By the time José Rizal faced a Spanish firing squad on December 30, 1896, he […]
Category: Champions of Liberty
Between 1957 and 1961, the United States issued a series of 19 stamps, honoring 10 men from around the world who were instrumental in furthering liberty and freedom in their countries.
The Most Interesting Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Belongs to a Polish Prime Minister
Walk the fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and you’ll step over the names of movie […]
Gandhi and the Salt March
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known to the world as Mahatma — “Great Soul” — was not […]
The Bridge of Air: How the West Saved Berlin
For 15 months, Western pilots flew round the clock to feed a blockaded city — […]
The Warrior in Exile: Giuseppe Garibaldi in the Americas
Long before Giuseppe Garibaldi became the celebrated “Hero of Two Worlds” and the sword of […]
The Winter War: Finland’s Defiant Stand Against the Soviet Goliath
On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union launched a massive invasion of Finland, expecting a […]
Simón Bolívar
The man who dreamed of liberating a continent — and nearly succeeded In the sweeping […]
A Hero Once More Laid to Rest: The Burials of Simón Bolívar
From a quiet exile’s grave in Santa Marta to a solemn homecoming in Caracas — […]