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The first permanent English settlement in the New World began at Jamestown, Virginia, MAY 13, 1607. Plagued by hunger, malaria, exposure and Indian attacks, many of the 100 settlers sent out by the London Company died, including their minister Robert Hunt.

On MAY 15, 1926, President Calvin Coolidge made a profound statement at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

A surprise attack before dawn on MAY 10, 1775, gave America one of its first victories of the Revolutionary War. Fort Ticonderoga was later captured. Harvard President Samuel Langdon said, "If God be for us, who can be against us?"

"I ask only to be a good and faithful servant of my Lord and my people." Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, was born on MAY 8, 1884.

Irving Berlin was born on MAY 11, 1888. He wrote "God Bless America" in 1917, saying, "To me, 'God Bless America' was not just a song but an expression of my feeling toward the country to which I owe what I have and what I am."