There’s an old saying that goes like this: behind every great man is a great woman. That was certainly the case with George and Martha Washington. George Washington’s faithful wife of over 40 years was born on June 2, 1731 at Chestnut Grove plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. Martha was her husband’s constant companion during the Revolutionary War, exposing herself to great hazards each year as she journeyed to be by the commander in chief’s side across the Continental A

At the age of 16 in July 1891, Winston Churchill professed to a friend, “I can see vast changes coming over a now peaceful world, great upheavals, terrible struggles; wars such as one cannot imagine. . . .” In those turbulent times ahead, Churchill emphasized that London and England would be in grave danger. He believed that he would occupy a high position of leadership during that dark hour and that it would fall to him “to save the capital and save the [British] Empire.” Fo

On April 30, 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States at Federal Hall in New York City’s lower Manhattan. As Washington emerged onto the open-air balcony located on the building’s second floor, a mighty roar erupted from the massive crowd gathered on the streets below and spread across every nearby rooftop. Those in attendance were packed so tightly together that one observer said “it seemed one might literally walk on the heads of t

Among the pantheon of immortal American heroes, Ulysses S. Grant ranks at the very top, standing beside only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln for his contributions to the United States. As his faithful friend and most trusted subordinate during the American Civil War, William Tecumseh Sherman put it, “. . . if the name of Washington is allied with the birth of our country, that of Grant is forever identified with its preservation, its perpetuation.” Not only did Grant sa