“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
A generation after George Washington’s Christmastime farewell to his troops and to the Congress who commissioned him in 1775, Clement Clarke Moore penned the iconic poem he called “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” but known to most as “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.”...
On Sept. 19, 1796, the American Daily Advertiser published George Washington’s farewell address. When people remember or discuss the address, they most often recall his warning against political parties, his admonition to avoid entangling foreign alliances, and...
