June 2020 Newsletter June 2020: JFK, Books by the Barrel, and kids at the sea, spending a summer without TV. Read More
April 2020 Newsletter April 2020 Newsletter -- PEOPLE AND POLITICS; PANDEMICS AND PERSEVERANCE Read More
September 2017 — Have You Been Inside George Washington’s 16-Sided Barn? Did you know that George Washington invented and designed a 16-sided treading barn for processing wheat on his plantation at Dogue... Read More
July 2017 — Celebrate America’s Independence With a Trip Back to 1776 A lot was happening in the Colonies during the summer of 1776. On July 2nd, the legal separation of the... Read More
June 2017 — Learn to Think Like a Historian at George Washington’s Mount Vernon and the Fred W. Smith National Library It was the day before the presidential inauguration of 2017 when a school bus filled with students from Lake Forest... Read More
April 2017 — Happy Birthday, James Monroe (April 28, 1758), the 5th U.S. President (1817-1825) It is with great pleasure that we dedicate the April 2017 issue of the Grateful American™ Magazine to the fifth U.S. president —... Read More
March 2017: Students Are Opposing Slavery — Join the Revolution! Slavery. It’s an issue that still exists today. In 2012, four teens founded Students Opposing Slavery at President Lincoln’s Cottage — the... Read More
February 2017: Happy 3rd Anniversary to David Bruce Smith’s Grateful American™ Foundation February 20, 2017 is the third anniversary of David Bruce Smith’s Grateful American™ Foundation, an organization dedicated to restoring enthusiasm in American history... Read More
