Rev. DAVID W. BLIGHT:He has changed the very aim and purpose of the war. He had a deep and abiding suspicion of and hostility to that notion that "There's no possibility that I'm wrong. Lincoln read them day and night. Pelham Meeting House And that's exactly what he does. He wants to create a ritual which combines many of the elements of the traditional faith of the past, but with some adjustments in terms of language, in terms of ritual, which will be appropriate for people becoming more Americanized. He delivers a famous sermon in 1965 called "Of Ministers and Marchers" in which he says it's the duty of ministers simply to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, not to become involved in Civil Rights reforms, not to become involved in anti-communism or anything else. David Goss They believe that Christ died on the cross for all of humanity's sins. JOHN WINTHROP:Mrs. Hutchinson, you are called here as one of those that have troubled the peace of the commonwealth and the churches here. Rabbi LANCE J. SUSSMAN:Littleneck clams, an American delicacy. NARRATOR:But as this cold war convergence of faith and patriotism pervaded the country, some Americans saw it as a threat to their freedom. CYNTHIA LYNN LYERLY:At one moment, a preacher's preaching and the preacher looks right at James Finley, and he finds his knees almost ready to give out. You know, what's going to happen to this society if it's turned so topsy-turvy? Given Kimball's history of health problems, many peopleincluding Kimball himselfdid not anticipate him living long enough to become president of the LDS Church. BERTRAM DAIKER, Attorney for School District: The intention at that time was to prevent the establishment of a state church, or a national church. Rev. Rev. My mother answered the door one time and was deluged in a shower of garbage. [40], In January 2014, a private firm on behalf of the Mint, began surveying customers on possible options for a special issue in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy half dollar. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: In great contests, each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. > Not releasing his taxes. Nelson later described the meeting: President Kimball breathlessly began, "I am a dying man. Melissa Rosal - Key Set PA Is it not the pride and boast and glory of the American people? STEPHEN PROTHERO:What's at stake is the religious narrative of America. And there were Southern Baptist leaders who said that they didn't necessarily have a problem with the decision. F. Kennedy appreciation medal. The way we behave towards one another and towards others- that's our religion, you know? Charles Swazey Since Trump did not attend the inaugural ceremonybecoming the first outgoing president to not attend since Andrew Johnson in 1869[97]and did not communicate with Biden directly since the second presidential debate of the 2020 campaign, this tradition was not upheld. But you can't really change that through electing presidents because by definition, it's cultural. Mary Anne Janke - Assistant Camera I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all. And the only way to inculcate Christianity was the Bible. Polly Longsworth WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN: I believe in creation as there told, and if I am not able to explain it, I will accept it. His wife, Camilla, recounted that although her husband was not prone to tears, he afterward lay on the floor of their home and wept uncontrollably as she tried to comfort him. But the Catholic Bible does because Catholics say, "You can't read the Bible by yourself. UCLA Film & Television Archive MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.: When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, Free at last! PRAYER: -going to put this man into office because he says all this in Jesus' name. STEPHEN PROTHERO, Professor of Religion, Boston University:"Slavery is a divine institution," say the people in the South. Will Toubman, CRAFT SERVICES [64] In concluding the event, DJ Cassidy addressed viewers and sampled music. [5], The inauguration marked the formal culmination of the presidential transition of Joe Biden, who had become president-elect after defeating Donald Trump on November 3, 2020. Princeton University AUGUSTUS LONGSTREET: You cannot, brethren, lay your finger on a text that says no man can hold slaves and be a Christian. JOSEPH H. SUINA:It got to that point when about the time he was in prison, when things were really getting worse, you know, and so for him, this was- this was time to do something. If I'm one of the elect, I'll will be saved in God's good time. The Granger Collection, New York Thought Equity Motion NARRATOR:For Thomas Jefferson, the new republic must be founded with religious freedom. And the righteous God in his wrath-. Their fear was they're going to lose a whole generation of young Catholics. A lady said, "God is with this movement. Thea Belton HARRY S. STOUT:He had a deep and abiding suspicion of and hostility to that notion that "There's no possibility that I'm wrong. GRANT WACKER, Professor of Christian History:This was a historic Protestant fear, that a Catholic president could not possibly be uncompromised in relation to the Vatican. Trump won 304 electoral votes compared to Clinton's 227, though Clinton won a plurality of the popular vote, receiving 4chan Pass users can bypass this verification. To help raise more Democratic Party presidential campaign fund contributions; To help make political amends among several leading Texas Democratic party members who appeared to be fighting amongst themselves, The first car, an unmarked white Ford (hardtop), carried Dallas Police Chief, The second car, a 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible, was occupied by driver Agent, The third car, a 1955 Cadillac convertible code-named "Halfback," contained driver Agent Sam Kinney, ATSAIC Emory Roberts, presidential aides, Brandimarte, Cynthia A. For two years, the Presbyterian hierarchy wrangled over Briggs's future in a series of highly publicized trials. It is godless communism versus a God-fearing America. NARRATOR:But tensions over what God wanted for America were now ripping the country apart. No one knew if it would survive intact. And we are still insisting emphatically that violence is self-defeating, that he who lives by the sword will perish by the sword. PRO-SLAVERY MINISTER: Slavery was established decree of Almighty God. On June 3, 1965, President Johnson announced plans to eliminate silver from the dime and quarter in favor of a clad sandwich with layers of copper-nickel on each side of a layer of pure copper. And I don't think you can be both. There's something about the American context that seems to encourage particular expressions of the faith, rather than any one unified expression of the faith. He ordered his followers to burn the books of Charles Chauncy and other contemporary ministers. Christopher Domurat - Key Set PA This man, who claimed to have given ordination