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American History, Thomas Jefferson

June 6, 1799 Sermon inspires Thomas Jefferson One of the many tools false historians have used against an accurate rehearsal of America's Christian origin has been the alleged "Jefferson Bible." Because Jefferson increasingly leaned away from Christian orthodoxy as he aged, atheists and the irreligious have attempted to place him upon a bust column, exhibiting him as a prototype of all Founding Fathers. But the fact is, an honest historian would never attempt to use Jefferson in this way, knowing that his letters and manuscripts—his own writings—would never permit it. However, the alleged...Read more... Read more... -->

American History, Biography

October 8, 1918 Alvin York captured 132 German soldiers Every individual is buried in the shadow of his decisions. This fact was never more glaring to me than when I stood with some of my family members a number of years ago at the graveside of Alvin York, noted World War I veteran. I had learned that he had come to the difficult decision to leave his pacifistic scruples behind him while struggling with the issue on a mountainside that cradled his small community of Pall Mall, Tennessee. The locals knew the yellow door-like rock formation where Alvin had gone to make his decision as the...Read more... Read more... -->