Today's American Minute
Pirate Captain Henry Morgan, War of Jenkin's Ear, and Ballad of the French Fleet - American Minute with Bill Federer
In 1731, a Spanish commander in the Caribbean detained an English ship. He cut off the ear of the English Captain Robert Jenkins and told him to take it to his King. This began the War of Jenkins' Ear. British Admiral Edward Vernon recruited 400 American colonists, including Lawrence Washington, George Washington's older half-brother. They sailed to Panama and captured the port city of Porto Bello.
George Whitefield & the Great Awakening Revival - American Minute with Bill Federer
Beginning in 1740, George Whitefield preached seven times in America. He spread the Great Awakening Revival, which helped unite the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War.
A Pope who resisted Socialism, John Paul II: Polish Resistance to Tyranny - American Minute with Bill Federer
Would Democrats nominate FDR today? Was he a Christian Nationalist? ... wanting "preservation ... of Christian civilization" - American Minute with Bill Federer
Would FDR Be Elected by Democrats Today? Read his beliefs from a generation ago!
FDR stated May 27, 1941: "The whole world is divided between ... pagan brutality and the Christian ideal. We choose human freedom which is the Christian ideal."
Race Politics, Jim Crow, Black Codes and Democrat Big Switch from Intimidation to Entitlement - American Minute with Bill Federer
On February 5, 1866, Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens introduced legislation to give former slaves "40 acres and a mule." Democrats opposed it, led by President Andrew Johnson.