Creation of President's DayEach February America celebrates President's Day. But do we really know why and some other truths behind it? Betsy Ross - Standing TallBetsy Ross is a legend but as with all legends truth and myth become blurred. Learn a little more about this amazing woman who may or may not have sewn the first flag. The Importance of Fur Trading in the New WorldThe expansion of America was not solely due to alliances and creating of colonies. It was spurned by the fur trappers that led to the settlement of the New World. The Founding of JamestownThe first successful English settlement in the New World taught the newcomers some harsh lessons. Only with these lessons would a new country emerge.
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