America 250 (part 4) : A Tale of Two Revolutions - America and France

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The latter half of the 18th century spawned two notable revolutions: 

* The American Revolution

* The French Revolution

One replaced a monarchy with a successful republic, whose continuing form of government is in place to this day. The other replaced a monarchy with the guillotine, the Reign of Terror, anarchy, then an emperor followed by several types of government.

What went right? What went wrong?

https://youtu.be/7tpy6T2Cg5w?si=euGxoXzgIVwoinMh

The different results of each social experiment can be summed up by these three reasons:

1. Understanding of human nature:

America: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Inalienable rights protect the people from the tyranny of government. The worldview was based on the Judeo-Christian concept of human nature as flawed. Government needs checks and balances, be bound by law, and be subject to religious instruction to restrain corruption.

France: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

The leaders of the new republic despised religion, with a worldview that reason alone could remake society from the ground up. But forced Equality does not permit liberty or fraternity. Liberty was turned to revenge, resulting in the Reign of Terror and the guillotine.

2. Quality of Leadership

America: 

Leaders rose to greatness as the occasion demanded, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton.

George Washington saw himself as a servant of the republic, resigned his commission at the end of the war, served as president when called upon by the people, and retired after two terms.

France: 

Leaders like Maximilien Robespierre, Jean Paul Marat, and Louis de Saint-Just installed a Reign of Terror that inspired monsters, such as Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky. 

The republic descended into anarchy, replaced by a strong man, Napoleon.

3. Experience of Self-Government

America:

Before the revolution, the colonies experienced two centuries of self-government. Hence, at that time, these colonies were the freest in the civilized world, least governed, least taxed, and least bound by class distinction

France:

Before the revolution, class was destiny, most denizens were heavily taxed, and social mobility was impossible. The people had no experience of self-government. In the end, the monarchy was replaced by an emperor. 

In conclusion:

The American Revolution since King George III changed the world for the better. This constitutional republic has the oldest written national constitution still in continuous use. (reference: legalknowledgebase.com)

The French Revolution changed the world for the worse. And since Luis XVI, France has had 10 to 13 forms of government, from republics to empires to monarchies to puppet governments under Nazi occupation.

Happy 250th, America!

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America 250 (part 2): Benjamin Franklin

 

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 America’s 250^th

As we approach America’s 250^th anniversary, this July 4, 2026, let’s have a look at one of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. 

He was not only key in winning the American Revolution, but also in drafting the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and supporting the Bill of Rights, ensuring our rights as free citizens.

https://youtu.be/NLWS4ALFMcc?si=jUPKkkBDnJTgJsrU

  Ben Franklin embodied the American dream—poor boy who made good—publisher, inventor, writer, scientist, postmaster, diplomat, statesman. At the time of the Revolutionary War, he was the most famous American overseas whereas no one heard of George Washington. Ben Franklin loved London, had a residence there, the most prominent colonial (non-British) scientist elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.

Though the colonists had grievances with the Crown, such as the Stamp Act, “Taxation without Representation”, the Boston Massacre, Franklin remained a loyal British subject and had a vision that the Crown could patch us their differences with the colonists and expand the British Empire into North America.

But when London got news of the Boston Tea Party, Ben Franklin was called into the Privy Council of Parliament, a place called the “cockpit” (Henry VIII had cock fights there). There, he endured vicious personal verbal attacks and was stripped from his position of Deputy Postmaster of North America.

TeaParty/wikipedia

Franklin kept quiet during the long tirade of insults against him. It was said that day he went into the “cockpit” as a loyal British subject, but he came out as an American. 

The Revolution? He was all in!

First, he helped draft and edit the Declaration of Independence. He changed the phrasing to “We hold these truths to be self-evident” then signed it, saying: “We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.”  

Declaration/wikipedia

Allies were needed to fight the mighty British Army. As a key American diplomat, Franklin secured an alliance with France, and later Spain and the Dutch Republic, making the Revolutionary War a global war. France recognized the United States as a nation and provided military support.

The climax was in Virginia. The Americans cornered the British Army in the west and the French fleet bottled them up in the harbor to the east. Thus, General Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington and the French at Yorktown in 1781. The Americans were formally recognized their independence by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

Yorktown/wikipedia

Next was forming a government without a king. That took a few years.

As the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention, Ben Franklin signed the Constitution in 1787. Franklin supported adding the Bill of Rights, though he did not live to see it happen. In his youth, he was surrounded by people, including his father, who vividly remembered the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The mass hysteria of those trials, which resulted in executions of innocents, served as a cautionary tale during the debates of the Constitution as well as the Bill of Rights. It demonstrated what can happen with unchecked government power, religious fanaticism, and lack of legal safeguards.

