Ep. 309 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Jonathan Den Hartog | America 250: From Declaration to Destiny - The Days After Declaring Independence
Signing the Declaration of Independence was just the beginning. Now the colonists and Founding Fathers had to get the word out that it had been signed and gain public support for independence. Our gu...
10 Jul 57min
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 ...
3 Jul 1h 57min
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...
26 Jun 56min
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...
19 Jun 58min
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 Jun 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 Jun 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...
23 Mai 55min
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...
16 Mai 56min
