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In spite of allegations to the contrary by one of my best British friends, I love the United States of America third only to Jesus Christ and my family. Because I love her so dearly and want her to continue as the beacon of freedom and light for the entire world, I may sometimes see flaws in her which others respond to as though I do not love her. I do not like the way my country seems to be headed but I still believe in her as the greatest nation ever devised by man and blessed by God. When I think of the many wonders performed by and for the people of this great nation, it never fails to generate deep feelings of awe and gratitude that we have been so richly blessed for over 236 years as a nation and over 500 years as a people fleeing repression. While we are not a perfect nation, I still love the USA and cannot visit Washington, Mount Vernon, and many other places deeply embedded in the good parts of our history without being humbled by the sacrifices which so many of our forefathers made and the blessings which they brought to us.
As I reflect on the historical events which made our nation so great, and even as I view the magnificent architecture of our capital city, I cannot help but conclude that the reason we seem to be declining as a nation must be that we have turned our back on the great creator God. I firmly believe in our Bill of Rights, including the freedom of religion, and I do not even expect everyone to believe and/or worship as I do, but too many Americans today insist on freedom FROM religion rather than freedom OF religion and I do not believe that God will bless a nation which deliberately tries to deny, and enforce the denial of, His existence.
There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington.
James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, is often regarded as "The Father of Our Constitution." He has been reported to have made the following statement:
" We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." There are detractors who claim that there is no proof that he made such a statement but certainly our early history was more focused on God, the Bible, and the Ten Commandments than many are willing to admit today. Patrick Henry is generally acknowledged to have said:
"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ." There is also some dissension as to the validity of this quotation but not nearly so much as the one attributed to Madison.
The first Tips which I am going to add to my Washington, DC page include some graphic (three-dimensional) examples of the role that God played in the early history of this nation.
I never manage to get through December without at least a few minutes of having to battle the depression of missed opportunities, loneliness, etc. but December is still my favorite time of the year. Christmas is the most special day of the year and I love the bright, but usually not gaudy, lights which we encounter everywhere and the cool, crisp weather with the eternal hope for snow and that dreamed for White Christmas. There are few places more beautiful on a cold December night than our nation's capitol city. The Capitol Christmas tree in Washington, D.C., pictured here, is decorated with 3,000 ornaments that are the handiwork of U.S. schoolchildren.
With the passage of the Residence Act on 10 July 1790, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to locate the nation's capital on a 10-square-mile site along the Potomac River on land ceded for that purpose by the state of Maryland. President George Washington chose the specific site over a similar tract offered by Virginia, and also selected three commissioners to survey the site and oversee the capital city's design and construction. To plan the new city of Washington, the commissioners named French engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who based his design on the gardens at France's Palace of Versailles.
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good info! a reminder of our Christian founding roots! amazing how so many can try to change history when it is right there, carved into many of our buildings and in our documents!
Thank you for your vrery sound and very wise comments about Christianity . Most believe Britain went into decline when we lost our Empire - I believe it was when turned away from God and looked to science and government for our succour.
These tablets do NOT deptct the Ten Commandments, but rather are simply the numbers one through ten, which stand for the bill of rights under the U.S. Constitution.
My stay in Washington D.C. was an inspiration for me too... You're right, Ed!