Happy Birthday April 10

William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, was born on April 10, 1829. He was the only son of four surviving children born to Samuel Booth and Mary Moss in Sneinton, Nottingham, England. A "careless" lad up to the age of 15, after a bad illness, Booth's spirit became awakened and he joined a Wesleyan chapel. Inspired by a hellfire preacher from USA, he was converted to Methodism.  Training himself in writing and in speech, he became a Methodist lay preacher.

William Booth in 1862

The fifth child of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Archibald Bulloch "Archie" Roosevelt born on April 10, 1894. Archie Roosevelt was a distinguished U.S. Army officer and commander of U.S. forces in both World War I and II. After World War II, he became a successful businessman and the founder of a New York City bond brokerage house, as well as a spokesman for conservative political causes.

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