<section> <h2> <p>Space Race Quiz</p> </h2> <p><em>By John Moser</em></p> <p><br /></p> <p>July 20, 1969, marks the 50th anniversary of U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin’s historic walk on the moon. “That’s one small step for a man, one … Continue reading
On the evening of July 20, 1969, nearly all Americans gathered around their television sets to watch Neil Armstrong take “One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” President John F. Kennedy had declared eight years earlier … Continue reading
One of the unsung gems of the Ashbrook Center is the Junior Ashbrook Scholar program for eighth-grade students from the nearby Ashland Middle School. These students—just thirteen and fourteen years old—have the unique opportunity to study American history at the … Continue reading
<br /><br /> &lt;section&gt;<br /><br /> &lt;h2&gt;<br /><br /> &lt;p&gt;Independence Day Quiz&lt;/p&gt;<br /><br /> &lt;/h2&gt;<br /><br /> &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;by Jason Stevens &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /><br /> &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /><br /> &lt;p&gt;Near the end of his life, Thomas Jefferson described the Declaration of Independence … Continue reading
<section> <h2> <p>Women’s Suffrage Quiz</p> </h2> <p><em>by </em><a href=”https://ashbrook.org/about/staff/sarah-morgan-smith/” target=”_blank”><em>Sarah Morgan Smith</em></a></p> <p><br /></p> <p>One hundred years ago, on June 4, 1919, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution in support of a 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which would … Continue reading
Flying into Honolulu in June 1998, Phil Anderson looked down at an enormous battleship newly arrived in Pearl Harbor: the USS Missouri. Nicknamed “Mighty Mo,” the ship was anchored next to the memorial to the sunken USS Arizona, the resting … Continue reading
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
