Al Gray Civic Institute Resource Center
Civics Essays
Why was the Constitution Written
There is a story one hears occasionally about Benjamin Franklin strolling along a street in Philadelphia after the convention of 1787 when…
Grow, Don’t Climb
Basil L. Gildersleeve was born October 23, 1831 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was among the first Americans to earn a German…
The Fire of Freedom
On May 31, 1775, the citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina seceded from the British Empire. They did this through a series…
Thinking & Leadership Training: Essays and Classes
On Reason and Emotion
Speech pathologists in several parts of the country are reporting as much as 300% increases in their business from children struggling to…
Valor and Virtue: Video Interviews with Marines and Leaders
Al Gray Civic Institute News
Welcome, New Board Members!
Carolina Museum of the Marine | Al Gray Civic Institute is honored to welcome new members to our Board of Directors: Mr. Keith Byrd, LtGen Mark Faulkner, USMC (Ret), Mr. Frank Guidara, and Col Bob Love, USMC (Ret) – pictured below. Check out FRONT AND CENTER when it comes out in November for their bios….
Historical Documents
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION—1777 1 To all to whom these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our…
Commander’s Intent
For more than 2,000 years, thinkers in the West have understood that in order for a people to govern themselves, they must…
Declaration of Independence
In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it…
