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World War I and II that this nation had put its trust back into God, the Creator of this world. It is perplexing to
find today there are those, who truly believe that this nation was not founded by Christians.

“We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and
strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior
wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming
and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.”
—Abraham Lincoln - 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation.

“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on
religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and
freedom of worship here.”
—Patrick Henry

“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is
so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best
security for the duration of free governments.”
—Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence

This nation has too much pride in its strength to humble itself before God. Does there need to be war against
this nation for us to receive the wakeup call of God? We know that all the Islamic nations of the Middle East are
ready to make war against Israel and the United States. Is it because the United States has been the protector of
Israel? Israel is the only non-Islamic nation in the Middle East. If our enemies can destroy the military powers of
U.S., how much easier it would be to destroy the nation of Israel. In 2013, the U.S. is cutting back on its military
spending. Nevertheless, the truth is this Government exists for the protection of its people.

Monument to the Forefathers:

The monument was completed in October
1888, and was dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies on August 1, 1889. Hammatt
Billings, Boston architect, illustrator and
sculptor, originally conceived the monument
as a 150-foot-tall (46 m) structure
comparable to the Colossus of Rhodes. In
1874, Billings reduced the size of the
monument, which was to be made entirely of
granite. The original concept dates to
around 1820, with actual planning beginning
in 1850. The cornerstone was laid August 2,
1859 by the Grand Lodge of Masons in
Massachusetts, under the direction of Grand
Master John T. Heard. The plan of the
principal pedestal is octagonal, with four
small, and four large faces; from the small
faces project four buttresses. It honors their
ideals as later generally embraced by the
United States. It is thought to be the world's
largest solid granite monument.

1889 National Monument to the Forefather (CCASA)