August 7th – American Minute – The Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening had "camp meetings," similar to Scottish "Holy Fairs," where teams of open-air preachers rotated in a continuous stream of sermons. The largest town in Kentucky had less than 2,000 people, yet 25,000 came to Cane Ridge, Kentucky, AUGUST 7, 1801, from as far away as Ohio, Tennessee, and the Indiana Territory, to hear the preaching.

August 6th – American Minute – Alfred Lord Tennyson

Camelot and King Arthur's Court, Knights of the Round Table, Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, and the search for the Holy Grail - our imaginations soar with history and legend immortalized in “Idylls of the King,” written 1859-85 by poet Alfred Lord Tennyson.

August 5th -American Minute – John Eliot

The first book printed in America was the Bay Psalm Book by John Eliot. He translated the Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer and the Bible-the first to be printed in America, in 1663. Called "Apostle to the Indians," he sailed to America and preached his first sermon in the Algonquian language in 1646.

August 4th – American Minute – The U.S. Coast Guard

"To sink the foe or save the maimed, Our mission and our pride, We'll carry on 'til Kingdom Come, Ideals for which we've died." Thus went the original anthem of the U.S. Coast Guard, established AUGUST 4, 1790. This is the oldest continuous seagoing service in the United States, stretching back to the beginning of our country...