American cannon: James Monroe’s Fourth of July epic
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, July 4) On this Independence Day, consider how a very few people, in very dire straits, made the difference for the very existence of the nation […]
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We should have Thanksgiving for our Constitution
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Day) Thanksgiving is not a day just for feasting and perhaps for random expressions of thanks. It’s a day for thanks specifically to God and thanks […]
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It’s the birthday celebration for only one president
(Feb. 21-22) No matter what the official calendar says, today is not some generic “Presidents Day,” but the ritual observance of tomorrow’s George Washington’s birthday. Washington was a great man […]
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A meet, right thanks giving
(Nov. 28) A passage in the 1928 Episcopal prayer book says this: “It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times and in all places […]
