Read the Bible!
With Thanksgiving behind us, we now enter the time of the year in which President Franklin Roosevelt had urged Americans to spend time reading the Bible…
Search Results for: THANKSGIVING
Brave Soldiers of the Cross
On August 16th, 1777, two hundred and thirty-nine years ago, the Battle of Bennington was fought by a band of volunteers opposing the advance of British General Burgoyne’s army…
Proclamation – America Seeks God in a Time of War – 1777
In light of America’s current war in Iraq and ongoing war against terrorism, the actions of our Founding Fathers in times of war are instructive. This is the text of the first national day of thanksgiving in America (set for December 18, 1777), declared by the Continental Congress on November 1, 1777:
Sermons by Chaplains
Thomas Allen (1743-1810) Thomas Allen volunteered as a chaplain during the revolutionary war and took up arms in the Battle of Bennington…
Proclamation – Humiliation Fasting and Prayer – 1799
This is a proclamation by President John Adams for a day of “solemn humiliating, fasting, and prayer” set for April 25, 1799. This proclamation was not only printed as the below broadside but also published in numerous newspapers. Below are pictures of the broadside as well as one newspaper from Massachusetts. The text has been […]
Proclamation – Humiliation Fasting and Prayer – 1798
John Adams (1735-1826) Adams was an attorney, diplomat, and statesman; he graduated from Harvard (1755)…
The Founders And Public Religious Expressions
Recently, there have been objections to public religious expressions by legislative chaplains supported through State budgets…
Revisionism: How to Identify It In Your Children’s Textbooks
Revisionism is the common method employed by those seeking to subvert American culture and society…..
James Madison and Religion in Public
In recent days, Michael Newdow – infamous for his successful initiation of the ruling striking down “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance – has broadened his efforts and has filed suit against the use of chaplains..
H.RES. 888
Affirming the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation’s founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation of the first week in May as `American Religious History Week’..
