In the years since Sept. 11, the nation has faced new challenges, but the memory of that day and the way it brought Americans together in prayer continues to resonate. It reminds us that in ...

As we have just celebrated Independence Day it is a good time to remember how on September 5, 1774, the First Continental Congress met at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia.

George Washington’s faith is a topic of debate, often used to support the idea that the U.S. was founded as a Christian nation. This video unpacks historical evidence, exploring Washington’s Anglican ...

It is no coincidence that Cardinal Dolan chose four critical moments in U.S. history featuring key figures who led by prayer. Although we have no direct account of how George Washington prayed at ...

Supreme among the nations, supreme on the earth, [making the Sign of the Cross] let us pray: Remembering General George Washington on his knees at Valley Forge, recalling Abraham Lincoln at his ...

The tradition of a prayer service for newly sworn-in presidents dates to the nation’s founding. Since the first inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, most have been held at ...

A new book, “George Washington and the Two-Term Precedent,” authored by David Alistair Yalof, the vice provost for Academic Affairs at William & Mary, provides an answer on why a perpetual ...