Great American documents for LDS families
By: General Editor, Thomas R. Valletta ; Associate Editors, Bruce L. Andreason, Richard O. Christensen, Ryan C. Jenkins, Robert E. Lund, George R. Sims, Bruce G. Stewart
Publisher: Deseret Book
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Salt Lake City, Utah
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781606419526
Subjects: Church and state; Mormon authors; History; Sources
Description: Examines several key documents from the history of the United States, providing vocabulary helps, historical context, additional explanation and text analysis, with illustrations and graphics to bring these important documents to life for families to study and share together.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Mayflower compact; title: "A model of Christian charity"; title: Common sense; title: The declaration of independence; title: The constitution of the United States of America; title: The bill of rights; title: George Washington's farewell address; title: President Thomas Jefferson's confidential letter to Congress; title: The star spangled banner; title: The Monroe doctrine; title: Battle hymn of the republic; title: The emancipation proclamation; title: The Gettysburg address; title: Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address; title: Nineteenth amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution; title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor address to the nation; title: John F. Kennedy's inaugural address (20 January 1961); title: Reverend Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech (28 August 1963); title: "The boys of Pointe du hoc": Ronald Reagan's speech on the 40th anniversary of D-Day (6 June 1984).