September 25:- A Bill of Rights ”What think you of a Declaration of Rights? Should not such a Thing have preceded the Model?” to Thomas Jefferson, November 10, 1787John Adams knew something about compromise. It is what he had to fashion among the delegates of the Continental Congress in order to achieve Independence. The Constitutional […]
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September 17:Constitution Day The two Presidents that I portray, John Adams and Theodore Roosevelt, were not involved in the drafting of the United States Constitution. But that didn’t stop either of them from having a lot to say on the subject. To celebrate this day that the United States’ governing document was approved, the following video shows […]
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September 11-13: Courage and LossSeptember 11-13: Courage and Loss ” Everything is going on most satisfactorily with the President. I feel assured not only that he will recover, but that his recovery will be so speedy that in a very short time he will be able to resume his duties.TR to Fletcher D. Proctor, September […]
Keep on reading...September 3 (&4)- Treaty of Paris: Liberty & Fish John Adamsto Elbridge Gerry, September 3, 1783 The third of September, will be more remarkable or the Signature of the definitive Treaties than for the Battle of Naseby or Worcester or the Death of Oliver Cromwell. The Treaty of Paris was a major date in John […]
Keep on reading...August 29 – The Colonel makes peace ” We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.President Theodore Roosevelt spoke the above words during his inaugural address in 1905. And it was quite a year to […]
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