Today's American Minute

"Old Ironsides" USS Constitution -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., & his dissenting son - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 11, 2026 • "Old Ironsides" USS Constitution - Oliver Wendell Holmes • & his dissenting son • Sr.

The USS Constitution was about to be decommissioned and broken into scrap when it was saved by a poem titled "Old Ironsides," written by poet, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

IN GOD WE TRUST National Motto: Francis Scott Key's anthem & his fight to free slaves - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 09, 2026 • IN GOD WE TRUST National Motto: Francis Scott Key's anthem & his fight to free slaves

On March 7, 2011, the Supreme Court denied a challenge by an atheist who was intolerant of the National Motto, by letting the decision of the Federal Appeals Court stand. On November 1, 2011, the House of Representatives passed an additional resolution in a 396-9 vote reaffirming "IN GOD WE TRUST" as the official motto of the United States.

"Remember the Alamo-Remember Goliad": History of New Spain & Texas Independence - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 06, 2026 • "Remember the Alamo-Remember Goliad": History of New Spain & Texas Independence

The Texas Declaration ended: "We, therefore, the delegates, with plenary powers, of the people of Texas ... DECLARE, that our political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that the people of Texas, do now constitute a FREE, SOVEREIGN, and INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC ... Conscious of the rectitude of our intentions, we fearlessly and confidently commit the issue to the decision of the Supreme Arbiter of the destinies of nations."

Captain John Smith fought Islamic warriors before founding Virginia - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 06, 2026

Six years before he came to America, Captain John Smith joined the Austrian forces and fought in the “Long War” against the Muslim Ottoman Turks invading Hungary.

History of Iran - Part 3 - Jimmy Carter's Fault - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 02, 2026

Post World War I, Shah Reza’s secular government, Britain’s coup to oust him, Mossadegh confiscating British oil, and the pro-American Shah Reza Pahlavi ousted by Khomeini’s Islamist revolution.