Tag: George Washington

Five for the Fourth – The Catholic Thing

Outright Love for This Land Robert Royal In Magnifica humanitas, Pope Leo invokes the Biblical story of Nehemiah rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem as a poignant alternative to the Tower of Babel’s effort to reach Heaven without God. It’s a good…

Give God Grateful Thanks for Our Founders

The date was December 4, 1783. The place was an establishment at the corner of Broad and Pearl Streets in lower Manhattan, New York City, known to this very day as Fraunces Tavern. The occasion was an assembly of officers of the Continental…