The Legacy of Washington's Letter on Religious Freedom

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1790, George Washington answered a letter from the Hebrew congregation in Newport, Rhode Island. His reply carried words that still echo today: America would give “to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” It was a radical promise for its time, a vision of a nation where faith and government would remain separate and all people would be free to worship as they chose. Vince Benedetto of Bold Gold Media Group shares the story of how one letter helped define what freedom of religion would mean in the United States.

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