Our appreciation and respect for Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is enhanced by an awareness of the fascinating ...

Alexander the Great is one of the most extraordinary individuals in history. He became king of the fringe Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 336 BC at the age of just 20, and before his death twelve years ...

250 years ago this month, one of the most influential speeches in American history was delivered right here in Virginia. It was Patrick Henry’s spirited “Give Me Liberty or Give me Death” oration. Let ...

In my last column, I started the story of Patrick Henry’s legendary “Give Me Liberty” speech, uttered 250 years ago this month. I ended with a provocative statement: we actually have no idea what ...

Great political speeches in American history crystallize issues, pack a cogent moral punch and provide guideposts for human improvement. Think of President Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” ...

A quarter of a million people gathered near the Lincoln Memorial in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was August 28, 1963, and many there that day knew the ...

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, so he never knew the exact date of his birth, only that it occurred sometime in February 1818. This means that Douglass was only thirty-four years old when he ...