Sarah Hale was a women that is widely credited with being the individual most responsible for the establishment of a Thanksgiving holiday in America. Throughout early American history some leaders issued Thanksgiving proclamations but it was not consistently celebrated. Hale was a young widow with five children and a millinery shop. She was a writer,… Continue reading Sarah Hale
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The First 13th Amendment
Juneteenth Day is approaching which celebrates the abolition of slavery accomplished by the 13th amendment to the Constitution. However, few people today remember the first proposed 13th Amendment which was never ratified. In December 1860 as the Southern states were starting to succeed the Senate quickly formed a "Committee of Thirteen" to investigate possible legislative… Continue reading The First 13th Amendment
Fundamentals
I was watching a PBS documentary on Abraham Lincoln and it hit me there was nothing in this show about his faith. It mentioned that his parents took him to church as a child and that was it. Of course, PBS is a secular network with secular producers, opposed to religion, but it is a… Continue reading Fundamentals
