With our recollection of the dead and compassion for the grieving, we should make room for remembering what America should continue to be.
🌟 George Washington and Thomas Jefferson's idea of America and freedom included Muslims and Jews.
🌟For the most part, American revolutionaries considered the mistreatment of prisoners a disgrace to the nation that committed it.
Rev. John Witherspoon remarked, "The barbarous treatment of the American prisoners ... is a melancholy subject indeed, and will be a stain upon the British name to future ages." Link here.
🌟As Noah Feldman wrote in The Three Lives of James Madison, President James Madison protected civil liberties during the War of 1812. "Madison wanted to demonstrate that the Constitution could preserve freedom no matter what challenges it faced."
🌟 George Washington and Thomas Jefferson's idea of America and freedom included Muslims and Jews.
🌟For the most part, American revolutionaries considered the mistreatment of prisoners a disgrace to the nation that committed it.
Rev. John Witherspoon remarked, "The barbarous treatment of the American prisoners ... is a melancholy subject indeed, and will be a stain upon the British name to future ages." Link here.
🌟As Noah Feldman wrote in The Three Lives of James Madison, President James Madison protected civil liberties during the War of 1812. "Madison wanted to demonstrate that the Constitution could preserve freedom no matter what challenges it faced."
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