John Quincy Adams, Part 3: The Triumph of Reason
An Address delivered at the request of a committee of the citizens of Washington: on the occasion of reading the Declaration of Independence, on the Fourth of July, 1821 Continued from previous post: The corruptions and usurpations of the Church were the immediate objects of these reformers ; but, at the foundation of all their […]
John Quincy Adams, Part Two: The Light of Reason
An Address delivered at the request of a committee of the citizens of Washington: on the occasion of reading the Declaration of Independence, on the Fourth of July, 1821 From the earliest ages of their recorded history, the inhabitants of the British Islands have been distinguished for their intelligence and their spirit. How much of […]
President John Quincy Adams’s 4th of July address, 1821, Part 1
An Address delivered at the request of a committee of the citizens of Washington: on the occasion of reading the Declaration of Independence, on the Fourth of July, 1821 WASHINGTON, 5 July, 1821. GENTLEMEN: In placing at your disposal a copy of the Address yesterday delivered in compliance with your invitation, I avail myself of […]
Alive!
From now till April 21, LAPD homicide detective and Cold Case Christianity author J. Warner Wallace has made his 22-page tract, Alive: A Cold-Case Approach to the Resurrection, available for free on Amazon Kindle. Wallace applies the techniques he uses in “cold case” investigations to the accounts of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. His discusses […]
The Modern Little Red Hen
Author unknown, published in Gulf Islands Driftwood, June 30, 1976, page 4. Once upon a time there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat. She called her neighbors and said ‘If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me […]
Exposing Hidden Facts of the Founding Era
From now until Christmas, the Kindle edition of Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, by Bill Fortenberry, is available from Amazon.com … for free! A real bargain! Click here. From the book description: “Have you ever wondered how some authors can claim that the founding fathers of America were Christians while other authors claim that […]
Theodore Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 29, 1902
By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation According to the yearly custom of our people, it falls upon the President at this season to appoint a day of festival and thanksgiving to God. Over a century and a quarter has passed since this country took its place among the nations of […]
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Christmas Greeting to the Nation, 1933
WE in the Nation’s capital are gathered around this symbolic tree celebrating the coming of Christmas; in spirit we join with millions of others, men and women and children, throughout our own land and in other countries and continents, in happy and reverent observance of the spirit of Christmas. For me and for my family […]
President Lincoln’s Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 3, 1863
By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards 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, […]
President Woodrow Wilson, Independence Day address, 1914
“The most patriotic man, ladies and gentlemen, is sometimes the man who goes in the direction that he thinks right even when he sees half the world against him. It is the dictate of patriotism to sacrifice yourself if you think that that is the path of honor and of duty. Do not blame others […]