to people who will be teachers and rabbis in America- it would have been a spit in the face. [65] Kimball was ordained church president on December 30, 1973, the day after Lee's funeral,[66] choosing N. Eldon Tanner and Marion G. Romney as his first and second counselors. And they did. STEPHEN MARINI, Historian of Religion, Wellesley College:They're singing and they're preaching the terrors of hell and the glories of the gospel of Christ. I can feel my life slipping. [100] Biden extended invitations to the four congressional leaders from both partiesSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)and all four accepted. This was indeed the coming of the Lord. Toby Jones -------------- George Whitefield SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ, Pres., Natl. High Output, Canton, MA They viewed John Hughes as kind of an interesting throwback, charming - John Hughes could be incredibly charming - but not a serious leader, and certainly not a serious leader for religious people in the United States. NARRATOR:Methodism's circuit riders became a focal point of peoples' lives. John and Elizabeth Loring Rev. Rabbi Mayshe Schwartz [9] Work was already underway on coinage dies; the use of the already-available designs allowed for the completion of the first dies on January 2, 1964. Cotton Hills Farm, Lowrys, SC I think, to some extent, they underestimated John Hughes. Interweaving documentary footage,historical dramatizationandinterviewswith religious historians, the six-part series is narrated by actor Campbell Scott and includes appearances by actors Michael Emerson (asJohn Winthrop), Chris Sarandon (asAbraham Lincoln) and Keith David (asFrederick Douglass), among others. And that comes primarily from the Civil Rights movement. Sharon Grimberg, FRONTLINE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER In 1962, President Kennedy had three hundred appreciation medals struck by the United States Mint in Philadelphia that were later presented during his June 23, 1963 through July 2, 1963 trip to the nations of Federal Republic of Germany, Germany (West Berlin), Ireland, United Kingdom, Italy, and the Vatican City State. STEPHEN PROTHERO:They're not promoting Protestant America. Mississippi Valley Collection/The University of Memphis Libraries NARRATOR:In 1921, fundamentalists secured a powerful new ally. Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, This is not a God with personality, not a God who is a loving God. And that afternoon, I noticed Falwell all alone and he was listening to the radio. There's a whole tradition, "right? CLAYBORNE CARSON:Kennedy says, "It's an issue as old as the Scriptures," and as old as this nation, you know, in terms of the principles underlying it. Sarah Parish -------------- Rural girl High Output I have waited for this day and hoped for it and believed for it. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: It seems to me if we're going to win this fight, we have got to go back to the very fundamentals of all things. JEFFREY S. GUROCK:Wise wants to help them. My mother was not somebody who was looking for a fight, but you didn't mess with her, either. [46] Due to the coin shortage, the Treasury Department announced that no proof sets would be struck in 1965. NARRATOR:Bush did not forget the older generation of his evangelical supporters. As an adult, the youngest son, Edward, lived in his parents' house, and it was his primary residence from 1982 until he died of brain cancer at the compound, in August 2009.[2]. Many were Irish Catholics fleeing poverty and religious oppression. NARRATOR:Jefferson went further. He understood the future of the nation itself hung in the balance. We must prepare the future of our faith. They saw that as ungodly. MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.: I still have a dream. Jonathan P. Failor Without naming Biden, he referred to the "inauguration of a new administration", saying that "we pray for its success at keeping America safe and prosperous. Sally M. Promey, PROGRAM ADVISORS And when people are in that kind of situation, it's not a verbal prayer, it's more a moan. When Christianity conquers a nation, it makes every man a king! Your sense of isolation would have been profound. Bryan Single Lincoln was determined the North must win. But the war was demonstrating that death came to people regardless of whether they were good or bad. Milley put away the resignation letter in his desk and drew up a plan, a guide for how to get through the next few months. It's not needful that you are Presbyterian or Congregationalist or Baptist, or what have you. They're going to have a Sunday school, and the Sunday School's going to have to teach the kids how to read and write. I think it's the only way that this country can go ahead. After decades of struggle over the separation of church and state, and the rise of religion in the political movements of Civil Rights and the Christian right, Barack Obama had tried to articulate a new political consensus about the relationship between faith and power in America. GEORGE WHITEFIELD:To be in him not only by outward profession, but by an inward change and purity of heart-, MAN:To talk so powerfully and wonderfully of the thing of God in Christ-, Rev. New York was the center of evangelical public moral reform activity in the whole nation. [168] However, Biden and Harris were presented several gifts in the Capitol rotunda, including Landscape with Rainbow by Robert S. Duncanson, two lead Lenox crystal vases cut by Peter O'Rourke, two flags that had been flown over the Capitol during the inaugural ceremony, and portraits of them taking their oaths of office. Rev. If they chose not to, they were left to study alone in an empty room, like 5th grader Terry McCollum. Former president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter did not, due to their advanced age and inability to travel. He spoke out on the genocide in Darfur and proposed new funding to fight HIV-AIDS in Africa. Harvard Law School Library The Bridge Sound & Stage, Cambridge, MA We will see how God tells us how to be.''. "[67], Kimball traveled more than any previous church president, visiting a total of 85 countries worldwide. [14], The 2021 Presidential Inaugural Committee organized several other inaugurationrelated events at the direction of the presidentelect and vice presidentelect of the United States. Genina DeFruscio Sheehan RANDALL M. MILLER, Historian:If things are supposed to be right, it should be that bad people suffer and die and good people triumph. [14], The Mint struck Kennedy half dollars in large numbers in an attempt to meet the overwhelming demand. There's no room for negotiation. And one interesting thing to see in coming years is, will we come up with one? [4] During summer holidays, he often worked at a dairy in Globe, Arizona, milking cows, cleaning stalls, and washing bottles for $50 to $60 per month as well as room and board. Now scholars pointed out that Moses couldn't have been the author. Rabbi LANCE J. SUSSMAN, Historian:When he was criticized, he didn't say, "I'm sorry." That was the concern. [So help me God.]