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February 8 History Lesson – Love Letters

This week, CAUTION took a lighthearted look at history and reviewed Presidential Love Letters. The lesson highlighted a Valentine’s Day note that President Reagan wrote to St. Valentine – asking him to remind Nancy of his tremendous love for her.

At the end of the lesson, the group was asked what it meant when they said [...]

NC Contemplating Removing Education of Early American History from HS Curriculum

Fox News is reporting that the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is contemplating a controversial measure to modify high school American history curriculum.
Under the proposal, 11th grade American History would be limited to the period from 1877 to the modern era. Lessons related to our nation’s founding (the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution) [...]

Dir. of Education, Fmr CAUTION Pres. to Appear on WBT

CAUTION’s Director of Education and Former President, Corey Thompson, is scheduled to be interviewed on the WBT AM Pete Kaliner show today, February 4th, at 5:30 PM.
The interview can be heard on 1110 AM or via the web at WBT.com.
Additionally, recent CAUTION guest, Lynn Wheeler will be on WBT tomorrow, February 5th, between 5 and 6 PM. [...]

Early Draft of US Constitution Found In Philadelphia

As reported in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer Journal – An early draft of the Constitution has been discovered at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Researcher Lorianne Updike Toler was intrigued by the centuries-old document at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
On the back of a treasured draft of the U.S. Constitution was a truncated version of the same document, [...]

January 18th History Lesson – How Our Laws Are Made

On January 18 our President, Tim Deacon, gave an overview of how legislation is passed within the Congress
and the President’s options for bills that are passed.
How Our Laws Are Made
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Feb. 1st History Lesson – This Week in History

This week our Director of Education, Corey Thompson, gave an overview of some important events that happened during this week in history.
On January 28, 1986 – The US Space Shuttle Challenger blew up shortly after takeoff – 7 astronauts perished
(including teacher Christa McAuliffe) – President Reagan postponed his scheduled State of the Union address
to [...]

CAUTION Members Highlighted in FOX Charlotte Story

CAUTION members Julie McKinney and Kevin Outlaw were highlighted in a FOX Charlotte story about the non-partisan, non-profit group American Majority and training provided to become more effective political activists.

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