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<p>Forgive me Spencer if this is out of line. I was so impressed
with this and thinking that my friends on the list would
appreciate it also. If I have offended anyone you have a delete
button. I don't believe this is political.<br>
</p>
<p>Cecil<br>
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<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:New Times, serif;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:New Times, serif;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="color:#a20000;font-size:20pt;"><strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">LAUS DEO</strong></span> </em></span></div>
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style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:New Times, serif;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:New Times, serif;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<img
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="width:
570px;
max-width:
751px;"
src="https://files.constantcontact.com/54023c2e001/1f981860-875c-4a52-9bbc-c5017e4bcf5a.png"
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hspace="5"
border="0"> </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:New Times, serif;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;margin-top:0px;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">On
the aluminum
cap, atop the
Washington
Monument in
Washington,
DC, are
displayed <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">two
words: <i
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Laus
Deo.</i> No</em></span></em></span></div>
</span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:New Times, serif;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;margin-top:0px;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> one
can see these
<span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">words. In
fact, most <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">visitors
to the</em></em></em></span></em></span></em></span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">monument <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">are totally unaware <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">they are
even there and</em></span></em></em></em></em></span></em></em></em></span>
</em></em></em></span></div>
</span></div>
</span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:New Times, serif;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;margin-top:0px;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:left;"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:center;"
align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> for</em></span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> that matter, <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">probably
couldn't care
less.</em></span> </em></em></em></em></em></em></em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> <img
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="width: 541px; max-width: 541px;"
src="https://files.constantcontact.com/54023c2e001/40f1ed0c-b016-476b-8f42-12ada208b289.png"
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hspace="5"
border="0"> </em></em></em></span></div>
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class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Once
you know Laus
Deo's history,
you<span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"> </span> will want to share</em></div>
</div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">this with
everyone you <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">know. These words have been there </em></em></em></em></span></em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
for many
years; they
are 555 feet,
5.125 <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">inches high, </em></em></em></em></em></em></span> </em></span></div>
</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">perched <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> atop the
monument, <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">facing skyward to the Father</em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></span>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">of <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">our
nation,
overlooking
the 69 square
mile<span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">s which
comprise </em></span></em></span></em></em></em></span> </em></span></div>
</em></span></em></em></em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">the
District of
Columbia,
capital of the
United States
of </em></span></div>
</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">America.</em></span> </em></span></div>
</span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><b
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><i
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Laus Deo!</i> </b> <em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Two
seemingly
insignificant</em>,<span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">unnoticed words.. </em></em></em></em></em></em></span>
</span></div>
</em></em></em></span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Out
of sight and,
one might <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">think, out of mind, but very </em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></span>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">meaningfully <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">placed
<span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">at
the highest
point over wha</em></em></em></em></em></em></span></em></em></em></em></em></em></span>t
is </em></em></em></em></em></em></span></div>
</em></em></em></span></div>
</span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">the most powerful city in the most
successful
nation </em></em></em></span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> in
the world. </em></em></em></span></div>
</span>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><b
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
</b> </em></em></em></span></div>
</span></div>
</div>
</span></div>
</em></em></em>
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class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:center;"
align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">S<em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">o,
what do those
two words, in
Latin,
composed</em></span></div>
</em></span></div>
</div>
</span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:center;"
align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
of just four
syllables and
only seven
letters,
possibly </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">mean?
Very simply,
they say,
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="color:#a20000;"><strong class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">"Praise
be to God."</strong></div>
</em></span></div>
</em></span></div>
</div>
</span></div>
<em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:center;"
align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"> </span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"> </span> </em></em></em></div>
</span></div>
</div>
</span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Though
construction
of this giant
obelisk </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">began
in 1848, when
James Polk was
President </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">of
the United
States , it
was not until
1888 </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">that
the monument
was
inaugurated
and opened</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
to the public.
It took
twenty-five
years to</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
finally cap
the memorial
with a tribute
to </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">the
Father of our
nation, Laus
Deo. "Praise </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">be
to God!" From
atop this
magnificent
granite </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">and
marble
structure,
visitors may
take in </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">the
beautiful
panoramic view
of the city
with </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">its
division into
four major
segments. From
</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">that
vantage point,
one can also
easily see </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">the
original plan
of the
designer,
Pierre </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Charles
l'Enfant...a
perfect cross
imposed </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">upon
the landscape,
with the White
House </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">to
the north. The
Jefferson
Memorial is </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">to
the south, the
Capitol to the
east and </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">the
Lincoln
Memorial to
the west.</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:center;"
align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<img
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="width:
355px;
max-width:
312px;"
src="https://files.constantcontact.com/54023c2e001/d63fa3f8-b2cc-43fd-862a-eda19b201152.png"
data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" moz-do-not-send="true" vspace="5"
hspace="5"
border="0"> </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"> </span></div>
</span></div>
</em></em></em></span></div>
</span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:New Times, serif;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">A
cross you ask?
