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Jan[1] = "January 1st<br><br>The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on this day. It stated: &ldquo;I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-in-chief... do, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three... publicly proclaim... that all persons held as slaves... are, and henceforward shall be, free.... And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence... and... recommend... they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.&rdquo; Lincoln concluded: &rdquo;And upon this act... I invoke... the gracious favor of Almighty God.&rdquo;"
Jan[2] = "January 2nd<br><br>Today is Betsy Ross Day. She was born January 1, 1752 to a Quaker family in Philadelphia, the 8th of 17 children. She apprenticed as a seamstress, where she fell in love with an upholsterer named John Ross, son of an Episcopal rector and nephew of George Ross, who signed the Declaration of Independence. As Quakers forbade interdenominational marriage, John and Betsy eloped. They attended Christ`s Church and their pew was next to George Washington`s. During the Revolution, John died when a munitions depot he was guarding blew up. Shortly after General Washington asked Betsy Ross to sew the American Flag."
Jan[3] = "January 3rd<br><br>Frederick the Great of Prussia called these ten days &ldquo;the most brilliant in the world`s history.&ldquo; After winning the Battle of Trenton, Christmas night, George Washington`s small force dodged General Cornwallis` 8,000 man British army. Then one night, Washington left his campfires burning and snuck his army around the back of the British camp at Princeton, New Jersey. At daybreak, this day, January 3, 1777, Washington attacked, capturing three regiments of British troops. Enthusiasm swept America. Ezra Stiles, president of Yale College, stated: &ldquo;Who but a Washington, inspired by Heaven, could have conceived the surprise move upon the enemy at Princeton?&rdquo; "
Jan[4] = "January 4th<br><br>Called the &ldquo;Father of American Medicine,&rdquo; he signed the Declaration of Independence, was Surgeon General of the Continental Army, and was a staff member of the Pennsylvania Hospital, where he opened the first free medical clinic. His name was Benjamin Rush, and he was born this day, January 4, 1745. Rush also founded a Bible Society, a Sunday School Union and a Society for the Abolition of Slavery. Dr. Benjamin Rush stated: &ldquo;The only foundation for... education in a republic is... religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object... of all republican governments.&rdquo;"
Jan[5] = "January 5th<br><br>Raised by an elderly white couple after his mother was kidnapped following the Civil War, he began school in Neosho, Missouri, and graduated from Iowa State College of Agriculture. Booker T. Washington recruited him to teach at Tuskegee Institute, where he introduced hundred of uses for the peanut, soybean and sweet potato, revolutionizing the South`s economy. His name was George Washington Carver, and he died this day, January 5, 1943. Turning down offers to work for Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, George Washington Carver said: &ldquo;My purpose alone must be God`s purpose - to increase the welfare and happiness of His people.&rdquo; "
Jan[6] = "January 6th<br><br>In 567 AD, at the Council of Tours, the church tried to reconcile a dispute between Western Europe and Eastern Europe. The West celebrated the feast of Christ`s birth on Christmas day, December 25th as it`s major holiday, and the East celebrated this day, January 6th as Epiphany, remembering the visit of the Wise Men and Jesus` baptism. Since no agreement could be reached on a specific date, the decision was made to have all 12 days between December 25th and January 6th designated &ldquo;holy days&rdquo; or as it was later pronounced &ldquo;holidays.&rdquo; These became known as the &ldquo;Twelve Days of Christmas.&rdquo;"
Jan[7] = "January 7th<br><br>He became the 13th President when President Zachary Taylor died unexpectedly. He sent Commodore Perry to Japan and admitted California, which had just begun the Gold Rush, into the Union. His name was Millard Fillmore and he was born this day, January 7, 1800. When the Library of Congress caught fire, he and his Cabinet formed a bucket brigade to extinguish the flames. Millard Fillmore stated: &ldquo;On commencing my Presidential career, I found the Sabbath had frequently been employed... for private interviews with the President.... To... end to this [I] ordered my doorkeeper to meet all Sunday visitors with an indiscriminate refusal.&rdquo; "
Jan[8] = "January 8th<br><br>Though the War of 1812 had ended two weeks earlier, news had not yet reach New Orleans and on this day, January 8, 1815, five thousand British soldiers charged in a frontal assault against General Andrew Jackson`s Tennessee and Kentucky sharpshooters. French pirate Jean Lafitte and his men aided the Americans. In just a half-hour, over two thousand British were killed and only 8 Americans. General Jackson wrote: &ldquo;It appears that the unerring hand of Providence shielded my men from the shower of balls, bombs, and rockets, when every ball and bomb from our guns carried with them a mission of death.&rdquo;"
Jan[9] = "January 9th<br><br>Richard Milhous Nixon was born this day, January 9, 1913. A Lieutenant Commander in the Navy during WWII, he was a Congressman, Senator, and Vice-President under Eisenhower. He lost his first presidential race to John F. Kennedy by the smallest margin ever in a presidential election. He served as America`s 37th President before resigning. In his Inaugural Address, President Nixon stated: &ldquo;No man can be fully free while his neighbor is not.... This means black and white together as one nation, not two.... What remains is... to insure... that as all are born equal in dignity before God, all are born equal in dignity before man.&rdquo;"
Jan[10] = "January 10th<br><br>His daughter was Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote the abolitionist novel &ldquo;Uncle Tom`s Cabin.&rdquo; His son, Henry Ward Beecher, supported a women`s right to vote and was famous for denouncing government corruption and slavery. His name Lyman Beecher and he died this day, January 10, 1863. A renowned New England clergyman, Lyman Beecher wrote: &ldquo;If this nation is, in the providence of God, destined to lead the way in the moral and political emancipation of the world, it is time she understood her... calling... For mighty causes... are rushing with accumulating power to their consummation of good or evil.&rdquo; "
Jan[11] = "January 11th<br><br>He was the grandson of Princeton president Jonathan Edwards, whose preaching began the Great Awakening revival. He became the president of Yale, serving for twenty-two years. His name was Timothy Dwight, and he died this day, January 11, 1817. Finding many of Yale`s students enamored with French enlightenment, Timothy Dwight often visited with students on campus, logically answering questions of faith. By the end of his tenure, not only did the majority of the student body profess Christianity, but many became ministers. Timothy Dwight wrote: &ldquo;Where there is no religion, there is no morality.... the ultimate foundation of... life, liberty and property is buried in ruins.&rdquo;"
Jan[12] = "<strong>American Minute with Bill Federer</strong><br>January 12th<br><br>&ldquo;The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.&rdquo;  This famous quote was from British statesman Edmund Burke, who was born this day, January 12, 1729. Considered the most influential orator in the House of Commons, Burke stands out in history, for as a member of the British Parliament, he defended the right of the American colonies to be free and strongly opposed the slave trade. Edmund Burke stated: &ldquo;What is liberty without... virtue? It is... madness, without restraint. Men are qualified for liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.&rdquo;"
Jan[13] = "January 13th<br><br>Educated at Oxford, James Oglethorpe joined the Austrian army and was fighting Turks at age 17. Back in England, he entered Parliament and presided over prison reform. There he got the idea of founding a colony in America where the poor and destitute could start afresh and where people persecuted for their faith could find refuge. James Oglethorpe secured a charter for the Colony of Georgia and on this day, January 13, 1733, one hundred and twenty settlers went ashore, knelt down and declared: &ldquo;Our end in leaving our native country is not to gain riches and honor, but singly this: to live wholly to the glory of God.&rdquo;"
Jan[14] = "January 14th<br><br>Albert Schweitzer was born this day, January 14, 1875. He was a medical missionary who founded a hospital in the jungle village of Lambarene, Gabon, west central Africa. He won the Nobel Peace Prize and used the prize money to build a leper colony. Overcoming innumerable difficulties, Dr. Albert Schweitzer once wrote: &ldquo;One day, in my despair, I threw myself into a chair in the consulting room and groaned out: `What a blockhead I was to come out here to doctor savages like these!&acute; Whereupon his native assistant quietly remarked: `Yes, Doctor, here on earth you are a great blockhead, but not in heaven.&acute;&rdquo;"
Jan[15] = "January 15th<br><br>Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was born this day, January 15, 1929. A Baptist minister, like his father and grandfather, he pastored Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, and Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, before forming the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Reverend King wrote: &ldquo;I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers.... I stand in the middle of two opposing forces... One is a force of complacency.... the other force is one of bitterness and hatred... expressed in... Elijah Muhammad`s Muslim movement.... I have tried to stand between these two forces... for there is the more excellent way of love.&rdquo;"
Jan[16] = "January 16th<br><br>Thomas Jefferson had it commemorated on his tombstone, along with the Declaration of Independence. What was it? It was Jefferson`s Article of Religious Freedom, passed this day, January 16, 1786, in the Virginia Assembly. In it, Jefferson wrote: &ldquo;Well aware... that Almighty God hath created the mind free... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments... tend only to begat... hypocrisy... and are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of religion, who being Lord both of body and mind... chose not to propagate it by coercions... as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by... reason alone.&rdquo;"
Jan[17] = "January 17th<br><br>On January 17, 1781, Washington`s southern army defeated the British troops at Cowpens. In hot pursuit, Lord Cornwallis reached the Catawba River just two hours after the American troops had crossed, but a storm made the river impassable. He nearly overtook the Americans again at the Yadkin River, just as they were getting out on the other side, but a torrential rain flooded the river. This happened a third time at the Dan River. British Commander Henry Clinton wrote: &ldquo;Here the royal army was again stopped by a sudden rise of the waters, which had only just fallen (almost miraculously) to let the enemy over.&rdquo;"
Jan[18] = "January 18th<br><br>By a resolution of the Senate, he was esteemed as one of the five greatest senators in U.S. history. An outstanding orator, his political career spanned almost four decades, serving as Secretary of State for Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore. His name was Daniel Webster, born this day, January 18, 1782. Webster fought to end the slave trade, opposed creating a national bank and settle the Northeast boundary of the United States. Daniel Webster stated: &ldquo;If our posterity neglects religious instruction... no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.&rdquo;"
Jan[19] = "January 19th<br><br>William Orville Douglas died this day, January 19, 1980. He was a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court for 36 years, after teaching law at Yale and Columbia University. In the 1952 case of Zorach v. Clauson, Justice William Douglas asserted: &ldquo;The First Amendment... does not say that in every respect there shall be a separation of Church and State.... Otherwise the state and religion would be aliens to each other.&rdquo;Justice Douglas continued: &ldquo;We are a religious people and our institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.... When the state encourages religious instruction... it follows the best of our traditions.&rdquo;"
Jan[20] = "January 20th<br><br>On this day, January 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered his Inaugural Address, following prayers by a rabbi, a Protestant minister, a Catholic cardinal, a Greek Orthodox bishop, and a poem by Robert Frost. President Kennedy stated: &ldquo;The same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe - The belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.&rdquo; President Kennedy concluded: &ldquo;Let us go forth... asking His blessing and His help... knowing that here on earth God`s work must truly be our own.&rdquo;"
Jan[21] = "January 21st<br><br>He produced epic films in Hollywood for almost five decades and started Paramount Pictures. His name was Cecil B. DeMille and he died this day, January 21, 1959. His best-known films include: Samson and Delilah, The Ten Commandments and The Greatest Show on Earth, for which he won an Academy Award. At the opening of The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille stated: &ldquo;Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God`s law.... They are the charter... of human liberty, for there can be no liberty without the law.&rdquo;"
Jan[22] = "January 22nd<br><br>On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court`s decision in the case of Roe v. Wade, allowed abortions in the first six months of pregnancy. Twenty-three years later, Norma McCorvey, who was the &ldquo;Jane Roe&rdquo;in the Roe v. Wade suit, was interviewed by USA Today. She stated that once, while employed at a clinic when no one was in: &ldquo;I went into the procedure room and laid down on the table... trying to imagine what it would be like having an abortion... I broke down and cried.&rdquo; On ABC`s World News Tonight, Norma McCorvey said: &ldquo;I think abortion`s wrong. I think what I did with Roe v. Wade was wrong.&rdquo;"
Jan[23] = "January 23rd<br><br>On this day, January 23, 1789, John Carroll founded Georgetown University. But who was John Carroll? He was the first Catholic bishop in the United States, and the cousin of the wealthiest citizen in America, Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration. In 1776, the Continental Congress asked John Carroll to be part of a commission, which included Benjamin Franklin, to enlist the aid of Canada in the cause of the American Revolution. Bishop John Carroll wrote: &ldquo;Freedom and independence, acquired by... and cemented with the mingled blood of Protestant and Catholic fellow-citizens, should be equally enjoyed by all.&rdquo;"
Jan[24] = "January 24th<br><br>James Madison`s strong position of defending religious freedom began when, as a youth, he stood with his father outside a jail in the village of Orange and listened to several Baptists preach from their cell windows, having been imprisoned for their religious opinions. Madison wrote of his disapproval of this practice to a friend named William Bradford, on this day, January 24, 1774, stating: &ldquo;There are at this [time] in the adjacent [Culpepper] County not less than 5 or 6 well meaning men in [jail] for publishing their religious sentiments which in the main are very orthodox.&rdquo;"
Jan[25] = "January 25th<br><br>President Ronald Reagan delivered his State of the Union Address to Congress on this day, January 25, 1984, making reference to the fact that they open each session of Congress with prayer. President Reagan stated: &ldquo;Each day your members observe a 200-year-old tradition meant to signify America is one nation under God. I must ask: If you can begin your day with a member of the clergy standing right here leading you in prayer, then why can`t freedom to acknowledge God be enjoyed again by children in every school room across this land?&rdquo;"
Jan[26] = "January 26th<br><br>After commanding in World War I, he became superintendent of West Point, and at the age of 30, became youngest Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. During World War II, he became Allied Supreme Commander in the Southwest Pacific and received the surrender of the Japanese. He served as Commander of the U.N. forces during the Korean War. His name was Douglas MacArthur, and he was born on this day, January 26, 1880. To the cadets at West Point, Douglas MacArthur stated: &ldquo;The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training - sacrifice.&rdquo;"
Jan[27] = "January 27th<br><br>President Woodrow Wilson issued a Proclamation on this day, stating: &ldquo;Whereas in the various countries now engaged in war there are nine millions of Jews, the great majority of whom are destitute of food, shelter, and clothing; driven from their homes without warning... causing starvation, disease and untold suffering; and Whereas the people of the United States of America have learned... of this terrible plight... I, Woodrow Wilson, do proclaim January 27, 1916, as a day upon which [to]... make contributions... for the aid of the stricken Jewish people. Contributions may be addressed to the American Red Cross.&rdquo;"
Jan[28] = "January 28th<br><br>Seventy-three seconds after lift-off, on this day, January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing its entire seven member crew, which included a Highschool teacher, the first private citizen to fly aboard the craft. In his address to the nation after this disaster, President Ronald Reagan stated: &ldquo;The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and `slipped the surly bonds of earth,` to `touch the face of God.`&rdquo;"
Jan[29] = "January 29th<br><br>He read a poem at President John F. Kennedy`s Inauguration. He won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry and received the Congressional Gold Medal. Beginning as a farmer in New Hampshire, he became a teacher at Amherst College, the University of Michigan and a professor of poetry at Harvard. His name was Robert Frost, and he died this day, January 29, 1963. In an interview on radio station WQED, Pittsburgh, Robert Frost stated: &ldquo;Ultimately, this is what you go before God for: You`ve had bad luck and good luck and all you really want in the end is mercy.&rdquo;"
Jan[30] = "January 30th<br><br>Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born this day, January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the thirty-second President of the United States, serving over 12 years, longer then any other President. He saw America through the Great Depression and World War II. In a 1935 radio broadcast, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared: &ldquo;We cannot read the history of our rise and development as a nation, without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic.... [W]here we have been the... most consistent in obeying its precepts, we have attained the greatest measure of contentment and prosperity.&rdquo;"
Jan[31] = "January 31st<br><br>Jacob Duche` was born this day, January 31, 1738. He was the Anglican clergyman who, at the request of the Continental Congress, opened the first session of Congress with prayer. Conscious of the impending British attack, Rev. Jacob Duche` read Psalm 35, which begins: &ldquo;Plead my cause, Oh, Lord, with them that strive with me, fight against them that fight against me... Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.&rdquo; Of that reading, John Adams wrote in a letter to his wife: &ldquo;I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seem as if heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read on that morning.&rdquo;"

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Feb[1] = "February 1st<br><br>Five dollars was all she was paid by the Atlantic Monthly Magazine for her poem, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which was published this day, February 1, 1862. The Union`s theme song during the Civil War Julia Ward Howe wrote it while visiting Washington, D.C., and seeing it teem with military, galloping horses and innumerable campfires. Sleeping unsoundly one night, Julia Ward Howe penned: &ldquo;In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea; With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.&rdquo;"

Feb[2] = "February 2nd<br><br>February 2, 1848, the United States Congress ratified the peace treaty which ended the Mexican War and, in exchange for 15 million dollars, brought the territories of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming, into the Union. The treaty began: &ldquo;In the Name of Almighty God: The United States and the United Mexican States animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the war.... have, under the protection of Almighty God, the Author of Peace, arranged, agreed upon, and signed the following: Treaty of Peace.&rdquo;"

Feb[3] = "February 3rd<br><br>On the frigid night of February 3, 1943, the Allied ship Dorchester plowed through the waters near Greenland. At 1am, a Nazi submarine fired a torpedo into its flank, killing many in the explosion and trapping others below deck. It the ensuing chaos, four chaplains: a priest, a rabbi and two protestant ministers; distributed life jackets. When there were none left, the four chaplains ripped off their own jackets and put them on four young men. Standing embraced on the slanting deck, the chaplains bowed their heads in prayer as they sank to their icy deaths. Congress honored them by declaring this &ldquo;Four Chaplains Day.&rdquo;"

Feb[4] = "February 4th<br><br>For a time he earned his living barnstorming and performing daring feats of aviation. He became a flying cadet in the U.S. Air Service Reserve, and flew mail routes to Chicago. In 1927, after 33 and a half hours, this twenty-five year-old became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. His name was Charles A. Lindbergh, the son of a U.S. Congressman, and he was born this day, February 4, 1902. Years later, speaking at the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, Charles Lindbergh stated: &ldquo;It was not the outer grandeur of the Roman but the inner simplicity of the Christian that lived though the ages.&rdquo;"

Feb[5] = "February 5th<br><br>Persecuted in England for preaching religious liberty, Roger Williams fled to Boston, arriving this day, February 5th, 1631. He pastored a short time in the Massachusetts Bay Colony only to be sentenced to be sent back to England for his opposition to the state church. He escaped and lived among the Narragansett Indians, befriending them and learning their language. They gave him the land upon which he founded Providence Plantation, Rhode Island. This was the first place ever where the freedom to worship was separated from the control of the state. In 1639, he organized the first Baptist Church in the new world."

Feb[6] = "February 6th<br><br>He started his professional career as radio host in Iowa, served in the Army Air Corp during World War II, and became an actor, appearing in over 50 films. He was President of the Screen Actors Guild, switched from Democrat to Republican, and became Governor of California. At the age of seventy, he was the oldest person elected President of the United States. In 1981 he survived an assassination attempt. Who was he? Ronald Reagan, born this day, February 6, 1911. President Ronald Reagan stated: &ldquo;If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.&rdquo;"

Feb[7] = "February 7th<br><br>Frederick Douglass was born this day, February 7, 1817. A former slave, he had become an abolitionist and a commanding spokesman for slaves. His powerful orations exposed the injustices of slavery and championed their right to life and liberty. In retelling of his conversion, Frederick Douglass said: &ldquo;I loved all mankind, slaveholder not excepted, though I abhorred slavery more than ever. I saw the world in a new light.... I gathered scattered pages of the Bible from the filthy street gutters, and washed and dried them, that... I might get a word or two of wisdom from them.&rdquo;"

Feb[8] = "February 8th<br><br>The Boys Scouts of America was incorporated this day, February 8, 1910. It was founded two years prior in England by Sir Baden-Powell, a hero of the South African Boer Wars. His troops were besieged two hundred days by an overwhelming army, but due to his resourcefulness, his men survived. The Boy Scouts are now the largest voluntary youth movement in the world, with membership over 25 million. The Scout Oath states: &ldquo;On my honor, I will do my best: To do my duty to God and my country... To help other people at all times. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.&rdquo;"

Feb[9] = "February 9th<br><br> &ldquo;Tippecanoe and Tyler too.&rdquo; This was the campaign slogan of ninth President William Henry Harrison, born this day, February 9, 1773. He was the first President to die in office, serving the shortest term of only thirty days. A Major General, Harrison was commander of the Northwest, winning the Battle of Tippecanoe. He was the son of Benjamin Harrison, signer the Declaration, and grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President. William Henry Harrison stated: &ldquo;There are certain rights possessed by each individual... The American citizen... claims them because he is... fashioned by the same Almighty hand as the rest of his species.&rdquo;"

Feb[10] = "February 10th<br><br>Cortez ordered his ships sunk. There was no turning back. In the era of Crusades to win the Holy Land and the Moors being driven from Spain, Cortez set off in a Holy cause, to end the barbaric practices of cannibalism and human sacrifice in Mexico, resulting from the Aztecs belief that the Sun god needed human blood to live. While the Reformation spread in Europe, Cortez addressed his 500 men in Mexico on this day, February 10, 1519, saying: &ldquo;We seek not only to subdue boundless territory in the name of our Emperor Don Carlos, but to win millions of unsalvaged souls to the True Faith.&rdquo;"

Feb[11] = "February 11th<br><br>On February 11, 1861, newly elected President Abraham Lincoln delivered a Farewell Speech in Springfield, Illinois, as he left for Washington, D.C. Lincoln stated: &ldquo;I now leave, not knowing when or whether... I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.&rdquo;Abraham Lincoln continued: &ldquo;Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.&rdquo;"

Feb[12] = "February 12th<br><br>Can you believe it? Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the exact same day, February 12, 1809, but their lives had completely different effects. Lincoln is best known for freeing the slaves by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, affirming that all men are equal. Darwin is best known for the theory of evolution, arguing that all men are not equal because some are more evolved. Darwin`s theory has be used by atheists to explain away belief in God, whereas the last act of Congress signed by Lincoln, before he was shot, was to place the phrase &ldquo;In God We Trust&rdquo; on all our national coin."

