by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 31, 2012 | Dramatizing History, Luke Historians, Politics, World Views
October 31, 1517 was a forerunner to America’s Independence Day. The following scholarly excerpts can be found in Amos and Gardiner’s Never Before in History: America’s Inspired Birth, which enthralled me at the age of 14. “The American...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 24, 2011 | Journal, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
Alright, perhaps that’s not the header you remember seeing on my Thanksgiving column last year. But I made the juxtaposition for this post while the contrasting subjects are fresh on my mind – The Pilgrims (in 1621) and Voltaire (1694-1778)....