President Gordon B. Hinckley speaking at the Freedom Festival, BYU Marriott Center, Provo, Utah 1997.
President Gordon B. Hinckley speaking at the Freedom Festival, BYU Marriott Center, Provo, Utah 1997.
Listen now! Type: Document Author: William Bradford Runtime: 00:01:09 Associated Locations: Plymouth, USA Associated Dates: November 29, 1623, date given
Type: Audio Book Author: William Bradford Runtime: 11:14:4 View Free Online E-Book Summary Written over a period of years by the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Colony they founded. Written […]
Associated Locations: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Associated Dates: November 19, 1863, date given Type: Talk or speech Author: Abraham Lincoln Runtime: 00:01:51 Download Download Entire Book (zip or mp3)
Author: George Washington Type: Talk or speech Runtime: 00:03:04 Download Audio Here
Associated Dates: 1796, date given Author: George Washington Type: Talk or speech Runtime: 00:39:34 Download Audio Here
Associated Dates: October 3, 1863, date given Author: Abraham Lincoln Type:Document Runtime: 00:03:29 Download Audio Here
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists, also known as the “Saints”, fleeing religious persecution from James VI and I. They traveled aboard the Mayflower in 1620. (read more) Related events: November 11, 1620 – Pilgrims sign Mayflower Compact
The following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form. These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791, and form what is known as the ‘Bill of Rights’. For Amendments 11-27, click here.
Constitutional Amendments 1-10 make up what is known as The Bill of Rights. Amendments 11-27 are listed below.
Speech delivered by President Ronald Reagan on July 3, 1981
FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed designating the person, who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as […]
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, […]
This is the text of the Continental Congress November 1, 1777 national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation; as printed in the Journals of Congress. IN CONGRESS – November 1, 1777 Forasmuch as it is the indispensable duty of all men to adore the superintending providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with gratitude their obligation to him for […]
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which […]
Associated Locations: Independence Hall, Washington D.C. Associated Dates: September 17, 1787 – Constitution of the United States signed Preamble We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to […]
June 20, 1676 Charlestown, Massachusetts The Holy God having by a long and Continual Series of his Afflictive dispensations in and by the present Warr with the Heathen Natives of this land, written and brought to pass bitter things against his own Covenant people in this wilderness, yet so that we evidently discern that in […]
Associated Locations: Byberry, Philadelphia County Associated Dates: January 4, 1746 – Born Benjamin Rush is one of the eminent spirits who appeared to President Wilford Woodruff in the St. George Temple on August 21, 1877. This interesting story is detailed in the Eminent Spirits Appear to Wilford Woodruff wiki.
This stirring 2-hour film will bring the Founding Fathers to life as you witness the struggles and the miracles that produced the Constitution of the United States and the freest nation on earth. Filmed on location at Independence Hall; Williamsburg, Virginia; and other historical sites, it dramatically chronicles how America became a nation. (Summary by […]
Associated Locations: Philadelphia, printed Associated Dates: September 17, 1787 – Created Divine Inspiration James Madison “It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it a finger of that Almighty Hand which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in the critical stages of the Revolution.” Alexander Hamilton […]