Feb[13] = "February 13th<br><br>&ldquo;Man has forgotten God, that is why this has happened,&rdquo; was Solzhenitsyn`s response when questioned about modern cultural. A Russian author, Solzhenitsyn was imprisoned for eight years by Joseph Stalin. He wrote The Gulag Archipelago. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970, but was not allowed to leave Russia to accept it until the Soviet Government expelled him from his country on this day February 13, 1974. Alexander Solzhenitsyn warned: &ldquo;I... call upon America to be more careful... Because they are trying to weaken you... do not let yourselves become weak.&rdquo;"

Feb[14] = "February 14th<br><br>In the 3rd century, Emperor Claudius the Goth not only commanded the Roman gods be worshiped, but temporarily forbade marriage, because he believed single men made better soldiers. Legend has it that Valentine, who was a bishop in Italy, risked the Emperor`s wrath by refusing to worship idols and for secretly marring young couples. Saint Valentine was dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and have his head cut off on February 14, 269AD. While awaiting execution, it is said he prayed for the jailers` sick daughter, who miraculously recovered. He wrote her a note and signed it, &ldquo;from your Valentine.&rdquo;"

Feb[15] = "February 15th<br><br>Today, February 15th, in the year 1898, the U.S.S. Maine blew up in Havana Harbor. President William McKinley approved the Joint Resolution of Congress, which stated: &ldquo;The abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the island of Cuba... have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battle ship with 266 of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana... Therefore, Resolved by... Congress assembled... That the people of the island of Cuba are and of a right ought to be free.&rdquo;"

Feb[16] = "February 16th<br><br>&ldquo;From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shore of Tripoli.&rdquo; The Marine Corp anthem recalls when North African Barbary Pirates were seizing American ships and cargo, and selling the crews as slaves. On February 16, 1804, in the &ldquo;most bold and daring act of the age,&rdquo; Lieutenant Stephen Decatur sailed his ship, the Inrepid, at night into the pirate harbor of Tripoli, burned a ship and escaped unharmed amidst fierce fire. The Arabic treaty offered by Tripoli stated: &ldquo;We... agreed that if American Christians are traveling with a nation that is at war with... Tripoli... neither he nor his goods shall be taken.&rdquo;"

Feb[17] = "February 17th<br><br>A baseball star, Billy Sunday played for the Chicago White Sox in the 1890`s. Born in an Iowa log cabin, his father, a Union Army soldier, died of an pneumonia and Billy grew up in an orphanage. While recovering from a baseball injury, he began attending YMCA meetings. A national sensation occurred this day, February 17, 1889, when Billy Sunday preached his first sermon as an evangelist in Chicago. Over the next 46 years 100 million people would hear him. In his animated style, Billy Sunday said: &ldquo;Going to church doesn`t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.&rdquo;"

Feb[18] = "February 18th<br><br>Pilgrim`s Progress was published this day, February 18, 1678. It was written John Bunyan, who was born in Bedford, England, and at age 29, became a Baptist minister. Bunyon was imprisoned over 12 years for preaching without a license. While in jail, he supported his family by making shoelaces. Pilgrim`s Progress, which is an allegory of a Christian`s journey to the Celestial City, has been translated into over 100 languages and, after the Bible, held the position as the world`s best-seller for hundreds of years. It could be found in nearly every colonial New England home."

Feb[19] = "February 19th<br><br>Born in Massachusetts, Adoniram Judson was educated at Brown University. On this day, February 19, 1812, being 23 years old, Adoniram and his wife Ann, who was 22, sailed from New England to Calcutta. They were America`s first foreign missionaries. They settled in the strange land of Rangoon and began to preach and write in Burmese. Enduring many hardships, Adoniram was imprisoned during the Burmese War. He later gained the respect from the Burmese and British officials. His translation of the Bible and English-Burmese Dictionary have been acclaimed as significant literary works. "

Feb[20] = "February 20th<br><br>A Colonel during the Revolutionary War, he fought in the battles of Long Island and Saratoga, built the fortifications at Breed`s Hill and commanded the Colonial Militia at the Battle of Bunker Hill. His name was William Prescott and he was born this day, February 20, 1726. When the British blockaded the Boston harbor, William Prescott wrote to the city`s inhabitants: &ldquo;Providence has placed you where you must stand the first shock... We... must sink or swim together.... Let us... stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. And may He... grant us deliverance.&rdquo;"

Feb[21] = "February 21st<br><br>Washington`s birthday and Lincoln`s birthday were celebrated in the month of February throughout the United States, but in 1971, in order to honor all Presidents, Richard Nixon declared the third Monday in February as &ldquo;Presidents Day.&rdquo; Of note is that every President swore into office with their hand upon a Bible, ended their oath with the phrase &ldquo;So help me God,&rdquo; and acknowledged a Supreme Being in their address upon assuming the Presidency. Eisenhower, Reagan and Bush are among those who included a prayer in their Inaugural Addresses."

Feb[22] = "February 22nd<br><br>George Washington was born this day, February 22, 1732. In his Inaugural Address, he said: &ldquo;It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe.&rdquo; Washington continued: &ldquo;`No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of Providential agency.&rdquo;"

Feb[23] = "February 23rd<br><br>The Panama Canal Zone was acquired for ten million dollars by the United States on this day, February 23, 1904. In his address to Congress, President William Taft referred to it, saying: &ldquo;Our defense of the Panama Canal, together with our enormous world trade and our missionary outposts on the frontiers of civilization, require us to recognize our position as one of the foremost in the family of nations.&rdquo; President Taft continued, we must &ldquo;clothe ourselves with sufficient naval power... to give weight to our influence in those directions of progress that a powerful Christian nation should advocate.&rdquo;"

Feb[24] = "February 24th<br><br>&ldquo;Remember the Alamo&rdquo; was the cry of the Texas army. The battle began today, February 24th, 1836, when three thousand Mexicans attacked 182 Texans. Within thirteen days, all defenders were killed, including Davy Crockett and James Bowie. The Texas Declaration of Independence stated: &ldquo;General Antonio Lopez Santa Ana, who having overturned the constitution of his country, now offers, as the cruel alternative, either abandon our homes... or submit to the most intolerable of all tyranny.... [He] denies us the right of worshiping the Almighty according to the dictates of our own conscience.&rdquo;"

Feb[25] = "February 25th<br><br>&ldquo;Our institutions of freedom will not survive unless they are constantly replenished by the faith that gave them birth&rdquo; stated Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who was born this day, February 25, 1888. A graduate of Princeton, he helped negotiate the Peace Treaty with Japan after World War II and served as U.S. Ambassador to the UN. John Dulles remarked: &ldquo;Man has his origins and... destiny in God.... Our institutions reflect the belief... that all men were endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights.... that human institutions ought... to help men develop their God-given possibilities.&rdquo;"

Feb[26] = "February 26th<br><br>Hailed as the greatest of the Romanticists poets, he is best know for writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miserables. His father had been a general in Napoleon Bonaparte`s army. His name was Victor Marie Hugo, born this day, February 26, 1802. Hugo supported Napoleon`s heir, but when he turned out to be a tyrant, Hugo opposed him and was forced into exile for nineteen years. Victor Hugo wrote: &ldquo;England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare, but the Bible made England.&rdquo;"

Feb[27] = "February 27th<br><br>&ldquo;Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere... Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch... One if by land, two if by sea...&rdquo; These lines are from the famous poem, Paul Revere`s Ride, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who was born this day, February 27, 1807. He was an American poet and Harvard Professor, and wrote such American classics as: Evangeline; The Song of Hiawatha; and The Courtship of Miles Standish. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow stated: &ldquo;Man is unjust, but God is just; and finally justice triumphs.&rdquo;"

Feb[28] = "February 28th<br><br>A member of the Continental Congress, Richard Stockton was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Stockton, California, was named for his son who was the Naval officer who captured California in 1846. Richard Stockton, who died on this day, February 28, 1781, wrote in his Will:  &ldquo;As my children... may... be... impressed with the last words of their father, I think proper here, not only to subscribe to the... Christian religion... but also in the heart of a father`s affection, to charge... them to remember &ldquo;that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.&rdquo;"

Feb[29] = "February 29th<br><br>February 29th is Leap Day. In 45BC, Julius Caesar replaced the many calendars used throughout the Roman Empire, based on the moon`s cycles, with one calendar based on the sun, having  365 days and an &ldquo;leap&rdquo; day every fourth year. An interesting event occurred on this day. In 1504, on his last voyage, Christopher Columbus was shipwrecked on the Island of Jamaica. When the Indians became hostile, Columbus correctly predicted a lunar eclipse, frightening the Indians to make peace. Columbus wrote: &ldquo;My hope in the One who created us all sustains me: He is an ever present help in trouble.&rdquo;"

Mar = new Array
Mar[1] = "March 1st<br><br>Before the U.S. Constitution was written, what was the government in the United States? It was the Articles of Confederation, ratified this day, March 1st, 1781. Signed by such statesmen as Ben Franklin and Roger Sherman, it was an attempt to loosely knit the thirteen States together. The Articles of Confederation declared: &ldquo;The... states hereby... enter into a... league of friendship... to assist each other, against... attacks made upon them... on account of religion, sovereignty, [and] trade... It has pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the Legislatures... to ratify the said Articles.&rdquo;"

Mar[2] = "March 2nd<br><br>March 2, 1836, the people of Texas signed a Declaration of Independence, stating: &ldquo;The government [of] General Santa Ana... now offers... the cruel alternative, either abandon our homes... or submit to the most intolerable... tyranny.... It denies us the right of worshiping the Almighty according to the dictates of our own conscience... It has demanded us to deliver up our arms... It has... incited the... savage, with the tomahawk and scalping knife, to massacre the inhabitants of our... frontiers.&rdquo;The Texas Declaration concluded: &ldquo;Conscious of... our intentions, we fearlessly and confidently commit... to... the Supreme Arbiter of the Destinies of Nations.&rdquo;"

Mar[3] = "March 3rd<br><br>How did the phrase &ldquo;In God We Trust&rdquo;get on our coins? It was on this day, March 3, 1865, that Congress approved inscribing the motto on all our national coins. Abraham Lincoln signed the bill into law. Less that two months later Lincoln was assassinated. At a Memorial Address for Lincoln, Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax noted: &ldquo;Nor should I forget to mention here that the last act of Congress ever signed by [President Lincoln] was one requiring that the motto, in which he sincerely believed, `In God We Trust,` should hereafter be inscribed upon all our national coin.&rdquo;"

Mar[4] = "March 4th<br><br>March 4th was Inauguration Day up until 1937, when it was changed to January 20th. Every President acknowledged a Supreme Being in their Inaugural Address. Thomas Jefferson referred to: &ldquo;That Infinite Power which rules the destinies of the universe...&rdquo; Andrew Jackson: &ldquo;My fervent prayer to that Almighty Being...&rdquo; Abraham Lincoln: &ldquo;The Almighty has His own purposes...&rdquo;FDR: &ldquo;We humbly ask the blessing of God...&rdquo; Calvin Coolidge: &ldquo;America... cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.&rdquo;John F. Kennedy: &ldquo;The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.&rdquo;"

Mar[5] = "March 5th<br><br>On this day, March 5, in the year 1770, the Boston Massacre took place. The British had been forcing Colonists to house their soldiers. A crowd had gathered to protest and the British soldiers responded by firing into the mob, killing five of them. On the 4th anniversary of the Massacre, in 1774, John Hancock, famous for being the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, stated: &ldquo;Let us play the man for... the cities of our GOD. While we are using the means in our power, let us humbly commit our righteous cause to the great LORD of the Universe.&rdquo;"

Mar[6] = "March 6th<br><br>On March 6, 1776, General Washington issued the order from his headquarters at Cambridge: &ldquo;the... Legislature [has set apart] a day of fasting, prayer and humiliation, `to implore the Lord and Giver of all victory to pardon our manifold sins and wickedness, and... bless the Continental army with His divine favor and protection,` all officers and soldiers are strictly enjoined to pay... reverence... to... the Lord of hosts for His mercies... and for those blessings which our... uprightness of life can alone encourage us to hope through His mercy obtain.&rdquo; Within days, Washington, using the fifty captured cannons, forced the British to evacuate Boston."

Mar[7] = "March 7th<br><br>On March 7, 1774, the British passed the Boston Port Act, closing the harbor to all commerce to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. The surrounding towns rallied to their aid by secretly sending food to the inhabitants of Boston. William Prescott, who commanded the colonial militia at Bunker Hill wrote: &ldquo;Providence has placed you where you must stand the first shock... Our forefathers passed the vast Atlantic, spent their blood and treasure, that they might enjoy... liberties... and transmit them to their posterity.... Now if we should give them up, can our children rise up and call us blessed?&rdquo;"

Mar[8] = "March 8th<br><br>Known as THE GREAT DISSENTER because of his unconventional opinions, he served for thirty years on the Supreme Court. Who was he? Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., born this day, March 8, 1841. A Union soldier during the Civil War, he went on to become a Harvard Law School Professor. In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he served to a more advanced age than other justice. On his 90th birthday, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., replied to a reporter: &ldquo;Young man, the secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God.&rdquo;"

Mar[9] = "March 9th<br><br>On this date, March 9,1862, the historic Civil War battle took place between the Confederate iron-plated ship Merrimac, which had just destroyed two Union boats, and the Union`s ironclad vessel, the Monitor, designed by Swedish Immigrant John Ericsson. After 4 hours of bombardment, with cannon balls deflecting off their decks, the Confederate ship was crippled and withdrew to Virginia. Naval warfare was forever changed that day. When John Ericsson was offered payment for designing the Monitor, he replied: &ldquo;Nothing could induce me to accept any remuneration... [It is] my contribution to the glorious... triumph... which freed 4,000,000 bondsmen.&rdquo;"

Mar[10] = "March 10th<br><br>26-year-old William Penn received from King Charles the charter to Pennsylvania on this date, March 10, 1681, as repayment of a debt owed to his deceased father. An Oxford graduate, Penn converted to Quakerism and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. His colony became a refuge for the persecuted peoples of Europe. Penn wrote to the Indians, whom he insisted on treating fairly: &ldquo;My Friends, There is one... God.... [and He] hath made... the king of the country where I live, give... unto me a great province therein, but I desire to enjoy it with your... consent, that we may always live together as... friends.&rsquo;"

Mar[11] = "March 11th<br><br>His outspoken stand against slavery resulted in a Congressman from Carolina violently beating him on the head with a cane while he was sitting at his desk on the Senate Floor, the injuries from which he never fully recovered. Who was he? Senator Charles Sumner, who died this day, March 11, 1874. A founder of the Republican Party, Charles Sumner declared: &ldquo;That great story of redemption, when God raised up the slave-born Moses to deliver His chosen people from bondage, and... that sublimer story where our Saviour died a cruel death that all men, without distinction of race, might be saved, makes slavery impossible.&rdquo;"

Mar[12] = "March 12th<br><br>The Girls Scouts of America was started on this date, March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia, by Mrs. Juliette Low. After meeting Sir Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, Juliette formed the Girl Scouts to be a nonsectarian, nonpolitical and interracial organization, for the purpose of building good character and citizenship. By the 1920`s the movement had spread across America and to its membership of millions world-wide. The original Girl Scout promise, made upon joining, was: &ldquo;On my honor, I will try: to do my duty to God and my country, to help other people at all times, to obey the Girl Scout laws.&rdquo;"

Mar[13] = "March 13th<br><br>Susan B. Anthony, whose face is on the U.S. dollar coin, died this day, March 13, 1906. She was raised in a Quaker home, known properly as the Society of Friends, she was taught individuals could have a personal relationship with God and that armed conflict and slavery were wrong. The self-reliance instilled in her upbringing aided Susan in her crusade against slavery and alcohol and to give women the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the 1872 Presidential Election and fined. Finally, in 1920, all women in America were given the right to vote. "

Mar[14] = "March 14th<br><br>Born in Germany this day, March 14, 1879, he began teaching himself calculus at the age of fourteen. He developed the theory of relativity, which was the basis for the application of atomic energy and won the Nobel Prize in 1921. His name was Albert Einstein. While on a lecture tour in America, the Nazi`s confiscated his home. Einstein then became a U.S. citizen. In 1952 he was offered the position of President of Israel, but declined. Albert Einstein`s statement inscribed in Fine Hall at Princeton University reads: &ldquo;God is clever, but not dishonest.&rdquo;"

Mar[15] = "March 15th<br><br>On this day, March 15, 1984, the Senate voted down voluntary silent prayer in public schools. President Ronald Reagan responded: &ldquo;I am deeply disappointed that, although a majority of the Senate voted for it, the school prayer amendment fell short.&rdquo; President Reagan later remarked: &ldquo;In 1962, the Supreme Court... banned the... saying of prayers. In 1963, the Court banned the reading of the Bible in our public schools... a series of assaults were made in one court after another... Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience.... without God democracy will not and cannot long endure.&rdquo;"

Mar[16] = "March 16th<br><br>He was called the &ldquo;Chief Architect of the Constitution,&rdquo;and wrote many of the Federalist Papers which where instrumental in the States ratifying the Constitution. He introduced the Bill of Rights in the first session of Congress. As President, he and his wife Dolly had to flee the White House when the British set it on fire during the War of 1812. Who was he? James Madison, born this day, March 16, 1751. James Madison wrote: &ldquo;Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.&rdquo;"

Mar[17] = "March 17th<br><br>This day, March 17th is the date St. Patrick died in 461AD. At sixteen, he was kidnapped to Ireland and made a slave on a pig farm for six years, until he escaped back to England. In his early forties he returned to Ireland, confronted the Druids, converted Chieftains, and used the three-leaf clover to explain the Trinity. Founding 300 churches and baptizing 120,000 converts, he wrote in his Confessions: &ldquo;Patrick the sinner, an unlearned man to be sure.... None should ever say that it was my ignorance that accomplished any small thing... it was the gift of God.&rdquo;"

Mar[18] = "March 18th<br><br>On this date, March 18, 1845 missionary John Chapman died, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Collecting apple seeds from cider presses in western Pennsylvania, he began planting nurseries from the Alleghenies to central Ohio, giving thousands of seedlings to pioneers. Bare foot, wearing a mush pan over his eccentric long hair, and an old coffee sack over his shoulders, Johnny`s harmony with the Indians and devotion to the Bible led William Venable to write: &ldquo;Remember Johnny Appleseed--- All ye who love the apple--- He served his kind by word and deed--- In God`s grand greenwood chapel.&rdquo;"

Mar[19] = "March 19th<br><br>William Bradford was born this day, March 19, 1590. He sailed with the Pilgrims on the Mayflower and was chosen as their governor in 1621, being reelected 30 times until his death. In his History of the Plymouth Plantation, William Bradford wrote of the Pilgrims` plight: &ldquo;What could now sustaine them but ye spirite of God and His grace? May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto ye Lord, and He heard their voyce.&rdquo;"

Mar[20] = "March 20th<br><br>On this date, March 20, 1727, Sir Isaac Newton, one of the world`s greatest scientists, died. With his mother widowed twice, he was raised by his grandmother, before being sent off to grammar school and later Cambridge. He discovered calculus, the laws of gravity and built the first reflecting telescope. Using a prism, Newton demonstrated how a beam of sunlight contained of all the colors of the rainbow. Regarding the Bible, Isaac Newton wrote: &ldquo;The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe, concealed from common observation yet... the centuries have established its Divine origin.&rdquo;"

Mar[21] = "March 21st<br><br>On this date, March 21, 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach was born. By the age of ten, both his parents had died. At eighteen he was appointed organist at a church, followed by positions in royal courts. Once he was imprisoned because the duke he worked for did not want him seeking employment elsewhere. Widowed with seven children, he remarried and had thirteen more. Bach composed hundreds of pieces, sometimes at the rate of one per week and influenced composers such as Mozart and Beethoven. John Sebastian Bach stated: &ldquo;The aim... of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.&rdquo;"

Mar[22] = "March 22nd<br><br>On this date, March 22, 1758, Princeton University President Jonathan Edwards died as a result of a smallpox inoculation. Himself a Yale graduate, being valedictorian of his class, Jonathan Edwards` preaching began the Great Awakening, a revival of such proportions that history credits it with uniting the colonies prior to the Revolution. Of this awakening, Benjamin Franklin wrote: &ldquo;It was wonderful to see... From being thoughtless or indifferent... it seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk thro` the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in... every street.&rdquo;"

Mar[23] = "March 23rd<br><br>On this date, March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry spoke to the Second Virginia Convention, which, because of British hostilities, was meeting in St. John`s Church. He proclaimed: &ldquo;There is a just God who presides over the destines of nations... who will raise up friends to fight our battle for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.... Patrick Henry concluded: &ldquo;Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.&rdquo;"

Mar[24] = "March 24th<br><br>Rufus King was born this day, March 24, 1755. He was one of the signers of the U.S. Constitution, Minister to England; and a Senator from New York. A Harvard graduate, he was aide to General Sullivan during the Revolutionary War. At 32 years old, Rufus King was one of the youngest delegates at the Constitutional Convention. In a speech made before the Senate at the time Missouri was petitioning for statehood, Rufus King stated: &ldquo;I hold that all laws... imposing... [slavery] upon any human being are absolutely void because [they are] contrary to the law of nature, which is the law of God.&rdquo;"

Mar[25] = "March 25th<br><br>On this day, March 25, 1835, Andrew Jackson wrote in a letter: &ldquo;I was brought up a rigid Presbyterian, to which I have always adhered. Our excellent Constitution guarantees to every one freedom of religion, and charity tells us (and you know Charity is the real basis of all true religion)... judge the tree by its fruit. All who profess Christianity believe in a Saviour, and that by and through Him we must be saved.&rdquo;Andrew Jackson concluded: &ldquo;We ought, therefore, to consider all good Christians whose walks correspond with their professions, be they Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Baptist, Methodist or Roman Catholic.&rdquo;"

Mar[26] = "March 26th<br><br>March 26, 1831, Richard Allen died. Born of slave parents in Philadelphia, he was sold with his family to a plantation in Dover, Delaware. With the permission of his master, he began attending the Methodist meetings and learned to read and write. Richard Allen was converted at age 16 and is said to have worked harder to prove that Christianity did not make slaves worse servants. When Richard Allen`s master converted to Methodism, he arranged for Richard, who was now 26, to purchase his freedom. Richard Allen then founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which grew to 10,000 members during his lifetime." 

