George Washington Proclaims America’s First Thanksgiving As A Nation!

The Founder’s Blog 11/17/2011

This historic proclamation was issued by George Washington during his first year as President. It sets aside Thursday, November 26 as “A Day of Publick Thanksgiving and Prayer.”

Signed by Washington on October 3, 1789 and entitled “General Thanksgiving,” the decree appointed the day “to be observed by acknowledging with grateful […]

Obama Administration Opposes FDR’s Prayer at WWII Memorial

Tiffany Gabbay The Blaze 11/4/2011

Conservatives and Republican lawmakers are furious after the Obama administration announced its objection to adding President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day prayer to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The objection was reportedly raised during a congressional hearing on Republican Congressman Bill Johnson’s bill – the “World War II […]

Supreme Court Denies Review of Case Upholding a Daily Moment of Silence in IL Public Schools

Alan Sexton Green Mountain Scribes 10/19/2011

Chicago, IL – The United States Supreme Court has denied review of a case decided by a federal appeals court in Chicago last year that ruled a daily moment of silence as constitutional in public schools. This denial at the Supreme Court upholds the ruling, which allows students […]

Maybe if Mayor Bloomberg had studied American history, he might not have excluded clergy from 9/11 commemoration

B. Daniel Blatt Gay Patriot 8/29/2011

As I drive to Colorado to celebrate my father’s upcoming birthday, I have been listening to Ron Chernow’s wonderful biography of George Washington. Last night, when crossing Nevada in the dead of night, but with the temperature fluctuating from the mid-90s to low 100s, I learned of the trials […]

Beannachtaí na Féile Páraic oraibh!

17 March 2011

Just a late-night tip of our cap to honor some of our ancestors. ~CAJ

From The American Spectator, The Solitude of St. Patrick

I rise today with the strength of the sky, with the light of the sun, with the splendor of the moon, with the brilliance of fire, with the blaze […]

Glenn Beck told prayer is forbidden at his Kennedy Center event

Glenn Beck told there can be no prayer at his event at the Kennedy Center

theblogprof 8/17/2010

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition […]

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