. Continued rises in the price of silver increased the hoardingmany early Kennedy half dollars have been melted for their silver content. Kimball also performed a variety of other local jobs to earn extra income to support his wife and children, including playing the piano and singing at local events, stringing with Camilla for local newspapers, distributing for an herbal laxative company, and clerical work for local stores. Rev. Marilyn Mellowes, Content Producer RONALD C. WHITE, Jr.:It was untitled and undated. JAMES FINLEY: The direct witness from heaven shines full upon my soul. [65] Singer Barbra Streisand then joined to congratulate Biden and Harris, calling for them to "restore the health" of the United States and world; she also performed her rendition of "Happy Days Are Here Again", an American standard. UCLA Film and Television Archive MAN AT COCKTAIL PARTY: It's a well-organized campaign, all right, real saturation. Sarah Colt, ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSED AND PRODUCED BY The purpose of the gathering was to sound the alarm that, "We think it is dangerous to elect a Roman Catholic as president of the United States.". Stephen Marini That time has gone and happily will return no more. So there is something for everyone. Elizabeth R. Colt "[35] By then, more than 2.5billion Kennedy half dollars had been struck since 1964, more than all previously struck US half dollars combined. NARRATOR:Rev. [88], Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) were celebrated in AAPI Inaugural Ball: Breaking Barriers, a partnership between the inaugural committee, and advocacy organizations IMPACT and RUN AAPI. I think that June 25, 1962, will go down as the blackest day in the history of the United States. And with Catholic numbers growing, so came increasing Protestant hostility. You need never be ashamed of it. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives RONALD C. WHITE, Jr.:Ministers, pastors, preachers across the land quickly began to interpret Lincoln's death. The colony would shine like a beacon back to the Old World, a lesson in how Christianity should work. Jeremy Woodward - Production Designer NARRATOR:The experience began to attract hundreds of converts in rural Virginia. Adam Clem STEPHEN PROTHERO:So people start to have a sense of ownership over their own experience. STEPHEN PROTHERO:Jefferson said, "Let's do this experiment. NARRATOR:On January 1st, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law, freeing slaves in the rebel states. WebThere is a popular misconception that the White House was first painted white to cover the scorch marks left by British soldiers who burned the house on August 24, 1814.In fact, the White House first received a lime-based whitewash in 1798 to protect its sandstone exterior from moisture and cracking during winter freezes. Suddenly, you have both opportunity but also the imperative to construct something of an identity. NARRATOR:She lost the case, then appealed to the state supreme court, where she lost again. Pope? Prop 30 is supported by a coalition including CalFire Firefighters, the American Lung Association, environmental organizations, electrical workers and businesses that want to improve Californias air quality by fighting and preventing wildfires and reducing air pollution from vehicles. It was a new country, and he was eager to jump into the fray and be part of that building process. Light chases error away. University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, Special Collections In November 1985, he suffered a recurrence of a previous bleeding peptic ulcer, and his family decided not to take surgical action. BRUCE DIERENFIELD:The real crux of the matter came down to one particular elementary school that most Jews went to. Nobody in their right mind would do some of the things that we did, but we did it because we were caught up in a spirit. BRUCE DIERENFIELD, Historian, Canisius College:The New York State Board of Regents convened a group of ministers, priests and rabbis to prepare a prayer at the height of the cold war. Dr. Richard Ford They'd banned him from their pulpits, but he continued to preach. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God. "By examining that history,God in Americawill offer viewers a fresh, revealing and challenging portrait of the country.". John O'Connor HASIA R. DINER, Historian, New York University:There's some question if he was ever actually ordained. After 9/11, it became imperative to integrate Muslims because we couldn't be seen as going to war, a holy war, against Islam. [63] Attendees of the live-streamed event had to donate to the Biden Inaugural Committee to be allowed entry. In his later life, he would become a leading figure on America's religious landscape. NARRATOR:Lincoln asked for a copy of Reverend Gurley's eulogy. University of Georgia Libraries I'm going to ask you to come and receive him right now. All kinds of profound questions slavery brings up, and they're religious in nature. MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.: Lord, I must confess that I'm weak now. And he made a number of appeals to people to attend church. GEORGE WHITEFIELD: -and now and then, looking upon him, loving him, and then turning aside to weep. They believed that they are God's nation. JOHN WINTHROP:I have told you some already. RANDALL BALMER:Reed's approach to political activism, unlike that of Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority, was to work from the level of school board elections, the so-called stealth candidates who would be typically members of an evangelical congregation or a mega-church, or something of that sort, and rely on the votes from the evangelical grass roots. Rev. And what is the story that integrates religion and American politics? "See? And even when we're doing things that are persecutory and that are immoral and that are enslaving other people, that story is operating on us as we're doing it. Leo O'Donovan to deliver invocation at Biden inauguration", "What the clergy praying at Biden's inauguration signal about his priorities", "TRANSCRIPT: The Prayer Offered at Biden's Inauguration By Rev. "We come this morning, our Divine Father," the preacher intoned, "that we may seek from thee that wisdom to so transact the business of this court." We're not going to banish her. But Jefferson believed their fears were unfounded, that defending an individual's liberties through a Bill of Rights would hold the country together. But his message of rebirth was not part of their tradition and shocked his fellow ministers. All my sins crowd upon me like so many demons of darkness. He speaks from a heart all aglow with love and pours out a torrent of eloquence which is-, MAN:-and are full of the love of God and Christ-. HASIA R. DINER:From the start of the meal to the end, a kind of observant Jew's nightmare. Philip Sheppard, "A NATION REBORN" DRAMA NARRATOR:Virginia and four