Voltaire Flees Paris When His Work Is Condemned: June 10, 1734
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. In the Paris salon of the Duchess of Maine, François-Marie Arouet began the...
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Jun 33 min read
The Crusaders Lay Siege to Jerusalem: June 7, 1099
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Meanwhile, a more organized force was gathering for the long march to the...
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May 275 min read
Joan of Arc Is Burned at the Stake: May 30, 1430
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Three years before the English victory at Agincourt, an obscure maiden was...
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May 204 min read
Hernando de Soto Discovers the Mississippi River: May 21, 1541
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Many leagues south of Mexico, in the tall and cold Andes Mountains, there reigned...
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May 133 min read
Pope Leo XIII Issues the Encyclical “Rerum Novarum”: May 15, 1891
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. During his 25 years as pope, Leo XIII addressed many encyclicals to the...
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May 64 min read
The “Hunters of the Alps” Engage the Austrians at Casale: May 8, 1859
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. Winning this war seemed simple to the Austrians, for their army far...
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Apr 293 min read
The World’s Fair Opens in Chicago: May 1, 1893
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. Henry Adams, great-grandson of President John Adams, stood in awe of all he saw...
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Apr 224 min read
Two Masters of Realistic Storytelling Pass Away: April 23, 1616
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. Just as in the Renaissance, painters and sculptors tried to depict the world around them in...
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Apr 154 min read
Pope Julius II Lays the Cornerstone for the New St. Peter’s Basilica: April 18, 1506
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. On April 18, 1506, Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone for a new basilica...
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Apr 84 min read
La Salle Claims Land He Names “Louisiana”: April 9, 1682
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. There were many differences between Louis Joliet and René de La Salle...
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Apr 51 min read
Hot off the press: Our newest “Journey Across America” book!
We’re proud to announce the launch of Journey Across America: The Southeast States, the newest and final textbook in our 4th grade...
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Apr 14 min read
Emperor Karl I Dies Gazing on a Crucifix: April 1, 1922
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. It was a cold day in late October 1921 when a small airplane from...
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Mar 253 min read
The Treaty of Rome Is Signed, Forming the European Economic Community: March 25, 1957
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. As we have seen, the late 1940s and the decade of the 1950s were periods of...
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Mar 183 min read
St. Joseph Answers Fray Junípero’s Prayers for Supplies: March 19, 1769
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Day after day, for nine days, the small man in a gray habit climbed to the summit...
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Mar 114 min read
Elizabeth Ann Seton Is Received into the Catholic Church: March 14, 1805
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. For months she had watched him grow weaker and weaker. With determination and...
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Mar 44 min read
The Supreme Court Publishes Its Decision in the Dred Scott Case: March 6, 1857
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. It had been over ten years since Dred Scott, a slave, had laid suit for his...
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Feb 264 min read
Miklós Horthy Is Elected Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary: March 1, 1920
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. Emperor Karl’s withdrawal from power on November 11, 1918, marked the end of...
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Feb 204 min read
Russian Parishes Are Asked to Donate Their Precious Articles: February 19, 1922
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. In December 1922, the tenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets gathered in...
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Feb 123 min read
The Chinese Emperor Abdicates: February 12, 1912
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. One man who helped to make China what it is today was born the son of a poor farmer in...
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Feb 52 min read
The Japanese Martyrs Are Crucified near Nagasaki: February 6, 1597
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. Around the year 1540, a Portuguese ship, driven by a storm, landed on an island lying south...
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