Mar[27] = "March 27th<br><br>He was the grandson of the sixth president, John Quincy Adams, and the great-grandson of John Adams, the second President. His name was Henry Adams, and he died this day, March 27, 1918. An American philosopher and historian, Henry Adams authored a nine volume work, entitled, History of the United States. With insight from his unique heritage going back to the founding of the United States, Henry Adams wrote: &ldquo;The Pilgrims of Plymouth, the Puritans of Boston, the Quakers of Pennsylvania, all avowed a moral purpose, and began by making institutions that consciously reflected a moral idea.&rdquo;"

Mar[28] = "March 28th<br><br>On this date, March 28, 1885, the Salvation Army was officially organized in the United States. It was begun in England by &ldquo;General&rdquo;William Booth in 1865. He would conduct meetings among the poor in London`s East End slums. Originally named the Christian Mission, he designed uniforms and adopted a semi-military system of leadership. The Salvation Army provides food, clothing, shelter to those in most need. They maintain hospitals, low-cost housing, aid to prisoners, nurseries for babies, camps and welfare. With thousands of officers, men and women, the Salvation Army ministers across the entire globe. "

Mar[29] = "March 29th<br><br>Tenth President John Tyler was born this day in March 29, 1790. He was the first Vice-President ever to assume the Presidency when William Henry Harrison died after only one month in office. To mourn his death, President John Tyler`s first act in office was to proclaim a National Day of Fasting and Prayer, in which he stated: &ldquo;When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men... and to supplicate His merciful protection for the future.&rdquo;"

Mar[30] = "March 30th<br><br>During the Civil War, on this day, March 30, 1863, just three months after his Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a National Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer. He stated: &ldquo;We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God... we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.&rdquo;President Lincoln concluded: &ldquo;Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become... too proud to pray to the God that made us!&rdquo;"

Mar[31] = "March 31st<br><br>Queen Ka`ahumanu served as regent-prime minister of Hawaii after the death of her husband, King Kamehameha. Together with her son, King Kamehameha II, they ended all idolatry and human sacrifice on the islands. On this date, March 31, 1820, the first missionaries, led by Hiram Bingham, arrived in Hawaii on the ship, Thaddeus. The Queen received Christ and helped spread the Gospel throughout the islands. Just prior to her death, Queen Ka`ahumanu was presented with the newly completed version of the New Testament in the Hawaiian language. Her last words were: &ldquo;I am going where the mansions are ready.&rdquo;"

Apr = new Array
Apr[1] = "April 1st<br><br>60,000 U.S. troops landed on the Island of Okinawa this day, April 1, 1945, in the largest amphibious attack mounted by the Americans in the Pacific war. One of the bloodiest campaigns, it cost Americans 12,000 dead, 36,000 wounded and 400 ships sunk or damaged. Though Japan`s losses exceeded 100,000, their kamikaze suicide attacks grew more intense, not relenting until the bombing of Hiroshima. After receiving Japan`s surrender in Tokyo Bay, General Douglas MacArthur stated: &ldquo;Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.&rdquo;"

Apr[2] = "April 2nd<br><br>The world of communication was revolutionized by a man who died this day, April 2, 1872. His name: Samuel Morse. He invented the telegraph and the Morse Code. An outstanding portrait artist in his own right, founding the National Academy of Design, Morse erected the first telegraph lines between Baltimore and the U.S. Supreme Court chamber in Washington, D.C. in 1844. The first message he sent over this new communication system was only four words, a verse from the Bible, Numbers 23:23: &ldquo;What hath God Wrought! &ldquo; "

Apr[3] = "April 3rd<br><br>The story  &ldquo;A Man Without a Country&rdquo;was based on Benedict Arnold, the patriot turned traitor, yet the British never trusted him so he died a lonely man without a county. This classic was written by Edward Everett Hale, born this day, April 3, 1822. The nephew of Revolutionary hero Nathan Hale, Edward was editor of the Boston Daily and Chaplain of the U.S. Senate. Edward Everett Hale wrote: &ldquo;I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I should do and, with the help of God, I will do.&rdquo;"

Apr[4] = "April 4th<br><br>Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated this day, April 4th, 1968. He had been pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and rose to national prominence through the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1964, Congress set aside his birthday as a National Holiday in 1986. He said: &ldquo;I have a dream...where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers....I have a dream that one day.... the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it.&rdquo;"

Apr[5] = "April 5th<br><br>Born in a slave hut this day, April 5th, 1856, was Booker T. Washington. In dire poverty after the Civil War, he moved to Virginia to work in a salt furnace and coal mine. He founded the Tuskegee Institute, recruiting George Washington Carver as a professor. At his death, the school boasted of 1,500 students, a faculty of 200 teaching 38 trades. The first African American to have his image on a U.S. coin and postage stamp, Booker T. Washington declared regarding social work: &ldquo;I have always had the greatest respect for...The Salvation Army, especially because... it draws no color line in religion.&rdquo;"

Apr[6] = "April 6th<br><br>Today, April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I by declaring war on Germany. Within the next two years, America enlisted four million soldiers and spent 35 billion dollars, resulting in an Allied victory. In a National Day of Prayer Proclamation, President Woodrow Wilson stated: &ldquo;In view of the entrance of our nation into the vast and awful war which now afflicts the greater part of the world... [I] set apart... a day upon which our people should... offer concerted prayer to Almighty God for His divine aid in the success of our arms.&rdquo;"

Apr[7] = "April 7th<br><br>The &ldquo;Greatest Show on Earth&rdquo;was a gigantic success, owned by American showman P.T. Barnum, who died this day, April 7, 1891. His biggest draw, selling 20 million tickets, was General Tom Thumb, a man only 25 inches tall. They were received by President Lincoln and even gave a command performance before Queen Victoria. The circus not being open Sundays, Barnum let his &ldquo;Great Roman Hippodrome&rdquo;in New York be used by D.L. Moody for major evangelistic campaigns. P.T. Barnum stated: &ldquo;Most persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing too little, than by believing too much.&rdquo;"

Apr[8] = "April 8th<br><br>Five Star General Omar Bradley died this day, April 8, 1981. During World War II, he commanded the Army in North Africa and in 1944, led the 12th Army Group in France and Germany, which consisted of one million men in four armies. In 1950, he became the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Omar Bradley stated: &ldquo;We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.... The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.&rdquo;"

Apr[9] = "April 9th<br><br>The Civil War ended this day, April 9, 1865, as General Robert E. Lee surrendered at the courthouse of Appomattox, Virginia. Lee took off his sword and handed it to General Grant, and Grant handed it back. The next day, General Lee issued his final order:  &ldquo;After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude.... I have determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. By the terms of the agreement, officers and men can return to their homes.&rdquo;Robert E. Lee concluded: &ldquo;I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you His blessing and protection.&rdquo;"

Apr[10] = "April 10th<br><br>Millions of people in 91 countries are helped by The Salvation Army, founded by William Booth, who was born this day, April 10, 1829. He began by ministering to the poor, drunk and outcast and fought to end teenage prostitution in England. Awarded an honorary degree from Oxford, he traveled the U.S., met with President Theodore Roosevelt and gave the opening prayer at a session of the U.S. Senate. Booth wrote: &ldquo;While there is a drunkard left, while there is a lost girl upon the streets, where there remains one dark soul without the light of God - I`ll fight! I`ll fight to the very end.&rdquo;"

Apr[11] = "April 11th<br><br>&ldquo;Houston, we`ve had a problem&rdquo;were the fateful word received from Apollo 13, which was launched for the moon this day, April 11, 1970. Mission control identified that an oxygen tank had exploded, irreparably damaging the craft. The New York Times reported special prayer services, prayers were said at the Chicago Board of Trade, at St. Peter`s Basilica by the Pope, at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Even the U.S. Senate adopted a resolution urging prayer. In sub-zero temperature, the crew ingeniously pieced together an oxygen filter, jump-charged the command module batteries, and manually steered the ship to land successfully near a raging hurricane. "

Apr[12] = "April 12th<br><br>Less than two months after Lincoln was inaugurated President, the Civil War began this day, April 12, 1861, with Confederate troops in Charleston, South Carolina, firing upon Fort Sumter. The Confederate Army was unstoppable, twice winning battles at Bull Run, Virginia, just twenty miles from Washington, D.C., forcing the Union troops to retreat to the fortifications of the Capitol. It wasn`t until the Battle of Gettysburg, over two years into the war, that the tide began to turn. President Lincoln confided: &ldquo;I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.&rdquo;"

Apr[13] = "April 13th<br><br>On this day, April 13, 1743, the 3rd U.S. President was born. He approved the Louisiana Purchase and commissioned Lewis and Clark to explore it. Best known for drafting the Declaration of Independence, he was also Governor of Virginia. His name, Thomas Jefferson. Inscribed on the Memorial in Washington, D.C., is Jefferson`s statement: &ldquo;Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction... that these liberties are of the Gift of God?... not to be violated but with His wrath?... I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.&rdquo;"

Apr[14] = "April 14th<br><br>Noah Webster published the first edition of his Dictionary on this day, April 14, 1828. This 26-year project standardized the spelling of the English language. With 30,000 new definitions, it gave American English in first identity. Proving unprofitable, though, the rights to reprint were purchased after his death by George and Charles Merriam. In the preface, Webster wrote: &ldquo;To that great and benevolent Being, who, during the preparation of this work... has borne me and my manuscripts in safety across the Atlantic, and given me strength... to bring the work to a close, I... present... my most grateful acknowledgments.&rdquo;"

Apr[15] = "April 15th<br><br>April 15, the day income taxes are due to the IRS, is the day the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic in the year 1912. It had struck an iceberg the night before, just five days after departing from England on its maiden voyage. Over 1500 lost their lives. President Abraham Lincoln died this day in 1865. He had been shot the night before in Ford`s Theater by John Wilkes Booth, just five days after the Civil War ended. Over a half a million lost their lives. Lincoln stated: &ldquo;I made a solemn vow before God, that if General Lee were driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves.&rdquo;"

Apr[16] = "April 16th<br><br>In 1859, on this day, April 16, French historian Alexis de Tocqueville died. For nine months he had traveled the U.S. to observe its institutions, writing the work Democracy in America, which has been described as &ldquo;the most comprehensive... analysis of... character and society in America... ever... written.&rdquo;In it, de Tocqueville wrote: &ldquo;Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention.... In France I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions. But in America I found they were intimately united.&rdquo;"

Apr[17] = "April 17th<br><br>On this day, April 17, 1790, the son of a poor candle-maker died. He was 15th of 17 children, apprenticed as a printer and published a popular almanac. Retiring at 42, he taught himself five languages, invented the rocking chair, bifocal glasses, and the lighting rod, which earned him degrees from Harvard and Yale. He helped found the University of Pennsylvania, a hospital, America`s first postal system and fire department. The governor of Pennsylvania, signed the Declaration, called for prayer at the Constitutional Convention and was president of the first anti-slavery society. His name, Ben Franklin. "

Apr[18] = "April 18th<br><br>Plymouth Colony founder William Brewster died this day, April 18, 1644. He helped lead the Pilgrim`s church in England, allowing them to meet for worship at his home. He was captured, imprisoned, and later fled with them to Holland. He sailed with the Pilgrims to America, signed the Mayflower Compact and was elected a ruling elder. Governor William Bradford wrote of him: &ldquo;My dear and loving friend, Mr. William Brewster... had... suffered much... for... the gospel`s sake and... this poor persecuted church for over thirty-five years in England, Holland, and this wilderness.&rdquo;"

Apr[19] = "April 19th<br><br>World War II hero General Douglas MacArthur retired on this day, April 19, 1951. He was Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific, receiving Japan`s surrender. He served in France during World War I, was superintendent of West Point, and the youngest man to be Army Chief of Staff. He commanded the UN forces during the Korean War, but was dismissed by President Truman for not fighting a &ldquo;limited war.&rdquo;Douglas MacArthur remarked: &ldquo;Like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who has tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty.&rdquo;"

Apr[20] = "April 20th<br><br>The Indians of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania had been ministered to by colonial missionary David Brainerd, born this day, April 20, 1718. With his interpreter, Moses Tinda Tautamy, he rode horseback along the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers, camping at night. David Brainerd contracted tuberculosis, was nursed at the home of Princeton University president Jonathan Edwards, and died at the age of 29. In his diary, which has inspired millions, David Brainerd wrote: &ldquo;Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose. Oh, that God would make me more fruitful.&rdquo;"

Apr[21] = "April 21st<br><br>Mark Twain, a river measurement meaning &ldquo;twelve feet deep,&rdquo;was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who died this day, April 21, in 1910. Growing up along the Mississippi, he left school at age twelve when his father died and became a printer`s apprentice. He piloted steamboats, but the War between the States suspended all river traffic. Famous for such works as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, and he even talked Ulysses S. Grant into writing his Civil War memoirs. In his classic style, Mark Twain remarked: &ldquo;If the Ten Commandments were not written by Moses, then they were written by another fellow of the same name.&rdquo;"

Apr[22] = "April 22nd<br><br>A gunshot at high noon on this day, April 22, 1889, began the famous Oklahoma land rush. Within nine hours some two million acres became the private property of settlers who staked their claims. Riding as fast as they could, many found desirable plots already taken by &ldquo;Sooners,&rdquo;individuals who entered the territory sooner than was permitted. The remaining land was assigned to the various Indian tribes, who joined together in approving the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma in 1907. The Preamble begins: &ldquo;Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty.&rdquo;"

Apr[23] = "April 23rd<br><br>Four years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, William Shakespeare died on this day, April 23, 1616. His 37 plays have impacted world literature. He married Ann Hathaway, had three children, moved to London, and became shareholding director of the Globe Theater, writing such classics as Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and A Midsummer Night`s Dream. Shakespeare wrote in his Will: &ldquo;I commend my soul into the hands of God, my Creator, hoping and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ, my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting.&rdquo;"

Apr[24] = "April 24th<br><br>The British set fire to it during the War of 1812, burning hundreds books, but the Library of Congress was restocked by Thomas Jefferson, who provided over six thousand volumes. Originally for legislators to do research, it was begun this day, April 24, 1800, with a five thousand dollar allocation from Congress and has since grown to be one of the largest libraries in the world. Relocated to its present site in 1897, The Library of Congress is inscribed with the verse: &ldquo;What does the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with thy God.&rdquo;"

Apr[25] = "April 25th<br><br>The U.S. Senate, starting this day, April 25, 1789, decided to open every session with prayer, continuing the practice of the Continental Congress during the Revolution. The first chaplain was Bishop Samuel Provoost, who conducted George Washington`s Inaugural Service at St. Paul`s Chapel. Though all 61 Senate Chaplains have been Christian, leaders of other faiths have periodically been invited to offer prayer. After World War II, U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall prayed: &ldquo;Our liberty is under God and can be found nowhere else. May our faith be... not merely stamped upon our coins, but expressed in our lives.&rdquo;"

Apr[26] = "April 26th<br><br>The first English settlers landed in America on this day, April 26, 1607, at the site of Cape Henry, named for Prince Henry of Wales. Their first act was to erect a wooden cross and commence a prayer meeting. They ascended the James River, named for King James, and settled Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America. Virginia, so named for the &ldquo;Virgin Queen&rdquo;Elizabeth, stated in its Charter: &ldquo;For the Furtherance of so noble a Work... in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God.&rdquo;"

Apr[27] = "April 27th<br><br>Forced to resign from the Army for excessive drinking, he failed as a farmer and a businessman. Not til he volunteered for the Civil War did things changed. He was promoted to brigadier general, captured Fort Henry and Vicksburg, establishing Union control of the Mississippi. Lincoln then placed him over the entire Army and within a year he forced Lee to surrender. His name: Ulysses S. Grant, who was born this day, April 27, 1822. As the 18th President, Grant stated: &ldquo;On... the hundredth anniversary of our... nation, a grateful acknowledgment should be made to Almighty God for the protection... He has vouchsafed to our... country.&rdquo;"

Apr[28] = "April 28th<br><br>Leading the charge at the Battle of Trenton, a musket ball struck his shoulder, hitting an artery. He recovered and continued to fight for General Washington, becoming friends with French officer Lafayette. After the Revolution, he studied law under Thomas Jefferson, was elected Senator, Governor of Virginia, and Secretary of State. He negotiated the Louisiana Purchase and set the Monroe Doctrine. Who was he? James Monroe, 5th U.S. President, born this day, April 28, 1758. Monroe stated: &ldquo;It is our duty to unite in grateful acknowledgments to that Omnipotent Being... in unceasing prayer that He will endow us with virtue.&rdquo;"

Apr[29] = "April 29th<br><br>&ldquo;Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!&rdquo;were the words of Admiral David Farragut, who captured Mobile, Alabama, and on this day, April 29, 1862, captured New Orleans. Under tremendous fire, he breached the heavy chain cable that was stretched across the Mississippi, and courageously led his ships up the channel filled with mines, called &ldquo;torpedoes.&rdquo;The loss of New Orleans was a major disaster for the South, as it was the Confederacy`s largest city. During his last illness, David Farragut, the Navy`s first four star Admiral, asked for a clergyman to pray to the Lord for him, saying: &ldquo;He must be my pilot now!&rdquo;"

Apr[30] = "April 30th<br><br>The size of the U.S. doubled this day, April 30, 1803, with the Louisiana Purchase. Nearly a million acres, at less than three cents an acre, it was the greatest land bargain in history. How did it happen? Napoleon Bonaparte needed money quickly for his military campaigns, therefore he sold all the land west of the Mississippi for just fifteen million dollars. Napoleon, who fought in Europe, Egypt and Russia, once stated:  &ldquo;Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires... upon force! But Jesus Christ founded His upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.&rdquo;"

May = new Array
May[1] = "May 1st<br><br>Unbelievable! This day, May 1st, in the year 305 AD, the most powerful man in the world, Emperor Diocletian, stepped down from ruling the Roman Empire. Just two years prior he began the most systematic persecution of Christians, intending to exterminate them once and for all. He forbade worship, burned books, arrested clergy, and demanded that everyone sacrifice to pagan deities or be killed. From Europe to Northern Africa, countless believers became martyrs to the faith. Suddenly Diocletian was struck with a painful disease. He abdicated his throne and took up farming in Yugoslavia." 

May[2] = "May 2nd<br><br>The director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, died this day, May 2, 1972. For forty-eight years, under eight U.S. Presidents, he oversaw the Federal Bureau of Investigation, becoming famous for his dramatic campaigns to stop gangsters and organized crime. He established the use of the fingerprint in law enforcement, and successfully tracked down well-known criminals. FDR gave him the task of investigating foreign espionage and left-wing activist groups. J. Edgar Hoover stated: &ldquo;The criminal is the product of spiritual starvation. Someone failed miserably to bring him to know God, love Him and serve Him.&rdquo;"

May[3] = "May 3rd<br><br>He was a physician in the Revolutionary War, a member of the Continental Congress and signed the Constitution. He was Secretary of War and established the Military Academy at West Point. The Star-Spangled Banner was written while the British bombed the fort which was named for him. Who was he: James McHenry, who died this day, May 3, 1816. As president of the Baltimore Bible society, James McHenry stated: &ldquo;Neither... let it be overlooked that public utility pleads... for the general distribution of... Holy Scriptures... which... can alone secure to society order and peace.&rdquo;"

May[4] = "May 4th<br><br>Selling one million copies a year for over one hundred years, McGuffey`s Readers were the mainstay of pubic education in America. Millions of school children read them, making them some of the most influential textbooks of all time. They were written by William McGuffey, who died this day, May 4, 1873. He was a professor at the University of Virginia, president of Ohio University, and formed one of nation`s first teachers` associations. A lesson in McGuffey`s Fifth Eclectic Reader stated: &ldquo;How powerless conscience would become without the belief of a God.&rdquo;"

May[5] = "May 5th<br><br>May 5th, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed an Act of Congress designating the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer. This has always been a part of American life. Indeed, President Washington declared a National Day of Prayer during his first year in office. President Madison did during the War of 1812, Lincoln during the Civil War, and President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. It was President Harry S. Truman, though, who made it an annual event, saying: &ldquo;In times of national crisis when we are striving to strengthen the foundations of peace...we stand in special need of Divine support.&rdquo;"

May[6] = "May 6th<br><br>In exchange for some brass buttons, and scarlet cloth worth about twenty-four dollars, Manhattan Island was purchased from the Manhattan Indian tribe on this day, May 6, 1626, by the Peter Minuit, governor of the New Netherlands province. Naming the Island New Amsterdam, it was later taken over by the British and renamed New York City. The original Charter of Freedoms for the colony stated: &ldquo;The... colonists shall... in the speediest manner, endeavor to find out ways... whereby they may support a Minister and Schoolmaster, that thus the service of God and zeal for religion may not grow cool and be neglected.&rdquo;"

May[7] = "May 7th<br><br>World War II ended in Europe on this day, May 7, 1945, when German emissaries entered a schoolhouse in Reims, France, where General Dwight Eisenhower had his headquarters, and signed an unconditional surrender. The War in Europe had lasted five and half years and cost tens of millions of lives. After the war Eisenhower was elected the 34th President by the largest number of votes in history. He stated: &ldquo;Without God there could be no American form of government or... way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the... the most basic expression of Americanism.&rdquo;"

May[8] = "May 8th<br><br>The 33rd U.S. President was born this day, May 8, 1884. He was captain of a field artillery battery in France during World War I, judge in Jackson County, Missouri; a U.S. Senator; and Vice-President under Franklin D. Roosevelt. As President, he ended World War II by dropping the atomic bomb. His name: Harry S. Truman, who stated: &ldquo;The fundamental basis of this nation`s laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings... of Isaiah and St. Paul. I don`t think we emphasize that enough these days.&rdquo;"

May[9] = "May 9th<br><br>Mothers were officially honored this day, May 9, 1914, with the first National Mother`s Day Proclamation, signed by President Woodrow Wilson. It designated the second Sunday in May as a &ldquo;public expression of... love and reverence for the mothers of our country.&rdquo; This was due to the life-long efforts of Anna Jarvis, the daughter of a Methodist minister in West Virginia. She organized Mothers` Day Work Clubs to care for wounded Civil War soldiers, both Union and Confederate, raised money for medicine, inspected bottled milk, improved sanitation and hired women to care for families where mothers suffered from tuberculosis."

May[10] = "May 10th<br><br>A surprise attack before dawn, on this day May 10, 1775, gave America one of its first great victories of the Revolutionary War. Ethan Allen, who commanded the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont, captured Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain without the loss of a man, by overrunning the stronghold in the early morning while the British were still sleeping. When Allen demanded immediate surrendered, the bewildered British captain asked in whose name such a request was being made. Ethan Allen responded: &ldquo;In the Name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.&rdquo;"

May[11] = "May 11th<br><br>The son of a rabbi, born this day, May 11, 1888, he was four-years old when he immigrated from Russia to New York. Falling in love with America, he served in the U.S. infantry during World War I and wrote some of the country`s most popular songs, including:  &ldquo;Alexander`s Ragtime Band,&rdquo; &ldquo;White Christmas&rdquo;and &ldquo;God Bless America,&rdquo;the royalties from which he gave to the Boy Scouts. Who was he? Irving Berlin, who in 1945, received the Congressional Gold Medal from President Eisenhower. &ldquo;God Bless America, Land that I Love, Stand Beside Her, and Guide Her, Through the Night, with the Light From Above.&rdquo;"

May[12] = "May 12th<br><br>&ldquo;The Battle Hymn of the Republic&rdquo;was performed for the first time this day, May 12, 1861, for Union recruits during the Civil War. Said to have been Lincoln`s favorite song, it was written by Julia Ward Howe when she visited Washington and saw the city teeming with military horses and campfires burning. Sleeping unsoundly one night, Julia Ward Howe wrote her poem, which ends: &ldquo;In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea; With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.&rdquo;"

May[13] = "May 13th<br><br>The first settlers to establish a permanent English settlement in the New World landed in Jamestown, Virginia, this day, May 13, 1607. Many of the one hundred colonists sent out by the London Company died of hunger, malaria, exposure or were killed by Indians. When their minister died, they wrote: &ldquo;In memory of the Reverend Robert Hunt... During his life our factions were ofte healed, and our greatest extremities so comforted that they seemed easy in comparison with what we endured after his... death. We all received from him... Holy Communion... as a pledge of reconciliation.&rdquo;"

May[14] = "May 14th<br><br>Midnight, May 14, 1948, the State of Israel came into being and was immediately recognized by the United States and the Soviet Union. A homeland for the thousands of Jews who were persecuted and displaced during World War II, it was attacked the next day by the Transjordanian Army, the Arab Legion, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. Against all odds, Israel survived. In November of 1948, President Harry S. Truman wrote to Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel: &ldquo;I want to tell you how happy and impressed I have been at the remarkable progress made by the new State of Israel.&rdquo;"

May[15] = "May 15th<br><br>Army Day, Navy Day and Air Force Day were combined in 1949 to become Armed Forces Day, celebrated the third Saturday of May. This day honors the men and women of all armed forces, now serving under one Department of Defense. Army Day formerly was the date the US entered World War I, Navy Day was on President Theodore Roosevelt`s birthday and Air Force Day was on the day the War Department established a division of aeronautics. Secretary of Defense William Perry stated on Armed Forces Day, May 1995: &ldquo;God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to... defend it.&rdquo;"

May[16] = "May 16th<br><br>Seward`s Folly is what Alaska was called when it was first purchase from the Russians, as it was thought to be of no value. Only when it was discovered to be rich in natural resources was appreciation shown to Secretary of State William Seward, who was born this day, May 16, 1801. Serving under Abraham Lincoln, he was wounded by an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth the same night Lincoln was shot. As the vice-president of the American Bible Society, Seward stated: &ldquo;I know not how long a republican government can flourish among a... people who have not the Bible; the experiment has never been tried.&rdquo;"

May[17] = "May 17th<br><br>Amazing! The first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was also the president of the American Bible Society. Who was he? John Jay, who died this day, May 17, 1829. A member of the Continental Congress, even serving as its president, John Jay signed the Treaty of Paris with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, officially ending the Revolutionary War. He helped ratify the Constitution by writing the Federalist Papers with Madison and Hamilton. John Jay stated: &ldquo;We have the highest reason to believe that the Almighty will not suffer slavery and the Gospel to go hand in hand. It cannot, it will not be.&rdquo;"

May[18] = "May 18th<br><br>On May 18, 1920, in a small town in Poland, Karol Wojtyla was born. He became a chemical worker during World War II, risked punishment from the communists by becoming a priest and in 1978, became Pope John Paul II. Speaking seven languages, and traveling more than any other pontiff, he survived an assassination attempt in 1981 by a Turkish national. Greeted by Bill Clinton as he arrived in Denver, Pope John Paul said: &ldquo;In spite of divisions among Christians, `all those justified by faith through baptism are incorporated into Christ... brothers and sisters in the Lord.`&rdquo;"

