September 1814: The month that tested America
September 1814 sorely tested the United States and ultimately insured its survival as a nation.
View ArticleVeterans’ Day celebrates, remembers all generations who have defended our nation
Veterans’ Day memories reach across the years to embrace each of the generations who have unselfishly done their part to defend our American way of life.
View ArticlePatriots Day 2015: Boston does not stand alone
In the two years since the horrific marathon bombing, Boston has been nothing less than resilient. The city has stood defiant and proud even as it painfully relived those grim events during a trial and...
View ArticleRemembering the meaning of Memorial Day
On this Memorial Day, we honor the sacrifices of prior generations. We honor the sacrifices of the men and women next door who have served or continue to serve our country. And we pledge never to...
View ArticleV-J Day: 70 years ago the world thought it had seen the end of 'the last war...
Seventy years ago, the world went wild with joy.
View ArticleD-Day Anniversary: The day we knew we were going to win
The United States faces daunting international challenges.
View ArticleFourth of July: The Greatest Generation takes its final salutes
My first memories of celebrating the Fourth of July with any sense of history are from 1960. With American flags flying from the handlebars, my brother and I rode our bicycles around the house and into...
View ArticleOn the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, looking at young names on marble...
Pearl Harbor became a numbing low point of national shock and tragedy, but also a galvanizing moment that embedded a will to win at any cost in America’s national psyche.
View ArticleBattle of the Coral Sea and Corregidor: When America’s worst defeat gave way...
On May 6, 1942, in the early months of World War II, the American flag was hauled down on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines.
View ArticleBattle of Midway, 75 years later - a battle that changed the course of a war...
This decisive naval battle 75 years ago not only changed the course of World War II, but also established the aircraft carrier as the principal strategic weapon of the United States Navy.
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