George Washington’s Letter to Newport
Washington promises no sanction to bigotry, and no assistance to persecution. By Michael Feldberg George Washington’s Letter to NewportWashington promises no sanction to bigotry, and no assistance to persecution. By Michael Feldberg On August 17, 1790, Moses Seixas, the warden of Congregation Kahal Kadosh Yeshuat Israel, better known as the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, […]
Facts Seventh-day Adventists Won’t Tell You
Seventh-day Adventists won’t tell you they are behind the “Revelation Seminars” they sponsor. They act all” interdenominational” if questioned. Watch out for these SDA outreaches as well: Voice of Prophecy, Faith for Today, It is Written, The Quiet Hour, Amazing Facts etc. They also hide behind Health oriented shows on the networks, and sponsor stop-smoking […]
Proclamation on 850th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket Issued on 28 December 2020 by President Donald J. Trump
Today is the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of saint Thomas Becket on December 29, 1170. Thomas Becket was a statesman, a scholar, a chancellor, a priest, an archbishop, and a lion of religious liberty. Before the Magna Carta was drafted, before the right to free exercise of religion was enshrined as America’s first freedom […]
Thanksgiving Day 1863
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added […]
Thanksgiving Day 1789
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor– […]
Thanksgiving Proclamation 1777
by the Continental Congress: the first national Thanksgiving proclamation IN CONGRESS – November 1, 1777 FORASMUCH as it is the indispensable Duty of all Men to adore the superintending Providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with Gratitude their Obligation to him for Benefits received, and to implore such farther Blessings as they stand in Need […]
Thanksgiving Day
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation June 20, 1676 Charlestown, Massachusetts “The Holy God having by a long and Continual Series of his Afflictive dispensations in and by the present War with the Heathen Natives of this land, written and brought to pass bitter things against his own Covenant people in this wilderness, yet so that we […]
Roe v. Wade
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 410 U.S. 113 APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS No. 70-18 Argued: December 13, 1971 — Decided: January 22, 1973 A pregnant single woman (Roe) brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which proscribe procuring or attempting an abortion except […]
Voting Rights Act (1965)
This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. This “act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution” was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified. […]
Social Security Act Amendments (1965)
This act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 30, 1965, in Independence, MO. It established Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, and Medicaid, a health insurance program for the poor. In 1965, the passage of the Social Security Act Amendments, popularly known as Medicare, resulted in a basic program […]