“Shall be punished with death” In 1634 a group of Catholics came to what is now known as Maryland. Their group consisted of rich land owners , servants, craftspeople, and farmers who had learned many valuable lessons from the earlier Jamestown settlers. For the most part, these new settlers raised corn, cattle, and pigs, so … Continue reading
More than a century after the metal-armor clad Spanish conquistadores first trooped and paraded through the sun-baked deserts of what is now known as southwestern North America, a three-masted former wine barrel carrying ship, the “Mayflower,” ferried 35 Christian dissenters who were at that time known as “Separatists” from the Church of England’s authority. These … Continue reading
Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes, once said, “The law is magic mirror in which we see reflected not only our own lives but also the lives of those who went before us.” This truly was a very well grounded and very discerning statement to have been made, by such an astute Supreme Court Justice. … Continue reading
Keep in mind that the first Pilgrims aboard the “Mayflower” departed Plymouth, England on September 16, 1620. They sailed south-westwardly across the North Atlantic Ocean for 58 days. They dropped anchor just off the seashore of Cape Cod at what is known today as Provincetown, Massachusetts on November 11, 1620. The autumnal celebration in late … Continue reading
Our great and proud nation, the United States of America, has set aside ten (10) publicly observed national holidays for all Americans to enjoy and celebrate. Additionally every four years an eleventh holiday, Inauguration Day, is added to the annual calendar because of the presidential elections. A wide variety of special reasons and purposes support … Continue reading
The Far East has its Beijing, the Middle East has its Jerusalem, England has its London, France its Paris and Italy has its Rome,…but America’s only origination shrines are her altars of patriotism–the first and most potent being Jamestown; the sire of Virginia, and Virginia the mother of this great Republic known today as The … Continue reading
