"On Religious Freedom Day ... we commemorate the ... anniversary of the passing of a State law that has shaped and secured our cherished legacy of religious...
For over 2,000 years, people have pondered the identity and significance of the Star of Bethlehem. Described in the Nativity story (Matthew 2:1–12), this...
On NOVEMBER 21, 1620, according to the "New Style" Gregorian Calendar, the Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact and began their Plymouth Colony.
Of the 102 Pilgrims, only 47 survived till Spring.
At one point, only a...
During the days of America's founding, colonies would declare:
days of prayer when times were bad;
days of fasting when times were real bad; and
days of thanksgiving when things...
Slavery did not start in 1619.
It began with kings. Wherever there was the first king on top there were slaves on the bottom.
From the beginning of recorded history, Kings fought battles. When kings were victorious, they considered...
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...