Today's American Minute

Women of the Revolutionary War: "As there were Fathers in our Republic so there were Mothers"-Coolidge - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 02, 2025 • Women of the Revolution: "As there were Fathers in our Republic so there were Mothers" -Coolidge - American Minute with Bill Federer

President Coolidge to the Daughters of the American Revolution, April 19, 1926, President Calvin Coolidge: "The importance of women in the working out the destiny of mankind ... As there were fathers in our Republic so there were mothers ... By their abiding faith they inspired and encouraged the men; by their sacrifice they performed their part in the struggle out of which came our country."

How did January 1st become New Year's Day? and How is it connected to Leap Day?

January 01, 2025

As Rome expanded, it was difficult to sync the different calendars of conquered countries. Julius Caesar instituted one unified calendar, based on the Earth's orbit around the sun, 365 days, and a "leap" day every 4th year. Called the Julian Calendar, it was instituted January 1, 45 B.C.

Until We Meet Again - "I know Who holds the future and I know Who holds my hand"-A.B. Smith - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 31, 2024 • "The Captain's Daughter"; "I know Who holds the future and I know Who holds my hand"-A.B. Smith • "Until We Meet Again" & James T. Fields' The Atlantic Monthly

"But his little daughter whispered. As she took his icy hand, 'Isn't God upon the ocean, Just the same as on the land?'"

Carl Sandburg "I see America not in the setting sun ... (but) in the ... rising sun fresh from the ... creative hand of God" - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 30, 2024 • "When a nation goes down ... one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from" - Carl Sandburg • Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet

Carl Sandburg said, 'I see America not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ... I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God.'"

Robert Frost, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet "Two Roads Diverge in the Woods ..." - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 28, 2024 • "Two Roads Diverge in the Woods ..."- Robert Frost • Four Time Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet - American Minute with Bill Federer

In a 1956 interview on station WQED, Pittsburgh, Robert Frost stated: "Ultimately, this is what you go before God for: You've had bad luck and good luck and all you really want in the end is mercy."