other states agreed with Jefferson and demanded a guarantee of individual rights. NARRATOR:The increasing number of Latino Protestants was also changing the face of evangelical politics. I think he enjoyed that sort of thing. "[77], On June 1, 1978, following the monthly meeting of general authorities in the Salt Lake Temple, Kimball asked his counselors and the ten members of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles then present[b] to remain behind for a special meeting. JEFFREY S. GUROCK:Shrimp salad, same story. Several invitees who have been critical of Trump, such as Don McGahn, John F. Kelly, and Anthony Scaramucci, declined to attend. MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.: We still have the attitude of love. What's the story going to be? The half dollar was changed from 90% silver to 40%. The prayers of both could not be answered. ED DOBSON, Moral Majority executive, 1979-'87:And there's a whole new generation, Rick Warren and others, whose list of issues includes poverty, HIV-AIDS, caring for creation, and they're much more non-political in their passion and are working to solve issues at a grass roots level. And exactly who's included has always been up for debate. Kristina Stevick, ARCHIVAL ADVISORS SARAH BARRINGER GORDON, Historian of Law & Religion:Graham advised him, "You know, you really should settle on a denomination," and the two of them had conversation back and forth. I'm losing my courage! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land! ABCNews VideoSource NARRATOR:People began to insist that it was their right to worship as they wanted in a church of their choice. TERRY McCOLLUM:She went to see the superintendent of schools and told him she objected to the program and that she felt it was illegal, and that it was impacting badly on her son and that it should be discontinued. CYNTHIA LYNN LYERLY:These circuit riders, they don't just bring the Methodist message. [169], Later in the afternoon, Biden participated in a signing ceremony, proclaiming the day a National Day of Unity and declaring his nominations for Cabinet and sub-Cabinet positions to Congress. '', Father JACK CLARK ROBINSON:It was a time of militancy about your faith, and the friars brought that with them. Collection of Joan Paulson Gage Center for Adventist Research In 1959, Kimball and fellow apostle Mark E. Petersen were assigned to counsel church members dealing with homosexuality,[47] which Kimball believed could, "like all other problems," be overcome through "consistent prayerful exercise of self-restraint. By the early 1600s, they began to report that hundreds of Pueblo Indians were converting, but the Pueblos themselves saw things differently. Congregational Library In 15 months, as much as a quarter of the country heard his message. It was not undertaken lightly. [149] The Bible is largefive inches (12.7cm) thickand has a Celtic cross on the front. Michigan was the wild West. JOHN WINTHROP: For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. He was publically flogged, but three others were dragged before their people and hanged. Free at last! Church attendance had slowed during the years of the Great Depression. Paul Wainwright, Colonial Meeting Houses Why are you causing trouble in our city?" An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerfuland secretivecolossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers.. Americas greatest untold story: the United States rise to world dominance under the guile of Allen It certainly was appropriate for a child to get a religious education, but not for the government to be providing it on public school property. RICHARD LISCHER:He had never spoken with such power and never articulated this vision with such a depth of feeling as he did on the night before he died. STEPHEN PROTHERO:Why listen to the black-coated minister read a dry, boring sermon when you can go to Anne Hutchinson's house and hear this heartfelt, real thing? Yale Broadcast and Media Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, ARCHIVAL MATERIALS Matthew Prouty Its limits were so far-flung that even an enemy could not travel beyond its bounds. And if you didn't know your place, order would break down and all chaos would ensue. STEPHEN PROTHERO, Professor of Religion, Boston University:They're operating their own churches, mostly white, many of them in the South. JAMES FINLEY: I felt as though someone had spoken to me, "Go preach my Gospel." [188] NPR attributed the lack of violent protests to several factors: the Justice Department's targeting of rioters from the storming of the Capitol; protest organizers warning of "false flag" events staged by law enforcement to "gather people for potential arrest"; and the banning or removal of social media profiles, groups, pages, and applications, such as Parler, associated with political extremism and fringe movements. You know, it's- we don't think that there's one true God for all people in the world. The Bible says such and so. THOMAS JEFFERSON: I cannot give up my guidance to the magistrate because he knows no more of the way to heaven than I do and is less concerned to direct me right than I am to go right. NARRATOR:America's journey into the modern era had forced its people to view their relationship with God in a different light. It happened to me.''. CHARLES AUGUSTUS BRIGGS: The Bible has been treated as if it were a baby, to be wrapped in swaddling clothes, nursed, and carefully guarded lest it should be injured by heretics and skeptics. BRUCE DIERENFIELD:Nobody questioned it. And what that promised land is, is this more evangelical Protestant country that has the possibility for this individual heart-felt piety, but also has the possibility for creating a kind of heaven on earth. HARRY S. STOUT:And the next thing that happens is the realization, "We are the people. You're to be imprisoned until the court shall send you away. [67] Mexican actor Jaime Camil then delivered a short address on immigration, and James Taylor performed "America the Beautiful", which he also played at the 2013 inauguration. [68][69] Actress Connie Britton reflected on political unity and the time she met then-Vice President Biden at the 2016 United State of Women Summit. Rev. BARACK OBAMA:We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers. GEORGE WHITEFIELD: Methinks I see the good old man walking with his dear son in his hand-. Most Protestants remained certain the Bible was the literal word of God. When you cast your vote in November, it will be felt. The nation is complicit in it by tolerating it. I mean, he had a profound determination to see the colony succeed. Their message struck a chord with ordinary Virginians who had fought for America's independence. Ronald C. White, Jr. Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ NARRATOR:Growing up, Abraham Lincoln had witnessed waves of religious revivals on America's Western frontier. He was ordained an apostle by Grant and added to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Salt Lake Temple on October 7, 1943. Would you say hello to Mr. Murrow? Production of Kennedy half dollars for general circulation ended in 2001, and from 2002 to 2020, Kennedy half dollars were struck to satisfy the demand from collectors, sold at a premium through the Mint. [78] After all present had shared their views, Kimball led the gathered apostles in a prayer circle to seek final divine approval for the change. [53] After receiving a priesthood blessing from church president George Albert Smith, Kimball spent two months on bed rest followed by two weeks resting on the Navajo Nation. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: I have, therefore, in every case thought it proper to keep the integrity of the union prominent as the primary object of the contest on our part. JOHN F. KENNEDY: It is better to settle these matters in the courts than on the streets. - You can't divorce faith from the American experience. Joe Larson, Pelham Historical Society New, extreme ideas were finding a voice, and an following. He wrote it around the margins of The New York Times, and when he ran out of space, he wrote on toilet tissue. The Bible had to be approached in parts, and interpreted to be understood what it meant. NARRATOR:But if Lincoln rejected his parents' religion, he never let go of its teachings. FRANCIS SCHAEFFER: Christianity is intellectually viable. They're not going to these revivals and becoming born-again Christians. They're flexible. Many believed the forces of modernity were to blame. Every day, there would be a new prayer. [123] Outgoing vice president Mike Pence (who succeeded Biden as vice president in 2017) and second lady Karen Pence also attended. And that place is Germany. But more than that, I know what you've been doing yourself on the radio and everything else in support of us, and I really want to tell you how grateful I am. Kimball was noted among the apostles for his willingness to meet with church members struggling with serious personal problems, particularly married couples considering divorce or individuals wishing to confess serious violations of the LDS Church's law of chastity, which prohibits sexual relations outside of marriage. NARRATOR:Wise refused to apologize. Library of Virginia That's what magistrates did. Victoria Cimino RANDALL BALMER, Professor of American Religious History:The attempt to have a unified Judaism as expressed in Reform Judaism ultimately collapses. Erika Cohn, PROGRAM ADVISORS MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.: I just want to do God's will. Here is this unelected bishop, appointed by the Pope in Rome, telling thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens how they should vote. NARRATOR:The opening battle between fundamentalists and liberal Christians would take place in Tennessee in July 1925. > Killed the top 2-3 terrorist in the world. This is Lincoln's own agony and sweat over the ultimate question, "What is the will of God in this crisis?". Gary Yudman - Rev. That was a very, very real sentiment among America's evangelicals for the middle decades of the 20th century. William Jennings Bryan, a two-term congressman from Nebraska, believed that Protestant religion must be returned to the center of American life. NARRATOR:Some friars began to notice that even many converted Pueblos continued to practice their own religion. [22] According to coin dealer and numismatic author Q. David Bowers, "Where the hundreds of millions of them went remains somewhat of a mystery today. NARRATOR:But Abraham Lincoln didn't feel triumphant. Plain Baptist Church, Charlottesville, MA Rev. "[32] As the keynote speaker at BYU's 1944 baccalaureate service, Kimball publicly criticized members of Allied nations for concentrating on "the tyranny and shackles of [other] nations and at the same time [remaining] in bondage individually to sin. JERRY FALWELL: Abortion is not a Roman Catholic issue, it is a moral issue. The very moment we wake up in the morning to the moment we that go to bed, and even when we're asleep, you know, that's our religion. Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America [119], The decision to limit attendance was made by the Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies based on consultation with public health experts. Tewksbury Hospital, Tewksbury, MA But they're saying, you know, "There's something weird about the way we're running our prisons. Dan DeMiller Harry S. Stout NARRATOR:Roth recruited dozens of parents who also objected to the prayer, and ultimately, five families sued the school district. [165], Biden also discussed the historical significance of Harris's ascension to the vice presidency, recounting the movements for civil rights and women's suffrage that permitted African Americans and women to participate in politics; he celebrated their inauguration as a "triumph" for democracy, affirming a peaceful transfer of power exactly two weeks after the violent storming of the Capitol. JOSHUA WOLF SHENK:Lincoln is considering this epic and awful idea that the master of order and goodness is actually in favor, in some way, of the carnage and suffering because of some larger end. MARK S. MASSA:And the first account, which is in the first chapter of Genesis, took seven days, and the second account took one day. Go home or go to your church. [77], African Americans were celebrated in We Are One, hosted by Terrence J, through "inspiring stories and entertaining performances". Will you be united? Rosemary & Jon Vigil STEPHEN PROTHERO:We liked these traveling preachers because, "He was sort of like me." We still have the method passive resistance. [102][103] Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, landed on the tarmac in helicopter Marine One. Pam Hamilton - Set PA FRANK LAMBERT:Billy Graham was primarily interested in saving individuals. [30] On October 18, President Nixon signed Public Law 93-127, which provided for new reverse designs for the quarter, half dollar, and dollar. Well, the school board, of course, was very much in favor of the program, so there was nothing that the superintendent could do about it. MICHAEL KAZIN:Bryan was a very worldly Christian, but he was being asked questions one would ask of a theologian, someone who really had been involved in debates about how you- how you defend, you know, specific passages in Christianity. Joseph Christofori - Assistant Camera GEORGE WHITEFIELD: He will in no wise cast out, for he's the same today as he was yesterday. JEFFREY S. GUROCK:Traditionalists say very simply that in America, we can make no real changes in the theological underpinnings or the basic ritual of Jewish tradition. NARRATOR:Five million immigrants had arrived on America's eastern shores between 1820 and 1860. His love was as wide as the sea. On the grounds are an enclosed swimming pool, tennis court, a four-car garage, and two guest houses. A.J. [62] The playlist, released on all major streaming platforms, included Biden, Harris, and their spouses' "walk-on songs", which were played when they appeared on stage at