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All Possess Alike Liberty of Conscience: George Washington & Religious Liberty
One of the great innovations in rights from the American Revolution and founding was religious liberty as a natural right. Virginians James Madison and Thomas Jefferson have justifiably received a lion’s share of the credit for religious liberty. The typical story crediting Madison and Jefferson has much evidence to support the argument…
To Bigotry No Sanction: The Challenge to Religious Freedom and the Story of the Mormons
… Religious Freedom is a hallmark of our American Republic. However, these freedoms have been sorely tested over the years, especially in the case of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
The Warraskoyack: A Brief History
We (especially those of us working in the Public History Field) often hear the phrase, “History is written by the victors.” This idiom rings particularly true when trying to do any in-depth research of the many Native Indigenous Tribes that dwelled here in North America, before and after colonial contact…
Religion and the Declaration of Independence
… We rarely think of religion in connection with the observance of Independence Day in the U.S…
What Does Religious Freedom Really Mean?
William Shakespeare writes in his play, The Tempest, “What’s past is prologue.” It is a sentiment that links us to our history. Even if we don’t know our history very well, the past still informs what we believe and how we act today…
Ratifying the Constitution: Religion, Slavery, and the Heated Debate
Did your mother teach you not to talk about religion and politics in polite company? If so, she would have blushed at the amount of debate during the ratification of the Constitution concerning these topics, which raged between 1787 and 1789…