May[19] = "May 19th<br><br>The Invincible Spanish Armada sailed off this day, May 19, 1588, to conquer England. Queen Elizabeth relied on Sir Francis Drake, who used smaller, faster vessels and ingeniously sent burning ships at midnight downwind where the Spaniards were anchored, dispersing them in a panic. Aided by gale force winds half the Spanish fleet was wrecked. Had England lost, there would have been no Pilgrims, no New England, and no United States. A coin minted after the event showed ships sinking and men kneeling under the inscription &ldquo;Man Proposeth, God Disposeth.&rdquo;"

May[20] = "May 20th<br><br>This day, May 20, 1927, at 7:52 am, one of the greatest feats in aviation began, as Charles Lindbergh departed Roosevelt Field in  New York, in his silver monoplane named &ldquo;The Spirit of St. Louis.&rdquo;Thirty-three and a half hours later he landed in France, completing the first solo flight across the Atlantic. At twenty-five years old, he was decorated by the president of France, the King of England, and President Calvin Coolidge. At the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, stated: &ldquo;It was not the outer granduer of the Roman but the inner simplicity of the Christian that lived through the ages.&rdquo;"

May[21] = "May 21st<br><br>The American Red Cross was organized this day, May 21, 1881, by Clara Barton, a schoolteacher who had moved to Washington at the outbreak of the Civil War. She distributed relief supplies to wounded soldiers and, at the request of President Lincoln, aided in searching for missing men. She helped victims in Europe during the Franco-German war, working with Henri Dunant, founder of the International Red Cross. President Woodrow Wilson recognized those in this great service, stating: &ldquo;Being members of the American Red Cross.. this cross which these ladies bore here today is an emblem of Christianity itself.&rdquo;"

May[22] = "May 22nd<br><br>A Signer of the Constitution who was licensed to preach? That was Hugh Williamson, delegate from North Carolina, who died this day, May 22, 1819. At age 24 he studied theology in Connecticut and was admitted in the Presbytery of Philadelphia. He preached two years, visiting and praying for the sick, but it became apparent that a chronic chest weakness would not permit him to continue public speaking. He attended medical school, and eventually became Surgeon General, distinguishing himself in the Revolutionary War. Dr. Hugh Williamson helped his friend Dr. Benjamin Franklin conduct many electrical experiments. "

May[23] = "May 23rd<br><br>Fur trapper, Indian agent, and soldier; this was Kit Carson, who died this day, May 23, 1868. Carson`s exploits west of the Mississippi were as famous as Daniel Boone`s east. While bringing Indian chiefs to New York to meet American leaders, Kit Carson almost died. Kit stated: &ldquo;I felt my head swell and my breath leaving... Then, I woke up... My face and head were all wet. I was on the floor and the chief was holding my head on his arm... He was crying. He said, `I thought you were dead. You called on your Lord Jesus, then shut your eyes and couldn`t speak.`&rdquo;"

May[24] = "May 24th<br><br>Abolitionist leader William Lloyd Garrison, died this day, May 24, 1879. He published the anti-slavery paper in Boston called &ldquo;The Liberator,&rdquo;and founded the American Anti-Slavery Society  in 1833. Suffering hundreds of death threats for his politically incorrect stand for the value of all human life, William Lloyd Garrison wrote: &ldquo;I desire to thank God, that He enables me to disregard `the fear of man which bringeth a snare,` and to speak His truth... and... while life-blood warms my throbbing veins...to oppose... the brutalizing sway - till Afric`s chains are burst, and freedom rules the rescued land.&rdquo;"

May[25] = "May 25th<br><br>&ldquo;The shot heard around the world &ldquo; was a line in the famous poem &ldquo;The Concord Hymn,&rdquo;recounting the Revolutionary War battle between the Minutemen and the British troops by a bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. It was written by poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was born this day, May 25, 1803. Being friends with such notable writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott, Emerson composed some of the best poems in American literature. Ralph Waldo Emerson stated:  &ldquo;America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine Providence in behalf of the human race.&rdquo;"

May[26] = "May 26th<br><br>On this day, May 26, 1907, a movie legend was born named Marion Michael Morrison, better known as John Wayne. He played football at USC and held some behind-the-scenes jobs at Fox Studios, before being discovered by director John Ford, who cast &ldquo;The Duke&rdquo;in many epic western and war films. Exemplifying courage, respect and patriotism, John Wayne stated in the album America: Why I love her: &ldquo;If we want to keep these freedoms, we may have to fight again. God forbid, but if we do, let`s always fight to win... Face the flag, son... and thank God it`s still there.&rdquo;"

May[27] = "May 27th<br><br>Twentieth-Century Fox made a motion picture entitled  &ldquo;A Man Called Peter,&rdquo;about the life of U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall, who was born this day, May 27, 1902. He emigrated from Scotland, was ordained a Presbyterian minister, and became a U.S. citizen in 1938. His son is the well-known author of The Light and the Glory. During a critical moment, U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall opened a session of Congress with the prayer: &ldquo;God of our Fathers, whose Almighty hand hath... preserved our Nation... May it be ever understood that... to the extent... America honors Thee, wilt Thou bless America.&rdquo;"

May[28] = "May 28th<br><br>He left Yale for four years to fight in the Revolutionary War. After graduation, he became a lawyer and taught school in New York. Dissatisfied with the children`s spelling books, he wrote the famous &ldquo;Blue-Backed Speller,&rdquo;which sold over one hundred million copies. After twenty-six years of work, he published the first American Dictionary of the English Language. His name, Noah Webster, who died this day, May 28, 1843. Noah Webster wrote:  &ldquo;All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice... proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.&rdquo;"

May[29] = "May 29th<br><br>The 35th U.S. President was born this day, May 29, 1917. He was awarded the Navy`s medal for heroism for his service during World War II, and the Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage. The youngest man ever elected President, he served three years before being assassinated. His name: John F. Kennedy. In his Inaugural Address, President Kennedy stated: &ldquo;The same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe - The belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.&rdquo;"

May[30] = "May 30th<br><br>Southern women scattered spring flowers on the graves of both the Northern and Southern soldiers who died during the Civil War. This was the origin of Memorial Day, which in 1868 was set on May 30th. From the Spanish-American War, to World Wars I and II, Korea and Vietnam, this is a day for honoring all who gave their lives to preserve America`s freedom. Beginning in 1921, every President has placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is inscribed with the phrase: &ldquo;Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known only to God.&rdquo;"

May[31] = "May 31st<br><br>At a Memorial Day event, May 31, 1923, Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, gave a message entitled &ldquo;The Destiny of America,&rdquo;saying: &ldquo;Settlers came here from mixed motives, some for... adventure, some for trade and refuge, but... generally defined.... They were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance to the principle of self-government.... It has been said that God sifted the nations that He might send choice grain into the wilderness.&rdquo;President Coolidge concluded: &ldquo;Who can fail to see in it the hand of destiny? Who can doubt that it has been guided by a Divine Providence?&rdquo;"

Jun = new Array
Jun[1] = "June 1st<br><br>&ldquo;Don`t Give Up The Ship!&rdquo;were the dying words uttered this day, June 1, 1813 by Captain James Lawrence, as he lay on the deck of the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake. The British had bombarded them as they sailed out of Boston during the War of 1812. Captain Oliver Hazard Perry was so taken by his courage that he named his flagship on Lake Eire &ldquo;Lawrence&rdquo;and put Captain Lawrence`s dying words on his battle flag. It later became the slogan of the U.S. Navy. After a great victory on Lake Eire, Captain Perry stated: &ldquo;The prayers of my wife are answered.&rdquo;"

Jun[2] = "June 2nd<br><br>There was a marriage in the White House this day, June 2nd, 1886. The only President in history to marry while in office wed Frances Folsom and together they had five children. He was both the 22nd and 24th President, being the only person to serve a second term after being defeated following his first. Who was he? Grover Cleveland. In his Second Inaugural Address, President Cleveland stated:  &ldquo;Above all, I know there is a Supreme Being... whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people... He will not turn from us now if we humbly... seek His... aid.&rdquo;"

Jun[3] = "June 3rd<br><br>The Dutch hoped there existed a water route across America to the Pacific, and they sent Henry Hudson to find it. Although he was unsuccessful, he did lay claim to the land along the Hudson River, so named for him. There the Dutch West India Company founded the colony of New Netherlands, receiving their charter this day, June 3, 1621. The Dutch leader, called the &ldquo;Staten Generaal,&rdquo;after which Staten Island was named, gave the regulation: &ldquo;[Colonists] shall...by their Christian life and conduct, lead Indians... to the knowledge of God and His Word, without, however, persecuting anyone because of his faith.&rdquo;"

Jun[4] = "June 4th<br><br>The turning point in the Pacific War began today, June 4, 1942. American intelligence intercepted Japan`s plans to capture Midway Island and from there Hawaii. The outnumbered U.S. Fleet ambushed the Japanese armada, but was losing badly. It was not until American dive bombers, navigating by guess and by God, sighted the Japanese carriers below at the precise moment their planes has left to attack the Yorktown. In just five minutes, the screeching dive bombers sank three Japanese carriers, and a fourth shortly after. This providential event turned the War, as Japan was never again able to go on the offensive. "

Jun[5] = "June 5th<br><br>Today, June 5, 1967, the Six-Day War began. Egypt had 80,000 troops and 900 tanks facing Israel. Jordan and Syria, with Soviet weapons, violently shelled Jerusalem and Israeli villages. Cairo radio announced: &ldquo;The hour has come in which we shall destroy Israel.&rdquo;In a surprise move, Israeli air force destroyed 400 Egyptian planes, courageously drove Syria from the Golan Heights and captured all of Jerusalem. In a CBS-TV interview, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion stated: &ldquo;In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.&rdquo;"

Jun[6] = "June 6th<br><br>&ldquo;D-Day&rdquo;June 6, 1944, one hundred and fifty-six thousand men landed on the Normandy coast of France. It was the largest invasion force in history. General Dwight Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, had issued the order: &ldquo;You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade.... The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.... Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.&rdquo;General Eisenhower concluded: &ldquo;Let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.&rdquo;"

Jun[7] = "June 7th<br><br>Daniel Boone began to explore Kentucky on this day, June 7, 1769. Six years later he brought the first settlers to Kentucky, founding the fort of Boonesboro. He was captured by the Shawnee Indians and taken to Detroit. There learned the British had incited an Indian attack on the settlement. He escaped and his warning saved the town. As to his faith, Boone wrote to his wife: &ldquo;The religion I have is to love and fear God, believe in Jesus Christ, do all the good to my neighbor, and myself that I can... and trust on God`s mercy for the rest.&rdquo;"

Jun[8] = "June 8th<br><br>On June 8, 1845, &ldquo;Old Hickory&rdquo;died. Wounded by a sword during the Revolutionary War, he later fought the Seminole Indians, and in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans. He was governor of the Florida Territory, and is credited with having proposed the name &ldquo;Tennessee&rdquo;at that State`s first convention. His beloved wife Rachel died just three months before he took office as the seventh President of the United States. His name? Andrew Jackson. In reference to the Bible, President Jackson stated: &ldquo;That book, Sir, is the Rock upon which our republic rests.&rdquo;"

Jun[9] = "June 9th<br><br>Withholding taxes from people`s paychecks began this day, June 9, 1943. Congress passed it as an emergency measure to get money to fight Hitler. The idea came from Beardsley Ruml, treasurer of Macy`s and chairman of New York`s Federal Reserve Bank. He called it the &ldquo;pay-as-you-go&rdquo;tax. So much money came in with so few complaints that it was continued after the war. But Americans weren`t always taxed. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson wrote: &ldquo;Through the favor of... Providence our country is blessed with... prosperity and our citizens exempted from the pressure of taxation.&rdquo;"

Jun[10] = "June 10th<br><br>The U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, graduated its first class on this day, June 10, 1854. The Academy was established under the direction of George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy under President James Polk. Bancroft was also known as the &ldquo;father of American history,&rdquo;having written the first comprehensive history of the US. George Bancroft wrote: &ldquo;That the Divine Being should... be known, not as a distant Providence... but as God present in the flesh... amid the deep sorrows... protracted during centuries... carried peace into the bosom of humanity.&rdquo;"

Jun[11] = "June 11th<br><br>He sent Paul Revere on his midnight ride to warn Lexington that the British were coming. A Harvard graduate, he was a successful doctor in Boston, but left his comfortable career when the British passed the hated &ldquo;Stamp Act.&rdquo;With Samuel Adams, he organized the Provincial Congress to protest. Courageously fighting in the Battle of Bunker Hill, a monument marks the spot where he died. His name was Joseph Warren, born this day, June 11, 1741. Warren stated: &ldquo;If you perform your part, you must have the strongest confidence that the same Almighty Being who protected your... forefathers... will still be mindful of you.&rdquo;"

Jun[12] = "June 12th<br><br>He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in the Pacific during World War II. He studied at Yale, was a congressman, ambassador to the U.N., CIA director and Vice-President under Ronald Reagan before becoming America`s forty-first President. His name: George Bush, born this day, June 12, 1924. In his Inaugural Address, President Bush stated: &ldquo;I have just repeated... the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, and the Bible on which I place my hand is the Bible on which he placed his.... And my first act as President is a prayer. I ask you to bow your heads.&rdquo;"

Jun[13] = "June 13th<br><br>Nineteen-year-old Marquis de Lafayette purchased a ship and sailed to America, arriving this day, June 13, 1777. Trained in the French Military, he was appointed a major general. He endured the winter at Valley Forge, fought at Brandywine, Barren Hill and Monmouth, led troops against the traitor Benedict Arnold and commanded at Yorktown, pressuring Cornwallis to surrender. George Washington wrote to Lafayette: &ldquo;We must... place a confidence in that Providence who rules great events, trusting that out of confusion He will produce order... notwithstanding the dark clouds which... threaten at present.&rdquo;"

Jun[14] = "June 14th<br><br>Thirteen Stars and Thirteen Stripes. It was on this day, June 14, 1777, that the Second Continental Congress chose this as the Flag of the United States. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed a Proclamation making this day &ldquo;National Flag Day.&rdquo;It was also on this day in 1954, that President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Act of Congress which added the phrase &ldquo;One Nation Under God&rdquo;to the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Eisenhower stated: &ldquo;From this day forward... millions of... school children will daily proclaim... the dedication of our nation... to the Almighty.&rdquo;"

Jun[15] = "June 15th<br><br>The Legend of Robinhood speaks of Richard the Lionhearted. Upon his return to England after crusading in the Holy Land, he took back the throne from his brother John. After his death, though, John again ruled oppressively. The angry barons responded by capturing London and on this date, June 15, 1215, surrounded John on the plains of Runnymeade. There the arbitrary power of the King was forever limited when they force him to sign the Magna Carta. It ends with the words: &ldquo;for the salvation of our souls, and the souls of all our... heirs, and unto the honor of God.&rdquo;"

Jun[16] = "June 16th<br><br>The father of the American space program died this day, June 16, 1977. He developed the famed V-2 rocket for Germany before emigrating to the US, where in 1958, he launched America`s first satellite. He became the director of NASA, the U.S. guided missile program and founded the National Space Institute. His name was Wernher von Braun, who stated: &ldquo;The laws of nature that enable us to fly to the Moon also enable us to destroy our home planet... The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral law of God.&rdquo;"

Jun[17] = "June 17th<br><br>&ldquo;Don`t Shoot Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes!&rdquo;was the order given this day, June 17, 1775, by Colonel William Prescott to colonial troops defending Bunker Hill. They were aiming at the wall of twenty-three hundred British soldiers marching toward them from the Boston Harbor in their bright red uniforms with bayonets fixed. Twice the Americans repelled them til they ran out of gunpowder. Over one thousand British died and five hundred Americans. Colonel William Prescott wrote: &ldquo;Let us all be of one heart, and stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.&rdquo;"

Jun[18] = "June 18th<br><br>The War of 1812 began on this day, June 18th. The British had captured American ships and enslaved sailors. They incited Indians to capture Fort Mims, massacring 500 men, women and children. They captured the Capitol, burnt the White House, bombarded Fort McHenry and attacked New Orleans. Outraged, many volunteered for the Army, including Davy Crockett. In his declaration of war, President James Madison stated: &ldquo;I... exhort all the... people of the United States... as they feel the wrongs... forced on them... [to] consult the best means under... Divine Providence of abridging its calamities.&rdquo;"

Jun[19] = "June 19th<br><br>The first formal &ldquo;Father`s Day&rdquo;was celebrated on this day, June 19, 1910. It began in Spokane, Washington, when a woman named Sonora Louise Smart Dodd heard a Mother`s Day sermon at church. She wanted to honor her father, who had raised all six children by himself after his wife died. Sonora drew up a petition, which was immediately supported by the Young Men`s Christian Association and the ministers of Spokane. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon established Father`s Day as a permanent national observance of on the third Sunday of June. "

Jun[20] = "June 20th<br><br>Today, June 20, in the year 1632, King Charles of England granted a charter for the Colony of Maryland, named for Queen Henrietta Maria. Lord Baltimore sent two ships, the Ark and the Dove, to settle the colony. Buying land from the Indians, they founded the city of St. Mary`s, as a refuge for persecuted Catholics, but soon extended religious toleration to all faiths. The Charter reads: &ldquo;Whereas our... right trusty subject... Baron of Baltimore... being animated with a... pious Zeal for extending the Christian Religion, and also the Territories of our Empire, hath humbly besought Leave.&rdquo;"

Jun[21] = "June 21st<br><br>The U.S. Constitution went into effect this day, June 21, 1788, when the ninth state ratified it. Of those who wrote the Constitution, twenty-nine were Episcopalians, nine Presbyterians, seven Congregationalists, two Lutherans, two Dutch Reformed, two Methodists, two Roman Catholics, one Quaker and one Deist - Dr. Benjamin Franklin, who stated: &ldquo;We have been assured... in the Sacred Writings, that `except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain`... I... believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel.&rdquo;"

Jun[22] = "June 22nd<br><br>As of this date, June 22, 1970, eighteen-year-olds could begin voting in elections, thanks to President Richard M. Nixon signing the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court limited this right, so the following year the 26th Amendment was passed to confirm it. This was spurred by the protests during the Vietnam War, where students declared &ldquo;If we`re old enough to fight, we`re old enough to vote.&rdquo;In his Inaugural Address, President Nixon stated: &ldquo;The laws have caught up with our conscience. What remains is... to insure... that as all are born equal in dignity before God, all are born equal in dignity before man.&rdquo;"

Jun[23] = "June 23rd<br><br>William Penn signed a treaty with the Delaware Indians this day, June 23, 1683, under an elm tree in what was to become the city of Philadelphia. A Quaker who took his faith seriously, Penn insisted on dealing fairly with the Indians, buying the land rather than taking it by force. As a result his colony was never attacked. William Penn addressed the tribe: &ldquo;My Friends: There is one great God... that hath made the world and all things therein, to whom you and I and all people owe their being... This great God hath written... in our hearts... to love and help... one another and not to doe harm.&rdquo;"

Jun[24] = "June 24th<br><br>His travels were exceeded only by Lewis and Clark. He led expeditions up the Missouri River, discovered the South Pass through the Rockies and the first land route to California. He led settlers across the Santa Fe Trail, the Mojave Desert and up the Oregon Coast. His name was Jedediah Smith, born this day, June 24, 1798. In a letter to his brother, Jedediah Smith wrote: &ldquo;Many Hostile... Indians inhabit this Space.... In August.... ten Men... with me lost their lives by the Amuchabas Indians... in July... fifteen... by the Umpquah Indians... I have need of your Prayers... to bear me up before the Throne of Grace.&rdquo;"

Jun[25] = "June 25th<br><br>The Korean War started this day, June 25, 1950, when communist North Korean`s invaded South Korea, killing tens of thousands within the first weeks. General Douglas MacArthur was placed in command of the U.N. Forces and quickly turned the war by a daring landing of troops at Inchon and recapturing the city of Seoul. Politicians limited the military from pursuing victory and the war drug on three years with millions of casualties. General MacArthur stated: &ldquo;History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline.&rdquo;"

Jun[26] = "June 26th<br><br>The United Nations Charter was signed this day, June 26, 1945, in San Francisco by the 51 original member nations. Herbert Hoover, America`s thirty-first President, stated in a radio address: &ldquo;I suggest... the United Nations... be reorganized... [with] those peoples who disavow communism... stand for morals and religion, and who love freedom.... What the world needs today is a... mobilization of the nations who believe in God against this tide of Red agnosticism.&rdquo;Hoover concluded: &ldquo;It is a proposal for... spiritual cooperation of God-fearing free nations... rejecting an atheistic other world.&rdquo;"

Jun[27] = "June 27th<br><br>Helen Keller was born this day, June 27, 1880. At the age of two she suffered an illness that left her both blind and deaf. Her parents took her to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell who recommended the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston. There, at the age of seven, Anne Sullivan began tutoring her through the sense of touch, eventually teaching her to read Braille. She attended Radcliffe College, wrote several books and was recognized for her efforts to help the blind. Helen Keller wrote: &ldquo;I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God.&rdquo;"

Jun[28] = "June 28th<br><br>The Constitutional Convention was in a heated deadlock over how both large and small states could be represented equally. Some delegates even left, giving up hope. Then, on this day, June 28, 1787, the 81 year-old Benjamin Franklin spoke, and shortly after the U.S. Constitution became a reality. As recorded by James Madison, Franklin stated: &ldquo;In the... Contest with Great Britain... we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection. - Our prayers, Sir, were heard, &... graciously answered.... And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?&rdquo;"

Jun[29] = "June 29th<br><br>&ldquo;I would rather be right than President,&rdquo; was the famous phrase uttered by Henry Clay, who died this day, June 29, 1852. Elected Speaker of the House six times, he served in Congress over 40 years with Daniel Webster and John Calhoun. Struggling to hold the Union together prior to the Civil War, Henry Clay stated: &ldquo;Eighteen hundred years have rolled away since the Son of God... offered Himself... for the salvation of our species.... When we shall... be translated from this into another form of existence... we shall behold the common Father of the whites and blacks, the great Ruler of the Universe.&rdquo;"

Jun[30] = "June 30th<br><br>What was the first settlement in North America? Was it Jamestown or Plymouth? Actually, it was Fort Caroline at Saint John`s River in Florida. It was founded this day, June 30, 1564, by the French Protestants, known as Huguenots, and was the first attempt at religious toleration in America. A settler recorded: &ldquo;We sang a psalm of Thanksgiving unto God, beseeching Him that it would please Him to continue His accustomed goodness towards us.&rdquo; Unfortunately, the French colony was short-lived. The Spanish, whose treasure ships passed that route, destroyed it, butchering hundreds of men, and taking captive the women and children."