Constitution/wikipedia

Thus, the Bill of Rights corrected the Salem injustices with rights: trial by jury, no self-incrimination, right to confront accusers and cross-examination, right to a speedy and public trial, ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Also, the First Amendment guaranteed freedoms of religion, speech, press, and assembly.

But it was the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms, that put teeth into the Bill of Rights as the enforcer of the rest of the rights.

$100/wikipedia

The winning of the American Revolution and our Rights as a free people hung on Ben Franklin. Loyal British subject turned American. Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Supporter of the Bill of Rights. Diplomat to create global alliances that won the war. And the face of our $100 bill.

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America 250 (part 1) - Christmas 1776

crossing the delaware/wikipedia 

 On July 4, 2026, the United States of America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

To kick off this countdown, let's take a look at a significant moment in American history. 

1776 was a watershed year in American History. 

On July 4th, the colonies had declared independence from Britain. And so the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783) continued.

By December 1776, the prospects of victory for the Continental Army seemed remote. The British had driven General Washington from New York to retreat to Pennsylvania. The annual enlistments of American soldiers were expiring at the end of the year, and funds and morale were low. If there was ever a need for a Christmas miracle, it was needed in 1776.

In this bleak setting on Christmas Day, General Washington made a daring move to attack the enemy, crossing the Delaware River into New Jersey. The day after Christmas, Washington caught the Hessians by surprise and won the Battle of Trenton. That victory boosted the morale of the Continentals and spurred the troops to continue fighting and eventually win the war.

During the darkest days of the American Revolution, George Washington made a bold move on Christmas Day in 1776 by crossing the Delaware River.

https://youtu.be/Zos9-SWCX9A?si=Nfyf7D31krlgUa27

For our first American Christmas in 1776, we got a priceless present from our founding fathers and mothers - Freedom!

Likewise, on the first Christmas, which we celebrate the incarnation of the Son of God, we can receive the ultimate gift of Freedom:

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

John 8:36 KJV

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Americana (part 3) - Appeal to Heaven

 

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An Appeal to Heaven?

Sound like a call to prayer. It is. And it was almost 250 years ago as well as one of the motto on one of the earliest American flags.

In 1968, the US post office issued its series of historic American flags (then 6 cents). Among them, Washington's cruisers flag 1775 - AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN.

Close up below:

(reference: https://youtu.be/rRHEAT-1ItI )

For the history of the Pine Tree Flag, the description in the video explains it best:

The Tree Flag  was one of the flags used during the American Revolution.  The flag, featuring a pine tree with the motto "An Appeal to God" or, more usually, "An Appeal to Heaven", was used originally by a squadron of six cruisers commissioned under George Washington's authority as commander in chief of the Continental Army in October 1775. 

(reference: https://youtu.be/DP5n9u-Lvog )

And General Washington (with his cruisers and this flag) has been considered the Father of our country, as so aptly described in this description and video below: 

There would have never been a United States of America without George Washington. John Rhodehamel, author of "George Washington: The Wonder of the Age," details how Washington successfully guided the budding nation through war and nurtured her in peace.

(reference: https://youtu.be/D7FFtMlm4V0 )

Now, 250 years later, in the chaos and turmoil of our times, the Appeal to Heaven is the ongoing prayer for our republic.

 And as Ben Franklin allegedly said,

“A republic . . . if you can keep it.”

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Other articles on the Appeal to Heaven flag:

* An Appeal To Heaven Flag – 1775 

* For more on the historic flag stamp collection, check out: Jim's Stamp Album

Previous posts in the series:

Americana (part 1) - Seinfeld, Superman, and Wyoming (2020)

Americana (part 2) - What a Country! (2021)

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America's Story (part 22): Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor

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Did George Washington sign the Declaration of Independence?

Short answer. No.

Actually, he was very busy at the time. As Commander of the the Continental Army, General Washington was defending New York City in July 1776. But on July 9, 1776, as directed by John Hancock,  Washington read The Declaration of Independence to the Army.

[reference: Did any of our "Founding Fathers" NOT sign the Declaration of Independence? ]

Here is the reenactment:

(reference: https://youtu.be/GDZp5-w-fZ8 )

Note the last line:

“And for the support of this Declaration, 

with a firm reliance on the protection
of Divine Providence, 

we mutually pledge to each other 

our Lives, 

our Fortunes, 

and our sacred Honor.”

So what happened to the 56 signers and their families?

