faith in God
God and America’s Military
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After having the Declaration of Independence read to his troops, General George Washington issued the order, July 9, 1776:
"Commanding officers...
Blackstone’s Commentaries and the Revolution
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Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, published 1765-1769 by Oxford's Clarendon Press, had an immense influence on...
Napoleon was born AUGUST 15, 1769
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After his education, he was commissioned in the French military in 1785, and quickly advanced.
When the French Revolution began, he...
Survival of Civilization
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V-J Day, AUGUST 14, 1945, President Harry S Truman stated at a News Conference announcing the end of World War...
H.G. Wells died AUGUST 13, 1946
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"New Jersey is being invaded by Martians!" exclaimed actor Orson Welles.
He was reading the script of a 1938 radio drama...
America the Beautiful
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"O Beautiful, For Spacious Skies, For Amber Waves of Grain ..."
Almost chosen as the National Anthem in 1926, "America the...
The Equal Access Act
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In an attempted to warn the nation, the Democrat Congressman from Florida, Albert S. Herlong, Jr., read into the U.S...
Civilization following Christianity
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In 1831, three Nez Perce Indians and one Flathead Indian, traveled from the Oregon Territory to St. Louis, Missouri, looking...
The Cane Ridge Revival August 7, 1801
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Thomas Jefferson noted in his Memorandum Book:
"I have subscribed to the building of an Episcopalian church, two hundred dollars; a...
Alfred Lord Tennyson born AUGUST 6, 1809
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Camelot and King Arthur's Court, Knights of the Round Table, Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, and the search for the...
Apostle to the Indians
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The first book printed in America was the Bay Psalm Book by John Eliot, who was baptized in England as...
AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN
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In June of 1775, citizens acting as merchant mariners captured the British schooner HMS Margaretta around Machias, Massachusetts.
That same month,...
Columbus set sail AUGUST 3, 1492
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"There are but 155 years left...at which time...the world will come to an end," wrote Christopher Columbus in his book...
PT-109 sank AUGUST 2, 1943
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U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat PT 109 was rammed AUGUST 2, 1943, by Japanese destroyer Amagiri.
PT-109 sank.
Though sustaining permanent back...
Herman Melville born AUGUST 1, 1819
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"There she blows!" cried the lookout, sighting Moby Dick.
Captain Ahab, driven by revenge, sailed the seas to capture this great...
Christopher Columbus and Booker T. Washington?
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On the third of his four voyages, Columbus sailed south along the west coast of Africa before heading west across...
William Penn’s “holy experiment” of “Brotherly Love”
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William Penn was arrested and imprisoned several times for sharing his religious opinions which were not in agreement with the...
Christianity – Religion in America
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Alexis de Tocqueville was born JULY 29, 1805.
A French social scientist, he traveled the United States in 1831, and wrote...
Ben Franklin’s America
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On JULY 26, 1775, Benjamin Franklin became the first Postmaster General of the United States, a position he held under...
Ulysses S. Grant died, July 23, 1885
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Ulysses S. Grant was commissioned JULY 25, 1866, as General of the Army, the first ever to hold that rank...