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Remembering Thanksgiving Day The Mayflower  1620- 2002 The voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 from Plymouth England, to Plymouth Rock started as a journey to find peace and justice in a new world. It began as a fervent prayer to give freedom a chance, and remains today as the promise each year for a new beginning. Thanksgiving Day is a celebration of hope, and remembrance. Today, we bring our families and friends together to share our tables and our hearts, and give thanks for all that we have to be grateful for in our new and glorious country. From this grand...

In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are under-written, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc. Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine our selves together into a civil body politic, for our...

There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding the people responsible for the American Thanksgiving tradition. Contrary to popular opinion, the Pilgrims didn't wear buckles on their shoes or hats. They weren't teetotalers, either. They smoked tobacco and drank beer. And, most importantly, their first harvest festival and subsequent "thanksgivings" weren't held to thank the local natives for saving their lives. Do you know there are public schools in America today actually teaching that? Some textbooks, in their discomfort with open discussions of Christianity, say as much. I dare suggest most parents today know little more about this history than their...

(Editor's note: This is the second in John Armor's series of ten articles to explain the Constitution and America's government. The first article appears below. Watch for others in the series, which will appear periodically in this space.) Article 1, the Congress In the modern world, we take it for granted that every nation has a parliament or legislature. Even the most barbarous, tin-pot despot usually rules with a pliant, controlled legislature in place under him. There was no such assumption of a legislature when the U.S. Constitution was being written in Philadelphia. That is why the very first Article...

This weekend marks the anniversary of the Mayflower Compact, drafted and signed on November 11, 1620. It marked the first time in recorded history that a group of people freely of their own volition established a covenant to create a new civil government of their own. Unfortunately, many Americans have forgotten it was done in the name of Christ, and its words are seldom found in textbooks or public tributes. The Mayflower Compact says, in part: "Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant...

THE WASHINGTON TIMES Black ministers, lobbyists and activists recognizing a conservative movement across the nation and wanting to capitalize on it signed the 21st Century Mayflower Compact yesterday to create a positive change in their community. Members of the Mayflower Compact Coalition crafted the document with the goal to reconstitute moral and social values through personal responsibility, and the strengthening of families and communities. The name comes from the 1620 document signed by the Pilgrims that was the seed of democracy in the New World.

"Happy Holidays" --- Bah! Humbug! By Chuck Baldwin Food For Thought From The Chuck Wagon December 23, 2003 These politically correct holiday wishers are quickly turning me into a modern-day Scrooge. I am nauseated with their incessant "Happy Holidays" greeting. The lengths to which they will go to avoid saying, "Merry Christmas" is nothing short of sickening. For more than 300 years, Americans have celebrated Christmas. Avant-garde egalitarians can like it or not, but it was Christians who settled, created, and constructed this country. America was deliberately and distinctively founded as a haven for Christian people. As a result, our...