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Table of Contents

Preface

THANKSGIVING: THE FIRST AMERICAN HOLIDAY

Who Were These Pilgrims?
Why Did The Pilgrims Come to Plymouth Rock?
Why Was The Mayflower Compact So Important?
Why Did These Pilgrims Suffer So?
Why Were They So Thankful?
What Have These Pilgrims To Do With Us?

THE FOURTH OF JULY: THE BIRTH OF A NATION

At Long Last, The Birth of a Christian Nation
Where Were These Revolutionaries Coming From?
What Was The Revolution All About?
Who Were These Revolutionaries?
Two Proclamations: What Price Liberty?
“Proclaim Liberty Throughout The Land”

GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY:
THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY

The Education of George Washington
With a Firm Reliance on the Providence of God
Forged in the Valleys
“The Interposing Hand”
The Battle for the Constitution
President Washington Warns Our Nation

ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY

Epilogue: ‘Washington’s Vision at Valley Forge’