Today's American Minute
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."
How did January 1st become New Year's Day? and How is it connected to Leap Day?
As Rome expanded, it was difficult to sync the different calendars of conquered countries. Julius Caesar instituted one unified calendar, based on the Earth's orbit around the sun, 365 days, and a "leap" day every 4th year. Called the Julian Calendar, it was instituted January 1, 45 B.C.
Until We Meet Again - "I know Who holds the future and I know Who holds my hand"-A.B. Smith - American Minute with Bill Federer
"The Captain's Daughter"; "I know Who holds the future and I know Who holds my hand"-A.B. Smith "Until We Meet Again" & James T. Fields' The Atlantic Monthly
"But his little daughter whispered. As she took his icy hand, 'Isn't God upon the ocean, Just the same as on the land?'"
Freezing Valley Forge, 1777, and Starving Ships "If those few thousand men endured that long winter of suffering ... what right have we to be of little faith?" -American Minute with Bill Federer
& Starving Ships "If those few thousand men endured that long winter of suffering ... what right have we to be of little faith?" 1777 Freezing Valley Forge
Washington added: "... that unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place ... this Army must inevitably ... starve, dissolve, or disperse, in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can."