Birthed in the heart of its founder a few short years ago after a decade of working in television news and the music industry, Kendall Hewitt had lost hope in our Nation. He thought she was basically finished. Like many of us, when he turned on the television, or considered the culture at large, he didn’t like what he saw.

While on a trip to Washington D.C. to complete a patriotic music project with Sen. Orrin Hatch, Kendall had a profound encounter with history that changed the course of his life. As millions of people have done over the years he walked into the Jefferson Memorial and was immediately confronted with these words, chiseled in stone,

This significant statement ignited faith and hope within Kendall for America’s future. The idea needed only a spark and that was it.

On the plane back to Nashville Kendall began to wonder, “If I don’t know the extraordinary story of America, then how many others don’t know it as well, and what does this mean for future generations? If these words have had such an impact on me, what would happen if I could help share them with a Nation that has forgotten what they mean?” And the “what if’s” began:

• What if we could place Jefferson’s timeless words on billboards across America?
  
  
• What if we could bring leaders from all centers of influence in our culture to walk in the footsteps of our Founding Fathers in our Nation’s capital?
  
  
• What if we placed a book of quotes from our Founding Fathers in the hands of every schoolchild in America?
  
  
• What if we could launch a nationwide mass media campaign designed to create a national dialogue about how faith in God impacts the destinies of nations.
  
  
• What if we created a home on the web where people—from scholars to grade schoolers—could themselves uncover the forgotten foundations of our country from original and unbiased sources?

As our spiritual heritage is either forgotten or re-told by revisionists, our foundations are being chipped away. If our foundations are destroyed America cannot stand. But how can we restore our foundations if we don’t know what they are?

We are like children who have inherited our great, great grandfather’s fortune. Many do not know from where the money comes, nor what it took to earn it, or how best to steward it. To be honest we may not even know the names of our great, great grandfathers. Could it be that we have used our inheritance to construct a theme park by the sea, where we ride the roller coasters and eat the cotton candy? Have we become oblivious to the fact that, although there is nothing wrong with a nice theme park by the sea, if we neglect the foundations upon which it was built it will crumble into the ocean?

A recent survey conducted by the research department at the University of Connecticut revealed that over 80 % of the senior students in 55 of the top universities of the United States, including Harvard and Princeton, received a "D" or an "F" on a simple 34-question American History test. Over 90 % could name MTV's Beavis, but not the Father of the Constitution.
One of those working on the project said, "these students are being allowed to graduate as if the past never existed." If we are not learning America's history, then we surely are not learning America's Christian history. Consider these comments from history in light of the state of our nation:

• "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God."
  George Washington
  
  
• "Whenever a people or an institution forgets its hard beginnings, it is beginning to decay."
  Carl Sandburg
  
  
• "A people without a heritage are easily persuaded."
  Karl Marx

So what do we do? We can embrace this grand dream entrusted to our care and protect and preserve the foundations of America for our children’s children. The choice is ours. We have chosen not to allow future generations to be robbed of their heritage.

You are reading this because there is something you can do. Please consider how you will join us in the war for the soul of America.