Grand Old Partisan commemorates origin of the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Maintained by an Episcopal bishop, its official name is Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
January 6th 1893, President Benjamin Harrison approved incorporating the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation. This charter facilitated "a cathedral and institutions of learning for the purposes of religion and education and charity". A legal framework in place, fundraising and expenditures began.
President George Washington’s appointee Pierre L’Enfant had envisioned "a great church for national purposes." President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone in 1907, and President George H. Bush observed completion of construction eighty-three years later.
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Michael Zak is author of Back to Basics for the Republican Party, a history of GOP civil rights achievement.
Each day, Michael Zak's grandoldpartisan YouTube channel and Grand Old Partisan blog celebrate more than sixteen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. And, see Speech Raves for audience feedback from his presentations in thirty-one states.
He also wrote the 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar.
Clarence Thomas cited Back to Basics for the Republican Party in a Supreme Court decision.
See www.youtube.com/q?v=IzxKCiXc5Qc for a brief video of a Texas Republican praising Back to Basics for the Republican Party.
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"Your book is a national treasure. I'm always recommending it."
"Michael Zak wrote the definitive history of the GOP."
"Back to Basics for the Republican Party is the most significant contribution to the Republican Party in the last twenty years apart from Ronald Reagan."
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"one of the best books I ever read"
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