JOHN PETER MUHLENBERG

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• Born October 1, 1746
• An American clergyman and soldier
• A political figure and a Lutheran minister

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• Served in the US House of Representatives
• And the senate from Pennsylvania

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• on January 21, 1776 in the Lutheran church in Woodstock, Virginia,
• Reverend Muhlenberg took his sermon from the third chapter Ecclesiastes,
• "To every thing there is a season..."; after reading the eighth verse,
• "a time of war, and a time of peace," he declared "And this is the time of war,"
• removing his clerical robe to reveal his Colonel's uniform.

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• After his sermon, 162 people enlisted for the continental army
• The next day, he led 300 people to form the nucleus of the 8th Virginia regime
• At the end of the war, he was promoted to Major General

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• Vice President of the executive counsel of the common wealth of Pennsylvania!

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• Died October 1, 1807