Ep. 308 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Cast of "The Pursuit" | America 250: The "Pursuit" Finale — Voices of Independence
We have finally arrived at the 250th Anniversary of our independence: our country's 250th birthday! To celebrate America 250, Constituting America produced a vertical series called "The Pursuit" to ...
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Ep. 307 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Matt Mehan | "The American Book of Fables" with Author Matt Mehan
As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this presents a great time to not only recognize the philosophical foundation of our country but also to admire the sheer beau...
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Ep. 306 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Chuck Schwam | Lafayette & Liberty: A Founding Alliance Revisited for America 250
The Marquis de Lafayette came to America as a young man to aid the colonists in the American Revolution. He would return 47 years later at the invitation of President James Monroe and Congress to tou...
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Ep. 305 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Doug Maclntyre | America 250: Sullivan's Island - A Crucial Stand for Freedom
It's a year after the Battles of Lexington and Concord and only days before the Declaration of Independence would be signed. It's June 1776 and along the shores of South Carolina, British troops are a...
11 Kesä 56min
Ep. 304 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Libby McNamee | The Historic 40 Mile Ride of Sybil Ludington
Did you know two years after Paul Revere's famous ride, there was a second ride made by a teenaged woman? That's right. On April 26, 1777, 16-year old Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles throughout the nig...
5 Kesä 54min
Ep. 303 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Lucas Morel | Elizabeth Freeman and the Promise of Liberty
The story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" is inspirational. Born into slavery in New York in 1744, she spent most of her life in Massachusetts. Following the ratification of the new Massachusetts Constitution...
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Ep. 302 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Kurt Smith | How Virginia Set the Stage for the Declaration
Regular followers of Constituting America know we view the Declaration of Independence as one of the greatest documents ever written. An interesting point to ponder is that it had to come from somewh...
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Ep. 301 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Richard Bell | The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
The American Revolution obviously changed the course of American History. That's a given. Have you ever contemplated how that singular event changed the course of world history over the ensuing cent...
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