In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights rally on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (August 28, 1963), below is audio of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
Audio courtesy of Internet Archives.
Today, December 7, marks the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. We pause to remember the lives lost in that attack, and give thanks for the freedoms we enjoy because of the sacrifices made by those who came before us.
Below is a video of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech to Congress following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Yesterday I talked about Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation issued in October of 1863. You can read a transcript of the proclamation here. Today I want to talk about what we can learn from the proclamation. (more…)