‘Gore Vidal: History of the National Security State’ is Published
In his 30s, after writing a series of mainstream novels, Gore Vidal decided to try his hand at historical fiction. This decision would set him …
Abraham Lincoln
Newsweek Magazine Publishes an Article titled, “How the Bible Made America”
Newsweek magazine, on December 27, 1982, in an article entitled, How the Bible Made America, made this revealing statement, “Historians are discovering that the Bible, …
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Last Speech: I’ve Been to the Mountaintop
[AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio] Thank you very kindly, my friends. As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and …
Mount Rushmore Dedication Ceremony is Held which has Become One of the Most Iconic Images of America
The southeastern face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest is the site of four gigantic carved sculptures depicting the faces of …
Congressman Oscar Calloway Testifies to Congress “JP Morgan Purchased the Most Influential Newspapers in America to Manipulate the Public to Join WWI”
U.S. Congressman Oscar Calloway testifies to Congress on February 9, 1917 that: In March, 1915, the J.P. Morgan interests, the steel, shipbuilding, and powder interest, …
Springfield Race Riot: The Riot in Lincoln’s Hometown that Sparked the NAACP’s Founding on His 100th Birthday 6 Months Later
The riot began the evening of Friday, Aug. 14, 1908, when a white crowd gathered outside the Sangamon County Jail, apparently intending to lynch two …
14th Amendment to the Constitution is Adopted
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is one of the most important and most frequently cited amendments in American jurisprudence, and its applicability, as …
13th Amendment Ratified
When Abraham Lincoln was elected the first Republican President in 1861 (along with the first ever Republican Congress), southern pro-slavery Democrats saw the handwriting on …
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, but Why?
In John Wilkes Booth’s trunk coded messages were found and the key to that code was found among the possessions of Judah Benjamin. Benjamin had fled to …
Lincoln’s Elkins Letter: “corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow”
Archer G. Shaw, ed, Library of Congress, intro. (1950). William F. Elkins Ltr. (Nov. 21, 1864), VERIFIED, The Lincoln Encyclopedia; the spoken and written words of …