Day: December 21, 2019

What is an American?

The Liberty Bell In 1755, J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur left his native...

“We owe it, therefore, to candor, and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers [European powers], to declare, that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere, as dangerous to our peace and safety.” – President James Monroe from his “Monroe Doctrine” declaring further colonization by European powers in the Western Hemisphere a threat to the safety of the United States (1823)