Today we continue our series examining our Founding Fathers in their own words and considering their high esteem for religion, religious liberty, and virtue.
Below is an excerpt from a letter dated April 17, 1758, in which George Washington–then an officer in the British Army–asks that a chaplain be appointed to serve over his regiment.
“The last Assembly, in their Supply Bill, provided for a chaplain to our regiment, for whom I had often very unsuccessfully applied to Governor Dinwiddie. I now flatter myself, that your Honor will be pleased to appoint a sober, serious man for this duty. Common decency, Sir, in a camp calls for the services of a divine, and which ought not to be dispensed with, altho’ the world should be so uncharitable as to think us void of religion, and incapable of good instructions.”
Filed under: Words From Our Founders on August 7, 2012 by Jerry
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Today we continue our series examining our Founding Fathers in their own words and considering their high esteem for religion, religious liberty, and virtue.
Below is an excerpt from a set of instructions issued by General George Washington to then-Colonel Benedict Arnold on September 14, 1775. They order him to ensure his soldiers do not ridicule religious ceremonies and beliefs of others, and that the free exercise of religion is enjoyed by all, to the fullest extent possible.
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Filed under: Words From Our Founders on July 31, 2012 by Jerry
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Today we continue our series examining our Founding Fathers in their own words and considering their high esteem for religion, religious liberty, and virtue.
Below is an excerpt from a letter John Adams, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and our nation’s second president, wrote to his cousin Zabdiel Adams on June 21, 1776.
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Filed under: Words From Our Founders on July 24, 2012 by Jerry
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Today we continue our series examining our Founding Fathers in their own words and considering their high esteem for religion, religious liberty, and virtue.
Below is an excerpt from the writings of Alexander Hamilton, one of our founders and our nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury, dated 1799. It discusses the French revolutionary wars and contrasts the actions of the French with those of other nations.
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Filed under: Words From Our Founders on July 17, 2012 by Jerry
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Today we continue our series examining our Founding Fathers in their own words and considering their high esteem for religion, religious liberty, and virtue.
Below is a quote from John Adams, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and our nation’s second president, taken from The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams.
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Filed under: Words From Our Founders on July 10, 2012 by Jerry
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