Cornerstones of Freedom
7 total works
Recounts the story of the nineteenth-century activist who spent much of her life fighting for women's rights.
Describes the efforts of rock musician Bob Geldof to organize the Live Aid concert to raise money for famine victims in Ethiopia.
Presents the details of the 1962 confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the placement of Russian offensive missiles in Cuba.
Discusses the activities of the Green Mountain Boys under the leadership of Ethan Allen, first working as a private part-time army to defend land ownership rights in the colony which later became Vermont, and then fighting in the Revolutionary War in various areas in the northern colonies.