Why a cross?
What about
separation of
</em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">church
and state?
Yes, a cross;
separation of
church and </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">state
<strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">was
not, <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="line-height:115%;font-family:Sans;"><b
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">is not, in the Constitution.</b></span></strong></em></em></span>
</strong>So</em><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><strong class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> </strong></em><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><strong class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> </strong></em></div>
</span></div>
<span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">read
on. How
interesting
and, no doubt,
intended to
carry</em><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"> </span></div>
</span>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">a
profound
meaning for
those who
bother <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">to notice.</em></em></span> </em></div>
</span></div>
</div>
</em>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"> </div>
</span></div>
</div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Praise
be to God!</strong>
Within the
monument
itself</div>
</span><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left">are 898 steps and 50 landings. As
one climbs</div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left">the steps and pauses at the
landings the</div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left">memorial stones share a message...</div>
</span></em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">On
the 12th
Landing is a
prayer offered
</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">by
the City of
Baltimore; on
the 20th is a
</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">memorial
presented by
some Chinese </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Christians;
on the 24th a
presentation
made </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">by
Sunday School
children from
New York </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">and
Philadelphia
quoting
Proverbs 10:7,
</em></span></div>
<em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:Sans;">Luke 18:16 and Proverbs 22:6. </span>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"> </span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"
align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Praise be to God</em>! </strong>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">When the cornerstone of the Washington
Monument was</em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">laid on July 4th, 1848 </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">deposited within it were many items
including </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">the Holy Bible presented by the Bible
Society.
Praise be </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">to God! Such was the discipline, </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">the moral direction, and the spiritual
mood </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">given by the founder and first President
of </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">our unique Democratic Republic "<strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">One Nation, Under </strong><strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">God." </strong></em><br
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<br
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
</div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">I
am awed by
Washington 's
prayer for </div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">America.
Have you ever
read it? </div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> </div>
</span></div>
</em>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:center;"
align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">"Almighty
God; We make
our earnest
prayer </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">that
Thou wilt keep
the United
States in Thy</em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
holy
protection;
that Thou wilt
incline the </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">hearts
of the
citizens to
cultivate a
spirit </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">of
subordination
and obedience
to government;
</em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">and
entertain a
brotherly
affection and
love </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">for
one another
and for their
fellow
citizens</em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
of the United
States at
large. And
finally </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">that
Thou wilt most
graciously be
pleased </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">to
dispose us all
to do justice,
to love mercy,
</em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">and
to demean
ourselves with
that charity,
humility, </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">and
pacific temper
of mind which
</em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">were
the
characteristics
of the Divine
Author </em> </div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">of
our blessed
religion, and
without a
humble
imitation </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">of
whose example
in these
things we can
never hope to
</em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">be
a happy
nation. Grant
our
supplication,
we beseech </em></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Thee,
through Jesus
Christ our
Lord. Amen.</em>"
</div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="text-align:left;" align="left"> </div>
</span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="color:#d52c2a;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:center;"
align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><i
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> Laus Deo!</i></strong></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:center;"
align="center"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:Sans;"><strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><i
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> <img class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="width:
570px;
max-width:
601px;"
src="https://files.constantcontact.com/54023c2e001/52500ce4-b318-48e3-901a-4c52ac7c676b.png"
data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" moz-do-not-send="true" vspace="5"
hspace="5"
border="0"> </i></strong></span></div>
</em></span></div>
</span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:New Times, serif;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;">When
one stops to
observe the
inscriptions </span></em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">found
in public
places all
over our
nation's </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">capitol,
he or she will
easily find
the signature
</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">of
God, as it is
unmistakably
inscribed </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">everywhere
you look. You
may forget the
</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">width
and height of
<span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="color:#a20000;"><strong class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">"Laus Deo
"</strong></span>,
its location,</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
or the
architects but
no one who
reads this </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">will
be able to
forget its
meaning, or
these </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">words:
"Unless the
Lord builds
the house its
builders labor
</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">in
vain. Unless
the Lord
watches <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">over the city,</em></span> </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> the
watchmen stand
guard in <span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">vain." (Psalm 127: 1) </em></span> </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><br
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">Hope you will send on so that others can
</em></strong></em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">receive
a lesson in
history that
they probably
</em></em></strong></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:14pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Sans;"><strong
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><em class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">never
learned in
school! </em></em></strong></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"><span
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791" style="font-family:New Times, serif;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> </em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:18pt;"><span class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:New
Times, serif;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"><br
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791">
</div>
</em></span></div>
<div
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-size:18pt;"><span class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"
style="font-family:New
Times, serif;"><em
class="ydpd4d7544yiv9522927791"> </em></span></div>
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