The following are a few patriotic links:
This is a monthly listing of Important Events and Dates in History.
Important Events and Dates in HistoryColonial Hall contains 103 biographical sketches of America's founding fathers. They are divided into 3 groups:
The biographies on this site are primarily from 1 of the following sources:
Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, by the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich. Published in 1829.
The United States Manual of Biography and History, by James V. Marshall. Published by James B. Smith & Co., in Philadelphia in the year 1856.
Colonial HallToday in History, American Memory, Research information, etc.
Libray of CongressABOUT THE MILITARY ORDER AND ITS MEMBERSHIP
The Military Order is a patriotic nonpartisan organization, which holds that it is nobler to serve than to be served. The Order was established in 1919 to promote the welfare of our Nation. The Order is widely respected and listened to, throughout all branches of the Government and across the Country.
YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND PATRIOTIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS
You can help promote much-needed patriotic education in our nation's schools through the Military Order's patriotic education program. Thousands of citizens each year participate in programs sponsored directly and supported by the Order, including seminars at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, and seventeen other sites across the Nation. In addition, the Order provides books and materials for students to learn about the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and our Flag. Outstanding future leaders get an education that helps to keep alive our National Heritage and Free Enterprise System.
Military Order of The World WarsHISTORY
For more than thirty years, National Flag Foundation has been America's leading non-profit patriotic organization devoted to promoting respect for our nation's most important symbol: The Flag of the United States of America.
MISSION
The Foundation's mission is to teach the youth of America to have pride for the flag and to become more responsible citizens.
National Flag FoundationFounded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
Access Heritage information by issue of importance. From the ABM Treaty/Missile Defense to Welfare, The Heritage Foundation has a wide variety of material, including policy papers, lectures, online calculators, and web-specific content that can be easily accessed.
The Heritage FoundationThe American Legion was charted by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. A community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members -- men and women -- in nearly 15,000 American Legion Posts worldwide.
American Legion"Founded in 1999, the Bill of Rights Institute's mission is to educate high school students about the Bill of Rights through classroom material and programs which teach:
The Institute is dedicated to providing students with an exciting learning experience and to bringing the Bill of Rights alive.
The Bill of Rights InstitueHere you will find many educational resources to help you in your study of the US Constitution and the original intent of the Founding Fathers. The National Center for Constitutional Studies provides curriculum for all ages covering American History and the US Constitution. Our educational curriculum is widely used in home schools as well as charter schools. In addition to our curriculum we provide many resources and reference materials to help all American citizens become more educated about their role in this great nation.
National Center for Constitutional StudiesThe NCC was established by Congress through the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988, as an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. NCC was established to increase awareness and understanding of the US Constitution, the Constitution's history, and the Constitution's relevance to our daily lives so that all of us -- "We the People" -- will better understand and exercise our rights and our responsibilities.
NCC provides wonderful resources for teachers and students.
Education resources about George Washington, his life and accomplishments.
The Mount Vernon Ladies AssociationThe Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) is a non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt educational organization whose purpose is to convey to successive generations of college youth a better understanding of the values and institutions that sustain a free society.
Founded in 1953, ISI works "to educate for liberty" -- to identify the best and the brightest college students and to nurture in these future leaders the American ideal of ordered liberty. To accomplish this goal, ISI seeks to enhance the rising generation's knowledge of our nation's founding principles -- limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility, free enterprise, and Judeo-Christian moral standards.
A NATIONAL CAMPUS PRESENCE
Through its integrated program of lectures, conferences, publications, and fellowships, the Institute annually works with hundreds of thousands of students and faculty from coast to coast. An array of free publications and other resources is available to students and teachers.
Intercollegiate Studies InstituteCITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
To stimulate interest in America's history, traditions, citizen responsibility, flag etiquette and patriotism. Also, to promote and sponsor events that emphasize these ideals, and encourage volunteerism benefiting education, the environment, health services and civic projects that address community needs.
Veterans of Foreign WarsYoung America's Foundation is committed to ensuring that increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values.
As the principal outreach organization of the Conservative Movement, the Foundation introduces thousands of American youth to these principles. We accomplish our mission by providing essential conferences, seminars, educational materials, internships and speakers to young people across the country.
Young America's FoundationThe Independence Hall Association (IHA) was founded in 1942 to spearhead the creation of Independence National Historical Park. During the last several years the IHA has become one of the foremost electronic publishers of American historical material on the Internet.
As a significant owner and publisher of Philadelphia and 18th-century American-related "content," the Association's focus is on two fronts. We are devoted to providing information via the World Wide Web which educates, inspires, and entertains visitors worldwide with the importance of Philadelphia historically and into the present. We are concurrently devoted to working with other historic and tourist organizations in Philadelphia to help bring visitors to this most venerable and vibrant of American cities.
One of the IHA's primary goals has been to reach historic-minded people from America and abroad who are interested in the stories, people, and events associated with the founding of the United States. Further, we want to reach out to those interested in learning the principles of liberty and democratic government which first emerged and became reality during the Revolutionary and Constitutional periods in Philadelphia.
Visitor response to ushistory.org has been enthusiastic. Recently, the websites created by the IHA and which constitute ushistory.org have attracted more than nine million "hits" in one month. Currently our "congress" of websites includes the following:
USHistory.orgThis Flag Keepers organization exists to bring about the removal of publicly displayed unserviceable American flags from residential, governmental and business sites.
Flag Keepers