The Day the British Empire Lost America
The Day the British Empire Lost America October 19, 1781 — A Victory That Changed the World On October 19, 1781, an extraordinary scene unfolded near the small Virginia town
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Who Guards the Ballot?
Election Integrity and the Founders’ Expectations of Government Founders in the Headlines | October 16, 2026 Should the accuracy of America’s voter rolls be a partisan issue? Surely, regardless of
The Speech That a Bullet Could Not Stop
This Week in American History | October 14, 1912 The bullet passed through Roosevelt’s steel eyeglass case and a thick, folded manuscript of the speech he intended to deliver before
Immigration: A Nation’s Welcome and Its Responsibilities
What France’s school crisis reveals about a question America’s Founders understood. Founders in the Headlines | October 9, 2026 France is confronting a difficult question, one that reaches beyond its
In The Middle of War, Lincoln Called on America to Give Thanks
October 3, 1863 America was at war with itself. By October 1863, the Civil War had been raging for more than two years. Gettysburg had been fought only three months
Who Holds the Nation’s Purse Strings?
Congress, the President, and a constitutional argument as old as the Republic More than two centuries ago, the Founders confronted a simple but important question: Who should control the government’s