by Heather Frey Blanton The point of Patriots in Lace is to remind my American sisters (whether they be American by birth or spirit), of...

More than a decade ago, I read A Bride Goes West, the memoirs of Wyoming wife and rancher Nannie Alderson. The book haunts me to this...

by Heather Blanton As I research patriot women, I am often struck by the gaps in their stories or the way simple phrases skim over what...

I wonder who they were, why they were there, what did they hope to find in America? I am especially fascinated by Eleanor White Dare. Why...

“Sugar and spice and everything nice That’s what little patriots are made of.” My curiosity about our Founding Mothers has certainly led...

In 1775, Massachusetts was considered the most rebellious of the colonies (wow, how times have changed).  Some of the most feisty patriot...

“Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.” — Thomas Jefferson,...

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Defiance a.k.a Glenwood Springs, CO Funny how authors seem to dip from the same cosmic well. They can write completely different novels,...

Some plants die in the shadow of a larger, more powerful plant. Others thrive. Take Sarah Franklin Bach. You might know her father, Ben....

“I said to my wife, “I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John...

Take, for example, Betty Zane. In September of 1772, the Zane family and their neighbors were pinned down in Fort Henry by British and...

Kids these days…are they really that different than previous generations? If Jerod Lee Loughner, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are...

The following is a guest post by my friend John. He’s the descendant of a real American Hero. Gosh, you just can’t beat those clever...

Some plants die in the shadow of a larger, more powerful plant. Others thrive. Take Sarah Franklin Bach. You might know her father, Ben....