Today's American Minute

From fighting the Sultan to the founding of Georgia: Eugene of Savoy, James Oglethorpe, the Wesleys, and Georgia's Religious Heritage - American Minute with Bill Federer

February 22, 2023 • and Georgia's Religious Heritage • From fighting the Sultan to the founding of Georgia: Eugene of Savoy • James Oglethorpe • the Wesleys

James Oglethorpe conceived of an idea for a colony in America where poor debtors and religious refugees could get a second chance. He named the colony "Georgia" after Britain's King George II.

Star-Spangled Banner author helped free slaves; Some Early Black American Leaders; & John Randolph who gave land to freed slaves - American Minute with Bill Federer

February 21, 2023 • Star-Spangled Banner author helped free slaves & John Randolph gave freed slaves land

Bryant added: "Using clear precedent, poetic language, and appeals to morality, Francis Scott Key argued that the hundreds of African captives found aboard the Antelope should be returned to Africa and freedom. United States law demanded it, he said. The law of nations demanded it, he said. Even the law of nature demanded it. Key looked into the eyes of the six justices sitting for the case, four of whom were slave owners, and announced that 'by the law of nature, all men are free.'"

"'Wall of Separation,' a phrase nowhere to be found in the Constitution"-Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart - American Minute with Bill Federer

February 21, 2023 • "'Wall of Separation • ' a phrase nowhere to be found in the Constitution"-Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart

Judge Richard Suhrheinrich wrote in ACLU v Mercer County, 2006: "The ACLU makes repeated reference to 'the separation of church and state.' This extra-constitutional construct has grown tiresome.

The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state. Our nation's history is replete with governmental acknowledgment and in some cases, accommodation of religion."

Founding Influences, particularly the Three Eras of Masons

February 19, 2023 • Founding Influences • particularly the Three Eras of Masons

The three eras of Masons could be identified as: First, Medieval stone workers who built defense works for kings; Second, revolutionary political dissidents who met in secret to plot against kings; Third, after France's Revolution, unspecified influences of French infidelity, Jacobins, and Illuminati, though not of cognizance to the general membership.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American Fireside Poet - "Man is unjust, but God is just; and finally justice triumphs" - American Minute with Bill Federer

February 18, 2023

In 1842, Longfellow expressed his public support for abolishing slavery by publishing a collection, Poems on Slavery, which was reprinted by The New England Anti-Slavery Association.