Jul = new Array
Jul[1] = "July 1st<br><br>Teddy Roosevelt and Rough Riders charged up Cuba`s San Juan Hill and captured it this day, July 1, 1898. After eight hours of heavy fighting over fifteen hundred Americans lay dead or wounded. Just four months prior the U.S. ship Maine was blown up in Havana`s Harbor. Roosevelt resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and organized the first volunteer cavalry, made up of polo riders, cowboys and even Indians. After the battle, President McKinley wrote:  &ldquo;At a time... of the... glorious achievements of the... military... at Santiago de Cuba, it is fitting that we should pause and... bow before the throne of divine grace.&rdquo;'"

Jul[2] = "July 2nd<br><br>One bullet grazed his elbow, but a second lodged in the back of President James Garfield, who was shot this day, July 2, 1881, as he waited in the Washington train station. He had been in office four months. Though not wounded seriously, unsterile medical practices caused him to die two months later. A distinguished Civil War major, James Garfield was also a college president and was a preacher for the Disciples of Christ. He said: &ldquo;If the next century does not find us a great nation ... it will be because those who represent the ... morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.&rdquo;'"

Jul[3] = "July 3rd<br><br>Washington, D.C. was in a panic as 70,000 Confederate troops were marching toward it just sixty miles away. The furious fighting lasted three days. As General Lee found his ammunition running low, he ordered General Pickett to make a direct attack. After an hour of murderous fire and bloody hand-to-hand combat, the Confederates were pushed back and the Battle of Gettysburg ended this day, July 3, 1863, with over 50,000 casualties. President Lincoln confided: &ldquo;When everyone seemed panic-stricken ... I went to my room ... and got down on my knees before Almighty God and prayed.&rdquo;"

Jul[4] = "July 4th<br><br>The Declaration of Independence was approved this day, July 4, 1776. John Hancock, the first to sign, said: &ldquo;the price on my head has just doubled.&rdquo; Benjamin Franklin signed saying &ldquo;We must hang together or most assuredly we shall hang separately.&rdquo; Of the fifty-six signers: 17 lost their fortunes, 12 had their homes destroyed, 9 fought and died, 5 were arrested as traitors, and 2 lost sons in the War. As Samuel Adams signed, he said: &ldquo;We have this day restored the Sovereign to whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come.&rdquo;"

Jul[5] = "July 5th<br><br>Once political enemies they became close friends, and died yesterday, July 4th in the year 1826. An awe swept America as these two men, at distance of 700 hundred miles from each other, died on the same day exactly 50 years since they both signed the Declaration of Independence. Their names: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. President John Quincy Adams stated:  &ldquo;A coincidence ... so wonderful gives confidence ... that the patriotic efforts of these ... men were Heaven directed, and furnishes a new ... hope that the prosperity of these States is under the special protection of a kind Providence.&rdquo;'"

Jul[6] = "July 6th<br><br>Prior to the Civil War there were two major political parties: the Democrats, who believed Americans should have the freedom of choice to own a slave; and the Whigs, who wanted to be the big tent party embracing free and slave states. But on this day, July 6, 1854, a group of anti-slavery men met in Jackson, Michigan, to start a new party, demanding the Fugitive Slave Law be repealed. Their chief plank was &ldquo;to prohibit ... those twin relics of barbarism: polygamy and slavery.&rdquo; They called themselves &ldquo; The Republican Party.&rsquo;*<br><br>*(<em>The first local meeting before the above mentioned state convention was in Ripon, Wisconsin, February 28, 1854.</em>)"

Jul[7] = "July 7th<br><br>Hawaii became a U.S. Territory this day, July 7, 1898, as President McKinley signed the Treaty of Annexation. Discovered by Captain James Cook in 1778, the islands were soon united by King Kamehamaha. After his death, his son, with his mother as prime minister, abolished their pagan religion which included human sacrifice. The next year the first missionaries arrived from New England, creating a written language and translating the Bible. Hawaii`s Motto, &ldquo;The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness,&rdquo; was first uttered by Queen Ke`opuolani as she was baptized into the Christian faith"

Jul[8] = "July 8th<br><br>The Liberty Bell got its name from being rung this day, July 8, 1776, to call the citizens of Philadelphia together to hear the Declaration of Independence read out loud for the first time. Made in England, this massive bell, weighing over 2000 pounds, was rung on each successive anniversary, until 1835, when it cracked on July 8th while tolling at the funeral of the famous Supreme Court Justice John Marshall. Inscribed on the Liberty Bell is a verse from Old Testament Book of Leviticus, Chapter 25: &ldquo;Proclaim Liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.&rdquo;"

Jul[9] = "July 9th<br><br>&ldquo;Old Rough and Ready&rdquo;died this day, July 9, 1850. He fought the British in the War of 1812, the Indians in the Black Hawk War, and defeated the Seminole Indians in Florida. But it was his courageous victories in the Mexican War, being greatly outnumbered by Santa Anna`s forces, that made him a national hero. His popularity spread like fire and he was elected America`s twelfth President. Refusing to be sworn in on the Sabbath, President Zachary Taylor stated: &ldquo;The only ground of hope for the continuance of our free institutions is in the proper moral and religious training of the children.&rdquo;"

Jul[10] = "July 10th<br><br>Millard Fillmore became the 13th President this day, July 10, 1850, when President Zachary Taylor died unexpectedly. He was remembered for sending Commodore Perry to open trade with Japan, admitting California, which had just begun the Gold Rush, into the Union as a free state, and when the Library of Congress caught on fire, he and his Cabinet formed a bucket brigade to help extinguish the flames. After being sworn into office, President Millard Fillmore addressed Congress: &ldquo;I dare not shrink ... I rely upon Him who holds in His hands the destinies of nations to endow me with ... strength for the task.&rdquo;"

Jul[11] = "July 11th<br><br>He intentionally fired into the air, but his political rival, Aaron Burr, took deadly aim and fatally shot him in a duel this day, July 11, 1804. Born in the West Indies, he fought in the Revolution and served as aide-de-camp to General Washington. He helped write the Constitution and convinced the states to ratify it by writing The Federalist Papers. His name was Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury. In April of 1802, Hamilton wrote to his friend, James Bayard: &ldquo;Let an association be formed to be denominated `The Christian Constitutional Society,` its object to be first: The support of Christian religion; second: The support of the United States.&rdquo;"

Jul[12] = "July 12th<br><br>Born a slave around this date, July 12, 1864, George Washington Carver became a Black scientist of international renown. In 1921, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee invited him to speak on uses of the peanut to improve Southern economy. After two captivating hours, the chairman asked: &ldquo;Dr. Carver, how did you learn all of these things?&rdquo; Carver answered: &ldquo;From an old book&rdquo; &ldquo;What book?&rdquo; asked the Chairman. Carver replied, &ldquo;The Bible.&rdquo; The Chairman inquired, &ldquo;Does the Bible tell about peanuts?&rdquo;  &ldquo;No, Sir&rdquo; Dr. Carver replied, &ldquo;But it tells about the God who made the peanut. I asked Him to show me what to do with it and He did.&rdquo;"

Jul[13] = "July 13th<br><br>Did you know that after Washington retired from being President, he again became the Commander-in-Chief of the Army? It was just a year and a half before he died that he received an urgent plea from President John Adams to put on his general`s uniform again. France, in the midst of revolution, was demanding payment not to harass American ships. The cry went out &ldquo;Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute.&rdquo; Washington replied this day, July 13, 1798: &ldquo;We can, with pure hearts, appeal to Heaven for the justice of our cause and ... trust the final result to that kind Providence who has ... so often ... favored the ... United States.&rdquo;"

Jul[14] = "July 14th<br><br>The 38th President was born this day, July 14, 1913. His given name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr., but his stepfather renamed him. The only Eagle Scout to become President, he attended the University of Michigan on a football scholarship, graduated from Yale Law School, served in the Navy during World War II. He was House Minority Leader and when Richard Nixon resigned, he became the only person become President without being elected. His name...? Gerald Rudolph Ford, who said: &ldquo;I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers. And I hope that such prayers will also be the first of many.&rdquo;"

Jul[15] = "July 15th<br><br>Robert Aitken, the publisher of The Pennsylvania Magazine, died this day, July 15, 1802. During the Colonial Era, the Bible most used in America was the King`s authorized version, printed on the King`s official presses in Britain. But since the Revolutionary War interrupted trade with England, and since the Bible was used commonly used in education, the Continental Congress, in 1782, responded to the shortage by approving and recommending that Robert Aitken of Philadelphia print the first Bibles in America. They were to be  &ldquo;A neat edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of schools.&rdquo;"

Jul[16] = "July 16th<br><br>Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy this day, July 16, 1969, on the first mission to walk on the moon. Commenting on the Apollo program, President Richard M. Nixon stated: &ldquo;Only a few short weeks ago we shared the glory of man`s first sight of the world as God sees it, as a single sphere reflecting light in the darkness. As the Apollo astronauts flew over the moon`s gray surface ... they spoke to us the beauty of earth - and in that voice so clear across the lunar distance, we heard them invoke God`s blessing on its goodness.&rdquo;"

Jul[17] = "July 17th<br><br>Bartolome` de Las Casas, the  &ldquo;Apostle of the Indies,&rdquo;died this day, July 17, 1566. He was one of the first Christian missionaries known for his devotion to the oppressed and enslaved natives of Latin America. His work Apologetic History of the Indies, published in 1530, exposed the oppression of the Indians in the forced labor and influenced Madrid to enact New Laws to protect them. Bartolome` de Las Casas stated: &ldquo;The main goal of divine Providence in the discovery of these tribes ... is ...the conversion and well-being of souls, and to this goal everything temporal must necessarily be ... directed.&rdquo;"

Jul[18] = "July 18th<br><br>British troops were marching toward Fort Duquesne when they were ambushed by the French and Indians. Not accustomed to fighting unless in an open field, they were being annihilated. Colonel George Washington rode back and forth across the battle delivering orders. General Braddock was mortally wounded and every officer on horseback was shot down, except Washington. Writing to his brother, this day, July 18, 1755, Washington stated: &ldquo;By the All-Powerful Dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability ... for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me.&rdquo;"

Jul[19] = "July 19th<br><br>British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his campaign against Hitler on this day, July 19, 1941, in a historic speech before the House of Commons: &ldquo;I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization ... The whole fury ... of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.&rdquo; Churchill concluded: &ldquo;If we fail, then the whole world, including the United States ... will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister ... by the light of perverted science. Let us therefore ... so bear ourselves that ... men will ... say, `This was their finest hour.`&rdquo;"

Jul[20] = "July 20th<br><br>&ldquo;One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,&rdquo;were the words uttered this day, July 20, 1969, by Neil Armstrong, as he became the first man to walk on the moon. He, along with Colonel Aldrin, had landed their lunar module, the &ldquo;Eagle,&rdquo; and spent a total of 21 hours and 37 minutes on the moon`s surface, before redocking with the command ship &ldquo;Columbia.&rdquo; Before a joint session of Congress Commander Neil Armstrong stated: &ldquo;To those of you who have advocated looking high we owe our sincere gratitude, for you have granted us the opportunity to see some of the grandest views of the Creator.&rdquo;"

Jul[21] = "July 21st<br><br>The famous Monkey Trial ended this day, July 21, 1925, as John Scopes, a Highschool biology teacher in Tennessee was fined for teaching a theory of origins called evolution. Williams Jennings Bryan, three time Democratic Presidential candidate, was the prosecuting attorney. He objected to a tooth being presented as proof of humans evolving from apes. Later the tooth was admitted to be that of a pig. William Jennings Bryan, who died five days after the trial, once stated: &ldquo;I am interested in the science of government, but I am more interested in religion ... and I shall be in the church even after I am out of politics.&rdquo;"

Jul[22] = "July 22nd<br><br>&ldquo;A baby is God`s opinion that the world should go on,&rdquo; wrote poet Carl Sandburg, who died this day, July 22, 1967. Sandburg received the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His two volume history of Abraham Lincoln received such acclaim that he was asked to address a joint session of Congress on the 150th anniversary of Lincoln`s birthday. Carl Sandburg wrote: &ldquo;I see America not in the setting sun of a black night of despair .... I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God.&rdquo;"

Jul[23] = "July 23rd<br><br>He was the only person to sign all four of America`s founding documents: the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Articles of Association and the U.S. Constitution. A shoe cobbler by trade, he was also a surveyor and merchant prior to his political career. As a Congressman, he help write the First Amendment, and at age 70 was elected U.S. Senator. Who was he?... Roger Sherman, who died this day, July 23, 1793. Upon hearing the British had surrendered over 5000 troops to the Americans at Saratoga, Roger Sherman exclaimed: &ldquo;This is the Lord`s doing and marvelous in our eyes!&rdquo;"

Jul[24] = "July 24th<br><br>Tennessee became the first State to be readmitted back into the Union after the Civil War on this day, July 24, 1866. In a proclamation of Amnesty and Pardon, President Andrew Johnson declared: &ldquo;Every person who shall seek to avail himself of this proclamation shall take ... the following oath ... namely: `I, ____ ____, do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States ... and ... abide by ... all laws and proclamations which have been made during the late rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God.`&rdquo;"

Jul[25] = "July 25th<br><br>Ulysses S. Grant was commissioned this day, July 25, 1866, as General of the Army, being the first officer to hold that rank. His courageous victories during the Civil War catapulted him into national prominence and in 1868, he was elected America`s eighteenth President. To the Editor of the Sunday School Times in Philadelphia, President Ulysses S. Grant wrote: &ldquo;Your favor of ... asking a message from me to the ... youth of the United States ... is this morning received. My advice to Sunday schools, no matter what their denomination, is: Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet anchor of your liberties.&rdquo;"

Jul[26] = "July 26th<br><br>On this day, July 26, 1775, Benjamin Franklin became the first Postmaster General of the United States. Before the Revolution he served in that position under the British Crown. Franklin also established the first volunteer fire department, a circulating public library and the lighting of city streets. He helped found the University of Pennsylvania, a hospital, an insurance company, a city police force, a night watch and the first militia. A printer, scientist, philosopher and statesmen, Benjamin Franklin wrote in Poor Richard`s Almanac: &ldquo;Work as if you were to live 100 years; pray as if you were to die tomorrow.&rdquo;"

Jul[27] = "July 27th<br><br>After three years of fighting, the Korean War ended this day, July 27, 1953, with the armistice signed at Panmunjom. Part of a UN &ldquo;police&rdquo; action, the greatly outnumber American troops fought courageously against the Communist Chinese and North Korean troops, who were supplied with arms from the Soviet Union. With temperatures sometimes forty degrees below zero, and politicians preventing pursuit of the enemy, there were over 140,000 American casualties. Of her son who served in Korea, Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower said: &ldquo;He has a mission to fulfill and God will see to it that nothing will happen to him till he fulfills it.&rdquo;"

Jul[28] = "July 28th<br><br>German composer Johann Sebastian Bach died this day, July 28, 1750. He was considered the &ldquo;master of masters,&rdquo;combining the tradition of Baroque music with harmonic innovations. The majority of his works are religious, including Passion According to St. Matthew Passion and (Jesus, My Joy!). In expressing his conviction on the purpose of music, Bach asserted: &ldquo;The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. If heed is not paid to this, it is not true music but a diabolical bawling and twanging.&rdquo;"

Jul[29] = "July 29th<br><br>Alexis de Tocqueville was born this day, July 29, 1805. He was a French social philosopher who traveled the United States in 1831. His work, Democracy in America, has been described as &ldquo;the most comprehensive ... analysis ... between character and society in America that has ever been written.&rdquo;In it, de Tocqueville wrote: &ldquo;There is no country in the whole world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America, and there can be no greater proof of its utility ... than that its influence is powerfully felt over the most enlightened and free nation of the earth.&rdquo;"

Jul[30] = "July 30th<br><br>King Charles gave him a land grant in America in payment of a great debt owed to his father. He then invited all the persecuted peoples of Europe to join him in establishing a colony of religious toleration, as he himself had experienced imprisonment in the Tower of London for converting to the Quaker faith. Calling it a &ldquo;holy experiment,&rdquo; he admonished the settlers to work together, naming the first city Philadelphia, meaning &ldquo;Brotherly Love.&rdquo; It was there nearly a hundred years later that the Declaration and Constitution were written. He died this day, July 30, 1718. His name was William Penn."

Jul[31] = "July 31st<br><br>On his third voyage, Columbus sailed south along the east coast of Africa and was caught in the doldrums, a notorious condition of no winds and intense heat. After drifting aimlessly for eight days, the winds returned, but now they were running low on water. Columbus promised to name the first new land he discovered in honor of the Trinity. Sighting an island off the coast of Venezuela this day, July 31, 1498, which coincidentally had three peaks, he gave it the name Trinidad. There they obtained fresh water and in the process were the first Europeans to see South America."

Aug = new Array
Aug[1] = "August 1st<br><br>There she blows!&rdquo;was the cry as the lookout sighted Moby Dick. Captain Ahab, with his chief mate Starbuck, sailed the oceans of the world to capture this great white whale. But as fate would have it, when the harpoon struck, the rope flew out so fast it entangled Captain Ahab, pulling him under. This American classic was written by Herman Mehlville, who was born this day, August 1, 1819. In the opening chapters Mehlville warned: &ldquo;With this sin of disobedience... Jonah flouts at God... He thinks that a ship made by men will carry him into countries where God does not reign.&rdquo;"

Aug[2] = "August 2nd<br><br>The Navy torpedo boat PT 109 was rammed this day, August 2, 1943, by a Japanese destroyer and sunk. The commander, who sustained permanent back injury, helped the survivors swim miles to shore, only to find that they far behind enemy lines in the Solomon Islands. After a daring rescue, he was awarded the Medal of heroism. Though his brother was killed in the war, this commander went on to become a Congressman, Senator, and America`s 35th President. His name was John F. Kennedy, who stated in his Inaugural Address: &ldquo;The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.&rdquo;"

Aug[3] = "August 3rd<br><br>&ldquo;There are but 155 years left... at which time... the world will come to an end? wrote Christopher Columbus in his book Libro de Las Profecias.&rdquo;The sign which convinces me that our Lord is hastening the end... is the preaching of the Gospel... in so many lands.&rdquo;Though his predictions were off, Columbus described in detail his motivation for setting sail this day, August 3, 1492, with the Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria. He carried a letter from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to the Gran Khan of India, with the instructions &ldquo;to see the said princes and peoples... and the manner which should be used to bring about their conversion to our Holy Faith.&rdquo;"

Aug[4] = "August 4th<br><br> 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.&rdquo; Thus went the anthem of the US Coast Guard, which was established this day, August 4, 1790, when Congress authorized ten boats to be built for the Revenue Marine. Four years later they were charged with stopping slave-traders from bringing new slaves from Africa. They freed almost 500 slaves. At a US Coast Guard commencement, President Reagan stated: &ldquo;It`s our prayer to serve America in peace. It`s our commitment to defend her in war.&rdquo;"

Aug[5] = "August 5th<br><br>The very first book printed in America was the Bay Psalm Book, written by John Eliot, who was born around this date, August 5, 1604. Called the  &ldquo;Apostle to the Indians,&rdquo;Eliot translated the Old and New Testaments into the Algonquian language. He organized thousands of &ldquo;Praying Indians&rdquo;into self-ruling villages, with their own leaders and ministers. They built houses, streets, bridges, and were very prosperous until King Phillip`s War, where thousands tragically died. In his plan of government, Eliot wrote: &ldquo;The Word of God is the perfect System of Laws to guide all moral actions of man.&rdquo;"

Aug[6] = "August 6th<br><br>Camelot and King Arthur`s Court, Knights of the Round Table and the quest for the Holy Grail... our imaginations soar with history and legend immortalized by poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, who was born this day, August 6, 1809. The son of a clergyman, he not only brought to life Guinevere and Sir Lancelot, but wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade, recording the courage of the British Cavalry as they rode to their deaths fighting the Russians. Honored by Queen Victoria as Poet-Laureat, Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote: &ldquo;Cast all your cares on God; that anchor holds.&rdquo;"

Aug[7] = "August 7th<br><br>The largest town in Kentucky had less than 2000 people, yet 25,000 arrived at Cane Ridge, Kentucky, this day, August 7, 1801, from as far away as Ohio and Tennessee, to hear the preaching of Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian ministers. Called &ldquo;camp meetings,&rdquo;Reverend Moses Hodge described: &ldquo;Nothing that imagination can paint can make a stronger impression... Sinners dropping down on every hand, professors praying, [others] in raptures of joy!... There can be no question but it is of God, [as] the subjects... can give a clear and rational account of their conversion.&rdquo;"

Aug[8] = "August 8th<br><br>August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon chose to resign, the first ever to do so, rather than put the country through the ordeal of an impeachment. In a televised address, he said: &ldquo;To continue to fight... for my personal vindication would... totally absorb the time and attention of... the President and the Congress.&rdquo;In a private farewell to his Cabinet, President Nixon stated: &ldquo;Mistakes, yes... for personal gain, never... I can only say to each... one of you... we come from many faiths... but really the same God... You will be in our hearts and... in our prayers.&rdquo;"

Aug[9] = "August 9th<br><br>The groans of a dying man kept him awake in the little inn outside New York. He was hardened to the cries because a college friend had persuaded him to be an atheist. The next morning he learned the man who died in the night was none other than his college friend. His faith renewed, he became America`s first foreign missionary. His name was Adonirum Judson, born this day, August 9, 1788. Adonirum and his wife sailed for India, but were forced by the British East India Tea Company to flee to Burma. There they translated Scriptures, started schools, and their work grew to over a half-million people." 

Aug[10] = "August 10th<br><br>Black Thursday. The Stock Market crash ended the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties. Millions were out of work. This was just seven months after America`s 31st President swore into office. His name was Herbert Hoover, born this day, August 10, 1874. The son of a Quaker blacksmith, he studied at Stanford and became a world renown engineer before entering politics. In the Great Depression, President Hoover stated:  &ldquo;American life is builded... upon... that... philosophy announced by the Savior nineteen centuries ago... [It] can not survive with the defense of Cain, &ldquo;Am I my brother`s keeper?&rdquo;"

Aug[11] = "August 11th<br><br>On this day, August 11, 1984, Congress voted the Equal Access Act into law, allowing students who wish to conduct religious meetings the same access to schools as other groups. President Ronald Reagan stated: &ldquo;In 1962, the Supreme Court... banned... prayers. In 1963, the Court banned the reading of the Bible... We had to pass a special law... to allow student prayer groups the same access to school rooms... that a Young Marxist Society... enjoys... Without God there is a coarsening of the society... If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.&rdquo;"

Aug[12] = "August 12th<br><br>&lsquo;O Beautiful, For Spacious Skies, For Amber Waves of Grain...&rdquo;Did you know this song, &ldquo;America the Beautiful,&rdquo;was so popular in the 1920`s that it almost became our National Anthem? It was written by Katherine Lee Bates, who was born this day, August 12, 1859. An American poet and educator, she was the daughter of a Congregational minister, taught highschool and then became professor of English literature at Wellesley College. In 1892, she journeyed to the top of Pike`s Peak in Colorado, and was so inspired by the view she penned the verse:  &ldquo;America, America, God shed His grace on thee.&rdquo;"

Aug[13] = "August 13th<br><br>New Jersey is being invaded by Martians! This was the script of a 1938 radio drama based on the novel War of the Worlds, written by H.G. Wells, who died this day, August 13, 1946. Wells` novel inspired a boy named Robert Goddard that space flight was possible and he grew up to be the father of modern rocketry. H.G. Wells also wrote the best sellers The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The First Men in the Moon. Though a skeptic, in his Outlines of History, H.G. Wells described the U.S. Constitution, saying: &ldquo;Its spirit is indubitably Christian.&rdquo;"

Aug[14] = "August 14th<br><br>Over 3,000 American troops were killed or wounded when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. 20,000 died on the infamous Bataan Death March, when Japanese forced starving prisoners to march through jungles. 100,000 died retaking Okinawa and other islands. Though devastating, President Truman`s decision to drop the Atomic Bomb prevented an estimated one million casualties and Emperor Hirohito surrendered Japan on this day, August 14, 1945. Father Cummings, a chaplain who was captured and died in the in the Philippines, told his men: &ldquo;There are no atheists in the foxholes.&rdquo;"

Aug[15] = "August 15th<br><br>He conquered from Austria to Palestine, Holland to Egypt. He uncovered the Pyramid treasures and the Rosetta Stone. He sold a million square miles of land to U.S. to raise money for his army. His name was Napoleon Bonaparte, born this day, August 15, 1769. Though emperor for life, disasters in Russia and later Waterloo led to his banishment to the Island of Saint Helena. There Napoleon wrote:  &ldquo;Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires... upon force!... Christ founded His upon love; and at this hour millions... would die for Him.&rdquo;"

Aug[16] = "August 16th<br><br>Charles Finney was born this day, August 16, 1875. An attorney, he saw so many references to Scriptures in Blackstone`s Law Commentaries that he purchased a Bible and found faith in Christ. He became a convincing speaker influencing George Williams to found the YMCA - Young Men`s Christian Association. Finney`s Lectures on Revival inspired William Booth to found the Salvation Army. Finney was President of Oberlin College, which graduated the first Black woman in America. Concerning the Kingdom of God, Charles Finney wrote: &ldquo;Every member must work or quit. No honorary members.&rdquo;"

Aug[17] = "August 17th<br><br>On this day, August 17, 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower authorized the code of conduct for American soldiers in captured in war. Revealing the high level of commitment made by those in the armed services, the code states: &ldquo;I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense... If captured... I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy... I will never forget I am an American fighting man, responsible for my actions and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.&rdquo;"

Aug[18] = "August 18th<br><br>His legal decisions were so respected they were referenced by in U.S. Supreme Court Cases. For forty years he served on the New York District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals before dying this day, August 18, 1961. His name was Learned Hand. During World War II in New York`s Central Park, Judge Learned Hand stated: &ldquo;The spirit of liberty is the spirit of Him who, nearly two thousand years ago, taught mankind the lesson it has never learned, but has never quite forgotten--that there may be a kingdom where the least shall be... side by side with the greatest.&rdquo;"

Aug[19] = "August 19th<br><br>A graduate of Georgetown University, he was a Rhodes Scholar before becoming the Governor of Arkansas and then America`s 42nd President. In 1998, he became the 2nd president ever to be impeached. His original name was William Jefferson Blythe IV,  born this day, August 19, 1946. At age 15, he took his stepfather`s name Clinton. Also on this day, August 19, 1785, Thomas Jefferson wrote to a friend: &ldquo;He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual... This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart.&rdquo;"

Aug[20] = "August 20th<br><br>300,000 miles on horseback, from the Atlantic to the Appalachians, from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico, for forty-five years, he spread the gospel. This was Francis Asbury, Methodist Circuit riding preacher who was born this day, August 20, 1745. When the Revolution started, he refused to return to England. He befriended Richard Bassett, a signer of the Constitution, who converted, freed his slaves and paid them as hired labor. He met personally with George Washington, congratulating him on his election. By the time he died, the Methodist Church in America had grown from 300 members to over 200,000." 

