Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865, at the start of his second term as President of the United States. Lincoln’s second inaugural address at the Capitol was delivered just over a month before his death. He spoke about the war as he had come to understand it. His words are […]
Did you know? If you’re one in a million in China there are 1,300 people just like you. In India, there are 1,100 people just like you. The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQs is greater than the total population of North America. In India, it’s the top 28%. Translation for […]
Washington, D.C.
October 3, 1863
This is the proclamation which set the precedent for America’s national day of Thanksgiving.
Sarah Josepha Hale, a prominent magazine editor, wrote a letter to Lincoln on 28, 1863, urging him to have the “day of our annual Thanksgiving made a National and fixed Union Festival.” She wrote, “You may have observed that, […]
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 — and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United […]
“We hold these truth to be self evident: That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
The founders acknowledged God as the Creator, the Giver of life, and the Giver of rights. In 1776, Thomas […]
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