The campaign to celebrate the nation’s fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm. One florist explained, “fathers haven’t the same appeal that mothers have.” On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event in honor of fathers.
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We talked at length in the previous lesson about America’s current crossroads. Now, we must move into a much more serious issue: Are we as a nation still standing under God’s blessings or has God now released His judgment upon America?
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In the face of widespread insecurity, fear, and hopelessness, our nation desperately needs your prayers. Today we are surrounded by the effects of forgetting—even forsaking—God, both as a nation and as individuals.
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Patrick Henry used the phrase in his last public speech, given in March 1799, in which he denounced The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. Clasping his hands, Henry declaimed, “Let us trust God, and our better judgment to set us right hereafter."
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I was sitting in my study the other morning facing a “To-Do” list that was more than I could get done. I could feel the tension in my shoulders and neck as I contemplated what was important and what I might be able to let slide.
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The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America’s birthday, but an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand arranged for the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School to observe June 14 as ‘Flag Birthday’.
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