A cynical but true saying that sometimes passes around among historians is “He Who Controls the Present Controls the Past.”  Man is a symbolizing creature and political struggles can be as much over symbols as over tangible things.  Those who hold power and those who seek power want to associate themselves with favourable symbols from their society’s past.  It gives…

I. THE name First given to the territory occupied by the present United States was Virginia. It was bestowed upon the Country by Elizabeth, greatest of English queens. The United States of America are mere words of description. They are not a name. The rightful and historic name of this great Republic is “Virginia.” We must get back to it,…