Gouverneur Morris: The Founding Father Who Wrote We the People
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Gouverneur Morris holds the pen behind the most famous words in American government, yet his lif...
3 Okt 21min
Battle of Princeton: How George Washington Saved the Revolution
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the freezing ten-day window of early 1777, the American Revolution nearly collapsed. With enl...
3 Okt 21min
George Washington's Farewell Address: A Survival Guide for the Republic
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1792 George Washington had a resignation letter drafted by James Madison sitting on his desk,...
3 Okt 19min
Major General John Sullivan: Brave, Reckless, and Deeply Flawed
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3 Okt 24min
Battle of Oriskany: General Herkimer and the Ambush in the Ravine
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On August 6, 1777, Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer was shot through the leg in a marshy ravi...
3 Okt 23min
Thomas Sumter: The Carolina Gamecock's 97-Year Revolutionary Life
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Thomas Sumter swam half a mile through icy water to recover a runaway canoe, sat broke in a Virg...
3 Okt 21min
Francis Scott Key: The Contradictions Behind the Star-Spangled Banner
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Francis Scott Key wrote the verses that became the national anthem while detained on a truce shi...
3 Okt 21min
Francis Hopkinson: The Founding Father Who Billed Congress for the Flag
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Francis Hopkinson signed the Declaration of Independence, wrote what is considered the first sur...
3 Okt 21min
