This is an IHeart podcast.

This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories.

To search for the Our American Stories podcast, go to the Iheart radio app

or wherever you get your podcasts. If you want to know about the history of this country,

it is imperative that you know the role that the Bible played in shaping it. Our founding fathers,

both Christian and non-Christian alike, were heavily influenced by the Bible.

Here to share another story is Robert Morgan, who's the author of 100 Bible verses that made America,

defining moments that shaped our enduring foundation of faith.

Take it away, Robert.

Two or three years ago, when I was in New York City,

I spent a day in lower Manhattan in the area around Wall Street. Within just a few blocks, I searched out some of America's greatest historical signs. The Brooklyn Bridge now spans the

East River at a spot very close to where

George Washington's Revolutionary Army escaped disaster during a remarkable nighttime evacuation.

Nearby is France's Tavern, where Washington later met with his generals after the war. Five minutes later, I was gazing at the Statue of Liberty.

Nearby is Fulton Street,

the origin of a powerful 1857 religious revival

that spread over the United States,

and at the end of Fulton Street is the 9-11 Memorial Museum.

So much history within just a few blocks.

And don't forget the nearby federal building,

the side of America's first presidential inauguration.

The old federal building that Washington knew no longer stands,

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