Today's American Minute
Poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, "Charge of the Light Brigade," Crimean War; Russia's sale of Alaska - American Minute with Bill Federer
The Siege of Sevastopol lasted eleven months. Russia sank its entire fleet to block the entrance to this important harbor, but it fell to the British, French, and Italians from Italy's Piedmont region, who were fighting on the side of the Muslim Ottoman Turkish Empire.
Pacific World War II with Imperial Japan; Lt. Bush's rescue and Mitsuo Fuchida's redemption "From Pearl Harbor to Calvary" - American Minute with Bill Federer
The 1929 Stock Market Crash and Great Depression had repercussions in Germany and Japan. Hitler and his Socialist Workers Party centralized power in Germany. Likewise, Shōwa Emperor Hirohito and his generals, centralized power in Japan into a totalitarian, militaristic state.
Pacific World War II, ramming of PT-109, JFK's quotes on Freedom, Israel, Iran, Faith - American Minute with Bill Federer
On the foggy night of August, 2, 1943, PT-109 was idling on one engine to avoid detection while awaiting approaching enemy destroyers. The crew was shocked to realize they were in the direct path of an oncoming speeding destroyer, the Amagiri.
Reagan on Secularism, Socialism, Abortion, Middle East , the Bible - American Minute with Bill Federer
Reagan stated in Beijing, China, April 27, 1984: "I have seen the rise of fascism and communism. Both philosophies glorify the arbitrary power of the state ... But both theories fail. Both deny those God-given liberties that are the inalienable right of each person on this planet, indeed, they deny the existence of God."
Labor Day, Railroad Strikes, Grover Cleveland, Eugene Debs, Socialist Party of America, Outsourcing - American Minute with Bill Federer
Eugene Debs Grover Cleveland Labor Day Outsourcing Railroad Strikes Socialist Party of America
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There was rioting, pillaging, and burning of railroad cars, destroying an estimated $80 million worth of property in 27 states. A New York Times editorial, July 9, 1894, called Debs "a lawbreaker at large, an enemy of the human race." "Debs' Rebellion" became a national issue when it interrupted the trains delivering mail. President Grover Cleveland declared the strike a federal crime and deployed 12,000 U.S. Army troops to break up the strike.