The late Paul Harvey tells us the rest of the story:

(reference: https://youtu.be/Zw6sKtXDCZk )

The signers were prosperous men, with everything to lose. But they considered liberty much more important than security. So they pledged--

Their lives,

their fortunes,

and their sacred honor

Today, may we remember what they were fighting for

We hold these truths to be self-evident: 

that all men are created equal; 

that they are endowed by their Creator 

with certain unalienable rights; 

that among these are 

life,

liberty, 

and 

the pursuit of happiness. 

-- Thomas Jefferson, 1776

Have a Blessed Independence Day!

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Other posts in this series:

America's Story (part 1) - The Speech that redefined us, November 19, 1863 (2011)

America's Story (part 2) - Savages! (2011)

America's Story (part 3) - Over There - 1917, 1941 (2011)

America's Story (part 4) - Christmas 1944, when we said NUTS to the enemy (2011)

America's Story (part 5) - Amazing Grace (2012)

America's Story (part 6) - GI Joe Tuskegee Airmen (2012)

America's Story (part 7) - When Reagan was shot (2012)

America's Story (part 8) - Memorial Day, Gettysburg, and Amos Humiston (2012)

America's Story (part 9) - A Tale of Two Revolutions (2012)

America's Story (part 10) - Sergeant York (2012)

America's Story (part 11) - Sacajawea  (2012)

America's Story (part 12) - Death and Taxes (2013)

America's Story (part 13) - The Enola Gay (2013)

America's Story (part 14) - I Was a Male War Bride - the real story (2014)
     

America's Story (part 15) - World War 2: memories of North Africa (2014)

America's Story (part 16) - Our First 9/11  (2014)
  

America's Story (part 17) - The Last of the Doolittle Raiders (2015)
   

America's Story (part 18) - VE Day - 70 years ago (2015)

America's Story (part 19) - Trinity and "The Long Peace"  (2015)

America's Story (part 20) - Patton's Weather Prayer (2015)

America's Story (part 21) - Is America Great?  (2017)

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CC3 (part 2) - Barrett's Farm, Ground Zero for the American Revolution

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Patriot's Day

It's observed to remember the Battle of Lexington and Concord, near Boston, the start of the American Revolution in 1775.

Maine and Massachusetts have marked the third Monday in April as a state holiday, but Wisconsin sticks to the actual date of April 19th. { reference: Patriot's Day in the United States }

On the evening of April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren of Boston summoned an express rider Paul Revere to bring news to Lexington, Massachusetts that British regular troops were about to march into the countryside northwest of Boston.

It seemed these troops had planned to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who were staying in Lexington. Then continue on to Concord. { reference: The Real Story of Revere's Ride }

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalizes Paul Revere and these events, as shown below in the reading of this poem:

(reference: https://youtu.be/I963GC3mzm0 )

There was some artistic license in this account. For the rest of the story about Paul Revere's Ride:  Longfellow's Poem, "Paul Revere's Ride"

What brought the British regulars to Lexington and Concord?

It seemed British spies had gleaned that illegal arms and other military contraband were hidden on Colonel James Barrett's Farm, which was three miles northwest of Concord. In fact, Colonel Barrett, commander of the Middlesex Minutemen, directed the stashing of arms and supplies and having them stored on his farm.

So on April 19, 1775, the Redcoats crossed the North Bridge over the Concord River. But musket fire from 6000 Minutemen under the command of Colonel Barrett turned them back.  
  
This was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War , now celebrated each April on Patriots Day.  { reference: Barrett Farm, Concord, Massachusetts }

Hence, Barrett's Farm is a key catalyst for the American Revolution: James Barrett's Farm

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In the series, The Commander and the Chief,  the Commander is Reginald Barrett of Her Majesty's Royal Navy. But Book 3 reveals he had some revolting American cousins, who colonized across the pond a few hundred years ago.

In the following scene, the Commander's best friend, Colonel Jack Sheffield of the British Army Reserve, is engaged to former US Navy Lieutenant Charlotte "Charlie" Dickerson. The venue of their marriage? Peacemaker Chapel on the Chief's ranch in Wyoming.

But  Charlie and Jack swing by Nevada first to visit Colonel Frank Dickerson, retired. A patriot himself, Frank did some research on his future son-in-law's best man, Commander Barrett.

Frank discusses the upcoming wedding, after running Charlie and Jack through the Assault and Prepper Course near Devil's Basin, Nevada:

Frank grew a wide grin. “You know guests come from all over the world. Pay good money for this, Jacko.”
  

“Right-o.” Jack skewed his mustache. “Like that old American story. White Washing the Fence.”
  

