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CHOLERA: Plague of 19th Century, First Global Epidemic; Day of Fasting proclaimed by President Taylor - American Minute with Bill Federer

• CHOLERA: Plague of 19th Century • First Global Epidemic; Day of Fasting proclaimed by President Taylor

CHOLERA: Plague of 19th Century, First Global Epidemic; Day of Fasting proclaimed by President Taylor - American Minute with Bill Federer

By 1849, cholera killed 5,000 in New York, with a mass grave on Randall's Island in the East River. 8,000 died of cholera in Cincinnati and 3,000 killed in New Orleans. Spreading up the Mississippi, 5,000 were killed by cholera in St. Louis, which was about 6% of the city's population, among them being Pierre Chouteau, Sr., one of the St. Louis' prominent early settlers.

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Battle of Brooklyn Heights & the Providential fog that allowed Washington's Army to Escape! - American Minute with Bill Federer

Battle of Brooklyn Heights & the Providential fog that allowed Washington's Army to Escape! - American Minute with Bill Federer

Major Ben Tallmadge: "At this time a very dense fog began to rise off the river, and it seemed to settle in a peculiar manner over both encampments. I recollect this peculiar providential occurrence perfectly well, and so very dense was the atmosphere that I could scarcely discern a man at six yards distance ..."

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Ringing of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia -- a Symbol of Freedom - American Minute with Bill Federer

• Ringing of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia -- a Symbol of Freedom

Ringing of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia -- a Symbol of Freedom - American Minute with Bill Federer

Nelson Mandela was awarded the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia, July 4, 1993. He spoke: "The Liberty Bell is a very significant symbol for the entire democratic world." (The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 4, 1993)

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Robert Goddard, Wernher von Braun, Rocketry & Space Flight: -"Vast mysteries of the Universe only confirms our belief in the certainty of its Creator" - American Minute with Bill Federer

• Robert Goddard • Rocketry & Space Flight: -"Vast mysteries of the Universe only confirms our belief in the certainty of its Creator" • Wernher von Braun

Robert Goddard, Wernher von Braun, Rocketry & Space Flight: -"Vast mysteries of the Universe only confirms our belief in the certainty of its Creator" - American Minute with Bill Federer

Wernher von Braun stated further: "Speaking for myself, I can only say that the grandeur of the cosmos serves to confirm my belief in the certainty of a Creator."

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary: "The Christian religion is ... one of the first things in which all children...ought to be instructed" - American Minute with Bill Federer

• Webster's 1828 Dictionary: "The Christian religion is ... one of the first things in which all children ... ought to be instructed"

Webster's 1828 Dictionary: "The Christian religion is ... one of the first things in which all children...ought to be instructed" - American Minute with Bill Federer

Webster's original 1828 American Dictionary utilized King James Bible verses within the definitions. In fact, it contained the greatest number of Biblical definitions given of any reference volume. Noah Webster wrote: "The Bible should be the standard of language as well as of faith."

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