Today's American Minute

JEFFERSON & ADAMS —50 years after the Declaration of Independence - they died the SAME DAY, July 4, 1826 - American Minute with Bill Federer

July 05, 2026 • 1826 • JEFFERSON & ADAMS — 50 years after the Declaration of Independence - they died the SAME DAY • July 4

John Quincy Adams wrote in an Executive Order, July 11, 1826: "A coincidence ... so wonderful gives confidence ... that the patriotic efforts of these ... men were Heaven directed, and furnishes a new ... hope that the prosperity of these States is under the special protection of a kind Providence."

Sam Adams "Father of American Revolution": "The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty" - American Minute with Bill Federer

July 04, 2026 • Sam Adams "Father of American Revolution": "The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty"

Sam Adams stated 1776: "We have fled from the political Sodom; let us not look back ... We have this day restored the Sovereign, to whom alone men ought to be obedient ... He reigns in Heaven, and ... from the rising to the setting sun, may His kingdom come."

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

July 03, 2026 • Independence Day -- "GREATEST REVOLUTION that has ever taken place IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY"-Ronald Reagan

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."

John Langdon: A Courageous Founding Father - American Minute with Bill Federer

July 01, 2026

LISTEN Download as PDF ... John Langdon was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1741 and grew up as a member of the North Congregational Church, where his distant relative, future Harvard President Rev. Samuel Langdon was pastor from 1747-1774. Other notable individuals who had worshiped at the North Congregational Church include: -William Whipple - Signer of Declaration of Independence; -Daniel Webster - Secretary of State; -John Paul Jones - Navy hero; and -George Washington - first President. At the age of 22, John Langdon became a sea captain, like his older brother Woodbury Langdon. They sailed back and forth...

Supreme Court, 1892 - America a "Christian Nation" - American Minute with Bill Federer

June 27, 2026 • 1892 - America a "Christian Nation • Supreme Court

"These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation ..."-U.S. Supreme Court, 1891; President Truman wrote August 28, 1947: "This is a Christian Nation. More than a half century ago that declaration was written into the decrees of the highest court in this land."