Beginning today, WorldNetDaily will feature daily throughout the year the "American Minute" – a brief account of a significant event in the history of the United States.
Best-selling author Bill Federer, president of publishing company Amerisearch Inc., compiles each day's entry.
Wrote WND columnist Rebecca Hagelin, each "American Minute" "provides a succinct, invaluable lesson about American history that many of today's popular textbooks ignore."
Hagelin routinely reads the lessons to her children, calling the daily offerings "priceless tidbits about the philosophies and courage of our founding fathers, other American leaders and our nation's Christian history that revisionists and many politicians and pundits would rather ignore. Federer's writings prove that when the truth is told – and told well – its power is enormous."
Federer often includes references to the faith in God held by American heroes and statesmen. Here is the Jan. 4 entry:
Called the "Father of American Medicine," he signed the Declaration of Independence, was surgeon general of the Continental Army and was a staff member of the Pennsylvania Hospital, where he opened the first free medical clinic. His name was Benjamin Rush, and he was born this day, Jan. 4, 1745. Rush also founded a Bible Society, a Sunday School Union and a Society for the Abolition of Slavery. Dr. Benjamin Rush stated: "The only foundation for ... education in a republic is ... religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object ... of all republican governments."
The entry for Oct. 26 reads:
On this day Oct. 26, 1774, the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts reorganized their defense with one-third of their regiments being "Minutemen." They were known as such because they would be ready to fight at a minute's notice. They charged the Minutemen: "You ... are placed by Providence in the post of honor, because it is the post of danger. ... The eyes not only of North America and the whole British Empire, but of all Europe, are upon you. Let us be, therefore, altogether solicitous that no disorderly behavior, nothing unbecoming our characters as Americans, as citizens and Christians, be justly chargeable to us."
WND now has a link on the Page 1 left-hand navigation bar entitled, "Today's American Minute." Click there to read the latest offering from Federer or to catch up on those you might have missed.
Each daily entry is short enough to read in less than a minute – a great way to start your day and a wonderful resource for homeschool families.
Read today's "American Minute."
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