Our First Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton

By wp_vls_admin | January 13, 2026 |

Image of Alexander Hamilton Courtesy of  www.biographyicon.org Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers, is regarded as the architect of American capitalism.  Born in the Caribbean around 1755, he was orphaned while still young and worked as a clerk as a young man. His writing talent caught the attention of local patrons who sent him…

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Evacuation Day

By wp_vls_admin | March 4, 2023 |

“Strike up the band, bring out the oxen…Let’s celebrate! Celebrated in Massachusetts, the day commemorates the evacuation of the British forces holding Boston under siege for 11 months. The British control of the sea and land accesses had stymied the Continental Army under Washington. Boston bookkeeper and artillery genius, Henry Knox engineered “one of the…

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