campaign rallies. NARRATOR:Nothing posed a greater threat, Bryan and the fundamentalists believed, than Darwin's theory of evolution, which undermined the idea that humans were God's special creation. We're all equal before God, says the Bible. ALLEN C. GUELZO:It was so astounding that one member of his Cabinet actually asked him to repeat himself because he was sure he hadn't heard it right. Rev. Those who questioned the religious laws of the colony risked banishment into a hostile wilderness. They were looking for that the Spanish would see what kind of people they are and respond in kind. NARRATOR:His Anglican superiors were appalled. Second, an important coronary artery with a blockage should be treated with a bypass graft. > He removed the 15 year limit on the post 9/11 GI Bill so veterans & their families can use it long term. We were going to make it. People and Ideas: Early American Individuals, People and Ideas: Early America's Formation, People and Ideas: Civil War and Reconstruction, People and Ideas: Confronting Modernity/Progressive Era, People and Ideas: The Civil Rights Movement, People and Ideas: Cold War and Modern Era. The event featured many musical guests and celebrities, including Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Justin Timberlake, Dave Grohl, Tim McGraw, Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Legend, Demi Lovato, and Katy Perry. SARAH BARRINGTON GORDON:It was at the New York Avenue Presbyterian church that Eisenhower heard a sermon on adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance, and from that day forward became an advocate of including the new words. His challenge to America would redefine the country's commitment to the principle of religious freedom. And the Church of England wasn't doing enough of that. [19], Kimball was active in many civic organizations, including the Parent-Teacher Association, city council, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, and he was elected leader of the Arizona Rotary Club in 1936. [77][91] Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority president Glenda Glover and Howard University president Wayne A. I. Frederick delivered remarks. CYNTHIA LYNN LYERLY:He had heard about this meeting that was supposed to take place because it was publicized well in advance. So you just didn't be an atheist in those days, or let people know. [190], Biden and Harris's assumption of their respective offices was met with congratulations from many world leaders, including prime ministers Muhyiddin Yassin, Scott Morrison, Alexander De Croo, Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau, Mette Frederiksen, Sanna Marin, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Katrn Jakobsdttir, Narendra Modi, Michel Martin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Giuseppe Conte, Yoshihide Suga, Jacinda Ardern, Erna Solberg, Imran Khan, Antnio Costa, Pedro Snchez, and Stefan Lfven; presidents Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Sahle-Work Zewde, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Emmanuel Macron, Jair Bolsonaro, Rodrigo Duterte, Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador and Moon Jae-in; European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and Pope Francis. ANNOUNCER:And the religious foundation of Civil Rights. This had been a Protestant country. JOHN WINTHROP:Have I not named you some already? NARRATOR:In 1859, Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species shook old truths to the core. And that's what happened to me. > Doesn't want open borders & demands background checks + defensive measures all governments are suppose to do in order to protect their citizens from outsiders. SARAH BARRINGTON GORDON:The school prayer decision was in its day the most unpopular decision the Supreme Court had ever made. E.J. And in the North, racism prevailed. [75] Musician Aloe Blacc performed his song "My Way";[77] cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed Air and Simple Gifts, a composition he also performed at the 2009 inauguration in the presence of then-Vice President-elect Biden;[78] Andra Day performed her song "Rise Up"; BeBe Winans sang Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech;[79] Alejandro Fernndez and band Man performed "Decepciones";[80] and Chesca and Diane Warren performed "El Cambio", which was frequently played during Biden's campaign. RANDALL BALMER:In the 1952 campaign, it somehow emerged that Dwight Eisenhower himself had never been baptized, and he was confronted with this in the course of the campaign. Are you going to, you know, feel the conviction of sin that's upon us? And I think, gradually, we hear the story and we hear the voice that says "Stop.". That's where we are! You allow every religious sect and denomination to compete in the marketplace of ideas. And somebody jumped up. Sarah Barringer Gordon Vaughn Woods State Park, Maine Hilary Barker NARRATOR:The march on Washington and the passage of Kennedy's Civil Rights bill, pushed through Congress by President Lyndon Johnson, were triumphs for the Civil Rights movement. They're telling a story about the movement of a people out of slavery into freedom, out of the old world into the new, out of the place of the Pharaoh, or George III, into this place of freedom. Town of Royalston, MA They were going to purify the church. The Resolute has been used by all U.S. presidents since 1977 with the exception of George H. W. Bush, who used the C&O desk for his one term, making it the shortest-serving desk to date. NARRATOR:Vashti McCollum, a self-described humanist, thought the religious classes program violated her son's rights. NARRATOR:Clearly upset by his role in the trial, Bryan threw himself into preparing for an upcoming speaking tour. We don't want you taking our children away from us and imposing on them a secular worldview that is contrary to what we believe as Christians.". I resent that Bishop Hughes should come to a community of Protestant citizens ask for the bounty of the state to support such a system as his. [5], On December 8, 2020, Republican members of the committee voted against a resolution that would have publicly recognized Biden as the president-elect and Harris as the vice president-elect. Like, everything's not OK. We're born with things haywire. There is no big police force. NARRATOR:In court, attorneys for the parents and for the school district argued the true meaning of the 1st Amendment, arguments they restaged for CBS news cameras. We're leaving because we're going to remake the world.'' That would make the Gospel more palatable to others. And if the answer was no, or if the minister could not satisfy them that he had, one of two things often happened. Are they losing their dominance, their place in what they thought was their special charge, this chosen nation, this redeemer nation? We're going to try to propagate this Christian vision of politics and religion not only in America, but more broadly throughout the world. ET on the eve of the inauguration in a moment