October 2017 — Teens Are Following in Lincoln’s Footsteps “We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With... 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
August 2017 —In Memoriam: Author Tom Fleming Provided Insight Into “The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers” “How do you write a book?” 24-year-old Thomas Fleming asked best-selling writer Fulton Oursler in 1951. “Write four pages a... 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
May 2017 — Inside Monticello: Historian Susan Stein Takes the Grateful American™ Foundation Through Thomas Jefferson’s Home Susan Stein has studied and written about one of the nation’s most intriguing Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, for more than 20... 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
January 2017: What inspired Patrick Henry to proclaim, “Give me Liberty or Give me Death!”? On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry delivered his famous “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech at St. John’s Church in Richmond, VA, at the second... Read More
December 2016: Grateful American™ Kids Introduce Us to Revolutionary Era Painter Charles Willson Peale Revolutionary Era artist Charles Willson Peale’s long life spanned a period of dramatic changes in America, and in American art. Born... Read More
November 2016: Should the British Have Won the Revolutionary War? Monticello’s VP Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy Explains That — and More! The British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. So why did they lose the American Colonies... Read More
