Origins of the United States Veterans’ Day
On November 11th every year, the United States honors the men and women who are serving and have served in its armed forces on Veterans Day. The day was originally Armistice Day, created at the end of World War I by President Woodrow Wilson, to commemorate the end of...
Inviting the Voice of Faith back into the Public Square
“It is vitally important that people of faith work in common cause to promote shared values, so that in partnership we can exert a focused and positive moral influence on the public life of our nation.” -Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon (Coalition for American...
Celebrating U.S.A. Independence Day
"America is to be a place where people of all races and backgrounds can discover the deeper basis of human value; that 'under God' all have been endowed, equally, with the same essential rights. America is meant to be a living demonstration that all people of the...
Star Spangled Banner: Reflecting on the Founding Ideals of the U.S.
At its founding, the United States was dubbed a “great experiment” created, not as with most nations, a result of hundreds or thousands of years of shared history and culture. Rather, it was founded by a relatively diverse group of peoples who seized a moment to cast...
International Day of Peace 2013 Calls for Investment in Education Not War
September 21 is International Day of Peace. Citizens of the world are encouraged to observe a moment of silence at noon to pray for peace. The International Day of Peace was established as a day of cease-fire and non-violence in 2001 with a unanimous vote at the...
Statue of Liberty Reminds America Why It Has Been Blessed
In 2012, Dr. Hyun Jin Moon addressed religious leaders at the first Coalition for American Renewal Symposium. “I firmly believe that God has blessed America not for itself but for the sake of the world. As a “shining city upon a hill”, America is to give hope to all...
1989 German Peaceful Revolution Sparked by Spiritual Awakening
People who were old enough will recall powerful images of November 9, 1989, the collapse of the Berlin Wall. East and West Germans scaling the wall to embrace on ramparts that used to be laced with barbed wire. The concrete wall being torn down by any and all means:...
Gettysburg Address
The opening scene of Spielberg's 2012 film Lincoln, appropriately opens with a recitation of the Gettysburg Address. Most Americans are asked to read the Gettysburg Address sometime during their school career. Rhetoricians have studied and marveled at why his short...
Lincoln’s Pursuit of the Founding Vision of America
"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Congress 1862 January 21, 2013, President Barack...