Medal of Honor Day 2024
February 21, 2024
Medal of Honor Day, held annually on March 25, provides an opportunity for Medal of Honor Recipients and the public alike to pause and reflect on the importance of service…
How is the Medal of Honor Awarded?
February 16, 2024
The Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military award for valor in combat, has always stood for actions that go above and beyond. The standards to award the Medal…
James Coey: Twice Rallied the Troops
February 12, 2024
Union General U. S. Grant set up two objectives in his winter offensive of 1865. The first of these was to block Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Boydton Plank Road,…
Remembering Roger Donlon and Larry Taylor
February 5, 2024
Last week, the world lost two men who exemplified the values of the Medal of Honor. Medal of Honor Recipient Roger Donlon passed away on January 25, 2024 at the…
Character Development Program: Lessons Teachers Love
February 1, 2024
We recently took a look back at our most downloaded lessons of 2023, and it’s no surprise that our introductory lessons top the list. In the Secondary Resource, our most…
Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Gordon Roberts: ‘Patriotism is far from dead’
By Noelle Wiehe, contributor When Gordon Ray Roberts was a kid in the 1950s, it seemed as if nearly every adult man in his hometown of Lebanon, Ohio, had served…
Valor Amidst Chaos: The Boiler Explosion Onboard the USS Bennington
January 30, 2024
Today, the Medal of Honor is awarded for valor in combat situations. This was not always the case. From the beginning, the Medal could be presented for those who went…
Newton M. Curtis: A Brigadier General Leads the Charge
January 8, 2024
By January 15, 1865, the Civil War was winding down. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House was just four months away, and the Confederacy was in its last…
Donald A. Gary & Joseph T. O’Callahan: Medal of Honor Recipients for the Defense of the USS Franklin
January 5, 2024
By Annabel Higgins, guest author Donald A. Gary and Joseph T. O’Callahan both came from what today could be considered large families: Gary was one of seven children and O'Callahan…
Joachim Pease: Cool Under Fire
December 30, 2023
When the South seceded from the Union it had no seagoing navy. If it had any chance of neutralizing the superiority of the Union’s navy, it would have to devise…