Martin Luther King’s Birthday January 15, 2021 Remembering. January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 Read More
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 Read More
Patriotism or Betrayal? January 8, 2021 by Ed Lengel The Events of January 6, 2021 and the Example of George Washington Read More
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. Read More
‘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. Read 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... Read More
Remembering Pearl Harbor December 7, 2020 December 7, 1941 The Grateful American Foundation Remembers the Men and Women who Kept us Safe. Read More
Judges Gear up for the 2021 Grateful American Book Prize December 1, 2020 The Grateful American Book Prize is accepting submissions for 2021. Read More
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... Read More
Veterans Day November 11, 2020 Remembering all of the men and women who have fought to protect America and its democracy. Read More