“Good old Tom Sawyer.” Frank punched Jack on the arm. “Mark Twain, he was on to something. And this course, it ain’t cheap. Consider it one of my wedding presents.”
  

Charlie finished her drink. “I thought we’re going to do this course on our honeymoon, Dad.” 
  

Jack raised his blond eyebrows. “And I can think of other things I’d rather be doing with you on our honeymoon.” 
  

“So Charlie told you, Jacko?” Frank asked while Charlie was mouthing – No, Dad.
  

“Tell me what?”
   

“During your honeymoon.” Frank slapped Jack on the back. “The Appleseed Shoot.”
  

“You mean like shooting apples from heads? As in William Tell?” 
  

“Of course you wouldn’t know. You’re British. But I guarantee you’re gonna like this.”
  

Charlie pulled down her eyebrows. “Maybe not the last part, Dad.”
  

“Tell me, Frank.” Jack squinted at him. “I’m in your circle of trust.”
  

Frank thought they’d cap off the wedding celebration in Wyoming with an Appleseed Shoot. A few days after the kids tied the knot. It was scheduled for April 19. Patriots Day. The very date that marked the start of the American Revolution in 1775.
  

Each exercise in this shoot came with a lesson in American history. Like Paul Revere’s midnight ride, warning the patriots that the British were coming. 
  

One, if by land. Two, if by sea. … Yada yada yada. 
  

“And the course ends,” Frank said, “with us patriots shooting paper targets of British Red Coats.” 
  

Jack snapped open his eyes. “Now that’s not very nice. You know I’m a Red Coat…in the British Army Reserve.”
  

“It’s all right, son,” Frank said. “You’ve patched things up with us in the last 200 years. And don’t forget we saved your ass in World War One. And World War Two.”
  

Frank continued with the history lesson of the shot heard around the world in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. And Barrett’s Farm was Ground Zero. The storage site for the Concord Militia’s arms.
   

“Even back then, the goddam government was grabbing guns from patriots,” Frank said. 
  

“So when the Crown lost the colonies.” Jack chuckled. “It all started in this row over arms on Barrett’s Farm? Why does that name sound familiar to me?”
  

“Glad you asked. You see, I’ve done some research on your good buddy, the Commander. Who bears the same surname as our patriots. Such as the great Colonel James Barrett, who owned Barrett’s Farm.” 
  

“So? Reg is British. In Her Majesty’s Royal Navy. A son of a duke.”
  

“But ah-hah! Some of the Commander’s distant cousins were American colonists. Sided with the Continentals during the War. And some of them were the Barretts who owned Barrett’s Farm. Where the Revolution started in 1775. By that shot heard around the world.
  

“In fact, it was the Minute Men, the militia under the command of Colonel Barrett, that fired their muskets at the Red Coats. As they crossed the North Bridge over the Concord River. Turned back the British Army. It was the first American victory in the Revolutionary War. And April 19th has been known as Patriots Day ever since.”
  

Charlie looked worried. “Dad? Don’t’ tell me—”
  

“My present to the Commander. A certificate that he’s a bona fide member of SAR.”
  

“S.A—what?” Jack asked. 
  

“Sons of the American Revolution.” Frank grinned. “The Chief sure knows how to pick her men.”
  

“Right-o.” Jack rolled his eyes. “Reg is going to love this.”

From Part 6: Land of Nye; Chapter 2, Assault and Prepper

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The Sons of the Revolution, SAR, even have their own website: SAR.org

Likewise, the Appleseed Shoot, a real event: Project Appleseed

And from the Project Appleseed about page:

Why “Appleseed?” “Appleseed” comes from Johnny Appleseed, the American folk hero who toured the country, planting appleseeds so that future generations would benefit. Project Appleseed is designed to ensure that future generations of Americans will learn and benefit from the lessons of our colonial past. 

Such as School House Rock did as shown here:

(reference: https://youtu.be/Y6ikO6LMxF4 )

And to think if the British had won, we'd all be speaking English!

Back to the series:

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During the wedding reception in Wyoming, Jack has some words about his best man.

“Just one more thing,” Jack added. “To remind this crowd of Americans and Brits. America’s England’s fault.”
  
“Not only that.” Jack put his arm about Reggie. “I learned through my new father-in-law, it’s the fault of my best man. Commander Reginald Barrett. As the American Revolution started in a row over arms on Barrett’s Farm. Owned by one of the Commander’s ancestors. Colonel James Barrett of the Massachusetts Colonial Militia.”
  
“And I have here,” Frank spoke up waving a paper, “a certificate that the Commander’s a bona fide member of SAR. Sons of the American Revolution.”
  
