History & Politics
Top 10 Quotes From President Abraham Lincoln
FIrst of all, I want to show you my favorite photo of Honest Abe entitled “Abraham Lincoln, seated, holding spectacles and a pencil,” taken by Alexander Gardner on Feb 5th, 1865. I love this photo for so many reasons: The Depth of Field & how it’s somewhat out of focus past his beard onto his eyes The photo has scratches & spots which adds to its timelessness The way you can see his hands in motion, like he had to hold the glasses & pencil in order to keep the rest of him still You can see his beard starting to gray, his heavy wrinkles, & his hair in disarray, but it matters not because the character of the man himself overshadows it...
Read MoreStudents’ Bill of Rights
As I was reading through my church’s bulletin this week, I found this on the back of it. I thought I’d share this with you as the school year approaches. The following piece is copyrighted by J.W. Brinkley & Roever Communications: The Right to meet with other religious students. The Equal Access Act allows students the freedom to meet on campus for the purpose of discussing religious issues. The Right to identify your religious beliefs through signs and symbols. Students are free to express their beliefs through signs and symbols. (Including Christian t-shirts, etc.) The Right to talk about your religious beliefs on campus. Freedom of speech is a...
Read MoreSamuel Chase
I stumbled across a very interesting find related to the origins of The United States of America concerning the Founding Fathers. Apparently, a prerequisite for citizenship in Maryland in 1794 was a declaration of belief in the Christian Religion. The following document is signed by U.S Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase who also signed the Declaration of Independence. I know that there are thousands of other documents from the Founding Fathers that are similar to this one. I just thought it’d be interesting to share this with you. If you’d like more information, here is the link where I found this document:...
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