In keeping with the cliches that history repeats and there's nothing new under the sun, here are 6 quotes from the presidents that are just as appropriate now as they were when the words were first uttered. The men who create power make an indispensable contribution...
The elections of 2000 and 2004 were nothing short of amazing considering how hotly contested they were. Unfortunately, that's more of the rule than the exception. Here are a few scenarios which will make you question the American electoral system. 1796: John Adams vs...
[caption id="attachment_2505" align="alignright" width="163" caption="Image courtesy jelene/Flickr"] [/caption] Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Here are five random facts about the first big holiday of the "holiday" season. The modern Thanksgiving holiday celebrated...
[caption id="attachment_2421" align="alignright" width="273" caption="Only Known Photo of Lincoln at Gettysburg"] [/caption]November 19th marks the day that, in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his “Gettysburg Address”. The speech was given as a means of consecrating...
Nickname: Land of Lincoln Date Ratified: December 3, 1818 (21st) Capital: Springfield [caption id="attachment_1994" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Illinois"] [/caption] Nearly 65% of Illinois' population lives in the northeastern corner of the state...
Nickname: Bluegrass State Date Ratified: June 1, 1792 (15th) Capital: Frankfort [caption id="attachment_1814" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Kentucky"] [/caption] Berea College, established in 1855, was the first coed college in the South to admit...
Nickname: The Green Mountain State Date Ratified: March 4, 1791 (14th) Capital: Montpelier [caption id="attachment_1710" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Vermont"] [/caption] Vermont was the 1st state outside of the original 13 colonies to be admitted...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="144" caption="Image via Wikipedia"] [/caption] Twitter may be a 21st century invention, but that's not going to stop John Quincy Adams, the nation's 6th president, from joining in on the fun. Thanks to the Massachusetts Historical...
Income Tax History [caption id="attachment_1056" align="alignright" width="173" caption="Abraham Lincoln: Father of the Income Tax (sort of)"] [/caption] Did you know that the Federal Income Tax was first signed into law by Abraham Lincoln as the Revenue Act of 1861...
