However loud his critics shouted their disapproval,
Abraham Lincoln would neither deprive them of free speech nor change his opinions.
Length: 59 words
American Revolutionary War
Lady Harriet’s Errand
On the evening of October 7th, 1777, as fighting on Bemis Heights subsided,
Harriet Acland came to General Burgoyne with a startling request.
Length: 113 words
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.
Length: 115 words
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.
Length: 59 words
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.
Length: 117 words
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.