On the northern edge of Antietam Battlefield stands a monument to Clara Barton honoring her for bringing “supplies and nursing aid to the wounded” during the battle. Throughout the Civil…
Today—September 23, 2020—marks the 214th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition’s return to St. Louis. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark had spent more than two years traversing the continent.
About 6,000 American veterans have taken their own lives every year from 2008 to 2017, according to a 2019 report from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). These tragic…
On February 20, President Donald Trump spoke at the graduation ceremony for participants in the Hope for Prisoners program, a Las Vegas nonprofit that helps reintegrate formerly incarcerated people back…
Bill Pulte is the avowed “inventor of Twitter philanthropy,” which he describes as “Giving food, necessities, rent, and more to people in need.” He is now known by many simply…
“Most people think of [grandpa] as a pioneer in home construction . . . and that’s true,” Bill told Builder magazine, “But what often goes left unsaid was his pioneering…
The different ways the various Pultes are going about philanthropy appears reflect differences of emphasis, not a rift. The large donation to Notre Dame, where several Pultes but not Bill…
Pulte has set up an organization and a website for others to join in called Team Giving. The site, just out of beta, features stories and requests for relatively small…
Mobile Loaves and Fishes has created “Community First! Village” eight miles outside Austin. At Community First! The goal is to encourage residents to talk to each other, share their problems,…
Following his graduation from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Stephen M. Schuck was the head football coach for a year at The Manlius School, the West Point…