Three Rivers
Hudson~Mohawk~Schoharie
History From America's Most Famous Valleys

Did You Know?




As you walk up the steps to the building which
houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near
the top of the building a row of the world's law
givers and each one is facing one in the middle
who is facing forward with a full frontal view..
it is Moses and he is holding the
Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW?


As you enter the  Supreme Court courtroom, the
two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments
engraved on each lower portion of each door.


DID YOU KNOW?


As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see
the wall, right above where the Supreme Court
judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!


DID YOU KNOW?



There are Bible verses etched in stone all
over theFederal Buildings and
Monuments in Washington, D.C.


DID YOU KNOW?


James Madison, the fourth president, known as
"The Father of Our Constitution" made
the following statement:
"We have staked the whole of all our political
institutions upon the capacity of mankind for
self-government, upon the capacity of each
and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves,
to sustain ourselves according to the
Ten Commandments of God."

DID YOU KNOW?



Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father
of our country said: "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".

DID YOU KNOW?

Every session of Congress begins with a prayer
by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid
by the taxpayer since 1777.

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Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution
were members of the established orthodox
churches in the colonies.

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Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would
overstep their authority and instead of interpreting
the law would begin making law ... an oligarchy ..
the rule of few over many.

DID YOU KNOW?


The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said:
"Americans should select and prefer
Christians as their rulers."

How, then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional?

Contributed by Herman Witthoft.
Author Unknown.