Though the very phrase “American Exceptionalism” is often mocked as simple-minded flag waving, there are concrete reasons that the American civilization is unique. The United States has a special place in world history. Despite the bumps, bruises, and outright contradictions that the country has muddled through in its very short existence, Americans can take pride in its numerous accomplishments, actions, and principles throughout the last two centuries.
by Jarrett Stepman3 Jul 2015, 9:00 PM PST0
Americans celebrate the 4th of July with fireworks, barbecues, picnics and all other kinds of enjoyable festivities. It’s wonderful that we live in a free country and are able to enjoy the fruits of our prosperity and freedom. However, merely wearing red,white, and blue, shirts with bald eagles on them, and other patriotic symbols is only a superficial way to celebrate America’s hard-fought for independence.
by Jarrett Stepman3 Jul 2015, 12:07 PM PST0
On June 18, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that Alexander Hamilton would be replaced or diminished on the $10 bill by 2020. In the place of America’s first treasury secretary would be an as yet unannounced woman.
by Jarrett Stepman25 Jun 2015, 9:36 AM PST0
The ongoing Women on the 20s campaign has been putting pressure on President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to Remove Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill. However, it turns out that the United States Treasury Department had another target: Alexander Hamilton. While removing Jackson from our nation’s currency would be a travesty, diminishing Hamilton is a disgrace.
by Jarrett Stepman18 Jun 2015, 10:08 AM PST0
The The signing of the Magna Carta, 800 years ago, was one of the most monumental events in human history. Originally created as a compromise between British nobles and King John at Runnymede, near London, on June, 15 1215. This compact assured that some basic rights of British citizens could not be violated; it would move the English-speaking world in a direction of putting law above men, even kings.
by Jarrett Stepman15 Jun 2015, 7:42 AM PST0
The famous 1972 “Nixon to China” moment, in which President Richard Nixon opened up relations with the Chinese Communists to peel them away from the Soviet Union’s orbit, is often considered a major turning point in the Cold War. Since that time, those who guide U.S. foreign policy have mostly seen China as a long-term partner in a future, global system with America as the first among equals. The American eagle and Chinese dragon would rise together with “constructive engagement.”
by Jarrett Stepman15 Jun 2015, 5:00 AM PST0
On June 6, 1984, the 40th anniversary of D-Day, President Ronald Reagan stood on what he called a “lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of France” to deliver an oration that would become known as his “Boys of Pointe du Hoc” speech. He made this speech in front of 62 survivors of the 2nd Ranger Battalion who courageously scaled the 100 ft. high cliffs on that fateful day.
by Jarrett Stepman6 Jun 2015, 6:00 AM PST0
On June 6, 1944, almost four years to the day that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his famous “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” speech in which he prophetically called for the “New World” to step forth to liberate the old, Allied forces under the command of General Dwight Eisenhower stormed the beaches of Normandy. The hour of Europe’s liberation had come, and it would be delivered by the greatest amphibious invasion in world history.
by Jarrett Stepman6 Jun 2015, 5:30 AM PST0
Seventy-five years ago, Prime Minister Winston Churchill stood before Parliament and delivered his “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” speech, arguably the finest oration of his career.
by Jarrett Stepman4 Jun 2015, 7:49 AM PST0
At high noon, on June 1, 1813, U.S. Navy Captain James Lawrence disembarked from Boston Harbor with his frigate, the U.S.S. Chesapeake, to do battle with British Commodore Phillip Broke’s H.M.S. Shannon. At the time, the United States—a burgeoning country just a few decades old—was at war with Great Britain over perceived violations of American rights by the world’s preeminent superpower on the high seas.
by Jarrett Stepman2 Jun 2015, 7:14 AM PST0
Amongst the finest and most noble traditions of the American people is the commemoration of Memorial Day. Originally known as “Decoration Day,” the modern Memorial Day holiday originates primarily from the last days of the American Civil War, the bloodiest and most traumatic conflict in American history. Although there is still much dispute over the location of the “very first” Memorial Day tribute, there was undoubtedly an explosion of communities across the country that attempted to pay homage to those whom they had lost in battle.
