Remembering William Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury, and Three-Time Failed Candidate for President of the United States
The presidency of Thomas Jefferson was the start of the two-party system in America, and during the next two decades, it was “no holds barred.” Under Jefferson’s successor, President James...
August 24, 1814: The Battle of Bladensburg: American Forces are Routed by the British Army, a Major Setback in the War of 1812
This year we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which we think of as the “bookend” to the ultimate end of the War in 1783 with the Treaty of...