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Posted on 05/16/2006 7:02:54 AM PDT by Billie
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American History - Presidents of the United States - who wants to teach today? :)
Mornin' Billie.
May 16, 2006
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I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright. —Leviticus 26:13
During my basic training in the Army, our drill sergeant worked hard week after week to transform us from a group of slouching civilians into a company of men who stood straight and walked tall. It was not an easy job. When he finally said, “You’re looking good!” we felt proud of who we were and how we had changed.
That experience came to mind when I read Leviticus 26:13, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.” After 400 years of slavery and hard labor, the people of Israel were burdened and discouraged. But under Moses, God led them out of bondage and put them on the road to a new life of freedom through obedience to Him.
It’s a vivid reminder of what God has done for us through Jesus Christ. Paul wrote: “Stand fast . . . in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1).
We don’t need to be bowed down with our sin. As we embrace the freedom of righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, we can hold our heads high and keep walking tall.
May I stand firm, O God of truth, For all that pleases Thee; Undaunted by the critic’s frown, Let nothing hinder me. —Bosch
Amen. How fortunate we are to have a president who stands firm in his beliefs, undaunted by his critics, for they certainly are putting in LOTS of overtime trying to bend him.
Good morning, Dave. I hope you are preparing your history lesson for us. :)
I'm rather fond of this one by Abraham Lincoln:
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Good morning, Billie. I like this one.
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
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I have 2 presidential quotes on my home page.
This one is very appropriate today:
ON BEING AN AMERICAN:
"... if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American ... There can be no divided allegiances here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag,... we have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
Teddy Roosevelt -- 1907 (www.cacp.info #548)
The ancestry of all 43 presidents is limited to the following seven heritages, or some combination thereof:
Dutch, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Swiss, or German.
Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated in office.
Assassination attempts were made on the lives of Jackson, T. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt, Truman, Ford, and Reagan.
Eight Presidents died in office: W. Harrison (after having served only one month), Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, F. Roosevelt, and Kennedy.
Presidents Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe all died on the 4th of July; Coolidge was born on that day.
The tallest president was Lincoln at 6'4".
The shortest was Madison at 5'4".
PRESIDENTS WHO WERE RELATED TO EACH OTHER
John Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams.
James Madison and Zachary Taylor were second cousins.
William Henry Harrison was the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt.
George W. Bush is the son of George Bush.
Thank you for playing! I hope this will be an informative, but fun day. And a refresher course on Presidents. :)
Nine years after leaving the presidency, Taft was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court.
So pleased was he with this career change that he later wrote, "I don't remember that I was ever president."
That is a great quote from Ike! Thanks, Texagirl!
Don't stop now, teach!!! You are GOOD!!!
Wasn't Jefferson also 6'4"?
Good morning, Meg. Happy Tuesday!
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