American Minute Archive

9/21Justice James Kent & President Calvin Coolidge - reverence for God 9/20Fisher Ames - A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction 9/19Tolkien-The Lord of the Rings, and Washington-Farewell Address 9/18Forgotten Founding Father role in ratifying Constitution-John Langdon 9/17Constitution Day - A Republic If You Can Keep It 9/16Pilgrims set sail-A Mini-Course in Self-Government 9/15President who was Chief Justice-William H. Taft 9/14John Harvard and Harvard University 9/13Star-Spangled Banner author - Francis Scott Key - fought slavery - And an unknown story of Randolph Land for freed slaves 9/12Thomas Cooley - American Bar Assoc., President 1893 9/11September 11-Political Islam and the Long War on the West 9/10What Kind of Justice would Madison pick? - Justice Joseph Story 9/9California Missions 9/8Jerusalem destroyed by Rome - then Rome devastated by Volcano, Fire, Plague 9/7Albania-Two Kinds of Heroes - Mother Teresa and Skanderbeg 9/6Assyria-Will the cradle of civilization ... become its grave" 9/5Kemal Ataturk-Father of Modern Turkey versus Adnan Menderes-Great Riot of Istanbul 9/4The Fall of Rome - What Can We Learn? 9/3Labor Day-Its Interesting Origin 9/2Courage & Faith in Pacific War - Pearl Harbor to Calvary-Mitsuo Fuchida 9/1First Prayer in Congress, September 1774 8/31John Bunyan and The Pilgrims Progress 8/30Benedict Arnold-spies & traitors leaked - betrayed America 8/29Indian migration, hunter-gatherers to agriculture, 500 years with 8 policies 8/28Booker T. Washington and MLK, Jr. - I have a dream... 8/27Battle of Brooklyn Heights and the Providential Fog that allowed Washington to Escape 8/26Women can Vote-history, manipulation, and eternal vigilance 8/25Faith of Famous Astronomers & a church organist who discovered a planet-Sir William Herschel 8/24The Inventions of Writing and Printing - Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press 8/23Lake Erie Battle-Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry 8/22"Inevitable victory of Christian religion over forces of evil"-FDR; Schwarzkopf, Boykin 8/21Was America ever great? Justice James Wilson-America has best form of government ever offered to the world 8/20Francis Asbury, circuit riding preacher 8/17U.S. Military Tradition of Faith 8/16Blackstone Commentaries on the Laws of England & Charles Finney Revivals 8/15How Napoleon impacted the World 8/14V-J Day & Survival of Civilization 8/13H.G. Wells 8/12America the Beautiful-God in all 50 State Constitutions 8/11It is legal to pray in school 8/10Herbert Hoover-31st President 8/9Nez Perce & Flathead Indians, Missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman & the Oregon Trail 8/8Political Scandals-the end DOES NOT justify the means 8/7Jefferson organized a church-The Second Great Awakening Revival 8/6Alfred Lord Tennyson 8/5Praying Indians and the tragic King Philips War 8/4An Appeal to Heaven-Birth of US Navy & Coast Guard 8/3Real Reason Columbus sailed West 8/2Pacific WWII, PT-109, and JFK 8/1Herman Melville classic novel Moby Dick 7/31The Doldrums-Columbus, Coleridge & Booker T. Washington Atlanta Speech 7/30Holy Experiment of William Penn-the seed of a nation 7/29Tocqueville in France, America, Algeria-Observations of Christianity & Islam 7/28Civil Rights & the Politics of Race 7/27Korean War, Cold War & Rise of Communism 7/26Ben Franklin & Pennsylvania Abolition Society 7/22Carl Sandburg, poet 7/21Scopes Monkey Trial 7/20Communion on Moon 7/19Dunkirk & Churchill 7/18French & Indian War 7/17Bartolome de Las Casas 7/16Manned Space Flight 7/15First Bible printed in US 7/13Bastille Day-French Reign of Terror 7/12George Washington Carver 7/11Alexander Hamilton-Aaron Burr 7/9Cholera 7/8Liberty Bell 7/7Hawaii 7/6Republican Party 7/5Adams-Jefferson died 7/4Independence Day 7/3Battle of Gettysburg 7/1Spanish-American War 6/27Helen Keller 6/25Warnings of Usurpation 6/24Mountain Men 6/23Lenape Indians 6/21Christian States ratified Constitution 6/20Maryland 6/19War of 1812 6/18Fathers Day 6/17Bunker Hill 6/16Wernher von Braun 6/15Magna Carta 6/14Flag Day 6/13Lafayette 6/12Socialism 6/11Joseph Warren-Suffolk Resolves 6/10US Naval Academy 6/9Pay Check Withholding 6/8Andrew Jackson 6/7Earthquake Port Royal 6/6D-Day 6/5Six Day War & Yom Kippur War 6/4Battle of Midway 6/3Dutch New Amsterdam 6/2Grover Cleveland 6/1Treaty of Tripoli 5/31Harvard Samuel Langdon & Harvard Professor Clay Christensen 5/30Noah Webster-History of Writing & Education 5/29JFK 5/28Memorial Day 5/27US Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall 5/26Mad Anthony Wayne, Bruce Wayne, John Wayne 5/25Virginia Governors 5/24Garrison, Thoreau & Emerson 5/23Kit Carson 5/22Robert Fulton & the Steamboat 5/21Clara Barton & American Red Cross 5/20Sinking of Invincible Spanish Armada 5/19Armed Forces Day 5/18John Paul II 5/17Charles Lindbergh 5/16John Jay-1st Chief Justice 5/15Coolidge on Deep State 5/14Modern State of Israel 5/13Mothers Day 5/12Columbus-Four Voyages 5/11Irving Berlin 5/10New France 5/9Virginia Company 5/8Harry S Truman 5/7McGuffey Readers 5/6Dutch Golden Age 5/5Dos de Mayo & Cinco de Mayo 5/4National Day of Prayer 5/3James McHenry 5/2J Edgar Hoover & FBI 5/1Roman Persecutions 4/30Louisiana Territory & Napoleon 4/29US Naval Heroes 4/28James Monroe-5th President 4/27US Grant-18th President 4/26Virginia History 4/25Senate & House Chaplains 4/24Library of Congress 4/23Cervantes in Spain & Shakespeare in England 4/22Trail of Tears 4/21Mark Twain 4/20David Brainerd -Missionary to Indians 4/19Patriots Day 4/18William Brewster 4/17Ben Franklin 4/16Missionaries to Hawaii 4/15Income Tax 4/14Noah Webster 4/13Jefferson 4/12Cotton & Slavery: Civil War 4/11Apollo 13 4/10Salvation Army 4/9Robert E Lee 4/8Omar Bradley 4/7DL Moody 4/6WWI 4/5John Adams & sons 4/4Booker T. & MLK, Jr. 4/3Man Without a Country 4/2Samuel Morse 4/1Resurrection Day 3/31Battle of Okinawa 3/30Lincoln Day of Fasting & Jackson shot 3/29John Tyler 3/28Justice David Brewer 3/27Tocquevile 3/26Harry Hosier/Richard Allen 3/25Black Missionaries 3/24Fighting Slavery 3/23Patrick Henry 3/22Jonathan Edwards & teaching children 3/21Johann Sebastian Bach 3/20Isaac Newton 3/19Battle of Lepanto 3/18Johnny Appleseed 3/17Saint Patrick 3/16James Madison 3/15Reagan & First Amendment 3/14Albert Einstein 3/13Susan B Anthony 3/12Girl Scouts High & Low 3/11Charles Sumner 3/10William Penn 3/9Merrimac v Monitor 3/8Oliver Wendell Holmes 3/7Henry Knox & cannons 3/6Boston blockaded 3/5Boston Massacre 3/4Presidents Warnings 3/3In God We Trust 3/2Islam led to Renaissance 3/1Articles of Confederation 2/29Leap Day 2/28Founders & Posterity 2/27Longfellow 2/26Victor Hugo 2/25John Foster Dulles 2/24Alamo 2/23Panama Canal 2/22Adoniram Judson 2/21JQA 2/20William Prescott 2/19Presidents Day-Washington 2/18John Bunyan 2/17Billy Sunday 2/16Jefferson v Islam pirates 2/15Slavery History & Cuba 2/14True Islam? 