George Washington always believed in people and causes larger than himself. References to God’s providential oversight of the army and of his own life and work appear constantly in his writings. His trust in the rightness of the cause of liberty, firm from the beginning, was his vital center in the darkest times of the...Continue Reading
It takes a strong man to be a forgiving one. United States Navy Master Diver Carl Brashear was just such a man. The 2000 film “Men of Honor” starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Robert De Niro is based on Carl Brashear’s extraordinary life and reveals what grit, determination, and a forgiving heart can do for...Continue Reading
“Surely God Himself must tremble at the task before you,“ Churchill declared with trembling consternation. To this General Dwight D. Eisenhower serenely replied, “If God is at my side, how can I fail? When Eisenhower believed the time was right to begin the invasion, he ceased his pacing, humbly looked his subordinates in the eye,...Continue Reading
All the king’s horses and all the kings men were in hot pursuit of the brazen young man, barely nineteen. The whole of Paris, and soon all of France was transfixed by the melodrama of the princely rogue’s flight. He became the topic du jour in the taverns and salons throughout the ancient land. Crowds,...Continue Reading
Abraham Lincoln, when describing his fighting general to a friend remarked that, “He’s the quietest little fellow you ever saw. He makes the least fuss of any man you ever knew. I believe he had been in this room a minute or so before I knew he was here.” “Grant is the first [true] general...Continue Reading
James Monroe was a fascinating figure in American history. One story in particular stands out and demonstrates perfectly the fragility and happenstance that comprises the better part of our lives. Below is the story we like to tell while enjoying a James Monroe with friends… The unrelenting barking of the dogs was so loud that...Continue Reading
John Adams was not always a sunny-side up kind of man. He would have said that himself. But his volcanic desire to see his fellow countrymen and women free forged in him an inextinguishable fountain of hope. Below is his short speech which he gave just after the vote of the Declaration Of Independence from...Continue Reading
