I recommend Thomas Kidd’s God of Liberty. Below you can check out 5 books he recommends on the American Revolution. For the Fourth of July, here are five compelling books on the American Revolution. A few caveats: these are all…
A Post for Fathers on the Life of Seargent York
From the Art of Manliness comes one of the most amazing war stories in American history: the heroism of Alvin York. Sergent York’s example is a great challenge for fathers today. Corporal Alvin C. York silently led his squad of…
Chris Castaldo: This is War – October 7, 1571
Four hundred forty one years ago today the battle of Lepanto took place. Here’s a post from Chris Castaldo with a post that is historically enlightening and personally challenging: The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7,1571 when a…
Moments in Manliness: Strong as a Bull Moose
The below clip reviews the famous bull moose speech that Teddy Roosevelt gave after being shot. Even though it was in Milwaukee, I am sure it was a Bear’s fan rather than a Packer. (Never mind the timeline of when…
What Tocqueville and Jefferson Had in Common and a new book by Gregg Frazer
Alexis de Tocqueville sang the praises of Christianity’s influence in the United States. Yet, he was not an orthodox Christian. As Thomas Kidd has pointed out, in this regard Tocqueville was similar to Jefferson and some of the other founding…
Lasting Living Witness of Lincoln Assassination
Do any of you remember the show, “I’ve got a secret?” Denny Burk: Samuel J. Seymour was five years old when he went to Ford’s Theater with some family and friends. After arriving in Washington, D.C., he was told, “Sammy,…
The angry realities of war, the pain of parents, and the responsibilities of leadership
From Letters of Note: The following angry letter was sent to then-U.S. President Harry Truman in 1953 by the father of George Banning, a young soldier who had recently been killed whilst serving in the Korean War. When Truman passed…
Never in the field of military conflict has so much rested on the decision of one man
At 2145 hours on June 5th, Eisenhower gave the go ahead for the Invasion. Today is the 57th anniversary of D-Day. Normandy may be one of the places my family will visit during our trip to Europe.* Keeping in mind…
Pictures of Pearl from the day “which will live in infamy”: Dec 7, 1941
The Arizona topples over before sinking. More at the Big Picture.