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Watch Tim Schmig share from Union Station In addition to the Liberty Bell (inscribed with the Mosaic declaration of the Year of Jubilee), you’ll see Scripture carved into Union Station: The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose Thou hast put all thing under his feet The truth shall make you free Read more...
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Watch Tim Schmig explain the Christian Heritage found in the Library of Congress: Many interesting artifacts, including the Gutenberg Bible: Read more...
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Watch Tim Schmig explain the Rotunda: From Wikipedia: The Pilgrims appear on the deck of the ship Speedwell as they depart Delfshaven in South Holland on July 22, 1620. William Brewster, holding the Bible, and pastor John Robinson lead Governor Carver, William Bradford, Miles Standish, and their families in prayer. The rainbow, at the left side of the painting, symbolizes hope and divine protection.[14] Photo from the Our Christian Heritage Collection Read more...
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From Wikipedia: Moses appears eight times in carvings that ring the Supreme Court Great Hall ceiling. His face is presented along with other ancient figures such as Solomon, the Greek god Zeus, and the Roman goddess of wisdom, Minerva. The Supreme Court Building’s east pediment depicts Moses holding two tablets. Tablets representing the Ten Commandments can be found carved in the oak courtroom doors, on Read more...
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From Wikipedia: The room remained largely unchanged until 1952. One of the few changes made was the addition of a painting, Abraham Lincoln by George P.A. Healy, hung over the fireplace by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937. The 1869 oil-on-canvas painting by George Peter Alexander Healy depicts a seated, thoughtful Abraham Lincoln, and has remained over the State Dining Room fireplace ever since.[75][j] Roosevelt also added an Read more...
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This prayer is read aloud each day at Mount Vernon’s public wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of George & Martha Washington: I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have the United States in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain Read more...
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From the National Park System: 470 feet above the ground, the builders began angling buttresses inward to support the 300-ton marble pyramidion at the top of the monument. Supported by the buttresses, the angled walls of the pyramidion, anchored by mortice and tenon joints, climbed inward beginning at 500 feet above ground. On a breezy December 6, 1884, Lt. Col. Read more...
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From Capitol Preservation Committee: “Sculptor and artist George Grey Barnard was commissioned by architect Joseph Huston to create the large statuary groups at the Pennsylvania State Capitol’s main westerly entrance. Barnard envisioned an intricate theme for each of the statue groups, with each individual figure having symbolic meaning intertwining within the whole of the work…. Together, the north and south Read more...
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Explore the history of God’s Word at the Tennessee Bible Museum in Pigeon Forge! Discover rare Bibles, fascinating exhibits, a Christian bookstore with gifts and antique books, and our beautiful live Butterfly Encounter. Faith • History • Discovery. From David Brown: If you travel to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, be sure to stop at the Tennessee Bible Museum. Owner/Curator Gene Albert Read more...
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Photo and description from their website: DISCOVER… over 1000 tons of rejected stones gathered from several NE quarries. COME AND SEE approximately 200 stone monuments, panels and boulders Visit the chapel sized after the Bible’s “Holy of Holies”, made from 450 tons of “rejected” stones, and engraved inside and out with dozens of inspired scriptures… and… 300 Biblical passages, saying Read more...