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Archive for July, 2010

This week’s history challenge is now closed. Greg from Kokomo, In is the winner. Check comments section below for the resource information.

This week’s prize is the book “Backyard Ballistics”

Which Signer of the Declaration, and Framer of the Second Amendment is quoted as saying the following: “To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.”. Name this founding father. 

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Declaration? What Declaration?

Effort to bypass Electoral College gains momentum

Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College

Answer the “Who am I” question.

I was a Civil War General, I was a U.S. President, I wrote the following to the Editor of the Sunday School Times on June 6th, 1876: “..To the influence of this Book (Bible) we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization, and to this we must look as our guide in the future. “Righteousness exalted a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.” I died on July 23rd, 1885. Who am I?

We will extend this week’s entries to include submissions at “The South Eastern Illinois Christian Home Educators Convention” on Saturday the 24th. We will have a booth there promoting our Patriot’s Club for Kids (Stop in and say Hi).

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What happens when a nation violates the laws of God? – The powerful 4th of July  sermon by Charles Stanley that everyone is talking about!

Lt. Col. Allen West, leads a congregation on a Sunday morning in a sermon about God and country.

British Historians Locate King Arthur’s Round Table

This history Challenge is now closed. The winner was Barb from Fort Wayne, IN. Check comments section below for the resource information.

This week’s prize is the book “The Boy Scientist” from Popular Mechanics Magazine

Although the exact birthday of this inventor is unknown, some sources indicate it was July 12th, 1864. He was an agricultural chemist of international fame who introduced hundreds of uses for the peanut, soybean, pecan and sweet potato which revolutionized the economy of the South.  In 1921 he spoke as an expert to the United States House of Representatives (Ways and Means Committee) about the potential uses of the peanut and other new crops. At the end of his address, the Chairman of the Committee asked: “…How did you learn all of these things?” He answered: “From the old book”. Chairman: “What book’? He answered: “The Bible.” The Chairman inquired: “Does the Bible tell about peanuts?” He answered: “No sir, but it tells about the God who made the peanut. I asked Him to show me what to do with the peanut, and He did.” Name this inventor.

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This History Challenge is now closed. The winner was Kim from North Wilkesboro, NC. Check comments section below for the resource information.

This week’s prize is the “American Patriot’s Bible” The Word of God and the Shaping of America

On July 8th, 1776 the Liberty Bell rung out from the Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) to announce the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon. The bell was ordered in 1751 by the Pennsylvania Assembly to commemorate the 50th anniversary of William Penn’s “Charter of Privileges“. As the bell was created, the biblical quotation “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof” was particularly apt. For the line in the Bible immediately preceding “proclaim liberty” is, “And ye shall hallow the 50th year.” Name this biblical quotation (what Bible verse is on the Liberty Bell -book, chapter, and verse #).

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