Subject:  American Minute - Oct. 1 - John Peter Muhlenberg
Date:  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:26:49 -0500
American Minute with Bill Federer

October 1

"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."

Thus ended the sermon of 30-year-old pastor John Peter Muhlenberg as
he removed his clerical robes to reveal a uniform in the Continental
Army.

After church, 300 men of his congregation rode off with him to join
General Washington's 8th Virginia regiment.

Born OCTOBER 1, 1746, John Peter Muhlenberg died the same day in
1807.

After hearing Patrick Henry speak the famous words, "give me liberty
or give me death," John Peter Muhlenberg approached General
Washington and enlisted. He endured the freezing winter of Valley
Forge and fought at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stonypoint and
Yorktown.

Promoted to Major-General, John Peter Muhlenberg was elected
Congressman and Senator.

John's father, Henry Muhlenberg, was a founder of the Lutheran Church
in America.

John's brother, Frederick, was also an ordained minister and was
elected the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Both John and Frederick served in the first session of Congress which
passed the First Amendment.

In 1889, Pennsylvania placed a statue of John Peter Muhlenberg in the
U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall.



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