No Peace With Oppression : June 19, 2020
ALMIGHTY God, who hast created man in thine own image; Grant us grace fearlessly to contend against evil, and to make no peace with oppression… The Book of Common Prayer, 1928 That prayer is from 1928, from a book of…
January 14, 2020 – Independence
On January 14, 1784, the Revolutionary War officially ended. Did you know that the United States was once under the control of England? Our country started out as a territory of England, so the Revolutionary War was when the US…
November 19, 2019
In the year 1863 on this day, President Abraham Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches of all time, called the Gettysburg Address. At that time, the US was still in the middle of the Civil War, when the…
AM: November 11, 2019
Today is Veterans Day in the US, a day to recognize and thank all the people who served in the military. The day actually began as Armistice Day–in 1918, November 11 is the day the treaty was signed to end…
PM: August 2, 2019 — Freedom
Even though July 4 is Independence Day, today is the date that most of the people signed the Declaration of Independence, making August 2, the official day that it was recognized. Fun fact: during WW2, after the bombing of Pearl…
AM: July 4, 2019
Happy 4th of July! I hope you have a day of fun, relaxation, family and friends… but of course some fireworks, grilled meat and something sweet. Fun fact about July 4: I didn’t know this at all, but three US…
