American Heroes
Abraham Lincoln
“I have heard that, in the autumn of 1818, Abraham Lincoln entered a log cabin to hear his mother’s final words. I tell you this because I want you to know who he was, and that his young life was marked out by sorrow, and that the sorrow he knew as a young man was, surely, one of those things which gave him all the love and wisdom which filled his older years…”
-Excerpt from the Abraham Lincoln series.
Thomas Jefferson
“I am going to tell you a story about a great and erring man. It is the story of Thomas Jefferson, who, as I think you know, is one of the men to whom we owe the founding of our country. I am sure that it is a great story, and worth telling; and I am sure that I ought to tell it…”
-Excerpt from the Thomas Jefferson series.
George Washington
“The trees were already looking sparse across the vast western frontier. Winter was winning the battle with the fall and was sure to take over in due time. In 1753, the unsettled countryside west of the colonies provided a rugged landscape for the Virginian travelers…”
Future Plans
John D. Rockefeller
Frederick Douglass
More coming soon!
