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These visitors to that city on the Potomac do not come as white or black, red or yellow; they are not Jews or Christians; conservatives or liberals; or Democrats or Republicans. They are Americans awed by what has gone before, proud of what for them is still… a shining city on a hill.
Jan 11, 2021 · Learn how President Reagan used the phrase "the shining city upon a hill" to express his vision of America in his Farewell Address. Explore the origins of the phrase in the Bible and the Puritan pilgrims, and its connection to American exceptionalism.
Jan 1, 2021 · New scholarship about colonial America rests on the labor Van Engen so vividly memorializes in the middle parts of City on a Hill—and then redeploys to tell a story of his own.
In the years to come, Winthrop’s “city upon a hill” sermon would become “the shining city on a hill” of President Reagan: a celebration of individual freedom, material prosperity, and American power—above all, a call for Americans to renew their optimism and believe in themselves again.
President Reagan acknowledged the increased budget deficits, expressing regret, but asserted that overall, his presidency was about restoring America to her role as a “shining city on a hill” —a theme throughout his time in office.
President Ronald Reagan delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. To conclude his address he describe America has a "shining city on a hill."
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The sermon is famous largely for its use of the phrase “a city on a hill,” used to describe the expectation that the Massachusetts Bay colony would shine like an example to the world. But Winthrop’s sermon also reveals how he expected Massachusetts to differ from the rest of the world.
