Tag: abraham lincoln

• Happy Thanksgiving from Abraham Lincoln

  On this Thanksgiving, it is, perhaps, appropriate to go back to Abraham Lincoln’s words from his Thankgiving Proclamation to give us all some perspective. For Lincoln, Thanksgiving was about acknowledging the mercies of God in the midst of the great civil war the country was embroiled in. And here, in 2016, we may not be…

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  November 24, 2016

  History & Culture, USA

  abraham lincoln, civil war, Thanksgiving

• Rights, The Declaration of Independence, & the Louisiana School System

  In this fascinating article by Tom Lindsey Is the Declaration of Independence Based on a Lie which I’ve started using in my history and government class, Lindsey brings up a rejected bill in the Louisiana State Assembly which would have required school students to recite a portion of the Declaration of Independence before school. Representative Norton, who…

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  August 8, 2016

  History & Culture

  abraham lincoln, civil rights, declaration of independence, john locke, Louisiana, martin luther king jr., reciting declaration in schools, slavery