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Foundations of Freedom Series - April 20th - “The Unwilling Immigrants” by Bill Potter

The Bell Research Center of Cumming, Georgia is happy to announce a six part series starting February 2nd on the Foundations of …

American Civics Quiz

Dear Circa Fans,

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute has created a civics quiz that shows the decline of our nation’s civic knowledge, including that …

“The World’s First Christmas Stamp”

Guest Blog by Tom Tarabicos - “The World’s First Christmas Stamp”

Every November the United States Postal Service, along with most Christian …

Guest Blog by Richard Freeman

Thanksgiving 1565 and Thanksgiving 2009

Ever wonder what the first official thanksgiving was like back in 1619?  It was nothing like how …

Enroll NOW! Patriots’ UniversiTea

The Circa History Guild is pleased to announce a five-week American History Class entitled “Patriots’ UniversiTea” which will meet on Tuesday mornings from 10:00am to …

These Roots Grow Deep

by Ellen Adams

As I often do each afternoon, I tuned in to see what impassioned pleas the modern-day patriot Glenn Beck …

Tribute to Fred Lieber

(From time to time we post guest blogs. Richard Freeman is a local historian who is one of our guest writers. He portrays Abraham Lincoln’s …

The Boston Tea Party 1773 and Tea Parties 2009

(From time to time we post guest blogs. Richard Freeman is a local historian who is one of our guest writers. He portrays Abraham Lincoln’s …

Nam

 

(Col. Robert Faulkender signing his new book entitled Filtered By Time)

When I was in High School in the 1960s and early 70s, …

Remembering

Saturday, June 6th, is the sixty fifth anniversary of the Normandy invasion by Allied forces in World War II. Along with December …