 during his inaugural address. He also pointed out that a peaceful transfer of power had been such a commonplace event over the past two centuries that Americans rarely thought about it. It would be truly tragic if this peaceful transfer ever collapsed into anything less. Many would argue that America was founded as a Christian nation. There's even some evidence that in 1892, the Supreme Court declared that America's history demonstrated it to be a Christian nation. That said, America's history could be why God has preserved it as a nation.