Aug[21] = "August 21st<br><br>Born in Scotland, he was one of only six founding fathers to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. President George Washington appointed him a Justice on the Supreme Court. One of the most active members at the Constitutional Convention, he spoke one hundred and sixty-eight times. His name was James Wilson and he died this day, August 21, 1798. James Wilson wrote: &ldquo;It should always be remembered, that this law, natural or revealed... flows from the same divine source; it is the law of God.... Human law must rest... ultimately, upon the authority of that law, which is divine.&rdquo;"

Aug[22] = "August 22nd<br><br>He served in Vietnam and commanded the U.S. invasion of Grenada. A four star general, he was commander in Desert Storm. After the war, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and knighted by the Queen of England. His name: General Norman Schwarzkopf, born this day, August 22, 1934. In an interview, he described an extreme flanking maneuver to cut off the Iraqi retreat: &ldquo;When my forward commander radioed that they had reached the Euphrates River... I waited... `General,` he said, `I`ve got to tell you about the casualties.` I braced myself. `One man was slightly wounded.` That`s when I knew God was with us.&rdquo;"

Aug[23] = "August 23rd<br><br>&lsquo;We have met the enemy and they are ours,&rdquo;wrote Navy Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, who died this day, August 23, 1819. Captain Perry encountered six powerful British warships in the Battle of Lake Eire during the War of 1812. With no long range firepower, the winds prevented him from getting in a safe position and the British cannons crippled his flagship. In a courageous move, he switched to the ship &ldquo;Niagra,&rdquo;sailed directly into the British line, firing broadside, and won the battle in fifteen minutes. To the sailors on deck he remarked: &ldquo;The prayers of my wife are answered.&rdquo;"

Aug[24] = "August 24th<br><br>Gutenberg means &ldquo;Beautiful mountain.&rdquo;An appropriate name Johannes Gutenberg, who invented the first moveable type printing press. His masterpiece was the Gutenberg Bible, around this day, August 24, 1455. No longer were Bibles painstakingly copied by hand and chained to pulpits. They were mass produced and accessible to the masses. Though millions were grateful, his business partner sued him and took his rights. Of his press, Gutenberg said: &ldquo;Let us break the seal which seals up holy things and give wings to Truth in order that she may win every soul that comes into the world.&rdquo;"

Aug[25] = "August 25th<br><br>An English astronomer, he became world renown for the discovery of the planet &ldquo;Uranus.&rdquo;He was noted for his recognition of double stars. Using the technology of the late eighteenth century, he constructed the greatest reflecting telescopes of his time, and with them cataloged and studied the nebulae and galaxies as had never been done before. For his accomplishments, he was knighted by the Royalty. His name was Sir William Herschel, and he died this day, August 25, 1822. Commenting on the grandeur of the heavens, Sir William Herschel stated: &ldquo;The undevout astronomer must be mad.&rdquo;"

Aug[26] = "August 26th<br><br>Women can vote! That was the monumental news this day, August 26th, 1920, as the nineteenth amendment became law. It reads: &ldquo;The right of citizens of the U.S. to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.&rdquo;This culminated fifty years effort by many of the women leaders who fought to abolish slavery, one of which was Julia Ward Howe, author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. She wrote in the third verse: &ldquo;Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God is marching on.&rdquo;"

Aug[27] = "August 27th<br><br>August 27, 1776, British General Howe had trapped 8,000 American troops on Brooklyn Heights, intending to crush them the next morning. Desperate, Washington spent all night ferrying his army across the East River. Morning came yet half his troops were still in danger.  Surprisingly a fog arose, allowing the entire army to evacuated! Never again could the British trap Washington. Major Ben Tallmadge wrote:  &ldquo;As the dawn... approached, those of us who remained in the trenches became very anxious for our own safety... At this time a very dense fog began to rise... I recollect this peculiar providential occurrence perfectly well.&rdquo;"

Aug[28] = "August 28th<br><br>August 28, 1963. The event: the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., declared: &ldquo;I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.... where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together... I have a dream that one day... the glory of the Lord shall be revealed... when all of God`s children, black and white, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing... `Free at Last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!`&rdquo;"

Aug[29] = "August 29th<br><br>&lsquo;Beloved Cherokees,&rdquo;wrote President Washington on this day, August 29, 1796, &ldquo;The wise men of the United States meet... once a year, to consider what will be for the good their people.... I have thought that a meeting of your wise men... would be alike useful to you.... I now send my best wishes to the Cherokees and pray the Great Spirit to preserve them.&rdquo;On another occasion, the Delaware Chiefs brought him three of their sons to be trained in American schools. Washington replied: &ldquo;You do well... to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ... I pray God He may make your Nation wise and strong.&rdquo;"

Aug[30] = "August 30th<br><br>He was once one of America&acute;s greatest generals. During the Revolution, he captured Fort Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen, and defeated the British at Saratoga. But it was on this date, August 30, 1780, that General Benedict Arnold conspired with General Clinton of Britain to surrender West Point for twenty thousand pounds. When discovered, George Washington wrote: &ldquo;Treason of the blackest dye... General Arnold... was about to... give the American cause a deadly wound if not fatal stab.... Its [discovery] affords the most convincing proof that the Liberties of America are the object of divine Protection.&rdquo;"

Aug[31] = "August 31st<br><br>Imprisoned for twelve years, his crime: preaching without a license from the Anglican Church. But injustice turned to good for during this time the classic book Pilgrim`s Progress was penned by John Bunyan, who died this day, August 31, 1688. It`s a story of a man who flees the City of Destruction, and is directed by Evangelist to follow a narrow path to the City of Zion. The friends and dangers he meets along the way inspired the modern story of the Wizard of Oz. Translated into over one hundred languages, John Bunyan`s Pilgrim`s Progress was found in every home in colonial America, along with the Bible." 

Sep = new Array
Sep[1] = "September 1st<br><br>The British invaded Washington, D.C. The Capitol was burned. President James and Dolly Madison fled the White House. On this day, September 1, 1814, President Madison wrote: &ldquo;The enemy by a sudden incursion has succeeded in invading the capitol of the nation... During their possession... though for a single day only, they want only destroyed the public edifices.... An occasion which appeals so forcibly to the ... patriotic devotion of the American people, none will forget... Independence... is now to be maintained... with the strength and resources which... Heaven has blessed.&rdquo;"

Sep[2] = "September 2nd<br><br>The torpedo-bomber he flew was hit by anti-aircraft fire while making a run over Bonin Island, 600 miles south of Japan. He headed out to sea and ejected from his burning plane this day, September 2, 1944, and was rescued by a submarine. Receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross, he graduated from Yale, became successful in the Texas oil industry and entered politics, eventually becoming America`s 41st President. His name: George Bush, who began his Inaugural Address: &ldquo;My first act as President is a prayer. I ask you to bow your heads.&rdquo;"

Sep[3] = "September 3rd<br><br>&lsquo;In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity.&rdquo;This is how the Treaty of Paris began, which ended the eight-year long American Revolutionary War. The Treaty continued: &ldquo;It having pleased the Divine Providence to dispose the heart of... Prince George the Third... to forget all past misunderstandings... between the two countries...&rdquo;The Treaty was signed this day by the American leaders Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, the second President, and John Jay, the first Chief Justice, and ends with the phrase: &ldquo;Done at Paris, this third day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.&rdquo;"

Sep[4] = "September 4th<br><br>In the dead of winter, 1842, clad in buckskin breeches, fur leggings and moccasins, he trekked 4000 miles, in a race against time, from his mission in the Oregon wilderness to Washington, DC to plead with President Tyler not to give the land to Britain. He then led the first wagon trains across the Oregon Trail. This was Dr. Marcus Whitman, born this day, September 4, 1802. President Harding described: &ldquo;Never... has there been a finer example of civilization following Christianity... Missionaries led under... the cross and... settlers... close behind under the star-spangled symbol.&rdquo;"

Sep[5] = "September 5th<br><br>The world was shocked as just five days after Princess Diana was killed, Mother Teresa died this day, September 5, 1997. The daughter of an Albanian grocer, she joined an order at age 18 and began working in the slums of Calcutta. She started the Missionaries of Charity, caring for the blind, aged, lepers, crippled, and the dying. A Nobel Prize recipient, she spoke at a National Prayer Breakfast, attended by the Clintons and Al Gore, saying: &ldquo;Please don`t kill the child... I am willing to accept any child who would be aborted and to give that child to a married couple who will love the child and be loved by the child.&rdquo;"

Sep[6] = "September 6th<br><br>Born this day, September 6, 1757, he inherited a fortune when his parents died. He joined the French Military and, at age 16, became a captain. At 19, he purchase a ship and sailed to America to fight in the Revolution. Washington appointed him a major general. His name was Marquis de Lafayette. He led forces to several victories and persuaded France to send aid. Nearly fifty years later, Lafayette was guest at a ceremony at Bunker Hill, along with 200 Revolutionary Veterans. Daniel Webster spoke: &ldquo;God... has allowed you to behold... the reward of your patriotic toils; and He has allowed to us... in the name of liberty to thank you!&rdquo;"

Sep[7] = "September 7th<br><br>As recorded in the Journals of the Continental Congress, at nine o`clock in the morning, on this day, September 7, 1774, in Carpenter`s Hall, Philadelphia, the very first act of Congress was to open with prayer. John Adams wrote: &ldquo;[Reverend Duche`]... read several prayers in the established form, and... the thirty-fifth Psalm... I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seemed as if heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read on that morning. After this, Mr. Duche`, unexpectedly to every body, struck out into an extemporary prayer, which filled the bosom of every man present. I must confess, I never heard a better prayer.&rdquo;"

Sep[8] = "September 8th<br><br>Near this day, September 8, 70 AD, the city of Jerusalem fell. Historian Josephus recorded that Roman General Titus finally smashed through the defenses of Jerusalem, destroying the city and the Temple. Over a million perished in the siege. Through the centuries, people of faith have desired to pilgrimage there, including Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Lincoln recalled his last words as they sat in Ford&acute;s Theater: &ldquo;He said he wanted to visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footprints of the Saviour. He was saying there was no city he so much desired to see as Jerusalem.&rsquo;"

Sep[9] = "September 9th<br><br>The same year the United States won California from Mexico, some workers constructing a sawmill for John Sutter on the south fork of the American River, discovered gold. News spread like fire and soon &ldquo;Forty-Niners,&rdquo;as the prospectors were called, poured in from all parts of the world. Quickly populated, California became the thirty-first State on this day, September 9, 1850. The Constitution, which prohibited slavery, stated in its Preamble: &ldquo;We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure and perpetuate its blessings, do establish this Constitution.&rdquo;"

Sep[10] = "September 10th<br><br>The son of one of the Boston Tea Party &ldquo;Indians,&rdquo;he graduated from Harvard and eventually became Massachusetts Speaker of the House. At age 32, President James Madison appointed him the youngest Justice on the Supreme Court. He served 34 years, and helped establish the illegality of the slave trade in the Amistad case. His name was Joseph Story, and he died this day, September 10, 1845. A founder of the Harvard Law School, Joseph Story stated: &ldquo;Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament?&rdquo;"

Sep[11] = "September 11th<br><br>Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended,&rdquo;spoke President Bush on September 11, 2001, after the most devastating terrorist attack upon America. Islamic radicals hijacked three passenger jets, flying two into the World Trade Center in New York and one into the Pentagon. Another crashed in Pennsylvania. That evening President Bush addressed the nation: &ldquo;Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. Pictures of planes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger... America was targeted... because we`re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. ... I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve... And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: &ldquo;Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil for you are with me.<br><br>[prior to 2001, the American Minute for September 11th read: The date, September 11, 1777. The Continental Congress was being forced to evacuate Philadelphia, as the British had just won the Battle of Brandywine, forcing Washington`s 10,000 troops to retreat. In addition to this desperate situation, Congress was made aware that there was a shortage of Bibles due to the interruption of trade with the King`s printers in England. Congress voted to import Bibles from Scotland or Holland into different parts of the Union, stating: &ldquo;The use of the Bible is so universal and its importance so great... it was resolved accordingly to direct said Committee of Commerce to import 20,000 copies of the Bible.]&rdquo;"

Sep[12] = "September 12th<br><br>He had been chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, dean of the University of Michigan Law School and President of the American Bar Association. His name was Thomas Cooley, and he died this day, September 12, 1898. His legal commentaries have had a major impact on law in America. In his General Principles of Constitutional Law, Thomas Cooley wrote: &ldquo;It was never intended by the Constitution that the government should be prohibited from recognizing religion or that religious worship should never be provided for...The Christian religion was always recognized in the administration of the common law of the land.&rdquo;"

Sep[13] = "September 13th<br><br>Sent to negotiate the release of an American doctor, the enemy detained him all night on a ship. It was September 13, 1814. He watched the British fleet mercilessly bombarded Fort McHenry from a distance, as Chesapeake Bay had been blocked by sunken ships. This was just two weeks after the British burned the Capitol. The next morning, &ldquo;through the dawn`s early light,&rdquo;this young lawyer, Francis Scott Key, saw the American flag still flying. Elated, he penned the Star-Spangled Banner, which states in its fourth verse: &ldquo;May the Heav`n-rescued land Praise the Pow`r that hath made and preserved us a nation!&rdquo;"

Sep[14] = "September 14th<br><br>The son of a butcher, most of his family died in a plague that swept England, leaving him with a fair estate. He attended Emmanuel College and became a minister. He married, sailed for America, and served as assistant pastor of the First Church of Charlestown, before dying of tuberculosis on this day, September 14, 1638. His name: John Harvard. The founders of Harvard College wrote: &ldquo;After God had carried us safe to New-England... it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard, a godly gentleman... to give... one half of his estate... towards the erecting of a college.&rdquo;"

Sep[15] = "September 15th<br><br>He was the only US President to also serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was appointed by President McKinley as the first governor of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War and by President Theodore Roosevelt as Secretary of War. The largest President, weighing over 300 lbs, a bathtub was installed for him in the White House, big enough to hold four men. His name was William Howard Taft, and he was born this day September 15, 1857. President Taft stated:  &ldquo;A God-fearing nation, like ours, owes it to its inborn... sense of moral duty to testify... devout gratitude to the All-Giver for... countless benefits.&rdquo;"

Sep[16] = "September 16th<br><br>September 16, 1620, using the Gregorian Calendar, one hundred and two Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower. The two-month journey was beset with storms. At one point the beam under the main mast cracked, being propped back in place using the screw of a printer`s press. One youth was rescued after being swept overboard by a freezing wave. A boy died, and a mother gave birth. Intending to land in Virginia, they were blown off-course. In that first bitter winter half died. Governor Bradford wrote: &ldquo;Last and not least, they cherished a[n]... inward zeal... for the... advance of the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in the remote parts of the world.&rdquo;"

Sep[17] = "September 17th<br><br>&lsquo;Done... the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven.&rdquo; This was the last line of U.S. Constitution, which was approved this day. A study done by Professors Donald Lutz and Charles Hyneman, examining nearly 15,000 writings of the fifty-five men that wrote the Constitution, including newspaper articles, pamphlets, books and monographs, reported that the Bible, especially the book of Deuteronomy, contributed 34% of all direct quotations. When indirect citations were included, they found 94% of all quotations referenced by the Founders were derived from the Bible." 

Sep[18] = "September 18th<br><br>A member of the Continental Congress, he not only led military expeditions during the Revolutionary War, but paid for them out of his own pocket. He built ships with which to raid the British, signed the Constitution, and was the first President pro tem of the Senate. His name was John Langdon, and he died this day, September 18, 1819. As Governor of New Hampshire, John Langdon proclaimed: &ldquo;It... becomes our... Duty, not only to acknowledge, in general with the rest of Mankind, our dependence on the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, but as a People peculiarly favoured, to testify our Gratitude to the Author of all our Mercies.&rdquo;"

Sep[19] = "September 19th<br><br>Like the Roman leader Cincinnatus, who twice led the Roman Republic to victory in battle and then resigned and returned to farming, George Washington led America to victory over the British, then served two terms as President, only to resign and return to manage his farm at Mount Vernon. The world stood in awe as Washington delivered his Farewell Address on this day, September 19, 1796. He stated: &ldquo;Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great Pillars.&rdquo;"

Sep[20] = "September 20th<br><br>He helped write the Bill of Rights in the first session of Congress. He was a Representative of Massachusetts and participated in ratification of the Constitution. He was offered the presidency of Harvard, but declined due to ill health. His name was Fisher Ames. In an article published this day, September 20, 1789, in the Palladium magazine, Fisher Ames wrote: &ldquo;We have a dangerous trend beginning to take place in our education... putting... books into the hands of children containing fables.... [and] spending less time in the classroom on the Bible...The Bible states the great moral lessons better than any other manmade book.&rdquo;"

Sep[21] = "September 21st<br><br>On this day, September 21, 1924, America`s 30th President, Calvin Coolidge, addressed the Holy Name Society in Washington, D.C. He stated: &ldquo;The worst evil that could be inflicted upon the youth... would be to leave them without restraint... at the mercy of their own uncontrolled inclinations. Under such conditions education would be impossible, and all orderly development... hopeless. I do not need to picture the result.&rdquo;President Coolidge concluded: &ldquo;It seems... perfectly plain that... the right to equality, liberty and property... have for their foundation reverence for God. If we could imagine that swept away... our American government could not long survive.&rdquo;"

Sep[22] = "September 22nd<br><br>&lsquo;I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.&rdquo;These were the last words of American patriot Nathan Hale, who was hanged by the British, without a trial, this day, September 22, 1776. A Yale graduate and school teacher, he fought in the siege of Boston. He captured a boat full of provisions from under the gun of a British man-of-war. On Long Island, he penetrated the British line to spy for information, but was captured as he returned. His nephew, Edward Everett Hale, a well-known author, wrote: &ldquo;We are God`s children... you and I, and we have our duties... Thank God I come from men who are not afraid in battle.&rdquo;"

Sep[23] = "September 23rd<br><br>Imagine writing a book which would sell a million copies a year for over one hundred years! Well, one man did. His name was William Holmes McGuffey, born this day, September 23, 1800. Considered the &ldquo;Schoolmaster of the Nation,&rdquo;McGuffey`s Readers were the mainstay of America`s public school system from 1836 till the 1920`s. McGuffey was the president of Ohio University and formed the first teachers` association in that part of the nation. In his Fifth Eclectic Reader, William McGuffey wrote: &ldquo;Erase all thought and fear of God from a community, and selfishness and sensuality would absorb the whole man.&rdquo;"

Sep[24] = "September 24th<br><br>&lsquo;The power to tax is the power to destroy,&rdquo; wrote John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who was born this day, September 24, 1755. No one had a greater impact on Constitutional Law in America, as he served on the bench 34 years and helped write over 1000 decisions. He fought in the Revolution under Washington, enduring the terrible winter at Valley Forge. The nation felt a profound loss at his death. The Liberty Bell cracked while tolling at his funeral. Chief Justice John Marshall wrote: &ldquo;It would be strange, indeed, if with such a people, our institutions did not presuppose Christianity and did not often refer to it.&rdquo;"

Sep[25] = "September 25th<br><br>&lsquo;Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.&rdquo; Thus began the Ten Amendments, or Bill of Rights, which were approved this day, September 25, 1789. They were passed because the Constitution did not limit the powers of the Federal Government enough. Indeed, sixteen of the fifty-five delegates refused to sign the Constitution. Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams even tried to prevent it from being ratified, as the abuses of King George`s concentrated power were still fresh. Only with the promise that ten limitations would be placed on this new Government did the States finally ratify the Constitution."

Sep[26] = "September 26th<br><br>The board of the oldest institution of higher learning in America, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, declared its purpose was to &ldquo;train a literate clergy.&rdquo;Ten of its twelve presidents prior to the Revolution were ministers, and over fifty percent of the seventeenth-century graduates became ministers. The Rules and Precepts for the students, which were adopted this day, September, 26, 1642, stated: &ldquo;Let every Student be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed to consider well, the maine end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternall life.&rdquo; The name of the College was Harvard."

