Articles by Kelli Ballard

“History is a vast early warning system.” ~ Norman Cousins July 1, 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg On this day, the battle that would have one of the biggest influences on the US Civil War began. This was the Confederacy’s last… Read More

Father’s Day is a time to celebrate dads and to thank them for all that they have given their children. Being a parent is hard, but imagine that responsibility coupled with being the leader of a nation. On this day,… Read More

“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.” ~ Aldous Huxley June 19, 1865: Texas Ordered to Free Slaves – Juneteenth June 19,… Read More

This June 14 will be the 106th celebration of the United States flag. For more than a century, Americans have been honoring the nation’s symbol of freedom. But it wasn’t always the flag we know today. During the American Revolution,… Read More

“I’ve been completely fascinated with history because it tells everything about what’s going to happen next because it’s cyclical, everything repeats in general.” ~Emile Autumn June 14, 1951: World’s First Commercial Electronic Computer, UNIVAC, Was Revealed Computers today are much… Read More

“Anyone who believes you can’t change history has never tried to write his memoirs.” ~ David Ben Gurion June 6, 1872: Susan B. Anthony Gets Fined for Voting Susan B. Anthony was an equal-rights activist who fought tirelessly for women… Read More

“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” ~ Robert… Read More

Memorial Day has always been a day to remember and honor soldiers who died in the line of duty. However, this holiday wasn’t always known as Memorial Day – it started out being called Decoration Day. And at that time,… Read More

“Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.” ~Anne Sullivan May 25, 1787: The Constitutional Convention Began Also known as the hundred-day debate, the Constitutional Convention began… Read More

“The only history is a mere question of one’s struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.”… Read More

“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” ~Robert Kennedy… Read More

“History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.” ~ Anselm Kiefer May 4, 1494: Christopher Columbus Discovered Jamaica Most people associate Christopher Columbus as being the first European… Read More