The Robbers Gunn's Barn The Robbery Captain Dayton's residence was on the eastern side of the meeting-house Green, about three fourths of a mile south from the present churches in…
Pursuit from Bethany David Wooster's Alarm in Judd's Meadow They were early risers at Mr. Judd's. The habits of industry in which the family were trained, from the oldest to the…
Puritan Training The Abduction A Quilting Party Year after year passed, and still the war dragged on. The battles of Trenton and Princeton had revived the drooping hopes of the…
Historical BackgroundPerhaps no other case decided by the Court in the 20th century has had so profound an effect on the social fabric of America as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. By…
Historical BackgroundThe Warren Court left an unprecedented legacy of judicial activism in the area of civil rights law as well as in the area of civil liberties-specifically, the rights of…
Senate Years of Service: 1805-1816
Party: Democratic Republican TURNER James , a Senator from North Carolina; born in Southampton County, Va., December 20,
1766; moved to Warren County, N.C., in…
HILL Hugh Lawson White , a Representative from Tennessee; born near McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn.,
March 1, 1810; attended private schools and the Carroll Male Academy at McMinnville; was…
HALL Chapin , a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Busti, Chautauqua County, N.Y., July 12, 1816;
attended the common schools and the Jamestown (N.Y.) Academy;
moved to Pine Grove (now…
Shirley MacLaineactressBorn: 4/24/1934Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Academy Award-winning actress whose screen talents range from dancing the can-can to playing the part of an aging eccentric. Her…
Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
World's Most Corrupt Leaders & Politicians
Western Christian Holidays, 2010-2030
The Best Movie Quotes of All Time!
Top 10 Biggest Waterfalls in the World (Tallest, Widest, & Most Volume!)