Guest essay by William J. Federer Christopher Columbus was looking for a SEA route to India and China because 40 years earlier in 1453, Muslim Turks conquered Constantinople cutting off the LAND routes. A biography of Columbus was written by Washington Irving in 1828, filled with imaginative dialogue, such as Europeans arguing that the Earth […]
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Memorial Day—from the American Minute
by William J. Federer Southern women scattered spring flowers on the graves of both the Northern and Southern soldiers who died during the Civil War. This was the origin of Memorial Day, which in 1868 was set on MAY 30. In 1968, it was moved to the last Monday in May. From the Spanish-American War, […]
Ronald Reagan on America the Beautiful
by William Federer President Ronald Reagan upon a meeting with South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan, November 14, 1983 declared: “At the worship service Sunday morning with our soildiers…less than a mile from one of the most tyrannical regimes on Earth..a choir of little girls..all orphans.. closing the service, sing ‘America, the Beautiful’ in our […]
Conservatives Are Not Wife Beaters
by William J. Federer As there is a growing movement for liberal judges to allow immigrants to move into communities and practice their own set of clandestine laws, it may be in the best interest of those groups wanting to preserve traditional American freedoms to adopt into their rules and bylaws “A Resolution for Protecting […]
Christopher Columbus
Excerpted from America’s God and Country: Encylopedia of Quotationsedited by William Federer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), after seven years of trying to convince the monarchs of Europe to finance his expedition, won the support of Queen Isabella of Castille and King Ferdinand Aragon. Columbus set sail on August 3, 1492, and after the longest voyage ever […]
Quran vs. Constitution: Why they’re incompatible
by William J. Federer President Barack Obama stated in Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009: “When the first Muslim American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the … Holy Quran.”The dilemma is: How can one swear to defend something upon a book that promotes the opposite? The First […]
When our leaders used to call us to prayer and fasting
by William J. Federer To punish Massachusetts for the Tea Party, King George III decided to destroy its economy by blockading Boston’s harbor on June 1, 1774. Thomas Jefferson drafted a Resolution for a “Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer” to be observed the same day. It was introduced in the Virginia House of Burgesses […]
Fort Hood & Separation of Mosque and State
by William J. Federer Everyone has heard of “Separation of Church & State,” but what about “Separation of Mosque & State”? Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan yelled “Allahu Akhbar,” Arabic for “Allah is great,” before killing 13 and wounding 31 at Fort Hood, Texas. He had praised Muslim suicide bombers on the Internet; refused, in the […]
Islam’s world peace: Now or later?
by William J. Federer Islam is a religion of peace, but in the world of paradoxical definitions, perhaps some explanation is needed. The word “Islam” means submission to the will of Allah. A “Muslim” is one who has submitted. Whereas most think world peace will be when people just learn how to get along, faithful […]
The U.S. Constitution went into effect JUNE 21, 1788
The U.S. Constitution went into effect JUNE 21, 1788, when New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify it. The 55 writers of the U.S. Constitution consisted of: 26 Episcopalians, 11 Presbyterians, 7 Congregationalists, 2 Lutherans, 2 Dutch Reformed, 2 Methodists, 2 Roman Catholics, 2 Quakers and 1 Deist – Dr. Franklin, who called for […]
JUNE 5, 1967, the Six-Day War Began
From the American Minute with Bill Federer Egypt sent 80,000 troops and 900 tanks to attack Israel. Jordan and Syria, with Soviet weapons, violently shelled Jerusalem and Israeli villages. Cairo radio announced: “The hour has come in which we shall destroy Israel.” The hot line between Washington and Moscow was used for the first time. […]
May 15 – Armed Forces Day
ARMED FORCES DAY from the American Minute with Bill FedererMay 15 Army Day, Navy Day and Air Force Day were combined in 1949 to be Armed Forces Day, celebrated the 3rd Saturday of May. Army Day formerly was the date the US entered World War I, Navy Day was President Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday and Air […]
St. Valentine and the Real Love Doctor
In the 3rd Century A.D., Emperor Claudius II was faced with defending the Roman Empire from invading Goths. He believed single men made better soldiers so he temporarily forbade marriage. Claudius also forced the Senate to deify the former Emperor Gallienus, including him with the Roman gods to be worshipped. Legend has it that […]
Battle Hymn of the Republic (from “American Minute”)
Bill Federer in his “American Minute” for February 1st shared that five dollars was all she was paid by the Atlantic Monthly Magazine for Julia Ward Howe’s poem, Battle Hymn of the Republic, on Feb. 1st of 1862; Federer continued: The Union’s theme song during the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe wrote it while visiting […]