America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

On May 10, 1775, a small band of American militiamen stunned the most powerful military in the world when they fearlessly wrestled Fort Ticonderoga from British control—delivering the first American offensive victory of the Revolutionary War and proving that the forces of liberty could triumph over the mightiest of empires. After the outbreak of the

A Revolution—If You Can Keep It

On the eve of America’s bicentennial, the American Enterprise Institute published Irving Kristol’s lecture, “The American Revolution as a Successful Revolution.” Kristol noted that at the time “the idea and very word, ‘revolution,’ are in good repute today; the American Revolution is not.” Yet the American Revolution was “the only truly successful revolution” because it