Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington were the two most storied soldiers of their time. Their epic clash at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815 was the culmination of decades of warfare between France and Britain as those two great empires competed to become the world’s most dominant power. Although Wellington ultimately won that battle, ensuring that the 19th century would belong to Great Britain, the legacy of the Emperor of the French never faded away. As Wellingto

Weeks after the crushing British defeat at the Battle of the Monongahela, one Redcoat survivor wrote that "the yell of the Indians is as fresh on my ear, and the terrific sounds will haunt me until the hour of my dissolution."1 The sights and sounds from that July 9, 1755 clash between a French and Indian force led by Captain Daniel Beaujeu and General Edward Braddock’s army of British regulars, Indian allies, and American colonial troops produced some of the most terrifying

Twelve score and ten years ago, our Founding Fathers declared independence from Great Britain, breaking free from a world ruled by kings and ushering in a bold experiment in human freedom. The Declaration of Independence forged what the great Abraham Lincoln would later describe as “a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”1 As we celebrate the historic milestone of 250 years of American nationhood, we must never for

“A father is a man who follows through. This is why it was particularly appropriate that Washington came to be known as the father of his country, for he was the founder, above all others, who followed through.” - Richard Brookhiser, Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington As we celebrate Father’s Day, those wise words from historian Richard Brookhiser come to mind. The notion of fatherhood is indeed one of the most important elements that define the life and legacy