The Wealth Code

On December 17, 1903, brothers Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright achieved the first successful powered airplane flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
The aircraft stayed in the air for only 12 seconds, but it proved that controlled powered flight was possible.
That moment changed transportation and would eventually reshape the entire world.

During the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, U.S. Marines captured Mount Suribachi. Photographer Joe Rosenthal captured the moment soldiers raised the American flag on the summit.
The image became one of the most famous photographs of World War II and later inspired the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.

On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.
As millions watched on television around the world, Armstrong delivered one of the most famous lines in history:
“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
It was the first time humans had ever walked on another world.

During construction of Rockefeller Center in New York City in 1932, eleven ironworkers were photographed eating lunch on a steel beam over 800 feet above the streets of Manhattan.
The photo became one of the most famous images of the Great Depression, symbolizing both the danger of construction work and the determination of workers trying to earn a living during one of the hardest economic periods in American history.

In 1898, the United States entered the Spanish–American War.

The war would be short, but one battle would create a legend.

Before becoming president, Theodore Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. But when war broke out, he resigned his government position to join the fight.

Roosevelt helped organize a volunteer cavalry regiment that became famous as the Rough Riders.

The group was an unusual mix of cowboys, college athletes, Native Americans, and adventurers.

In July 1898, American forces approached the hills outside Santiago de Cuba.

Spanish soldiers had fortified the high ground, including a position known as San Juan Hill.

To win the battle, American forces would have to charge uphill under enemy fire.

Roosevelt mounted his horse and led the attack.

Bullets flew across the battlefield as soldiers advanced up the hill.

Despite the danger, Roosevelt continued urging his men forward.

American troops eventually captured the position.

The victory helped turn the tide of the war and made Theodore Roosevelt a national hero.

Only three years later, he would become the youngest president in U.S. history.

By the winter of 1862, the American Civil War had already become the deadliest conflict in American history.

Thousands of soldiers had been killed in battles across the country. The war, originally fought to preserve the Union, was slowly becoming something larger.

President Abraham Lincoln knew that the issue of slavery lay at the heart of the conflict.

For months, Lincoln had been considering a bold and controversial decision.

On January 1, 1863, he signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

The document declared that enslaved people in Confederate territory “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”

The proclamation did not immediately free every enslaved person in the United States. It applied specifically to states that were still in rebellion against the Union.

But its impact was enormous.

The Civil War was no longer only about preserving the Union.

It had become a war against slavery.

The proclamation also allowed African American men to join the Union Army.

Nearly 180,000 Black soldiers would eventually serve in Union forces, fighting for their own freedom and for the future of the nation.

Lincoln himself knew the proclamation would face criticism.

Some feared it would prolong the war. Others believed it did not go far enough.

But the decision permanently changed the direction of American history.

Two years later, the 13th Amendment would abolish slavery across the entire United States.

And the turning point had come with the stroke of Lincoln’s pen on that winter day in 1863.