Words from Our Founders: The Congress, Pt. 3
The Fourth of July is just around the corner. In honor of our upcoming Independence Day, we are publishing daily quotes from our nation’s founders highlighting the high esteem they had for religion, religious liberty, and virtue.
The following is a proclamation issued by Congress on October 11, 1782. It again calls on Americans to give thanks to God and practice “true and undefiled religion, which is the great foundation of public prosperity and national happiness.”