Remembering James Armistead Lafayette

Featured, Revolutionary War Era

James Armistead Lafayette was a Continental Army double agent tasked with spying on the British during the Revolutionary War. He was born into slavery and enslaved by William Armistead, a Virginia...

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Remembering Daniel Webster

Civil War Era

One of the most important political leaders of the early 19th century, and one of America’s greatest orators, Daniel Webster died this day on October 24, 1852. He played a prominent role in the...

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