of "unity and remembrance" for those lost to the pandemic. > EO 13861 helps with suicide prevention for vets. CYNTHIA LYNN LYERLY:His faith shaped the way he viewed policy. My soul fired with the theme, and the Holy Spirit shed abroad its hallowed influence, and the divine power pervaded every heart. ", RICHARD LISCHER:He knowingly and willingly burnt his bridges to the source of power in the United States. FRANK SCHAEFFER, Francis Schaeffer's Son:Dad was a pastor, had pastorate of several small churches in the States, and really was a very obscure, marginal figure. NARRATOR:Ministers warned that fewer people were going to church than had been before the Revolution. She knew her Bible. Record high silver prices caused extensive melting of silver coins, especially half dollars and silver dollars for their metal content. Keith David ------------- Frederick Douglass And as he traveled the country, preaching wherever he stopped, he found people eager for his message of salvation. MARK S. MASSA, S.J., Theologian, Boston College:He put a cross in front of his name, which does look like a dagger. MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.:I just want to do God's will, and he has allowed me to go up to the mountain! New York Daily News, L.P. NARRATOR:Evangelicals felt empowered by the support of the Reagan administration, and they intensified their critique of what they saw as moral decay in American society. As stake president, Kimball co-ordinated the LDS Church's humanitarian response, which quickly mobilized funds, materials, and manpower to care for displaced residents and begin recovery. Chris Fournelle David R. Phillips Collection "History, and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy". Herman Agoyo But if both sides have the sense the God is backing that up, it becomes a sort of cosmic conflagration. Additional speakers included Al Sharpton, NAACP president Derrick Johnson, National Urban League president Marc Morial, Senators Cory Booker and Tammy Duckworth, Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids, actress Rosario Dawson, and several other academics and civil rights activists who spoke on the legacy of Dr. In November 1979, Kimball underwent a similar operation on another less severe hematoma.[92]. Roly Belton [61] After several weeks of enforced silence, Kimball slowly recovered, and by November 1957, he was allowed by his physician to resume speaking in public. This isn't that far away from the revivals of the second great awakening of the 19th century. Rev. NARRATOR:In 1873, in Cincinnati, Wise founded the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, then started the Hebrew Union College to train America's first rabbis. [7] Kimball was reassigned to the Central States Mission and spent most of the rest of his mission in the towns and rural settlements of Missouri until 1916. First Church and Parish, Dedham, MA Julie Powell [83], On Tuesday, January 19, Biden departed his home state of Delaware in a send-off ceremony at his late son Beau Biden's namesake Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center in New Castle;[84] the event included remarks from Delaware Governor John Carney, Biden, his wife Jill, and a benediction by Rabbi Michael S. Beals of Congregation Beth Shalom in Wilmington. Resolute became trapped in the ice and was abandoned in 1854. [118] According to historian Jim Bendat, COVID-19 prevention and security measures instituted for Biden's inauguration would make it the smallest ceremony since Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth inauguration in 1945, when the inaugural was held at the White House before an audience of just a thousand people due to Roosevelt's poor health and the ongoing world war. Eternal damnation, theirs and the Pueblos, was at stake. Joanne Dupont Sandoval, Santuario de Chimayo, NM And then it grew from there, until Dad was an internationally known evangelical leader and writing books. WGBH Educational Foundation From the moment he took a job as a rabbi, Isaac Mayer Wise would embrace America's spirit of opportunity. The clad and silver versions bear the normal date; the gold coin has the double date 19642014. DIONNE:Obama really is trying to reintroduce Civil Rights Christianity, strains of tough-minded liberal Protestantism, a little bit of the old social gospel. GEORGE W. BUSH: [campaign commercial] We all know that the Latino vote will be deciding factor in the presidential election. The freedoms that we should be manifesting are always out in front of us. [48] The first year's production was sold in soft plastic packaging; the 1966 and 1967 issues were sonically sealed in hard plastic cases. Jason Longo NARRATOR:In November 1637, the General Court brought Anne Hutchinson to trial. Rev. WebOf the six desks used in the Oval Office, the Resolute desk has spent the longest time there, having been used by eight presidents in the room. Jeff Doe, PRINCIPAL CINEMATOGRAPHY BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN: I do not think it necessarily means a 24-hour day. And revivals burned across New York and New England. The obverse may be redesigned in 2027, and after 2030, is still to bear Kennedy's visage. Brooks theorized that because the silver Kennedy half dollar never circulated much and few halves were struck in 1970 in anticipation of the authorization of the new clad coins, the public had become accustomed to not seeing the half dollar in trade. NARRATOR:National polls showed that one in six Americans were not affiliated with any religious institution. "[87] At the dedication of the church's new temple in Seattle, in November 1980, several dozen protesters again demonstrated. Rev. Stephen Prothero, ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY DIONNE:Barack Obama had a very different take on religion than John F. Kennedy did. It's a great- I mean, it's- who would not want that? RANDALL BALMER:Schaeffer discovers that he'd really garnered quite an audience among American evangelicals, and he begins to try to propagate his ideas a little bit further. WebCesar Chavez (born Cesario Estrada Chavez / t v z /; Spanish: [taes]; March 31, 1927 April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Yes, you can be sure if God speaks to you the way God has spoken to me.'''