Thomas E. Secor has been supporter of Ashbrook for over twenty years. When Secor first learned about Ashbrook, a small educational organization with gigantic ambitions, he was intrigued. Secor is himself President of Durable Corporation, a company in Norwalk, Ohio … Continue reading
By Patrick Maloney House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed a proposal to lower the legal voting age from 18 to 16 in federal elections, and several Democratic presidential hopefuls also are touting the idea. Whatever you might think initially of … Continue reading
Rediscovering America: Revolutionary War Quiz by Robert McDonald On April 19, 1775, the battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War. The Americans’ success in their war for independence from Great Britain made room for the … Continue reading
Rediscovering America: Vietnam War Quiz National Vietnam War Veterans Day officially is observed March 29, which is the date in 1973 when the last of American combat troops were withdrawn from Vietnam. The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center … Continue reading
What began as a job change for family convenience became a passion for Debbie Napier, an eighth grade social studies teacher in Harlan County, Kentucky. It would not have happened had Napier not discovered Ashbrook’s Teaching American History programs. As … Continue reading
The following article was written by Ashbrook’s Director of Teacher Programs, David Tucker. It has been published in newspapers across the nation and is part of an ongoing debate about Christopher Columbus’s legacy. The University of Notre Dame plans … Continue reading
Alan Vitale was a researcher at the Fifth Circuit Federal Court in Houston when he decided to do something more important. “I left to teach, because teaching has an impact on the next generation that will far outlive any of the … Continue reading
Presidents Day Quiz Presidents Day, which became an official holiday in 1971 after an executive order by then President Richard Nixon, is February 18. The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, provides an opportunity for … Continue reading
Roger Beckett, Ashbrook’s executive director from 2013 to 2018, was posthumously awarded a Mentor Award by Ashland University. Patrick Maloney, Ashbrook’s Deputy Director, was also honored with an award. The Mentor Award recognizes faculty or staff at Ashland University who … Continue reading
