American Minute - Oct. 27 - Youngest President on Islamic Threat to West

American Minute
with
Bill Federer

His wife and mother died on Valentine's Day, 1884.

Depressed, he left to ranch in the Dakotas.

Returning to New York, he entered politics and rose to Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

He resigned during the Spanish-American War, organized the first Volunteer Cavalry -the "Rough Riders"- and captured Cuba's San Juan Hill.

Elected Vice-President under William McKinley, he became America's youngest President in 1901.

This was Theodore Roosevelt, born OCTOBER 27, 1858.

In 1909, Roosevelt warned:

"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."

In his book Fear God and Take Your Part, 1916, Theodore Roosevelt wrote:

"The 7th century Christians of Asia and Africa...had trained themselves not to fight, whereas the Moslems were trained to fight.

Christianity was saved in Europe solely because the peoples of Europe fought the Mohammedans who invaded."

Teddy Roosevelt continued:

"The civilization of Europe, America and Australia exists today only because the victories of civilized man over the enemies of civilization...that is, to beat back the Moslem invader."

American Minute - July 1 - Teddy Roosevelt & the Battle of San Juan Hill

American Minute
with Bill Federer

Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders charged up Cuba's San Juan Hill and captured it JULY 1, 1898.

After eight hours of heavy fighting over 1,500 Americans lay dead or wounded.

Just 4 months prior the U.S.S Maine was blown up in Havana's Harbor.

Teddy Roosevelt resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and organized the first volunteer cavalry, made up of polo riders, cowboys and even Indians.

Forty years earlier, President James Buchanan stated December 19, 1859:

"When a market for African slaves shall no longer be furnished in Cuba...Christianity and civilization may gradually penetrate the existing gloom."

President Ulysses S. Grant stated December 2, 1872:

"Slavery in Cuba is...a terrible evil...It is greatly to be hoped that...Spain will voluntarily adopt...emancipation...in sympathy with the other powers of the Christian and civilized world."

On July 6, 1898, after the Battle of San Juan Hill, President William McKinley wrote:

"At a time...of the...glorious achievements of the naval and military arms...at Santiago de Cuba, it is fitting that we should pause and...reverently bow before the throne of divine grace and give devout praise to God, who holdeth the nations in the hollow of His Hands."