Clinton, had secured, and fortified, that location. About six hundred Redcoats... awesomestories.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2294281/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:53:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2289836/posts American History Exhumed by: Alana Goodman, July 10, 2009 On October 11, 1809, celebrated explorer Meriwether Lewis—of Lewis and Clarke fame—was found shot to death on the floor of an old tavern at the edge of Indian country in Tennessee. Witnesses and friends traveling with the explorer maintained that Lewis shot himself in the head and chest after a long bought of mental illness and depression. However, some of Lewis’ family members argued that he was murdered in cold blood. Two-hundred years later his descendents are still dead-set on solving the mystery, even if it means digging up and studying... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2289836/posts#comment Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:08:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289310/posts Is America a Christian Nation? Many people don't think so today. The truth is, however, that our great nation was founded on principles that are all throughout the Bible. Author and historian David Barton highlights our christian heritage in this eye opening message. In Touch Ministries http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289310/posts#comment Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:30:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2287684/posts It has been 400 years since English explorer Henry Hudson mapped the northeast coast of North America, leaving a wake of rivers and towns named in his honor, yet what happened to the famed explorer remains a mystery. Hudson was never heard from again after a mutiny by his crew during a later voyage through northern Canada. That he died in the area in 1611 is a certainty, and he may have even been killed in cold blood, according to new research. Live Science http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2287684/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:51:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285846/posts A nephew of mine is doing some project/study work on the Great Depression. I have tons of history books, but very little on economical history and the Great Depression. I'd like him to avoid Roosevelt adulating propaganda. What do you consider the authorative and most relevant books on the Great Depression and the (etatist) measures certain States (particularily US and Europeans) have taken against it? Thanks for your help. Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285846/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:05:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282305/posts Richard Perry/The New York TimesKalustyan's, a market at 123 Lexington Avenue, is the only building still standing where a president was sworn in: Chester A. Arthur. Forlornly unidentified and altogether forgotten, these sites have been literally lost to history. ...on West 125th Street...nothing marks the place where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed in 1958. Then there is the spot on Fifth Avenue where Winston Churchill, crossing against the light, was struck by a car in 1931 and nearly killed. snip Andrew Carroll, 39, an amateur historian, is embarking this week on a 50-state journey to... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282305/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:03:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280518/posts See link below source material cannot be posted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280518/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:32:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2276547/posts In this year of John Calvin's 500th birthday, I don't know of a better place to read about his impact on America than Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism given at Princeton Seminary in October 1898. Kuyper was a pastor, a journalist, the founder of the Free University of Amsterdam, and prime minister of the Netherlands. John Calvin and Martin Luther were the twin pillars of the Protestant Reformation. Why do fewer people speak of Luther's culture-shaping impact on America, but for centuries Calvin has been seen in this light? Kuyper argues, Luther's starting-point was the . . . principle of... WORLD Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2276547/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:34:36 GMT