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American Minute September 1

By Coach Collins, on September 1st, 2012%

By Bill Federer, staff writer

The British invaded Washington, D.C. The Capitol was burned. President James and Dolly Madison fled the White House.
On SEPTEMBER 1, 1814, President Madison wrote:
“The enemy by a sudden incursion has succeeded in invading the capitol of the nation… During their possession…though for a single day only, they wantonly destroyed the public edifices…
An occasion which appeals so forcibly to the…patriotic devotion of the American people, none will forget.”
James Madison continued:
“Independence…is now to be maintained…with the strength and resources which…Heaven has blessed.”
Less than 3 months later, November 1814, President Madison wrote:
“The two Houses of the National Legislature having by a joint resolution expressed their desire that in the present time of public calamity and war a day may be recommended to be observed by the people of the United States as a day of public humiliation and fasting and of … Continue Reading:American Minute September 1

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American Minute August 31

By Coach Collins, on August 31st, 2012%

By Bill Federer, staff writer

Imprisoned twelve years for preaching without a license from the King, he wrote Pilgrim’s Progress, an allegory of a man named Christian fleeing the City of Destruction and directed by Evangelist to follow a narrow path to the City of Zion.
The friends and dangers he meets along the way inspired the modern story Wizard of Oz.
This classic was written by John Bunyan, who died AUGUST 31, 1688.
It was translated into over a hundred languages and found in nearly every colonial American home.
Mark Twain alluded to it in the title of his book, “Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrim’s Progress,” as did C.S. Lewis in his 1933 book, “Pilgrim’s Regress.”
Ronald Reagan, greeting Australia’s Prime Minister, June 30, 1981, said:
“Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, ‘We are all travelers in what John Bunyan calls the wilderness of this world. And the best that we … Continue Reading:American Minute August 31

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American Minute August 30

By Coach Collins, on August 30th, 2012%

By Bill Federer, staff writer

One of America’s greatest generals for capturing Fort Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen and leading the charge at Saratoga, he felt unappreciated, so AUGUST 30, 1780, General Benedict Arnold conspired with British General Clinton to surrender West Point for 20,000 pounds, equivalent to one million dollars today.
The British courier was Major John Andre, who had met Arnold’s wife in Philadelphia.
As Andre tried to cross to the British lines, he was searched, found with the blue prints for West Point in his boot and executed.
Arnold escaped on the ship Vulture. George Washington wrote September 26, 1780:
“Treason of the blackest dye was yesterday discovered! General Arnold who commanded at West Point, was about to…give the American cause a deadly wound if not fatal stab…
Its discovery affords the most convincing proof that the Liberties of America are the object of divine Protection.”
On May … Continue Reading:American Minute August 30

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American Minute August 29

By Coach Collins, on August 29th, 2012%

By Bill Federer, staff writer

”Beloved Cherokees,” wrote President Washington on AUGUST 29, 1796, “The wise men of the United States meet once a year, to consider what will be for the good of their people…
I have thought that a meeting of your wise men…would be alike useful to you…
I now send my best wishes to the Cherokees and pray the Great Spirit to preserve them.”

On May 12, 1779, Washington addressed the Delaware Indian Chiefs at the Middle Brook military encampment:
“Brothers: I am glad you have brought three of the Children of your principal Chiefs to be educated with us…Congress…will look upon them as their own Children.”
Washington continued:
“This is a great mark of your confidence and of your desire to preserve the friendship between the Two Nations…and to become One people with your Brethren of the United States…
You do well to wish to … Continue Reading:American Minute August 29

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American Minute August 28

By Coach Collins, on August 28th, 2012%

By Bill Federer, staff writer

At the Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C., AUGUST 28, 1963, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated:
“I have a dream…where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”
Martin Luther King continued:
“This will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning,
‘My country ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrims’ pride,
from every mountainside, … Continue Reading:American Minute August 28

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