Articles by Kelli Ballard

Halloween wasn’t always the fun, carefree event it is today. The holiday originated with the Celtic people, who lived in… Read More

“Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.” ~ Winston Churchill The shootout at the O.K…. Read More

Many people do not realize that Samuel Adams, while not one of the country’s first presidents, is still a Founding… Read More

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have… Read More

Columbus Day celebrates an Italian explorer. Spain sent him to find a better trading route, but he was credited with… Read More

Christopher Columbus discovered America on October 12, 1492, but it was all by chance – a mistake. The explorer had… Read More

“The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in… Read More

“History never looks like history when you are living through it.” ~ John W. Gardner October 8, 1871: The Great… Read More

“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part… Read More

Have you seen the movie Titanic? How would you like to take a tour of the real site where the… Read More

“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever… Read More

“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” George Bernard… Read More