sacred honor

Mark Cole In his mere 53 years of life, Thomas Nelson, Jr. was a member of the Continental Congress, Governor of Virginia, General of the Continental Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Virginia army d...

Mark Cole Ah, Virginia. What would America be without the men of Virginia?  What would America be without Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe – not to mention George Washingto...

Marc Cole Though the name of George Wythe is not that well-known today, during the era of the march towards independence, he was one was one of the most revered men in America. Just as John Witherspoo...

Marc Cole After Jefferson and Adams died on July 4, 1826, only a single signer of the Declaration of Independence survived. That man was Charles Carroll of Maryland. He would live for another six year...

Marc Cole William Paca of Maryland, born in 1740, was the son of a wealthy planter. His father recognized the young man’s intelligence early on and accordingly rigorously tutored him at home in the cl...

Marc Cole It has been said that a hero is one who rises to the occasion and then slips quietly away. That’s a pretty good summary of the life of John Penn of North Carolina, signer of the Declaration ...

Marc Cole Born in 1730 at Maybury Hill, an estate on the outskirts of Princeton, New Jersey, Joseph Hewes was the son of a pious and well-to-do Quaker farmer. He received a rigorous religious upbringi...

Mark Cole Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were not fire-breathing radicals seeking to sever relations with mother England for no reason. On the contrary, many of them were famou...