To appreciate Labor Day, one needs to know the history preceding it.
At the time the United States was founded, most people were self-employed, working as either farmers or in trades, such as:
baker,
butcher,
carpenter,
cabinetmaker,
upholsterer,
tailor,
milliner...
George Whitefield had attended Oxford with John and Charles Wesley, who began the Methodist revival movement within the Anglican Church.
In 1733, when he finally understood and believed the Gospel, George Whitefield exclaimed:
"Joy-joy unspeakable-joy...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released after agreeing to a plea deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Assange will plead guilty to one...
During the Civil War, on March 30, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a National Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer.
Lincoln stated:
"Whereas, the Senate of the United States devoutly...
President Joe Biden, campaigning in Philadelphia on Wednesday, accused former President Donald Trump of wanting to tear gas those who "peacefully protested" George Floyd's...
Among the many U.S. Navy and Marine heroes confronting Tripoli's Muslim Barbary pirates was Captain James Lawrence.
In 1804, Captain Lawrence was second-in-command, under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, of an expedition...
Do you know America’s tradition of Days of Prayer?
In Alexander Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrims, (Boston, 1841), Edward Winslow recounted:
“Drought and the like … moved...