June 29th – American Minute – Henry Clay
Known as “The Great Compromiser,” Clay struggled to avert a civil war and maintain the Union between the North and the South. Proposing “The Compromise of 1850,”
June 26th -American Minute – The United Nations Charter Signed
With lofty goals, the name "United Nations" was coined by Franklin D. Roosevelt for countries fighting the National Socialist Workers Party (Nazi) and their axis powers. “The United Nations are fighting to make a world in which tyranny and aggression cannot exist...
June 20th – American Minute – a Charter for the Colony of Maryland
King Charles I of England granted a charter for the Colony of Maryland, named for his CATHOLIC wife, Queen Henrietta Maria. Buying land from the Indians, they founded the St. Mary's City, considered the birthplace of religious tolerance in the United States.
June 19th – American Minute – The Mother of Father’s Day, Sonora Louise Smart Dodd
The Mother of Father's Day, Sonora Louise Smart Dodd. In a Proclamation of Father's Day, President Ronald Reagan stated: "'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it,' Solomon tells us. Clearly, the future is in the care of our parents. Such is the responsibility, promise, and hope of fatherhood. Such is the gift that our fathers give us."
June 18th – American Minute – The War of 1812 Begins
During the War of 1812, President Madison calls the nation to prayer. "In times of public calamity such as that of the war...it is especially becoming that the hearts of all should be...turned to that Almighty Power in whose hands are the welfare and the destiny of nations...
June 17th – American Minute – George Washington Commissioned as Commander-in-Chief
"Don't Shoot Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes!" was the order given JUNE 17, 1775, by Colonel William Prescott. This same day, 300 miles away in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress drafted George Washington's commission as commander-in-chief, for which he refused a salary.