Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: United States. -- History; Freedom of religion -- United States -- History; Jews -- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Church and State -- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Other titles: August 17; To bigotry-- no sanction, to persecution no assistance
Description: Discusses the establishment of religious freedom by the First Amendment to the Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights. Touches on the arrival of Jewish-American citizens during colonial times. On Aug. 17, 1790, the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, R.I. presented a congratulatory address to President George Washington.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.