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CONGRATULATIONS,
PRESIDENT AND MRS. BIDEN!

January 19, 2021

Martin Luther King’s Birthday

January 15, 2021

Remembering. January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968

This impeached, one-term president refused to go to his successor’s inauguration.
Now Trump will do the same.

January 8, 2021 by Ronald G. Shafer for The Washington Post

It’s been 152 years since Andrew Johnson decided not to attend the swearing-in of Ulysses S. Grant

Patriotism or Betrayal?

January 8, 2021 by Ed Lengel

The Events of January 6, 2021 and the Example of George Washington

A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers

December 26, 2020 by Patricia Cohen for The New York Times

With theaters and concert halls shuttered, unemployment in the arts has cut deeper than in restaurants and other hard-hit industries.

‘A fearsome decision’: Abigail Adams had her children inoculated against smallpox

December 12, 2020 by Ronald G. Shafer for The Washington Post

The future first lady feared inoculation, but she feared smallpox more.

Holidays in a Pandemic?
Here’s What Happened in 1918

December 9, 2020 by Jacey Fortin for The New York Times

The festive season fell between two deadly waves of the deadly influenza outbreak. Families still gathered, often with empty chairs...

Remembering Pearl Harbor

December 7, 2020

December 7, 1941 The Grateful American Foundation Remembers the Men and Women who Kept us Safe.

Judges Gear up for the 2021 Grateful American Book Prize

December 1, 2020

The Grateful American Book Prize is accepting submissions for 2021.

Thanksgiving 2020

November 25, 2020

"Catching the Thanksgiving Turkey" Grandma Moses, 1922

Lucille Bridges, Mother of Civil Rights Trailblazer, Dies at 86

November 11, 2020 by John Ismay for The New York Times

In 1960, Ms. Bridges enrolled her daughter Ruby in an all-white school in New Orleans and escorted her there, breaking...

Veterans Day

November 11, 2020

Remembering all of the men and women who have fought to protect America and its democracy.