We're all about to celebrate Thanksgiving, but many Americans don't actually know the history of how it became an official holiday. More than 240 years after the Pilgrims and Native Americans shared that first Thanksgiving meal, it was American writer Sarah Josepha Hale, the author of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” who – believing we should give thanks to God as a nation even in the midst of war – influenced President Abraham Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday.
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As we gather with family, or celebrate at a distance due to the ongoing pandemic, to take part in Thanksgiving, let us take a moment to reflect on this American holiday. Most people think of Pilgrims and Native Americans having a feast to celebrate the former’s first corn harvest. But it wasn’t...
We just released a new video on Bald Beagle, our educational YouTube channel for kids; and within hours, the radical Left went on the attack. As we recently announced , Bald Beagle is a new YouTube channel from the ACLJ creative team dedicated to producing engaging, educational content to help...
Today the ACLJ is launching a new educational channel for kids we call Bald Beagle . On today’s Jay Sekulow Live , we discussed an exciting new initiative that we are launching, in response to the ongoing Far Left attacks on U.S. history. It is a brand new educational channel aimed at younger...
President George Washington once called children the “future guardians of liberties of this country.” As our future guardians, it’s imperative that we make sure our children are receiving the best education possible. At a time when so many kids are stuck at home trying to learn online, and some...