Northwest Ordinance
Article III of “An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, Northwest of the River Ohio” (The Northwest Ordinance), signed into law by President George Washington
Article III of “An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, Northwest of the River Ohio” (The Northwest Ordinance), signed into law by President George Washington
“A Christian Land Governed by Christian Principles…” Chief Justice Earl Warren [1] I read with interest a July 4, 2011, CNN.com article by Kenneth Davis, author of Don’t Know Much About History.
“A page of history is worth a volume of logic.” -Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (New York Trust Co. vs. Eisener, 256.U.S. 345, 349 [1921])
Yesterday, we celebrated the Declaration of Independence, our nation’s birth certificate, the “Charter” defining who Americans are and our purpose. This American Charter also points to the source of Divine