THE FAITH OF GREAT AMERICANS

“It having pleased the Almighty Ruler of the universe propitiously to defend the Cause of the United American States and finally by raising us up a powerful friend among the Princes of the Earth to establish our liberty and Independence upon lasting foundations, it becomes us to set apart a day for gratefully acknowledging the divine Goodness and celebrating the important Event which we owe his benign Interposition.” — Gen. George Washington, General Orders, 5 May 1778.