American Minute with Bill Federer

American Minute with Bill Federer

March 4

Until 1937, MARCH 4th was Inauguration Day, as March was the first
month of the year in Protestant Europe and Colonial America from the
Middle Ages till 1752, when it adopted the Catholic Gregorian
Calendar, changing the first month of the year to January.

Each President acknowledged faith upon assuming office, for example,
President John Adams in 1797 gave:

"Veneration for the religion of a people who profess and call
themselves Christians...to consider a decent respect for Christianity
among the best recommendations for the public service."

In 1809, President James Madison referred to the:

"Guidance of that Almighty Being."

President John Quincy Adams stated in 1825:

"'Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain.'"

In 1841, President William Harrison said:

"I deem the present occasion sufficiently important...in expressing
to my fellow citizens a profound reverence for the Christian
religion."

President Franklin Pierce, in 1853, stated:

"There is no national security but in the nation's humble,
acknowledged dependence upon God."

President James Buchanan, 1857, said:

"Cultivate peace...with all nations...in a spirit of Christian
benevolence."

In 1861, Abraham Lincoln wrote:

"Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him
who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to
adjust in the best way all our present difficulty."

President Calvin Coolidge said in 1925:

"America...cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty
God."