Hi, My Name is John DeBiase
About the author:
John DeBiase was born in Queens and lives with his bride of 38 years, the former Sheila Mullins, in Garden City, New York. He is the retired Executive Director of an agency that serves people with disabilities. John earned his Bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University and his Master’s from Iona where he also served as an adjunct professor. He was ordained a Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church in May 2017.
John has three sons, two daughters-in-law and three granddaughters. He has loved history from the time he was a young boy and is pleased to present “God and the Founding Fathers”.
His favorite author is Nelson DeMille.
About my Book
From an early age, we were taught that the Founding Fathers were Christian, church goers, and eager to inject Christian values into the fabric of the Democratic-Republic they were about to fashion. Although they were all “Protestant”(except for John Carroll of Carrollton the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his cousin Daniel one of two Catholic signers of the Constitution – Thomas Fitzsimmons of Pennsylvania being the other– it was stressed that ALL of these men were religious and that our country was founded on “Christian” principles. Of course, it was! They chose “In God We Trust” as our motto, hadn’t they? It was indeed, but not until 1956 when it replaced “E Pluribus Unum” (Out of many One). And “Under God” wasn’t added to the Pledge of Allegiance until 1954. That the “Star Spangled Banner” did not officially become our National Anthem until 1931 might surprise you…it did me. I would later learn that many of our forebears were not at all religious, which is partly the reason that I have undertaken this work. The other is that I love history, research, and I like to stir the pot.