Today's American Minute
Jan. 6th Epiphany-Christ's manifestation to the world!; Prophecies & History of the 12 Days of Christmas - American Minute with Bill Federer
Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th, which in Eastern Europe is considered the holiest day of the season. Western Europe, though, celebrates December 25th, the birth of Christ, as the holiest day of the season. At the Council of Tours in 567 A.D., the decision was made to make all 12 days from DECEMBER 25 to JANUARY 6 "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
U.S. intervened in Cuba, and how socialism's promises end in dictatorship - American Minute with Bill Federer
John F. Kennedy continued: "But in the two years since that revolution swept Fidel Castro into power, those promises have all been broken ... All political dissenters have been executed, imprisoned, or exiled. All academic freedom has been eliminated ... All major newspapers and radio stations have been seized ... And all of Cuba is in the iron grip of a communist-oriented police state. Castro and his gang have betrayed ... the Cuban people."
Victory at Battle of Saratoga -One of History's Most Important Battles, & Contributions of Spanish General Galvez - American Minute with Bill Federer
& Contributions of Spanish General Galvez Victory at Battle of Saratoga - One of History's Most Important Battles
Galvez not only kept the British from attacking Washington's army from the west, but allowed army supplies, weapons, uniforms, and medicine to flow up the Mississippi River to the Ohio River, then across Pennsylvania to the American troops.
Battle of Princeton: "Washington advanced so near the enemy's lines that his horse refused to go further" - American Minute with Bill Federer
Sculptor Clark Mills stated the statue's dedication, 1860: "At the Battle of Princeton where Washington, after several ineffectual attempts to rally his troops, advanced so near the enemy's lines that his horse refused to go further ... But while his noble horse is represented thus terror stricken, the dauntless hero is calm and dignified, ever believing himself the instrument in the hand of Providence to work out the great problem of liberty."
Who Influenced Jefferson's Views on Separation of Church & State - American Minute with Bill Federer
Over time, brilliant legal minds have used Jefferson's words to prohibit Jefferson's beliefs. Jefferson believed in a Creator, as he wrote in the Declaration: "All men are endowed by their CREATOR," yet in 2005, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones, in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, ruled students could not be taught of a CREATOR: "to preserve the separation of church and state."