Today's American Minute

Early U.S. Navy Heroes - Farragut, Porter & Maury

Early U.S. Navy Heroes - Farragut, Porter & Maury

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut yelled out: "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" Rallying his sailors, he captured Mobile, Alabama, the last Confederate stronghold in the Gulf of Mexico, on August 5, 1864.

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Spain's contribution to the American Revolution - American Minute with Bill Federer

Spain's contribution to the American Revolution - American Minute with Bill Federer

October 1784, Bernardo de Gálvez was made Governor of Cuba, Louisiana and the Floridas. As a gesture of goodwill he released all American sailors who were imprisoned for smuggling.

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Women of the Revolutionary War: "As there were Fathers in our Republic so there were Mothers"-Coolidge - American Minute with Bill Federer

Women of the Revolution: "As there were Fathers in our Republic so there were Mothers" -Coolidge - American Minute with Bill Federer

Women of the Revolutionary War: "As there were Fathers in our Republic so there were Mothers"-Coolidge - American Minute with Bill Federer

President Coolidge to the Daughters of the American Revolution, April 19, 1926, President Calvin Coolidge: "The importance of women in the working out the destiny of mankind ... As there were fathers in our Republic so there were mothers ... By their abiding faith they inspired and encouraged the men; by their sacrifice they performed their part in the struggle out of which came our country."

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Independence Day - "GREATEST REVOLUTION that has ever taken place IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY"-Ronald Reagan - American Minute with Bill Federer

Independence Day -- "GREATEST REVOLUTION that has ever taken place IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY"-Ronald Reagan

Independence Day - "GREATEST REVOLUTION that has ever taken place IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY"-Ronald Reagan - American Minute with Bill Federer

Ronald Reagan stated 1961: "In this country of ours took place THE GREATEST REVOLUTION that has ever taken place IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY -- Every other revolution simply exchanged one set of rulers for another ... Here for THE FIRST TIME in all the THOUSANDS OF YEARS of man's relation to man ... the founding fathers established the idea that you and I had within ourselves the GOD-GIVEN RIGHT AND ABILITY to DETERMINE OUR OWN DESTINY."

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Battle of King's Mountain to Victory at Yorktown & the End of the Revolutionary War - American Minute with Bill Federer

Battle of King's Mountain to Victory at Yorktown & the End of the Revolutionary War

Battle of King's Mountain to Victory at Yorktown & the End of the Revolutionary War - American Minute with Bill Federer

Theodore Roosevelt wrote of the Battle of Kings Mountain: "This brilliant victory marked the turning point of the American Revolution."

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