Sep[27] = "September 27th<br><br>Crying &ldquo;no taxation without representation,&rdquo;he instigated the Stamp Act riots and the Boston Tea Party. After the &ldquo;Boston Massacre,&rdquo;he spread Revolutionary sentiment throughout the Colonies with his Committees of Correspondence. He called for a Continental Congress and signed the Declaration. Known as &ldquo;The Father of the American Revolution,&rdquo;Samuel Adams was born this day, September 27, 1722. Samuel Adams wrote: &ldquo;He is the truest friend to... liberty... who... will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power... who is not a... virtuous man... If we would... enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.&rdquo;"

Sep[28] = "September 28th<br><br>He developed the vaccines for rabies and anthrax.. He revolutionized the medical field by establishing the germ theory of disease, laying the foundation for the control of tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria, and tetanus. He was appointed dean of the faculty of sciences at Lille University in France. He developed the process of &ldquo;Pasteurization &ldquo; of milk. His name: Louis Pasteur, and he died this day, September 28, 1895. Louis Pasteur stated: &ldquo;Science brings man nearer to God... There is something in the depths of our souls which tells us that the world may be more than a mere combination of events.&rdquo;"

Sep[29] = "September 29th<br><br>Late September, in the year 1622, Squanto died. He had helped the Pilgrims` survive in the new world, as  &ldquo;A special instrument sent of God.&rdquo;Governor Bradford wrote: &ldquo;The winds drove [their boat] in; Captain Standish fell ill with fever... they could not get round the shoals of Cape Cod, for flats and breakers... so they put into Manamoick Bay... Here Squanto fell ill of Indian fever, bleeding much at the nose, - which the Indians take for a symptom of death... He begged the Governor to pray for him, that he might go to the Englishmen`s God in Heaven, and bequeathed several of his things to... his English friends... His death was a great loss.&rdquo;"

Sep[30] = "September 30th<br><br>Seven times he came to America, preaching across the Colonies, sometimes to crowds of over 30,000 people. This Great Awakening spread like fire. Benjamin Franklin not only attended his meetings and printed his sermons, but built an auditorium for him to speak in, afterwards donating it as the first building of the University of Pennsylvania. Who was he: George Whitefield, who died this day, September 30, 1770. Of Whitefield`s preaching, Franklin wrote: &ldquo;It was wonderful to see... one could not walk thro` the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street.&rdquo;"

Oct = new Array
Oct[1] = "October 1st<br><br>&lsquo;In the language of the Holy Writ, there is a time for all things. There is a time to preach and a time to fight.&rdquo;Thus ended the sermon of Lutheran pastor John Peter Muhlenburg, as he removed his clerical robes to reveal the uniform in the Continental Army. After church service, 300 men of his congregation rode off with him to join General Washington`s troops. Born this day, October 1, 1746, and he died this same day in 1807. John Peter Muhlenburg was promoted to Major-General, and later Congressman and Senator. A statue of him now stands in the U.S. Capitol." 

Oct[2] = "October 2nd<br><br>Oxford historian Arnold Joseph Toynbee died this day, October 2, 1975. He had worked for the British government doing foreign intelligence and research and was a delegate to the Paris Peace Conferences following World Wars I and II. Gaining international acclaim for his history books, Arnold Joseph Toynbee wrote: &ldquo;The course of human history consists of a series of encounters... in which each man or woman or child... is challenged by God to make [the] free choice between doing God`s will and refusing to do it. When Man refuses, he is free to make his refusal and to take the consequences.&rdquo;"

Oct[3] = "October 3rd<br><br>On October 3, 1789, from the capital of New York City, President George Washington issued the first Proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer. There was reason to rejoice as just one week earlier, the first session of the United States Congress approved the First Ten Amendments, better known as the Bill of Rights, thereby limiting the power and scope of the Federal Government. Washington wrote:  &ldquo;Now, therefore, I do recommend... the People of these United States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.&rdquo;"

Oct[4] = "October 4th<br><br>A Joint Resolution of the 97th Congress, signed by Speaker of the House Tip O`Neil and President of the Senate Strom Thurmond, declared A Year of the Bible. President Reagan signed it into law on this day October 4, 1982, stating: &ldquo;Now, therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, in recognition of the contributions and influence of the Bible on our Republic and our people, do hereby proclaim 1983 the Year of the Bible in the United States. I encourage all citizens, each in his or her own way, to reexamine and rediscover its priceless and timeless message.&rdquo;"

Oct[5] = "October 5th<br><br>He entered Yale College at age 13 and graduated with honors. He became a pastor, and his sermon &ldquo;Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God&rdquo;started the Great Awakening, a revival that swept America, uniting the colonies prior to the Revolution. He became President of Yale College. His name was Jonathan Edwards, born this day, October 5, 1703. Jonathan married Sarah Pierrepont, and their descendants included: a U.S. Vice-President, 3 U.S. Senators, 3 governors, 3 mayors, 13 college presidents, 30 judges, 65 professors, 80 public office holders, 100 lawyers, and nearly 100 missionaries." 

Oct[6] = "October 6th<br><br>On October 6, 1862, just three weeks after the single bloodiest day in the Civil War where the North and the South lost 10,000 men each, President Lincoln met with Eliza Gurney and three other Quakers. He said: &ldquo;We are indeed going through... a fiery trial... Being a humble instrument in the hands of our Heavenly Father... I have sought His aid; but if... my efforts fail, I must believe that for some purpose unknown to me, He wills it.&rdquo;Lincoln concluded: &ldquo;We cannot but believe, that He who made the world still governs it.&rdquo;"

Oct[7] = "October 7th<br><br>Henry Muhlenberg died this day, October 7, 1787. He was one of the founders of the Lutheran Church in America. His son John Peter became a U.S. Senator and son Frederick became the first Speaker of the House. Henry Muhlenberg pastored near Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. He commented: &ldquo;I heard a fine example today, namely that His Excellency General Washington rode around among his army yesterday and admonished each and every one to fear God, to put away wickedness... and to practice Christian virtues... The Lord God has... marvelously preserved him from harm in the midst of countless perils.&rdquo;"

Oct[8] = "October 8th<br><br>A race car driver, he served in France during World War I as chauffeur for General Pershing. With Germany`s Red Baron dominating the skies, he transferred to the 94th Aero Squadron, which shot down 69 enemy aircraft and earned him the Congressional Medal. His name was &ldquo;Eddie&rdquo;Rickenbacker, born this day, October 8, 1890. In his book, &ldquo;The Flying Circus,&rdquo;Eddie Rickenbacker recounts escaping death: &ldquo;I am not such an egotist as to believe that God has spared me because I am I. I believe there is work for me to do and that I am spared to do it, just as you are.&rdquo;"

Oct[9] = "October 9th<br><br>Lewis Cass was born this day, October 9, 1782. He fought in the War of 1812, and later became the Governor of the Michigan Territory. Cass made treaties with the Indians, organized townships and built roads. He was a U.S. Senator, Secretary of State under President Buchanan and the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1848. Lewis Cass stated: &ldquo;The fate of republican government is indissolubly bound up with the fate of the Christian religion, and a people who reject its holy faith will find themselves the slaves of their own evil passions and of arbitrary power.&rdquo;"

Oct[10] = "October 10th<br><br>Just two days before Columbus sighted land, his men were on the verge of mutiny. They had sailed the longest voyage ever out of the sight of land and wanting to turn back. The entry in Columbus` Journal, October 10, 1492, stated: &ldquo;Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have. He added that it was useless to complain. He had come to the Indies, and so had to continue it until he found them, with the help of Our Lord.&rdquo;"

Oct[11] = "October 11th<br><br>On October 11, 1798, President John Adams addressed the officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts in a letter: &ldquo;We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.&rdquo;"

Oct[12] = "October 12th<br><br>October 12, 1492, two hours after midnight, Columbus sighted land. He named the first island San Salvador, meaning &ldquo;Holy Saviour.&rdquo;After meeting the natives, Columbus wrote: &ldquo;So that they might be well-disposed towards us, for I knew that they were a people to be... converted to our Holy Faith rather by love than by force, I gave to some red caps and to others glass beads... They... became so entirely our friends that it was a wonder to see.... I believe that they would easily be made Christians, for it seemed to me that they had no religion of their own.&rdquo;"

Oct[13] = "October 13th<br><br>Margaret Thatcher was born this day, October 13, 1925. She was the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. While traveling through New York City in 1996, Margaret Thatcher stated: &ldquo;Today, people are trying democracy. But they look at it as a philosophy or political pattern, without understanding its roots. I`m afraid democracy`s fundamental religious roots are weakening. There are some countries, fortunately, kept alive by faithful people. But even they are tending to weaken. In the British system, children are taught Christianity. They are taught a faith in school. It is a compulsory subject.&rdquo;"

Oct[14] = "October 14th<br><br>He was the son of a British Navy Admiral who discovered Bermuda. He attended Oxford University and studied law. At the age of 22, he heard a sermon entitled &ldquo;The Sandy Foundation Shaken&rdquo;and converted to the Society of Friends, or Quakers. As a result, he suffered imprisonment over three times for his faith, once imprisoned in the Tower of London for eight months. His name was William Penn, born this day, October 14, 1644. King Charles II repaid a debt owed to his father by giving William Penn a land grant in America, named Pennsylvania. "

Oct[15] = "October 15th<br><br>In an era when liberal federal judges have taken license to strike down properly passed laws, its interesting to look at the views of James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, who wrote on this day, October 15, 1788:  &ldquo;As the courts are generally the last in making the decision, it results to them, by refusing or not refusing to execute a law, to stamp it with its final character. This makes the Judiciary department paramount in fact to the Legislature, which was never intended, and can never be proper.&rdquo; Also on this day, October 15, 1991, despite a vicious attack by liberals, Clarence Thomas was confirmed as a Justice on the Supreme Court by the U.S. Senate vote of 52-48." 

Oct[16] = "October 16th<br><br>His barn in Pennsylvania was a station on the Underground Railway, helping slaves escape to freedom. But on this day, October 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 men raided Harper`s Ferry, Virginia, and seized the armory. He was captured, sentenced, and hanged. Labeled insane by some, Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, called him Saint John the Just. Years before, after hearing the story of how abolitionist publisher Elijah Lovejoy was murdered, John Brown stood up in the back of church and declared: &ldquo;Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery.&rdquo;"

Oct[17] = "October 17th<br><br>Five thousand seven hundred British troops, under the command of General Burgoyne, surrendered this day, October 17, 1777, at Saratoga, New York, to the revolutionary forces led by General Gates. After swearing never to fight against America again, the British troops were boarded on ships at Boston and sent back to England. When this news reached Europe, it encouraged further support of the Revolution. In a letter to his brother, John Augustine Washington, General George Washington wrote of this victory, saying: &ldquo;I most devoutly congratulate my country, and every well-wisher to the cause, on this signal stroke of Providence.&rdquo;"

Oct[18] = "October 18th<br><br>Pilgrim leader Edward Winslow was born this day, October 18, 1595. He was English agent for the Plymouth Colony and served as their Governor three separate terms, successfully making friendship with Indian chief, Massasoit. He later returned to England and served Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War. In writing of the Pilgrims` experiences, Edward Winslow recounted: &ldquo;Drought and the like... moved not only every good man privately to enter into examination with his own estate between God and his conscience, and so to humiliation before Him, but also to humble ourselves together before the Lord by fasting and prayer.&rdquo;"

Oct[19] = "October 19th<br><br>The British power in America was broken this day, October 19, 1781, as 8000 British troops under Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia. The following day, General George Washington called for a service to render thanksgiving to God: &ldquo;In order to diffuse the general Joy through every Breast the General orders that... Divine Service be performed tomorrow in the several Brigades or Divisions. The Commander-in-Chief earnestly recommends that the troops not on duty should universally attend, with... gratitude of heart which the recognition of such... astonishing Interposition of Providence demands of us.&rdquo;"

Oct[20] = "October 20th<br><br>Herbert Hoover died this day, October 20, 1964. He was America`s 31st President, guiding the country during the first part of the Great Depression. During World War II, in a joint statement signed by such individuals as the widows of Presidents Coolidge, Roosevelt, Taft, Harrison, Cleveland, Herbert Hoover stated: &ldquo;Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic. Democracy is the outgrowth of the religious conviction of the sacredness of every human life. On the religious side, its highest embodiment is The Bible; on the political side, the Constitution.&rdquo;"

Oct[21] = "October 21st<br><br>On this day, October 21, 1805, in one of the greatest naval battles in history, British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the combined Spanish and French fleets in the Battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Spain. This ended Napoleon`s power on the sea. The cannonades and musket shot ripped apart the ships at point blank range, killing or wounding nearly ten thousand men. In the fighting that ensued, Admirable Nelson was fatally shot in the spine. He was carried below deck to the ship`s surgeon where he died. Admiral Horatio Nelson`s last words were: &ldquo;Thank God I have done my duty.&rdquo;"

Oct[22] = "October 22nd<br><br>October 22, 1836, General Sam Houston is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of Texas. The Texas Declaration of Independence stated: &ldquo;When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and... becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression.... it is a... sacred obligation to their posterity to abolish such government, and create another in its stead... Conscious of the rectitude of our intentions, we fearlessly and confidently commit the issue to the decision of the Supreme Arbiter of the destinies of nations.&rdquo;"

Oct[23] = "October 23rd<br><br>On October 23, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson issued a Proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer. He wrote: &ldquo;The season is at hand... to turn in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His manifold... blessings to us as a nation. The year that has just passed has been marked... by... His gracious and beneficent providence.... We have seen the practical completion of a great work at the Isthmus of Panama.... `Righteousness exalteth a nation` and `peace on earth, good will towards men` furnish the only foundation upon which can be built the lasting achievements of the human spirit.&rdquo;"

Oct[24] = "October 24th<br><br>The United Nations Day was established by charter on this day, October 24, 1945. One of the first Presidents of the U.N. General Assembly and chairman of the U.N. Security Council was Philippine General Carlos Romulo. He had served with General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific, was Ambassador to the U.S. and won the Pulitzer Prize. General Carlos Romulo stated: &ldquo;Never forget, Americans, that yours is a spiritual country. Yes, I know you`re a practical people. Like others, I`ve marveled at your factories, your skyscrapers, and your arsenals. But underlying everything else is the fact that America began as a God-loving, God-fearing, God-worshiping people.&rdquo;"

Oct[25] = "October 25th<br><br>On October 25, 1887, President Grover Cleveland issued a Proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer: &ldquo;The goodness and the mercy of God, which have followed the American people during all the days of the past year, claim their grateful recognition.... I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby designate... a day of thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by all the people of the land.... Let all secular work and employment be suspended, and let our people assemble in... worship and with prayer and songs of praise give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all that He has done.&rdquo;"

Oct[26] = "October 26th<br><br>On this day October 26, 1774, the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts reorganized their defense with one-third of their regiments being &ldquo;Minutemen.&rdquo;They were known as such because they would be ready to fight at a minute`s notice. They charged the Minutemen: &ldquo;You... are placed by Providence in the post of honor, because it is the post of danger.... The eyes not only of North America and the whole British Empire, but of all Europe, are upon you. Let us be, therefore, altogether solicitous that no disorderly behavior, nothing unbecoming our characters as Americans, as citizens and Christians, be justly chargeable to us.&rdquo;"

Oct[27] = "October 27th<br><br>His wife and mother and wife both tragically died on Valentine`s Day, 1884. Depressed, he left New York to ranch cattle in the Dakotas. He organized the first Voluntary Cavalry, known as the &ldquo;Rough Riders,&rdquo;which captured San Juan Hill. He was Vice-President under William McKinley, in 1901 became America`s youngest President. His name was Teddy Roosevelt, born this day, October 27, 1858. President Roosevelt warned: &ldquo;The thought of modern industry in the hands of Christian charity is a dream worth dreaming. The thought of industry in the hands of paganism is a nightmare beyond imagining. The choice between the two is upon us.&rdquo;"

Oct[28] = "October 28th<br><br>The Statue of Liberty was dedicated this day, October 28, 1886, by President Grover Cleveland. It was presented to the U.S. by France as a symbol of friendship. This four hundred and fifty thousand pound statue is supported by a steel structure build by Gustave Eiffel, who built the Eiffel Tower. The Statue of Liberty was designed by sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, who wrote: &ldquo;The statue was born for this place which inspired its conception. May God be pleased to bless my efforts and my work, and to crown it with success, the duration and the moral influence which it ought to have.&rdquo;"

Oct[29] = "October 29th<br><br>October 29, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange crashed, panic selling ensued and America plunged into the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover, in a nation-wide drive to aid the private relief agencies, stated: &ldquo;Time and time again the American people have demonstrated a spiritual quality... of generosity... This is the occasion when we must arouse that idealism... This civilization... which we call American life, is builded and can alone survive upon the translation into individual action of that fundamental philosophy announced by the Savior nineteen centuries ago... Modern society can not survive with the defense of Cain, `Am I my brother`s keeper?`&rdquo;"

Oct[30] = "October 30th<br><br>John Adams was born this day, October 30, 1735. He signed the Declaration of Independence, was Vice-President under George Washington and was elected the second President of the United States. Later in life, John Adams wrote to Thomas Jefferson: &ldquo;Have you ever found in history, one single example of a Nation thoroughly corrupted that was afterwards restored to virtue?... And without virtue, there can be no political liberty.... Will you tell me how to prevent luxury from producing effeminacy, intoxication, extravagance, vice and folly?... I believe no effort in favour of virtue is lost.&rdquo;"

Oct[31] = "October 31st<br><br>On this day, October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church, thus beginning the Reformation. He was summoned to stand trial before the twenty-one year old Emperor Charles V and was declared an outlaw. Luther was protected by Frederick of Saxony in the Wartburg castle, where he translated the New Testament into German. Among his works, Martin Luther wrote: &ldquo;I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates of hell unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures, engraving them in the hearts of youth.&rdquo;"

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Nov[1] = "November 1st<br><br>On this day, November 1, 1800, John Adams became the first U.S. President to move into the White House. The following day he wrote a letter to his wife, Abigail, in which he composed a beautiful prayer. A portion of that prayer was inscribed on the mantlepiece in the State Dining Room by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It reads: &ldquo;I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it.&rdquo;President Adams ended his prayer with the words: &ldquo;May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.&rdquo;"

Nov[2] = "November 2nd<br><br>After defeating the British, General George Washington resigned and returned to farming at Mount Vernon. On this day, November 2, 1783, he issued his Farewell Orders to his troops. &ldquo;Before the Comdr in Chief takes his final leave,&rdquo;he wrote, &ldquo;he wishes... a slight review of the past.... The singular interpositions of Providence in our feeble condition were such, as could scarcely escape the attention of the most unobserving; while the... perseverance of the Armies of the U. States, through almost every possible suffering... for the space of eight long years, was little short of a standing miracle.&rdquo;"

Nov[3] = "November 3rd<br><br>On November 3, 1924, in a Radio Address to the nation from the White House,  President Calvin Coolidge stated: &ldquo;I urge all the voters of our country, without reference to party, that they assemble tomorrow at their respective voting places in the exercise of the high office of American citizenship, that they approach the ballot box in the spirit that they would approach a sacrament.&rdquo;President Coolidge continued: &ldquo;Make [your] choice of public officers solely in the light of [your] conscience. When an election is so held... it sustains the belief that the voice of the people is the voice of God.&rdquo;"

Nov[4] = "November 4th<br><br>Charles Carroll was unique. He was the only Roman Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence and he outlived all the other signers. At his death, he was considered the wealthiest citizen in America. On this day, November 4, 1800, Charles Carroll penned a letter to James McHenry, the signer of the Constitution for whom Fort McHenry was named. Charles Carroll wrote: &ldquo;Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure,... are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.&rdquo;"

Nov[5] = "November 5th<br><br>She was the wife of the second President and the mother of the sixth President. Her letters provide some of the most valuable insights of the Revolutionary period. Her name was Abigail Adams. And on this day, November 5, 1775, in a letter to Mercy Warren, Abigail wrote: &ldquo;Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men? Can he be a patriot who, by an openly vicious conduct, is... corrupting the Morals of Youth, and by his bad example injuring the very Country he professes to patronize...&rdquo;Scriptures tell us `righteousness exalteth a Nation.`&rdquo;"

Nov[6] = "November 6th<br><br>Did you know both basketball and volleyball were invented by instructors at the YMCA? The YMCA, or Young Men`s Christian Association, was founded in 1844 by George Williams and has grown to a membership of over four million in seventy-six countries. Founder George Williams, who died this day, November 6, 1905, wrote: &ldquo;My life-long experience as a business man and  a... worker among young men, has taught me that the only power... that can effectually keep one from evil... is that which comes from an intimate knowledge of the Lord.... and... the safe Guide-Book by which one may be led to Christ is the Bible.&rdquo;"

Nov[7] = "November 7th<br><br>He originally wanted to be a baseball player, but after attending a revival meeting at age 16 his life changed. He has since addressed crowds around the world and was friends with Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton. His name: Billy Graham, and he was born this day, November 7, 1918. Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal in 1996, Billy Graham stated:  &ldquo;As we face a new millennium, I believe America has gone a long way down the wrong road. We must turn around... If ever we needed God`s help, it is now.&rdquo;"

Nov[8] = "November 8th<br><br>Julius Caesar Watts, better know as J.C., was born this day, November 8, 1957. A college and pro football player, he was a youth minister and in 1994 was elected to the U.S. Congress. In response to the President`s State of the Union Address in 1997, Congressman J.C. Watts stated: &ldquo;I was taught to respect everyone for the simple reason that we`re all God`s children. I was taught, in the words of Martin Luther King, to judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. And I was taught that character is simply doing what`s right when nobody`s looking.&rdquo;"

Nov[9] = "November 9th<br><br>On this day, November 9, 1954, President Eisenhower spoke at the National Conference on the Spiritual Foundation of American Democracy. He stated: &ldquo;Now Dr. Lowry said something about my having certain convictions as to a God in Heaven and an Almighty power. Well, I don`t think anyone needs a great deal of credit for believing in what seems to me to be obvious.&rdquo;Eisenhower concluded:  &ldquo;And no matter what Democracy tries to do in terms of individual liberty... when you come back to it, there is just one thing... man is worthwhile because he was born in the image of God.&rdquo;"

Nov[10] = "November 10th<br><br>&lsquo;Doctor Livingston, I presume,&rdquo;was the greeting made this day, November 10, 1871, by newspaper reporter Henry Stanley as he met Dr. David Livingston on the banks of Lake Tanganyika. Dr. Livingston, an internationally known missionary in Africa, had not been heard from in years and the rumor spread he had died. Stanley, a skeptic, set out to find him and write a story. He described Dr. Livingston as:  &ldquo;A man who is... sustained as well as guided by influences from Heaven... The heroism, nobility, pure and stainless enthusiasm... come, beyond question, from Christ. There must, therefore, be a Christ.&rdquo;"

Nov[11] = "November 11th<br><br>At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, in the year 1918, World War I ended. Celebrated as Armistice Day, it was changed to Veterans Day after World War II. In 1921, President Warren Harding had the remains of an unknown soldier killed in France buried in Arlington Cemetery. He requested that:  &ldquo;All... citizens... indulge in a period of silent thanks to God for these... valorous lives and of supplication for His Divine mercy... on our beloved country.&rdquo; Inscribed on the Tomb are the words: &ldquo;Here lies in honored glory an American soldier know but to God.&rdquo;"

Nov[12] = "November 12th<br><br>This day, November 12, 1620, was the Pilgrims` first full day in America. It took over two months for the one hundred and three of them, cramped between decks on the tiny Mayflower, to cross the freezing North Atlantic. They had intended to sail to Jamestown, but were blown off course by violent storms and landed at Plymouth Rock instead. Governor William Bradford wrote: &ldquo;Being thus arrived... they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils... again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth.&rdquo;"

Nov[13] = "November 13th<br><br>The Vietnam War Memorial was dedicated this day, November 13, 1982, honoring the 58,000 American troops who died. In 1966, Marine Sargent George Hutchings of the First Battalion Fifth Marine Division had over two hundred men killed around him during an ambush by the Viet Cong. Shot three times, he was bayoneted and left for dead, for which he received the Purple Heart. Of the Memorial, George Hutchings said: &ldquo;On that wall is the name of Corporal Quinton Bice, who was hit in the chest with a rocket running a patrol in my place. A Christian, he had shared the Gospel with me, but I didn`t understand it till he gave his life in my place.&rdquo;"

Nov[14] = "November 14th<br><br>Born a slave, he taught himself to read, and attended school after working all day. At age 25 he founded the Tuskegee Institute and recruited George Washington Carver to join the staff. At the time of his death, which occurred this day, November 14, 1915, the school had grown to over 1,500 students. His name was Booker T. Washington, and he was the first Black to have his picture on a U.S. postage stamp and a U.S. coin. He was also the first Black elected to the Hall of Fame. Booker T. Washington declared: &ldquo;I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.&rdquo;"

