Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson stands as one of the most enigmatic figures of the American Civil War, a man whose legend looms as large as the battles he fought. A proud Virginian, Jackson’s tactical brilliance was unparalleled on the field, yet he was also a man of deep conviction, his unwavering faith as central to…
Read MoreAnnie Johnson Flint
Annie Johnson was born in Vineland, New Jersey, on Christmas Eve 1866. Her parents, Eldon and Jean rejoiced in the gift of their early Christmas present daughter. Nearly three years later, all the joy of that Christmas disappeared in a flood of sorrow, as Annie’s mom died at the age of 23, soon after giving…
Read MoreGeorge Clymer
In the fall of 1682, George Fitzwater and his family landed at New Castle, Delaware, after a two-month voyage across the Atlantic. They had joined William Penn and others aboard the ship Welcome, a small cargo vessel, 150 feet in length maximum. In cramped conditions, the roughly 100 future settlers of the Pennsylvania colony survived on salted…
Read MoreJ.R.R. Tolkien
Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, a brilliant philologist, and a self-described “hobbit,” J.R.R. Tolkien created two of the best-loved stories of the 20th century, “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”, recently made into a multiple award-winning movie by the director Peter Jackson for New Line Cinema. Early Life John Ronald Reuel Tolkien…
Read MoreBilly Sunday
Billy Sunday (1862-1935), evangelist. Born near Ames, Iowa the son of a tenant farmer and wife, he spent most of his teen years in an orphanage and working as a hired farm laborer. A superb baseball player with lightning speed he was signed to a contract with the Chicago White Stockings (today’s Chicago Cubs) in…
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