By assessing civics statewide and tracking progress with a standardized benchmark, we could ensure students understand how our history equips them to be informed, engaged citizens.
"There are countless stories that may seem small at first, but they carry a powerful impact. The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge is one of those stories," said Rene Olmos, director and producer.
What inducements could the States have, if disunited, to make war upon each other? [P]recisely the same inducements which have, at different times, deluged in blood all the nations in the world.
Many events are scheduled across North Carolina this year to mark the 250th anniversary of America’s independence.
There have been, if I may so express it, almost as many popular as royal wars.
Considering our distance from Europe, it would be more natural for these confederacies to apprehend danger from one another than from distant nations, and therefore that each of them should be more desirous to guard against the others by the aid of foreign alliances, than to guard against foreign dangers by alliances between themselves.
The Freedom 250 “Freedom Truck” made its first stop in North Carolina kicking off a nationwide tour of what organizers call the largest traveling exhibit ever focused on America’s founding, inspired by the 1976 Freedom Train. The project is part of a broader slate of patriotic initiatives tied to President Trump’s Executive Order 14189 marking...
It is worthy of remark that not only the first, but every succeeding Congress, as well as the late convention, have invariably joined with the people in thinking that the prosperity of America depended on its Union.
In this special episode of The Debrief, John Locke Foundation CEO Donald Bryson sits down with Carolina Journal editor Donna King to explore a bold chapter in North Carolina’s revolutionary history: the Edenton Tea Party. They discuss the significance of this early act of political protest and its impact on the American Revolution. For more...
We must highlight how these founding values create freedom and economic gains today.
The NC History Project from the John Locke Foundation provides lessons for elementary, middle, and high school students on important NC issues.
