The night of his visit to the Ford Theatre, to see a play which would not finish, second-term President Abraham Lincoln was working on a plan to establish a Secret Service, not for the purpose of Executive Protection, but to protect and ensure against the circulation of fraudulent currency.

The energetic New Castle County Councilman was only 29, when he decided to challenge Republican two-term U.S. Senator and former two-term Governor, J. Caleb Boggs for his Senate seat.

Our father, my sisters and I spent the better part of three-years with our mother during that slow, halting walk into her sunset.

"Abit Massey was the very best Governor that Georgia never had," said close friend and longtime Gainesville, Georgia neighbor, former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal.

As a gun owner, and someone who has been the victim of violent crime, I am well aware that our police, sheriff deputies and law enforcement personnel cannot be everywhere at once.

Near universal infrastructure, among the envy of much of the developed and developing countries of the world, remains a strong American calling card, particularly as we moved ‘the peaceful transition of power’ out of the way.

The first nationally televised Presidential debate in 1960, carried simultaneously live on radio, was a gentlemanly contest between then U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, of California.

Millions of Americans just spent a relaxing or enjoyable weekend, welcoming summer, wrapping up the school year and graduation ceremonies, and heading out on long weekend mini-trips and even stay-cations, firing up the barbecue, opening up their community pool...or simply tossing back a few with family and friends.