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What Does the Flag Mean?
U.S.C.T. and the Symbolism of the Flag in the Civil War The flag of the United States of America is the perennial symbol of the nation, but its meaning is constantly under debate. Recently, several major media incidents have questioned the true value of the Stars and Stripes—specifically whether the flag [...]
Affidavit in Support of the Ten Commandments
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LONDON DIVISION SARAH DOE and THOMAS DOE, on behalf of themselves and their minor child, JAN DOE Plaintiffs, v Civil Action No. 99-508 HARLAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT; DON MUSSELMAN, in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Harlan Country School District, Defendents. [...]
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson & Slavery in Virginia
It is ironic that two prominent Founding Fathers who owned slaves (Thomas Jefferson and George Washington) were both early, albeit unsuccessful, pioneers in the movement to end slavery in their State and in the nation. Both Washington and Jefferson were raised in Virginia, a geographic part of the country in which [...]
Did America Create Slavery?
Democratic Senator Tim Kaine announced on the floor of the Senate that: “The United States didn’t inherit slavery from anybody. We created it.”[i] For even the most basic student of world history such a statement ought to immediately be recognized as incomprehensively ridiculous. Historically, every single people, nation, culture, and race [...]
The Bible and Taxes
Capital Gains Taxes The Capital Gains Tax, which is a tax on profits, actually penalizes a person for success the more profit you make the more you have to pay (i.e., the more profit a person makes the higher tax rate they pay on that profit/windfall from an investment). However, In [...]
America’s Exceptional History of Anti-Slavery
"Moral Map of the US" Recently the idea of American Exceptionalism has been ridiculed in academic and political circles with entire books dedicated to the purpose of tearing down any thought of an ethical America.[i] Much of this recent shift centers around America’s record on slavery. For instance, organizations [...]
An Appeal to Heaven Flag
During the early days of the War for Independence—while the gun smoke still covered the fields at Lexington and Concord, and the cannons still echoed at Bunker Hill—America faced innumerable difficulties and a host of hard decisions. Unsurprisingly, the choice of a national flag remained unanswered for many months due to [...]
Thanksgiving Resources
Thanksgiving Proclamations From colonial times through present day, America's government officials have declared days of Thanksgiving to acknowledge God's goodness on the nation, their state, and the people. This section includes Thanksgiving proclamations by Founding Fathers such as John Hancock and Samuel Adams to Presidents such as George Washington and [...]
A Fraud-ian Slip: The Reality of Voter Fraud in the Election of 2020
As of the writing of this article, America is in the midst of perhaps the most contentious and contested presidential election in recent history. The 2020 election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden remains undecided as vote counts continue and legal battles begin. Quickly earning a position among the elections of [...]
Pandemics and Elections
With the worldwide Coronavirus outbreak in 2020 many people have been shocked at “the unprecedented steps government leaders have taken to contain the coronavirus.”[1] Groups of people are no longer allowed to assemble, Churches have been closed, theaters and “non-essential” businesses have been shuttered—all by order of the government, whether local, [...]