2/14Saint Valentines Day 2/13Ivan the Terrible 2/12Darwin & Lincoln 2/11Lincoln warning 2/10Montesquieu 2/9William Henry Harrison 2/8Boy Scouts Long Journey 2/7Frederick Douglass 2/6Ronald Reagan 2/5Roger Williams & Conscience 2/4Hitler v Bonhoffer 2/3Four Chaplains Day 2/2Mexican History 2/1Julia Ward Howe 1/31Jacob Duche 1/30FDR 1/29Robert Frost 1/28Explorers circle Earth 1/27Jewish Immigration 1/26Douglas MacArthur 1/25Scientists Boyle & Blaise 1/24Madison & Mason: Conscience 1/23History of Healthcare 1/22Sanctity of Life 1/21Ten Commandments 1/20God in Inaugurals 1/19Separation Church & State 1/18Daniel Webster warning 1/17Battle of Cowpens 1/16Religious Freedom Day 1/15Martin Luther King Jr 1/14Albert Schweitzer 1/13Oglethorpe founding Georgia 1/12Edmund Burke: French Revolut 1/11Voltaire & Reign of Terror 1/10Bleeding Kansas 1/9Communism Failure 1/8Battle of New Orleans 1/7Millard Fillmore 1/612th Day of Christmas 1/5George W Carver 1/4Smallpox in the Revolution 1/3Battle of Princeton 1/2Betsy Ross & Women Patriots 1/1Wall of Separation 12/31Captains Daughter 12/30India 12/29The American Crisis 12/28Armenia 12/27Johannes Kepler 12/26Battle of Trenton 12/25Christmas Day 12/24Christmas Eve 12/23Christmas Truce of 1914 12/22Battle of the Bulge 12/21Amazing Grace 12/20Maccabean Revolt & Hanukkah 12/19Valley Forge 12/18C. Wesley Christmas Carols 12/17Composers & Carols 12/16Boston Tea Party 12/15Bill of Rights 12/14Washington died 12/13Hanukkah Menorah & Christmas Tree 12/12Pennsylvania Freedom of Conscience 12/11Russia 12/10Cuba 12/09Russian Jews 12/08So Help Me God 12/07Pearl Harbor 12/06St. Nicholas Traditions 12/05Hugh Williamson 12/04Marquette Founding Chicago 12/03Greed v Gospel Indian Policies 12/02Cortes Conquest of Mexico 12/01Division Prior to Civil War 11/30Mark Twain in Middle East 11/29C.S. Lewis 11/28White House Christmas Tree 11/27Israel & the Middle East 11/26Anti-Federalists 11/25Sojourner Truth, Harriett Tubman 11/24Islam effect on Western Civ 11/23Thanksgiving Days 11/22J.F.Kennedy 11/21Pilgrims, Const. v Islam 11/20Prayer in Schools 11/19Gettysburg Address 11/18Republic & Character 11/17Queen Elizabeth I 11/16My Country tis of thee 11/15John Witherspoon 11/14Booker T. & the Bible 11/13Vietnam War 11/12Pilgrims v. Communism 11/11Veterans Day 11/10Dr. Livingstone 11/8Lewis & Clark 11/7Billy Graham 11/6YMCA Goodwill Ind 11/5Mercy Otis Warren 11/4Charles Carroll 11/3Who is the King 11/2Newburgh Conspiracy 11/1Presidents Churches 10/31Reformation 10/30John Adams 10/29Great Depression 10/28Statue of Liberty 10/27Theodore Roosevelt 10/26Right to Bear Arms 10/25Grover Cleveland-Armenia 10/24UN 10/23Foreign Policy 10/22Sam Houston 10/21Horatio Nelson 10/20Hoover & Middle East 10/19End of Revolution 10/18Star Chamber 10/17Saratoga 10/16War of Jenkins Ear 10/15Concentrated Power 10/14Penn Founding Pennsylvania 10/13Margaret Thatcher 10/12Columbus & the Round Earth 10/11Plato 10/10Marco Polo & Columbus 10/9Lewis Cass 10/8Eddie Rickenbacker 10/7Moravian Missionaries 10/6Lees Lost Order 191 10/5Great Awakening Colleges 10/4Bibles in Military 10/3First Natl Thanksgiving 10/2Armenian Massacres 10/1John Peter Muhlenberg 9/30Great Awakening 9/29Squanto 9/28Louis Pasteur 9/27Sam Adams 9/26Daniel Boone 9/25George Mason 9/24John Marshall 9/23John Paul Jones 9/22Nathan Hale 8/19Bill Clinton 8/18Judge Learned Hand 7/25Ulysses Grant 7/24Tennessee 7/23Roger Sherman 7/14Gerald Ford 7/10The Bank War 7/2President Garfield 6/30Fort Caroline 6/29Henry Clay 6/28Corrupting Legislators 6/27Despotic Branch 6/26United Nations 6/22Who Votes

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