The American Minute

Courageous women have always played a vital role in American history. Addressing the Daughters of the American Revolution, April 19, 1926, President Calvin Coolidge stated: "The importance of women in the working out...

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far...

The origin of lights at this season can be traced back to the Jewish Festival of Lights, or Feast of the Dedication, in Hebrew called "Hanukkah." Solomon's week-long dedication of the First Temple began on the 1st day of...

When the First World War began, British women suffragists sent an Open Christmas Letter "To the Women of Germany and Austria" imploring peace as the first Christmas of...

Catherine the Great of Russia, who reigned 1762-1796, rebuffed King George the Third's requests and bribes to have Russia side with Britain during the Revolutionary War. Instead, Russia continued trading with the American colonies, providing much needed...

Many famous composers wrote classic Christmas music. In 1741, George Frideric Handel wrote his oratorio Messiah. In 1734, Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his Christmas Oratorio. Twenty years after composer Bach died, Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, and...

Washington lost the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, and was force to retreat toward Philadelphia. Near the same time, British General Burgoyne's troops marched south from Canada toward Albany, New York, expecting...

Rasputin, described as "The Holy Devil," moved to St. Petersburg in 1906 and began to gain access to the royal family of Tsar Nicholas the Second. Posing as a...

St. Nicholas is the most renowned saint in Greek Orthodox tradition. He was the Bishop of Myra in 4th century Asia Minor, imprisoned by Romans; preached...

"Eighty-six years have I have served him, and he has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?” --declared the...