Christian American History Facts by Gabriel Peter

• The first official act of the first US Congress was to pray for three hours.
• From the days of the American Revolution through the early 1900's, the primary tool used to teach the alphabet and reading to public school children were verses of scripture.
• In his farewell address, George Washington singled out God Almighty, His power, and His Word as the reason for America's success as a nation.
• As commander of all American Revolutionary troops, George Washington's first order was that every officer and man was to live and act as a Christian soldier, defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.
• Minute Men were early militia men and who were typically Christians recruited right out of the churches.
• Thomas Jefferson declared that the primary reading text for Washington D.C. public schools would be the Bible.
• The inscription around the top of the Liberty Bell is Leviticus 25:10 -- "Proclaim liberty throughout the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof."
• Patrick Henry once said, "This great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religion, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
• The state constitutions for the original 13 states and the majority of the states to follow required that any state officeholders must profess a belief in God, His Son Jesus Christ, and Christian teachings.
• In 1777, America was suffering from shortages of many items.  Congress took notice of one particular item and ordered that 20,000 of this item was to be purchased and shipped to the U.S. immediately.  What they ordered were more Bibles.
• When the Revolutionary War was over, in his letter of resignation as commander of American troops, George Washington said, "Unless we follow the direction of our Christian religion, we can never hope to be a happy people."
• The term "separation of church and state" is found no where in the constitution.
• The inscription at the top of the Washington Monument is, "Laos Deo" which translates as, "Praise Be to God."
• Concerning America's future, former president and founding father James Madison said, "We have staked our future as a nation not on government or politicians, but we have staked our future on the capacity of each of us to govern ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."