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National Religious Freedom Day commemorates the Virginia General Assembly’s adoption of Thomas Jefferson’s landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on January 16 1786. This vital document became the basis for the establishment clause and led to freedom of religion for all Americans as protected in the religion clause in the U.S.

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