by Jarrett Stepman25 May 2015, 8:02 AM PST0
World War I has received increased attention since its centennial commemoration in 2014, and that attention has led to a push for the Great War to finally have a proper memorial in Washington D.C.
by Jarrett Stepman24 May 2015, 2:10 PM PST0
Today, May 8, is the 70th anniversary Nazi Germany’s defeat in Europe. Though it would be many months before Japan would surrender to the United States and end World War II, triumph in Europe made Allied triumph a near certainty. V-E Day undoubtedly marks one of the most momentous events in the history of human civilization.
by Jarrett Stepman8 May 2015, 12:53 PM PST0
On April 24, 1915 the Ottoman Turkish leaders ordered the arrest of hundreds of notable Armenians in Istanbul and launched the systematic annihilation of Armenian as well as Assyrian Christians within the empire’s borders and throughout the Middle East. This day would become known as “Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day,” and a century later is the center of a persistent geopolitical controversy.
by Jarrett Stepman24 Apr 2015, 12:38 PM PST0
Andrew Jackson’s days on the $20 bill may be over if an activist group called Women on the 20s gets its way. Because of this campaign, which is backed by a litany of liberal columnists, “Old Hickory” may be unceremoniously ditched in favor of one of these four female candidates.
by Jarrett Stepman19 Apr 2015, 6:40 AM PST0
President Abraham Lincoln died 150 years ago today, succumbing to a bullet wound delivered by the famous stage actor turned assassin, John Wilkes Booth. The 16th President of the United States was shot in the back of the head while watching the play “The American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.
by Jarrett Stepman15 Apr 2015, 11:15 AM PST0
On this day, 150 years ago, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox, Virginia Courthouse. This event essentially ended the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, which claimed the lives of over 600,000 soldiers.
by Jarrett Stepman9 Apr 2015, 10:07 AM PST0
Is it time to remove Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill? Liberal advocacy groups and and columnists are making a hard push to have Old Hickory’s image removed from American currency, primarily citing the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Trail of Tears, and his “genocide” of Cherokee Indians.
by Jarrett Stepman14 Mar 2015, 1:44 PM PST0
National Harbor, MD—Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow moderated the CPAC “A Strong America: Protecting Opportunity for All” panel that focused on the aspects that will ensure the United States remains the leading superpower into the 21st century. The panel specifically focused on American virtue, economic opportunity, and foreign policy strength.
by Jarrett Stepman27 Feb 2015, 5:06 PM PST0
This February 22 marks the 283rd birthday of George Washington, and there is no better time to reflect on what true leadership is than on the Federal holiday dedicated to the Father of Our Country.
by Jarrett Stepman16 Feb 2015, 7:11 AM PST0
The recent, brutal beheadings of Japanese citizens Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto by members of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) have shocked and awakened the people of Japan to the growing threat of radical Islam, which may prove to be a turning point in the country’s global role.
by Jarrett Stepman11 Feb 2015, 6:00 AM PST0
January 27 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Located in occupied Poland, Auschwitz-Birkenau was the most infamous German death camp, in which over a million Jews, Romani, and others whom the Nazi regime deemed unfit for life were gassed and murdered.
by Jarrett Stepman27 Jan 2015, 9:37 AM PST0
The great Abraham Lincoln historian Harry V. Jaffa, one of the great thinkers of his generation, has passed away at the age of 96.
by Jarrett Stepman12 Jan 2015, 8:34 AM PST0
On this day, 200 years ago, General Andrew Jackson and a ragtag assortment of American soldiers, militia, pirates, and volunteers successfully defended the City of New Orleans against the British Army.
by Jarrett Stepman8 Jan 2015, 2:05 PM PST0
Angelina Jolie’s new World War II movie, based on Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, follows the story of Olympic athlete Louis Zamperini and the torturous treatment he received at the
by Jarrett Stepman30 Dec 2014, 5:25 AM PST0
