Memorial Day

By John Degree | Classical Historian    Memorial Day is a day set aside by the United States Congress to remember and honor all those who have fallen in battle defending America. In 1967, in the middle of the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson and Congress...

Helen Keller (1880-1960)

By John Degree | Classical Historian    Helen Keller was born into a wealthy household on June 27, 1880, yet her story is not one of ease and luxury. Helen was struck deaf and blind at the age of 18 months in a time when people with disabilities were not expected...

Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680)

By John Degree | Classical Historian    Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be canonized a Catholic saint. She was born in 1656 in what is today the state of New York. Her tribe was the mighty Mohawk, her father was Chief Kenneronka, and her mother...

Geronimo (1829-1909)

By John Degree | Classical Historian    Geronimo is one of the most-recognizable of American Indians who resisted the American government in the 1800s and 1900s. A leader of the Chiricahua tribe of the Apache, Geronimo fought Mexico, the United States of America,...

Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)

By John Degree | The Classical Historian Margaret Sanger was one of the most influential American women of the 20th century. As a progressive and eugenicist, she believed that some humans were, by nature, inferior to others. Sanger was primarily driven to provide...

Amelia Earhart (1893-1937)

By John Degree | The Classical Historian   Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer and author who died bravely trying to circumnavigate the world. She was born before the Wright Brother’s first flight, but her life was defined by the airplane. Amelia was a...