On this episode of Our American Stories, when George Washington took the oath of office in 1789, his hand rested on a Bible that would become one of America’s most treasured artifacts. That same Bible was on loan to Fraunces Tavern, a Revolutionary War landmark near the World Trade Center, on September 11, 2001. After the towers fell, the search for survivors gave way to the search for the dead and eventually to a search for the missing Bible. Robert J. Morgan, author of 100 Bible Verses That Made America, tells the remarkable story of how Washington’s inaugural Bible was recovered after 9/11.

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On this episode of Our American Stories, when George Washington took the oath of office in 1789, his hand rested on a Bible that would become one of America&rsquo;s most treasured artifacts. That same Bible was on loan to Fraunces Tavern, a Revolutionary War landmark near the World Trade Center, on September 11, 2001. After the towers fell, the search for survivors gave way to the search for the dead and eventually to a search for the missing Bible. Robert J. Morgan, author of <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBible-Verses-That-Made-America%2Fdp%2F0718079620&amp;data=05%7C02%7CUraelBlackshear%40iheartmedia.com%7Ca60e3eb9f35c4775ebc308ddefacadee%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638930247108631980%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=27rhHb3OhRaUWrlWmKwIl8ZcE0BBrm2AgSJfVDkdU8U%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0">100 Bible Verses That Made America</a>, tells the remarkable story of how Washington&rsquo;s inaugural Bible was recovered after 9/11.
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How George Washington's Bible Survived 9/11

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