Remembering 9.11.01
Today I’d like to share the blog written by DAR President General Lynn Forney Young in remembrance of September 11, 2001. I hope it touches you as deeply as I am touched by it: As we pause on September...
View ArticleHappy Constitution Day
Today is Constitution Day, marking the event on September 17, 1787 when the American Congress of the Confederation adopted the document that would define the United States government. In 1956, the...
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Enjoying an Assembly at Atlantic Christian School
Speaking about the Constitution at ACS How fun it was to share the story of the U.S. Constitution with my little friends at Atlantic Christian School! I loved telling young people how the...
View ArticleA Day to Remember
Yesterday was one of those magical days that will linger in my memory, providing joy whenever I access it. Back in July during Easton, Pennsylvania’s “Heritage Day,” Mike Dowd, pastor of the First...
View ArticleThe Early Days of Halloween
Before Christianity came to Great Britain, the Celtic people had a lot of pagan beliefs. In late fall, they thought the dead would visit them. It is believed that they left food on their doorsteps and...
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Veteran’s Day
Today I’m posting an article that came from DAR President General Lynn Young Fornay, in honor of our nation’s veterans. I’d also like to add my thanks to the brave men and women who have served our...
View ArticleThe Real Puritans
As an American historian, I often hear people’s complaints about the Puritans, those prudish killjoys who burned witches and went about life joylessly. This is a prevalent myth, and I’d like to share a...
View ArticleInterview With Rachel Herriman
Author Rebecca Price Janney Interview: November 4, 2013 Hello Friends! Today I’m posting an interview with me that blogger Rachel Herriman just released. To get the full effect, go to...
View ArticleThe Assassination of John F. Kennedy from Rebecca Price Janney’s book, Great...
As the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination on November 22nd, I’d like to share my write-up about that event from my book, GREAT EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY....
View ArticleWhere Were You on the Day Kennedy was Assassinated? Friends and Family Share...
Cindy Royer Mercer: I was in 4th grade at Hallowell Elementary School in Horsham, PA. Christyn Olmstead: Kindergarten – JW Worrall School in Broomall, PA. I was oblivious. My parents were NOT fans of...
View ArticleYes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus!
As Christmas approached when my son was very young, Scott and I discussed what to tell him about Santa Claus. We are devout followers of Christ and wanted the emphasis to be on His birth, not on the...
View ArticleHer Gift From the Sea
I’ve been re-reading Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s GIFT FROM THE SEA (1955). Love this quote: “We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies...
View ArticleKeeping Christmas Well
Today I’m going to share a marvelous Christmas blog written by Steve Laube, the head of the Steve Laube Literary Agency–I’m one of his agents’ authors. I hope this inspires you! “Ebenezer Scrooge...
View ArticleGod’s Inexpressible Gift
When the typhoon struck the Philippines a few weeks ago, I heard a pastor say with great passion that when he stood before God one day, the Almighty would hold him accountable for his response to the...
View Article“Ladies and Gentlemen–the Beatles!”
The other night I watched a PBS show about 1964, a pivotal year in American history that basically bade good-bye to the culture of the 1950s, ushering in a wave of social revolution that turned society...
View ArticleDAR Shares Good News Regarding Record-Setting Applications
I just received the following e-mail from DAR President General Lynn Fornay Young saying that the organization, to which I am a happy member, had a record number of applications last year. I’m thrilled...
View ArticleAn American Childhood, or Boy, Have Times Changed!
Human needs are pretty much universal, even across abundant stretches of place and time. Customs and beliefs, however, fluctuate, sometimes dramatically, so that norms in one era shock to the core...
View ArticlePutting Our Wacky Winter in Perspective
It’s been such a bad winter weather-wise that I thought I’d share a story I wrote awhile back about Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the Prairie books. This should put our present...
View ArticleThoughts of Love on Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I’d like to share something I wrote about love in Then Comes Marriage? that I hope will inspire you! A common image of marriage is that a man and woman enter it in raptures...
View ArticleReflections at the Beginning of Lent
I recently found an article I wrote a while back about George Whitefield, and I started reading it to my nine-year-old son. I had written it for children from Whitefield’s point of view, starting with...
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