This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1812, the War of 1812 began with President James Madison’s signing of a declaration of war against Great Britain.Read More

The Day in Founding Fathers History – 10 May On this day in 1736, Charity Hospital opened at Chartres and Bienville Streets in New Orleans. Jean Louis, a French seaman and ship builder, willed his property for “the founding of a hospital for the sick of the City of New Orleans.” The hospital was initially...Read More

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. In 1883 German philosopher and political theorist Karl Marx died.Read More

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. Check out today's Founders History to find out what John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail.Read More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – “Sales Tax: History of a Dumb Idea” by Mason Gaffney, this is part of my post. I found this wonderful essay written by Mr. Gaffney in Insights Magazine back in 2005 about sales taxes. He writes about the history of the sales tax. It goes way, way back, farther...Read More

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1818, the Rush-Bagot Treaty or “Rush-Bagot Disarmament” was ratified by Congress.Read More

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Transcript - You said Tyler is your favorite president. He’s another one of these guys that if you ask Joseph Ellis or the woman that wrote the book that ultimately became the movie Lincoln, one of these presidential historians, Tyler will probably rank somewhere between 38 and 43, yet you and...Read More

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Transcript - James Madison and the Making of America is out in paperback today. The author, of course, the one and only Kevin Gutzman, is on the Dude Maker Hotline with us. Check out today's transcript for the rest...Read More