Today's American Minute

World's Largest Library -- The Library of Congress, and D.C.'s Union Station: Faith acknowledged in stone and art - American Minute with Bill Federer

and D.C.'s Union Station: Faith acknowledged in stone and art World's Largest Library - The Library of Congress

World's Largest Library -- The Library of Congress, and D.C.'s Union Station: Faith acknowledged in stone and art - American Minute with Bill Federer

The Northeast Pavilion ceiling shows the Great Seal of the United States with a narrow blue band inscribed:
THAT THIS NATION, UNDER GOD, SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM; THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH - Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863

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Louisiana Territory, Haitian Slave Rebellion that convinced Napoleon to sell it, & Napoleon's final spiritual reflections - American Minute with Bill Federer

& Napoleon's final spiritual reflections the Haitian Slave Rebellion that convinced Napoleon to sell it The Louisiana Territory

Louisiana Territory, Haitian Slave Rebellion that convinced Napoleon to sell it, & Napoleon's final spiritual reflections - American Minute with Bill Federer

On APRIL 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was made, effectively doubling the size of the United States. The 828,000 square miles were purchased at less than three cents an acre - it was the greatest real estate deal in history!

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Harry S Truman's role in World War I, in creating new State of Israel, & in warning of anarchy leading to dictatorship - American Minute with Bill Federer

& in warning of anarchy leading to dictatorship Harry S Truman's role in World War I in creating new State of Israel

Harry S Truman's role in World War I, in creating new State of Israel, & in warning of anarchy leading to dictatorship - American Minute with Bill Federer

Truman's chief negotiator of the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and Egypt, Lebanon, Jordon, and Syria was African American Ralph Bunche -- for which he became the first black to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Dutch Golden Age: World Maritime-Economic Power of 16th & 17th centuries, and the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam (New York) - American Minute with Bill Federer

and the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam (New York) Dutch Golden Age: World Maritime-Economic Power of 16th & 17th centuries

Dutch Golden Age: World Maritime-Economic Power of 16th & 17th centuries, and the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam (New York) - American Minute with Bill Federer

In 1696, King William granted freedoms to Dutch Church in New York with the Charter: "William the third, By the grace of God, King of England ... Our said loving subjects ... to preserve to them and their successors that liberty of worshiping God according to the constitutions and directions of the Reformed Churches in Holland ..."

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Treaty of Tripoli & the confusion surrounding it explained in four points - American Minute with Bill Federer

Treaty of Tripoli & the Confusion About It Explained in Four Points

Treaty of Tripoli & the confusion surrounding it explained in four points - American Minute with Bill Federer

Noted religious critic and anti-theist Christopher Hitchens admitted in his work Jefferson Versus the Muslim Pirates (2007): "Of course, those secularists like myself who like to cite this Treaty must concede that its conciliatory language was part of America's attempt to come to terms with Barbary demands"

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