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This Memorial Day weekend, families across the country will gather for cookouts, travel, and time with loved ones. Highways will fill as people head to the beach, the lake, or backyard gatherings with friends and neighbors. But amid the activity of the long weekend, it’s important to remember that Memorial Day is ultimately about honoring […]
The passage of time and the changing of generations shouldn’t diminish our obligation to remember Americans who lost their lives in military service. Their service and sacrifice deserve to be honored, and that requires intentional acts of remembrance. Memorial Day gives Americans an opportunity to pause, honor the fallen, and recommit to the principles and […]
From the Revolution to modern times, generations of Americans have given their lives in defense of freedom. Memorial Day exists to remember them, reflect on the freedoms they helped preserve, and renew our gratitude for their sacrifice. One of those Americans was Jonas Parker, a Massachusetts farmer and militia member who took up his musket […]
Americans lead the world in tech and innovation because we have the freedom to try new ideas and solve difficult problems. Today, that freedom is being squeezed by red tape and bureaucracy that make it harder to build, create, and succeed. That was the message in Greensboro, North Carolina, where Americans for Prosperity activists met […]
The shoes on your feet, the laptop on your desk, the ice-cold bottle of Coke in your hand. We take these things for granted; they’re part of our day-to-day. But for most of our history, they weren’t. It took a driven entrepreneur willing to make their novel ideas a reality. The story of an entrepreneur […]
What fuels the freedom to dream bigger? For nearly 250 years, Americans have had the ability to think, build, and create without asking for permission first. That freedom has driven some of the greatest innovations in human history. In 1790, President George Washington signed the first U.S. patent. It gave everyday Americans something powerful: the right to own and benefit from their ideas. […]
American inventions have shaped the modern world. You just have to ask yourself: What have Americans invented? When you call someone on the phone, when you watch TV, when you hop on a plane or in a car, when you turn on your AC, when you drink a bottle of Coke, or right now when […]
On March 5, 1770, tensions between the American colonists and the British boiled over in Boston. British troops were stationed in the major port city to enforce crippling new taxes and trade regulations. Colonists saw the soldiers as an occupying force. The situation grew more volatile after a British customs officer killed Christopher Seider, an […]
In 1790, just a few years after the Constitution was ratified, the United States granted its first patent. President George Washington signed a patent for a process to make fertilizer production better and more efficient, invented by Vermont native Samuel Hopkins. Our young nation was experiencing many tests in its early years. Our borders were […]
