Patriot Echoes – Celebrating 250 years of patriot courage.
  • March 6, 1809, 217 years ago — Death of Thomas Heyward Jr..
  • March 6, 1724, 302 years ago — Birth of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress.
  • March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
  • March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
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  • “Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. ”
    George Washington , Diary Entry · View
  • “Our country is founded on the principle that the path to happiness is through honest labor and independence... The mobs of the cities, the instrument used for its accomplishment, debased by ignorance, poverty, and vice, could not be restrained to rational action. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Letter to Albert Gallatin · View
  • “There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. ”
    George Washington , First Annual Message to Congress · View
  • “The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. ”
    John Jay , Letter to Peter Augustus Jay · View
  • “Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Letter to John Adams · View
  • “A Christian education is indispensable to the happiness and prosperity of a people. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View
  • “The aggregate happiness of society ... is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, founded on principles of equal justice and public utility. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View
  • “A Christian education is indispensable to the happiness and prosperity of a people. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View