Ten years ago, at the Peachtree 10k Road Race in Atlanta, Ben Payne was approaching the finish line in first place. The Peachtree is the biggest ten kilometer race in the world, with over 50,000 runners participating each year on...
Henry Knox, Joseph Warren, William Eaton…they’re all lesser known heroes of American history. But at least we know their names and their stories. In Arlington National Cemetery, three American soldiers are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: one...
I know that you’re familiar with the United States Marine Hymn that tells of the Marines going “to the shores of Tripoli”—but do you know what, or who, it is about? The song refers to an attack on the Tripolitan...
When you visit Monticello, you quickly learn that there were some rather quirky things about Thomas Jefferson. He used to read and write in his study with birds flying around inside; despite their many impracticalities, he loved Alcove Beds, which...
One of the most interesting things about colonial Williamsburg is that it is preserved as colonial Williamsburg. What you see and experience is Williamsburg as it existed in 1775—the year before America declared her independence from England. That is why, when we got to...
One of the things that I learned while visiting Jamestown was that its eventual success was not just uncertain…it was downright unlikely. Sure, the settlers were bold adventurers. But they were also what you might call clueless incompetents. Many of...
Wednesday of Holy Week is, for many Christians, known as Spy Wednesday. It commemorates the betrayal of Jesus by his disciple Judas. Matthew 26 records: “14 Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said,...
For Christians around the world, this week marks perhaps the most important week of the year: Holy Week. Beginning yesterday, with Palm Sunday and continuing through Holy Saturday, the days of Holy Week follow the story of Jesus’ entry into...
We memorize to fill our travel bag; we memorize, because it preserves the past; and we memorize, because it lets us walk a mile in someone else’s words. But ultimately, we memorize, because it changes us. And that is why...
Have you ever heard the idiom, “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes”? It means that we should first imagine what it is like to be someone else, to experience life from their perspective, before we pass judgment. It is...
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