September 4th – American Minute – The Fall of Rome

THE FALL OF ROME was a culmination of several external and internal factors. Arther Ferrill wrote in The Fall of the Roman Empire:"There was a loss of patriotism, wealth began to flee the Empire, and with it, the spirit of liberty."

August 31st – American Minute – John Bunyan

Imprisoned twelve years for preaching without permission from the government, he wrote "Pilgrim's Progress," an allegory of a man named Christian fleeing from the City of Destruction and directed by Evangelist to follow the narrow path to the City of Zion. This classic, "Pilgrim's Progress," was written by John Bunyan, who died AUGUST 31, 1688.