. The Vilna Shul, Boston, MA Chicago History Museum CATHERINE BREKUS:People actually begin rolling on the ground. Alison Kennedy, Senior Designer NARRATOR:The Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton would be where Darrow would put fundamentalist Christianity on trial. STEPHEN PROTHERO, Professor of Religion:Bryan wants to defend traditional Christianity. This is divine wisdom, and no institution can mediate it for you, including the church, let alone a government.". She could match scriptural references with anybody. DAVID W. BLIGHT, Historian, Yale University:They were deeply inspired by evangelical Christianity, by the idea that if a sinner can be converted to some degree of faith, and then to salvation in the Christian sense, practically overnight, then why not a whole society? MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.: Well, I don't know what will happen now. NARRATOR:The colony responded by restricting where non-Anglicans could preach. [87] At the October 1980 General Conference, about 30 picketers marched outside the Salt Lake Tabernacle, and when Kimball was presented to the congregation during the customary sustaining of church officers, three women stood and shouted "No! NARRATOR:But the Franciscan priests saw no room for any other religion. But when the Constitution was presented in September 1787, in not one of the seven articles was there any guarantee of religious liberty or other individual rights. [10] During that time, he courted Camilla Eyring (18941987), a schoolteacher at Gila Academy, where Kimball had attended high school. It's an American religious story. Mrs. Foster, what do you think of this crusade business? [77] The event also included a Battle of the Bands, featuring several historically black college marching bands from around the nation. He's studied it all his life. ANDREW YOUNG, Aide to Martin Luther King, Jr.:He chose to go to Montgomery because he wanted a little, quiet church where he could finish his doctoral dissertation. Margaret Codola - Costume Assistant, HAIR AND MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT McLellan Lincoln Collection, John Hay Library, Brown University NARRATOR:Ten thousand names were on the petition. I have a dream. But not really. And so they set out to organize them. Christianity is intellectually salable to our generation. [184] The National Park Service designated two adjacent areasportions of the John Marshall Park and Navy Memorialexclusively for "First Amendment activities" (protests). SARAH BARRINGER GORDON, Legal scholar, University of Pennsylvania:The Supreme Court said the government simply cannot be in the business of providing religion. It's a scandal. STEPHEN MARINI:And now- now the God of nations will surely look on our cause and see that it is just.'' David Fanning, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER He was a street fighter. You are not to die! [189] More than 21 million people watched the prime time Celebrating America special. NARRATOR:"The grave cannot hold him, and he is risen!" Rev. NARRATOR:People on both sides came to believe that by defending their cause, they would guarantee their salvation. I don't think anybody else, even up to our own time, has used the Bible and the kind of morality that he saw in the Bible as a basis for governing. PORTER SWENTZELL:We welcome people coming to visit, give them food. [170] In the evening, Harris performed her first vice presidential duty by swearing in Senators-elect Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock who, respectively, won the January5 regular and special Georgia Senate runoff elections that yielded a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, along with Alex Padilla, who was appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to fill Harris's vacated seat. Four of his sisters died in childhood, and his mother died when he was eleven. [45] The coins were issued in both proof and uncirculated quality. By the turn of the century, one in eight Americans lived in poverty. NARRATOR:It was a dangerous and lonely life. NARRATOR:The Public School Society responded with their own witnesses. - Lincoln decided that the war had been decreed by God. The Kennedy Compound consists of three houses on six acres (2.4 hectares) of waterfront property on Cape Cod along Nantucket Sound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, in the United States. The grandson of early Latter-day Saint apostle Heber C. Kimball, Kimball was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory.He spent most of his early life The success of the Civil Rights movement is going to move people to say, "Let's use religion in the political space in the direction that we want to go," sort of a big, green light, in a way, to the conjoining together of religion and politics in American life. He's creating more problems. The only purpose Mr. Darrow has is to slur at the Bible, but I will answer his questions. We don't have a narrative yet for that. NARRATOR:At the heart of the movement was the black church, which had sustained African-Americans since slavery. NARRATOR:But the Pueblos had no intention of letting Christianity take the place of their own religion. STEPHEN PROTHERO:And so if you ask, why do we persecute Catholics and then why do we stop, it's because we have this idea of freedom in our heads from the beginning, and we have this story about a people who are enslaved, which is wrong, who move through the power of God and their own efforts to freedom, which is right. Over the next two decades, there would be thousands more. Farkas And it spreads all the way across the Commonwealth. NARRATOR:For John Winthrop, the day had been a disaster. Former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama (whom Biden served under as vice president), along with respective former first ladies Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama, attended. And one of them is that we are a religious people. And my mother heard about it. FRANK LAMBERT:Chauncy said, "This isn't God's work. JOHN WINTHROP: The Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us. [16], The Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies chose the inaugural theme "Our Determined Democracy: Forging a More Perfect Union" to highlight the inaugural ceremony as a "hallmark of American governance and democracy" and stress the peaceful transition of power. He had already witnessed the struggle for religious freedom with his own eyes. NARRATOR:And many evangelicals felt let down by President Reagan, believing he had never used his full political clout to push their social agenda. Corbis Let's not make it," you know, "the certainty Christians on one side and the certainty Christians on the other side killing each other over their certain views of God.". It was a sign that European religion would not survive unchanged in the New World. The house has changed little, either structurally or in furnishings, since President Kennedy's association with it. AUGUSTUS LONGSTREET: It appears plain to me why this epistle has been preserved. NARRATOR:In the spring of 1844, James Osgood Andrew, a Methodist bishop, prepared to leave Georgia for his church's national meeting in New York City. How some of the Founding Fathers and their experiences with religionhave impacted American social, political and cultural life. Comments are owned by the Poster. Totally different thing. But two days later, he showed up at the synagogue to conduct services anyway. And people all around you were on their knees and they were begging for God's forgiveness. When Wise reached for the Torah scrolls, the president of the congregation pushed him aside and punched him. I, pp. Other dissenting denominations were barely tolerated. 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