Reggie was expecting this and took a bow. “So the secrets out, everyone. America’s my fault.”

From Part 9: Sapphire Mountain Ranch; Chapter 8, America's England's Fault

And shortly after this toast, all hell breaks loose.

But you have to read it. So....

Buy the book:  smithsk.com/cc.htm

* amazon (paperback or kindle)

* Barnes & Noble (paperback or Nook)

And remember, everyone...

America's England's fault!

Happy Patriot's Day!

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Related posts in the Commander and the Chief series:

His Tribe of One, Book One:

CC (part 1) - The Commander and the Chief: His Tribe of One (2014)

CC (part 2) - Universe in a Glass of Wine  (2014)

CC (part 3) - Happy Bill of Rights Day  (2014)

CC (part 4) - Stories and the Brain (2015)

CC (part 5) - Audie Murphy  (2014)

CC (part 6) - Pavle Orlovic (2015)

CC (part 7) - Buzz Aldrin  (2015) 

 CC (part 8) - Little America (2016)    

CC (part 9) - Buffalo Bill's Wild West (2016)

CC (part 10) - Little Big Man (2016) 

Counting Coup, Book Two:

CC2 (part 1) - Counting Coup  (2016)

Peacemaker, Book Three:

CC3 (part 1) - Peacemaker  (2017)

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Patriots (part 3) - Signers of the Declaration

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Soon we are approaching the 240th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, attributed on July 4, 1776.

Much is written about these times. History.com does a great job, such as this: Declaration of Independence

But here is a summary of what happened to the signers, most of them wealthy men, who lost it all for the greater gift, liberty.

( reference: https://youtu.be/Zw6sKtXDCZk )

Today, many politicians will give away our freedoms for their position of power.

But in 1776, these men and their families risked it all, with nothing material to gain for themselves, as they penned these words in the last sentence:

And for the support of this Declaration, 

with a firm reliance
on the protection of divine Providence, 

we mutually pledge to each other 

our Lives,
our Fortunes
and our sacred Honor.

reference: Declaration of Independence transcript

These 56 signers were patriots.

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Previous posts in series:

Patriots (part 1) - Taps (2016)

Patriots (part 2) - D-Day Courage  (2016)

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Pray4America (part 14) - We are Americans

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As the 4th of July approaches, I reflect upon the sacrifices of our patriots made for ideals liberty and freedom that our nation was built upon ...

The Spirit of 1776

But I am concerned by the wrong direction our country is going and its decline.   I wonder if the gains made during the American Revolutionary War are being reversed and will bring us full circle - back under the heel of tyranny.

What difference does it make?

Over 200 years ago we overthrew the rule of a king.  Now we are submitting to the rule a Nanny State as an ever more intrusive government continues to grow, dictating how we live our lives and curtailing our freedoms. Yet, the character of our leaders reflect us - we the people.

But I feel heartened by these words of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, who spoke during troubling times such as today:

(reference:  http://youtu.be/eVecpn3DUHc)

During this holiday, may we remember all those who have sacrificed for the freedoms that we take for granted.   And may we resolve they not be taken from us.  As Thomas Jefferson was alleged to say -

"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." 

{reference: Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty (Quotation) « Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello}

As mentioned in the video clip above, may we keep Pvt. Treptow's pledge he made during World War I -

''America must win this war.  

Therefore I will work, I will save, 

I will sacrifice, I will endure, 

I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, 

as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone.'' 

{reference: THE PLEDGE OF PRIVATE TREPTOW - NYTimes.com}

And we are in a war - not against flesh and blood - but a battle for the soul of our nation.  

America is worth fighting for!

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Blessings of God

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord

 Psalm 33:12  (NIV)

Keep praying for America ....

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Previous posts in this series:

Pray4America (part 1) - National Day of Prayer (2012)

Pray4America (part 2) - FDR's prayer on D-Day (2012)

Pray4America (part 3) - FDR's Flag Day prayer - June 14, 1942 (2012)

Pray4America (part 4) - It's a Wonderful Life, America (2012)

Pray4America (part 5) - United we stand? (2012)

Pray4America (part 6) - Christmas in Iran 1980 (2012)

Pray4American (part 7) - For such a time as this (2013)

Pray4America (part 8) - Fear no evil (2013)

Pray4America (part 9) - America, the Beautiful - 1893 to 2013 (2013)

Pray4America (part 10) - Real Hope for America  (2013)

Pray4America (part 11) - New Year Reset  (2013)

Pray4America (part 12) - George Washington's Knee-Mails (2014)

Pray4America (part 13) - Apollo 13 Reflections and Prayer (2014)

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