Tales from our cousins to the West, telling of their independence from Britain, their bloody civil war, and their runaway prosperity — and the slender thread by which it hangs.
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Modern History
The Voyage of the ‘Mayflower’
A crackdown on dissent in England’s established Church drove
a band of Nottinghamshire townspeople to seek new shores.
However loud his critics shouted their disapproval,
Abraham Lincoln would neither deprive them of free speech nor change his opinions.
byAbraham Lincoln1809-1865
Canadian History
My Long Walk to Beaver Dams
A ‘slight and delicate’ Canadian woman defied twenty miles of rugged terrain
in sweltering heat to warn of an impending attack by American invaders.
byLaura Secord1775-1868
Animal Stories
The Serum Run
Twenty teams of dogs ran a life-or-death race against time over
Alaska’s frozen trails to bring medicines to desperately sick children.
fromWoman Citizen1925
Free Speech and Conscience
A Right and a Duty
The tighter the US Government’s stranglehold on dissent grew, the harder
Daniel Webster fought for freedom of speech.
byDaniel Webster1782-1852
American Civil War
Sublime Christian Heroism
In replying to a letter of support from Manchester’s cotton workers,
US President Lincoln showed how deeply touched he had been.
byAbraham Lincoln1809-1865
American Civil War
A Letter to the President
Two years into America’s Civil War, cotton workers in Manchester defied
current opinion among politicians and the press, and pledged their support to the Union.