Nov[15] = "November 15th<br><br>A member of the Continental Congress, he was the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence, and he lost two sons in the Revolutionary War. He was President of Princeton and taught nine of the men that wrote the Constitution, including James Madison. He served on over one hundred and twenty Congressional Committees. His name was Reverend John Witherspoon, and he died this day, November 15, 1794. Rev. Witherspoon wrote:  &ldquo;A Republic must either preserve its virtue or lose its liberty.... Whoever is an avowed enemy of God, I scruple not to call him an enemy of his country.&rdquo;"

Nov[16] = "November 16th<br><br>&lsquo;My Country `tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty...&rdquo;This patriotic hymn was written by Samuel Francis Smith, who died this day, November 16, 1895. A classmate at Harvard with the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes, he became a Baptist minister and professor. While in seminary, Samuel heard the national anthems for England, Sweden and Russia. He sat down and within a half hour wrote My Country `tis of Thee. The fourth verse reads: &ldquo;Our fathers` God, to thee, Author of liberty, To Thee we sing; Long may our land be bright With freedom`s holy light: Protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King.&rdquo;"

Nov[17] = "November 17th<br><br>&lsquo;Bloody Mary&rdquo;condemned over 300 people to be burned alive. She had been Queen of England for five years after her father Henry VIII. Upon her death, this day, November 17, 1558, her half-sister Elizabeth became Queen and ruled forty-five years, during which time Sir Francis Drake destroyed the Spanish Armada, Sir Walter Raleigh discovered Virginia and Shakespeare advanced theater. Regarding her epitaph, Queen Elizabeth stated: &ldquo;I am no lover of pompous title, but only desire... a line or two, which shall express my name, my virginity, the years of my reign, [and] the reformation of religion under it.&rdquo;"

Nov[18] = "November 18th<br><br>Jesse James was killed, telephone lines connected New York and Chicago and international time zones were set. This all occurred during the term of President Chester Arthur, who died this day, November 18, 1886. The son of a Baptist minister from Ireland, Arthur became an abolitionist lawyer, defending the rights of Blacks, and served as Inspector General during the Civil War. When James Garfield was assassinated, President Arthur wrote: &ldquo;The deep grief which fills all hearts should manifest itself with one accord toward the Throne of Infinite Grace... We should bow before the Almighty and seek from Him... consolation in our affliction.&rdquo;"

Nov[19] = "November 19th<br><br>&lsquo;Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.&rdquo;Thus begins the Gettysburg Address, delivered this day, November 19, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln on the battlefield where 50,000 soldiers died. This ten-sentence speech ends with the words: &ldquo;We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.&rdquo;"

Nov[20] = "November 20th<br><br>When the Supreme Court declared prayer in schools unconstitutional in 1962, Senator Majority Leader Robert Byrd from West Virginia, who was born this day, November 20, 1917, gave a moving address to Congress. He stated: &ldquo;On the south banks of Washington`s Tidal Basin, Thomas Jefferson still speaks: `God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?`&rdquo;Senator Byrd concluded: &ldquo;[Jefferson`s words are] a... warning that to remove God from this country will destroy it.&rdquo;"

Nov[21] = "November 21st<br><br>The French author Voltaire was born this day, November 21, 1694. He was celebrated for his wit, brilliancy and his hatred of Christianity. According to Yale President Timothy Dwight, Voltaire had &ldquo;formed a systematical design to destroy Christianity and to introduce... a general diffusion of... atheism.&rdquo; Bruce Barton, an American advertising executive, wrote: &ldquo;Voltaire spoke of the Bible as a short-lived book. He said that within a hundred years it would pass from common use. Not many people read Voltaire today, but his house has been packed with Bibles as a depot of a Bible society.&rdquo;"

Nov[22] = "November 22nd<br><br>Shots rang out as President John F. Kennedy was assassinated this day, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. He was on his way to deliver a speech at the Dallas Trade Mart. The speech stated: &ldquo;We in this country... are... the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask... that we may be worthy of our power... that we may achieve... the ancient vision of peace on earth, goodwill toward Man. President Kennedy`s speech concluded: &ldquo;The righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago, `Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.`&rdquo;"

Nov[23] = "November 23rd<br><br>Two months before being elected America`s fourteenth President, his eleven year only son, Bennie, was killed as their campaign train rolled off the tracks. This happened to Franklin Pierce, who was born this day, November 23, 1804. Elected to Congress at age 29, he was a U.S. Senator at 33. After one term, he resigned and enlisted in the army as a private. Promoted to brigadier general, he served in General Winfield Scott`s campaign against Mexico City. President Franklin Peirce stated: &ldquo;It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation`s humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.&rdquo;"

Nov[24] = "November 24th<br><br>He was sentenced to the be a galley slave on a French ship, but after several grueling years he escaped and came back to Scotland to preach. He confronted Mary, Queen of Scots, and so convincingly evangelized that by year 1560 the Scottish Parliament established Presbyterianism as the national faith. His name was John Knox, and he died this day, November 24, 1572. One of his descendants was the Reverend John Witherspoon, who signed the Declaration of Independence and was President of Princeton, teaching many of America`s founders.  John Knox stated:  &ldquo;A man with God is always in the majority.&rdquo;"

Nov[25] = "November 25th<br><br>Freed from slavery, Sojourner Truth heard  &ldquo;A voice from Heaven&rdquo;and began traveling the North preaching emancipation for the slaves. During the Civil War she came to Washington, D.C. and help resettle ex-slaves. This day, November 25, 1883, was her last full day on earth. Sojourner Truth stated: &ldquo;When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wanted to keep nothing of Egypt on me, and so I went to the Lord and asked him to give me a new name.... I set up my banner, and... sing, and then folks always comes up `round me, and... I tells them about Jesus.&rdquo;"

Nov[26] = "November 26th<br><br>In 1789, President George Washington proclaimed the first National Day of Thanksgiving. He wrote: &ldquo;Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His will... I do recommend... Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of November... to be devoted by the People of these United States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.&rdquo;Washington continued: &ldquo;that we may... humbly offer our prayers... to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national... transgressions.&rdquo;"

Nov[27] = "November 27th<br><br>During World War I, Britain was at a great disadvantage in manufacturing explosives, that is, until there was a breakthrough in synthesizing acetone by a Jewish chemist named Dr. Chaim Weizmann, who was born this day, November 27, 1874. The British were so grateful that they issued the Balfour Declaration, establishing a national home for the Jewish people. Dr. Weizmann received the support of President Harry Truman, who wrote: &ldquo;I want to tell you how happy and impressed I have been at the remarkable progress made by the new State of Israel.&rdquo; Dr. Weizmann wrote: &ldquo;I think that the God of Israel is with us.&rdquo;"

Nov[28] = "November 28th<br><br>The Revolutionary War started in Massachusetts. Following the hated Stamp Act, the British committed the infamous Boston Massacre, firing into a crowd killing many. The colonists responded with the Boston Tea Party. The British then blocked the Boston Harbor to starve them into submission. The President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, James Warren, who was died this November 28, 1808, stated:  &ldquo;As it has pleased Almighty GOD... to suffer the Calamities of... War to take Place among us...The most effectual Way to escape those desolating Judgements... will be - That we repent and turn every one from his Iniquities.&rdquo;"

Nov[29] = "November 29th<br><br>His death went unnoticed, as he died the same day John F. Kennedy was shot, but his works are some of the most widely read in English literature. Originally an agnostic, he served in World War I and became a professor at Oxford and Cambridge. He wrote The Screwtape Letters and The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe. His name was C.S. Lewis born this day, November 29, 1898. In his book, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote: &ldquo;The Eternal Being, who knows everything and who created the whole universe, became not only a man but a baby, and before that a fetus in a woman`s body.&rdquo;"

Nov[30] = "November 30th<br><br>&lsquo;The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country&rdquo;was his first popular story, written while in San Francisco. He then sailed to Palestine and wrote Innocents Abroad. While on this trip, he saw the picture of his friend`s sister, Olivia, and fell in love. Immediately upon his return, he met and married her, and, under her encouragement, his writing greatly improved. His name was Mark Twain, born this day, November 30, 1835. Regarding the Holy Land, Mark Twain wrote: &ldquo;Our Saviour... spent His life, preaching His Gospel, and performing His miracles, within a compass no larger than an ordinary county of the United States.&rdquo;"

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Dec[1] = "December 1st<br><br>The Confederates won the Second Battle of Bull Run, crossed the Potomac River in to Maryland and captured Harper`s Ferry. After the bloodiest day of fighting, the Confederate drive was halted at the Battle of Antietam. Abraham Lincoln responded by issuing his Emancipation Proclamation. On this day, December 1, 1862, President Lincoln stated in his Second Annual Message to Congress: &ldquo;In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free... We shall nobly save - or meanly lose - the last, best hope of earth... The way is plain... which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.&rdquo;"

Dec[2] = "December 2nd<br><br>A thirty-three year old conquistador landed in Mexico with five hundred men. He was shocked to find the Aztecs taking prisoners of the weaker tribes, ripping their hearts out atop temples, and in a frenzy eating their bodies. This conquistador freed the prisoners, knocked down idols, and erected crosses. His name was Hernando Cortez, and he died this day, December 2, 1547. His personal secretary wrote: &ldquo;Cortez told them of their blindness... in worshiping many gods and making sacrifices of human blood... He then told them of a single God, Creator of Heaven and earth... whom all men should worship and serve.&rdquo;"

Dec[3] = "December 3rd<br><br>President Thomas Jefferson, author of the phrase &ldquo;Separation of church and state,&rdquo;asked Congress to ratify a treaty with the Kaskaskia Indians, which they did this day, December 3, 1803. It stated: &ldquo;Whereas the greater part of said tribe have been baptized... into the Catholic Church, to which they are much attached, the United States will give annually, for seven years, one hundred dollars toward the support of a priest... who will... perform... the duties of his office, and... instruct as many... children as possible.&rdquo;The treaty, signed by Jefferson, concluded: &ldquo;The United States will further give the sum of three hundred dollars to assist... in the erection of a church.&rdquo;"

Dec[4] = "December 4th<br><br>Father Jacques Marquette left France and arrived in Quebec to be a missionary among the Indians. After several years, Governor Frontenac commissioned him to explore the Mississippi River. Traveling by canoe from Lake Michigan, through Wisconsin, Father Marquette descended the unknown Mississippi down to the Arkansas River. The following year, he set out to found a mission among the Illinois Indians. Caught by the winter on this day, December 4, 1674, Father Marquette and two companions had to erect a rough log cabin near the shore of Lake Michigan. This became the first building of a settlement that would afterwards grow into the city of Chicago." 

Dec[5] = "December 5th<br><br>A signer of the U.S. Constitution who was licensed to preach? This was Hugh Williamson, born this day, December 5, 1735. He studied divinity in Connecticut and was admitted to the Presbytery of Philadelphia, where he preached nearly two years till a chronic chest weakness convinced him to change careers. Williamson then entered medical school and during the Revolution served as Surgeon General to the North Carolina troops. As a scientist, High Williamson joined Dr. Benjamin Franklin in many electrical experiments and wrote a book on climate, giving scientific explanation for the credibility of  Noah`s flood and Moses` exodus." 

Dec[6] = "December 6th<br><br>His name was Nicholas and he was born to a wealthy, elderly couple in what is now Turkey in the third century AD. Just a teenager when his parents died, he entered the monastery and eventually was ordained Bishop of the coastal city of Myra. Known for his generosity to the poor and for many miraculous answers to prayer, he confronted the pagan worship of &ldquo;Diana&rdquo;and was cruelly imprisoned during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. When Constantine ended the persecution of Christians, he attended the Council of Nicaea and helped write the Nicene Creed. A true Saint, Nicholas died this day, December 6, 343AD." 

Dec[7] = "December 7th<br><br>&lsquo;December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.&rdquo;Thus spoke President Franklin D. Roosevelt, following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by over 100 Japanese aircraft. Five American battleships and three destroyers were sunk, 400 planes were destroyed and over 4000 were killed or wounded. President Roosevelt concluded: &ldquo;Our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph. So help us God.&rdquo;"

Dec[8] = "December 8th<br><br>On this day, December 8, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln announced his plan to pardon those who had been Confederates. He wrote: &ldquo;Whereas it is... desired by some persons heretofore engaged in said rebellion to resume their allegiance to the United States... I, Abraham Lincoln... proclaim... a full pardon... upon the condition that every such person... take... an oath... to wit: `I... do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution... and that I will... faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during the existing rebellion having reference to slaves... So help me God.`&rdquo;"

Dec[9] = "December 9th<br><br>In the year 1891, on this day, December 9th, President Benjamin Harrison wrote: &ldquo;This Government has found occasion to express... to the... Czar its serious concern because of the harsh measures now being enforced against the Hebrews in Russia... Great numbers... have been constrained... to abandon their homes and leave the Empire... It is estimated that over one million will be forced from Russia within a few years.&rdquo;President Harrison concluded: &ldquo;The Hebrew... has always kept the law... often under... oppressive...restrictions... This consideration, as well as the suggestion of humanity, furnishes ample ground for the remonstrances... we have presented to Russia.&rdquo;"

Dec[10] = "December 10th<br><br>The Treaty ending Spanish American War was signed this day, December 10, 1898. Spain renounced all claims to Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. The War, which began when the Battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, ended only a few months later as Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, and Santiago, Cuba was captured with the help of Teddy Roosevelt. President William McKinley stated:  &ldquo;At a time...of... unprecedented success... it is fitting that we should... bow before the throne of divine grace and give devout praise to God, who holdeth the nations in the hollow of His hands.&rdquo;"

Dec[11] = "December 11th<br><br>Alexander Solzhenitsyn was born in Russia this day, December 11, 1918. He was arrested for writing a letter criticizing Joseph Stalin and spent eleven years in prisons and labor camps. He began writing and eventually received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Solzhenitsyn wrote:  &ldquo;At the height of Stalin`s terror... more than 40,000 persons [were] shot per month... Over there... in psychiatric hospitals... doctors are... injecting people with drugs which destroy their brain.&rdquo;Solzhenitsyn concluded: &ldquo;You know the words from the Bible: &ldquo;Build not on sand, but on rock.... Communist leaders respect only firmness... and laugh at persons who give in to them.&rdquo;"

Dec[12] = "December 12th<br><br>Pennsylvania. The Continental Congress met there, the Declaration of Independence was signed there and the Constitution was written there. For awhile the United States Capitol was there. On this day, December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania became the second State to join the Union. The oath of office contained in Pennsylvania`s Constitution read:  &ldquo;And each member [of the legislature], before he takes his seat, shall make... the following declaration... `I do believe in one God, the Creator and Governour of the Universe, the Rewarder of the good and Punisher of the wicked, and I do acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration.`&rdquo;"

Dec[13] = "December 13th<br><br>Phillips Brooks was born this day, December 13, 1835. At Harvard, he was taught by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes. He later became bishop of the Episcopal Church in Massachusetts. But Phillips Brooks is probably best remembered for a song he wrote two years after the Civil War, which goes: &ldquo;O little town of Bethlehem! How still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, The silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth, The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years, Are met in thee tonight.&rdquo;"

Dec[14] = "December 14th<br><br>He caught a chill riding horseback several hours in the snow while inspecting his Mount Vernon farm. The next morning it developed into acute laryngitis and the doctors were called. Their response was to bleed him heavily four times, a process of cutting one`s arm to let the &ldquo;Bad blood&rdquo;out, and have him gargle with a mixture of molasses, vinegar and butter. Despite their best efforts, they could not save former President George Washington, and he died this day, December 14, 1799, at the age of sixty-seven. George Washington`s last words were: &ldquo;Father of mercies, take me unto thyself.&rdquo;"

Dec[15] = "December 15th<br><br>Newly independent, the thirteen American States were suspicions that their new government may become too powerful, as King George`s was. They insisted that ten handcuffs be place on the power of the Federal Government. We call these the First Ten Amendments or Bill of Rights, and they were ratified this day, December 15, 1791. The First Amendments states: &ldquo;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.&rdquo;"

Dec[16] = "December 16th<br><br>The Boston Tea Party took place this day, December 16, 1773, just three years after the Boston Massacre, where the British fired into a crowd killing many. The unbearable taxes of the British resulted in a band of citizens, disguised as Indians, throwing 342 chests of tea from a British East India Company ship into the Boston Harbor. The men of Marlborough, Massachusetts, declared: &ldquo;Death is more eligible than slavery. A free-born people are not required by the religion of Christ to submit to tyranny, but may make use of such power as God has given them to recover and support their... liberties.&rdquo;"

Dec[17] = "December 17th<br><br>A contemporary of Mozart and Haydn, he started losing his hearing at age 28, and eventually became totally deaf. Incredibly, though, he continued writing some of the most beautiful symphonies, concertos, sonatas, and quartets of all time. Today, he ranks as one of the greatest composers in history. His name was Ludwig van Beethoven, and he was born this day, December 17, 1770. Beethoven wrote: &ldquo;No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with Him.&rdquo;"

Dec[18] = "December 18th<br><br>The same year twenty-one-year-old George Washington was fighting in the French Indian War, a Christmas carol became popular. It was written by Charles Wesley, born this day, December 18, 1707. He was the brother of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and together they served as missionaries among the Indians and settlers in Georgia. Charles Wesley`s Christmas carol begins: &ldquo;Hark the herald angels sing, Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled. Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th` angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem.&rdquo;"

Dec[19] = "December 19th<br><br>Driven into Pennsylvania by the British, it was on this day, December 19, in the freezing winter of 1777, that the Continental Army set up camp at Valley Forge. Lacking supplies, soldiers died at the rate of twelve per day. General Washington, who was seen kneeling in prayer in the snow, recorded: &ldquo;To see men without clothes to cover their nakedness, without blankets to lay on, without shoes, by which their marches might be traced by the blood from their feet... and at Christmas taking up their... quarters within a day`s march of the enemy... is a mark of patience and obedience which in my opinion can scarce be paralleled.&rdquo;"

Dec[20] = "December 20th<br><br>December 20, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton became the second President in United States history to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. The two counts passed acknowledged that he had provided &ldquo;perjurious, false and misleading testimony to a grand jury&rdquo;and committed &ldquo;obstruction of justice&rdquo;in an effort to cover-up an immoral sexual relationship with a twenty-one year old intern. In his book, The Death of Outrage, best-selling author William Bennet wrote: &ldquo;The last year and a half was vivid proof that Bill Clinton is willing to commit criminal acts to maintain... his political viability.&rdquo;"

Dec[21] = "December 21st<br><br>The captain of a slave trading ship, he was so depraved that once in a drunken stupor he fell overboard. His crew, in order to rescue him, threw a harpoon through his leg and reeled him back on board. His constant limp reminded him of God`s grace. His name was John Newton, and he died this day, December 21, 1807. Spending the rest of his life working to rid England of slavery, John Newton is best known writing:  &ldquo;Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.&rdquo;"

Dec[22] = "December 22nd<br><br>The Battle of the Bulge. The Nazi`s amassed three of their armies for an enormous attack against the Allies in the Ardennes Forest. The Germans soon surrounded the 101st Airborne Division in southern Belgium and demanded their surrender. General Anthony McAuliffe answered the Nazi in one word: &ldquo;Nuts.&rdquo;Three days later relief came and the Allies began a counterattack. In his order given this day, December 22, 1944, General Eisenhower stated: &ldquo;I call upon every man... to rise now to new heights of courage... with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God`s help, go forward to our greatest victory.&rdquo;"

Dec[23] = "December 23rd<br><br>An essay entitled The American Crisis was published this day, December 23, 1776. Signed &ldquo;Common Sense,&rdquo;it was written by Thomas Paine and it greatly spread the flame of independence. General George Washington ordered it read to his troops. It stated: &ldquo;These are the times that try men`s souls... Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation... that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph... What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; `tis dearness only that gives everything its value... Where, say some, is the king of America? I`ll tell you, friend, He reigns above.&rdquo;"

Dec[24] = "December 24th<br><br>On Christmas eve, December 24, 1492, one of Columbus` ships, the Santa Maria  ran aground on the island of Haiti and had to be abandoned. Columbus left 40 men on the Island in a settlement he named &ldquo;La Navidad,&rdquo;meaning &ldquo;The Nativity.&rdquo;He promised to return the next year. On this same day, Columbus wrote in his Journal to the King and Queen of Spain, stating: &ldquo;In all the world there can be no better or gentler people. Your Highnesses should feel great joy, because presently they will be Christians, and instructed in the good manners of your realms.&rdquo;"

Dec[25] = "December 25th<br><br>In the first six months of the Revolution, the Continental Army was driven out of New York, across New Jersey and into Pennsylvania. The troops dwindled from 17,000 down to 2000, and half of them were ready to quit. In a desperate act, Washington crossed the Delaware River this day, Christmas Day evening, December 25, 1776, and attacked the Hessian troops at Trenton, who were sleeping off the effects of their Christmas partying. Capturing nearly a thousand of them, General Washington later wrote: &ldquo;We have... abundant reasons to thank Providence... It has at times been my only dependence, for all other resources... failed.&rdquo;"

Dec[26] = "December 26th<br><br>John Alexander Logan died this day, December 26, 1886. He was a Major-General during the Civil War serving with General Grant at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and General Sherman on his march to the sea. A U.S. Congressman and Senator, John Alexander Logan stated: &ldquo;The beautiful ceremonies of love and remembrance, now so universally performed with flowers, came... through... the Christian religion. Branches of palms were thrown in the path of our Saviour as He entered Jerusalem. The crucified Christ received a crown of thorns from His executioners, but flowers strewn by unseen hands exhaled their fragrance around the cave where His body was laid.&rdquo;"

Dec[27] = "December 27th<br><br>He suffered an attack of smallpox when he was four-years-old which left him with crippled hands and poor eyesight. Overcoming those handicaps, he studied Copernicus` works and at age twenty-three became a professor of astronomy. His name was Johannes Kepler, born this day, December 27, 1571. His laws of planetary motion, known as Kepler`s Laws, helped Newton formulate the theory of gravity. Regarding his book on astronomy, Kepler stated: &ldquo;O, Almighty God, I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee!...The book is written... It may... well... wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.&rdquo;"

Dec[28] = "December 28th<br><br>While he was President, he married Edith Bolling Galt, who was a direct descendant of Pocahontas. Under his administration, the Panama Canal was completed, the Federal Reserve Bank was formed and America entered World War I. His name was Woodrow Wilson, born this day, December 28, 1856. During World War I, he proclaimed: &ldquo;I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim... a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting, and do exhort my fellow-citizens of all faiths and creeds... to pray Almighty God that He may forgive our sins and... give victory to our armies as they fight for freedom.&rdquo;"

Dec[29] = "December 29th<br><br>After nearly ten years of being its own nation, the Republic of Texas became the 28th State of the Union this day, December 29, 1845. It later joined the Confederacy, but was readmitted after the Civil War. The Preamble stated: &ldquo;We, the people of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude the grace and beneficence of God, in permitting us to make a choice of our form of government, do... establish this Constitution.&rdquo; It later added: &ldquo;Nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.&rdquo;"

Dec[30] = "December 30th<br><br>The Jungle Book was written by Rudyard Kipling, who was born this day, December 30, 1865, in Bombay, India. Educated in England, he returned to India as a journalist. His notoriety as a writer grew tremendously and in 1907, he received the Nobel Prize for literature. He popular works include: Kim, Wee Willie Winkie, Baa Baa Black Sheep, and Gunga Din. In his Ballad of East and West, Rudyard Kipling wrote: &ldquo;Oh, East is East, and West is West, And never the twain shall meet, Till earth and sky stand presently, At God`s great judgement seat.&rdquo;"

Dec[31] = "December 31st<br><br>The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, who had been pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He led a nonviolent protest by boycotting the city buses of Montgomery, Alabama. On December 31, 1955, Rev. King stated: &ldquo;If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations, the historians will have to pause and say, `There lived a great people - a black people - who injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.`&rdquo;"
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