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National Thanksgiving Under Washington’s Administration

A resolution was adopted in the House of Representatives, September 25, 1789, in the following words- On motion- Resolved, ‘That a joint committee of both Houses be directed to wait upon the President of the United States to request that he would recommend to the people of the United States a day of thanksgiving, and […]

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Otten, Herman: 2000th anniversary of the Battle of Teutoberg Forest

by Herman Otten, Editor John Eidsmoe, a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and pastor with the Assn. of Free Lutheran Congregations, has called attention to the fact that the year 2009 will be the 2000th anniversary of the Battle of Teutoberg Forest. Colonel Eidsmoe called Teutoberg Forest one of the most decisive battles in world […]

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