As division and conflict consumed the country, the emphasis on American unity seemed misguided.
This gesture could make an important contribution to both American unity and the image of Islam in America.
The war also increased a sense of American unity in other ways.
World War II bred a feeling of American unity and self-confidence.
Which geographic factor most limited the growth of Latin American unity of the early 19th century?
Democrats accused Republicans of playing politics and undermining American unity in foreign policy.
The idea, to begin with, was for a memorial service and rally, a massive show of American Jewish unity for Israel.
But eventually so many did understand that the issue was American unity against persecution that the Administration heard the sound of votes, if not prayer.
The combination would be logical - and doable if American unity for human rights holds.
Democracy's survival depends on our transmitting to each new generation the political vision of liberty and equality that underlies, or should, American unity.