by drkeithcox | Dec 14, 2020 | _externaldispatch
‘A fearsome decision’: Abigail Adams had her children inoculated against smallpoxThe future first lady feared inoculation, but she feared smallpox more. It was 1776, and Abigail Adams had decided that she and her four children would seek protection from a...
by drkeithcox | Nov 27, 2020 | _externaldispatch
Opinion | Remember the Chosin Few this ThanksgivingSeventy Thanksgivings ago, Pfc. Warren Wiedhahn was 21, far from home and freezing. During a winter of record cold, nighttime temperatures were more than 30 degrees below zero in the North Korean mountains.
by drkeithcox | Nov 26, 2020 | History Matters
Proclamation of Thanksgiving This is the proclamation which set the precedent for America’s national day of Thanksgiving. During his administration, President Lincoln issued many orders similar to this. For example, on November 28, 1861, he ordered government...
by drkeithcox | Nov 22, 2020 | History Matters
“Here is a man who under the most difficult, adverse circumstances that one can imagine was able to stand up, speak in a mature and independent fashion, and evaluate the world around him critically.” Escaped slave and Navy sailor recounted his remarkable...
by drkeithcox | Nov 21, 2020 | History Matters
So why didn’t the founders plan for this particular scenario, of a president simply denying that he had lost an election? Because they couldn’t even fathom it, Engel said. “They couldn’t fathom two things: a person who had become president who was so utterly lacking...
