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.
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.
Today we celebrate our independence as a nation. To mark this day, we have for the past two weeks posted words from our nation’s founders and early representatives highlighting the importance they placed on religion, religious liberty, and virtue. We have posted many thanksgiving proclamations and many calls to prayer and fasting.
Below is an extraction from the minutes of Congress dated December 11, 1776–just five months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It refers to the American Revolution as a “just war,” and resolves to recommend to all the states to proclaim a day of fasting and humiliation to seek God’s forgiveness and favor as a nation.
