Our vision of a "brighter America" is really not ours, but is merely an extension and in support of  what many feel was the origninal vision for America.

John Winthrop led a group of Puritans to the New World in. Below is a well-known quote from a sermon he gave shortly before setting foot on American soil in 1620.

     For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.

      Winthrop had much more to say about how principles and values upon which this new nation should be built. For more on John Winthrop and his vision for America visit the link below from the Religious Freedom Page website:

http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/charity.html

    It is our sincere hope that, as the result of America realizing the vision of John Winthrop and hopefully becoming an even better and brighter "City upon a Hill", more people will be drawn to the foundation upon which America was built.