Franklin Roosevelt’s Famous “Four Freedoms” Speech
Three years after this speech, on January 11 of 1944, FDR gave his State of the Union address, where he expanded on what he saw …
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The US Supreme Court Ruled in Pierce v. Society of Sisters that States could not Compel Children to Attend Public Schools. “The Child is Not the Mere Creature of the State”
Pierce v. Society of Sisters, the U.S. Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a 1922 Oregon law that compelled children aged eight to sixteen to attend not …
The Palmer Raids Biggest Raid
Americans woke up to discover just how little their own government regarded the cherished Bill of Rights. During the night, some 4,000 of their fellow …
Sedition Act of 1918 Enacted. Imprisons Hundreds for Anti-War Speech
The Sedition Act of 1918 was an amendment to the Espionage Act of 1917 passed by Congress at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who was concerned that any antiwar …
Espionage Act of 1917 Enacted by Congress
Congress enacted the Espionage Act of 1917 on June 15, two months after the United States entered World War I. Just after the war, prosecutions under …
The Masses Magazine Published ‘At Last a Perfect Soldier’ Cartoon & Others Causing USPS to Stop Delivery
Published in the radical, left-wing magazine The Masses in 1916, Robert Minor’s At Last a Perfect Soldier shows a delighted army medical examiner presiding over a hulking, headless recruit …
John Swinton, NY Times Chief Editor Speech: “The Business of Journalists is to Destroy the Truth…We Are Tools… of Rich Men Behind the Scenes.”
“There is no such thing, at this date of the world’s history in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it. …
The Secret Treaty of Verona between Austria, France, Prussia and Russia to Suppress the Freedom of the U.S.A. – with the Help of the Pope?
In the secret 1822 Treaty of Verona (between Austria, France, Prussia and Russia) the Jesuits agreed to smash the US Constitution and suppress the freedom …
Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address
Thomas Jefferson FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS, Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence …
Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation: America’s First Federal Thanksgiving
On October 3rd, 1789, following a resolution of Congress, President George Washington proclaimed Thursday the 26th of November 1789 a day of “public thanksgiving and …