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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 […] November 23rd, 2011 | Tags: George Washington, prayer, Thanksgiving | Category: Founding Fathers, History | Comments are closed
Brad Schaeffer Big Government 9/20/2011 Those listening to President Obama’s speech in the Rose Garden yesterday may have been hoping for remarks outlining a comprehensive debt reducing package from the nation’s chief executive, but what they got was yet another class warfare screed. Replete with admonitions that the wealthy need to pay their “fair share” […] September 20th, 2011 | Tags: class envy, class warfare, George Washington, national debt, Rush Limbaugh | Category: Barack Obama, Federal spending, Founding Fathers, History, Socialism, Taxes | Comments are closed
Alan Sexton Green Mountain Scribes 9/17/2011 The Federal, or as now more commonly known, Constitutional, Convention of 1787 was held in the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall, in Philadelphia from May 14 to September 17, 1787. George Washington was unanimously elected by the delegates to preside over the convention, and James Madison […] September 17th, 2011 | Tags: 17 September 1787, George Washington, James Madison, Philadelphia, Ronald Reagan | Category: Founding Fathers, History, Pennsylvania, US Constitution | Comments are closed
B. Daniel Blatt GayPatriot 7/4/2011 While it was the force of arms (under the shrewd guidance of George Washington that secure the independence we celebrate today, it is the force of ideas preserved in the document declaring that independence that endures, ideas which remain as potent today as they were 235 years ago on a […] July 4th, 2011 | Tags: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson | Category: Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, History | Comments are closed
Matthew Spalding, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation 2/16/2011 February 22 is the birthday of George Washington — the man who, more than any other, made possible our republican form of government. The third Monday in February has come to be known, wrongly, as President’s Day. America’s political leaders should take this occasion to remember Washington’s deeds, […] February 21st, 2011 | Tags: George Washington | Category: American Revolutionary War, History, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Trevor Loudon New Zeal 2/9/2011 Yesterday’s birthday reminded me of a very special present I was given while I was in California late last year. My hosts gave me a family heirloom – a summons, for seven pounds and ten shillings, dated July 26, 1746, signed by ancestor Jonathan Trumble of Lebanon Connecticut. Jonathan […] February 8th, 2011 | Tags: George Washington, Jonathan Trumbull, New Zeal, Trevor Loudon | Category: American Revolutionary War, Bloggers, California, Connecticut, United States | Comments are closed
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