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Back to SearchSidebar: Daniel Webster’s Speech of July 4, 1800
Season 1 Episode 79
This year’s Independence Day "Sidebar" episode is about 18 year-old Daniel Webster’s first public speech, on the 4th of July, 1800, in front of an au…
4 years, 1 month ago
In Virginia in 1619: Part 2
Season 1 Episode 78
The first Africans arrive at Jamestown
4 years, 1 month ago
In Virginia in 1619: Part 1
Season 1 Episode 77
The year 1619 is a famous one in the history of Virginia. There were two big moments -- the introduction of the "Great Charter," which brought repre…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Road to Plymouth Part 3: Kidnapped!
Season 1 Episode 76
This episode looks at the kidnapping of Squanto - Tisquantum - in 1614, along with 26 other Wampanoags, in the context of the extraordinarily robust …
4 years, 2 months ago
The Road to Plymouth Part 2: John Smith's Invention of New England and Some Other Stuff
Season 1 Episode 75
It is 1614. John Smith of Jamestown fame is now looking for a new gig, and he sets his gimlet eye on the northeast coast of North America. He travel…
4 years, 2 months ago
Sidebar: Herbert Hoover's Memorial Day Speech at Valley Forge
Season 1 Episode 74
On May 30, 1931, the Saturday after Memorial Day, the beleaguered President Herbert Hoover addressed a crowd of 20,000 people under sweltering heat a…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Road to Plymouth Part 1: The First Pilgrims
Season 1 Episode 73
We are on the road to Plymouth. There are several strands that weave together in 1620, when the Pilgrims on the Mayflower land at an abandoned India…
4 years, 3 months ago
Champlain Invades New York, Again
Season 1 Episode 72
Samuel de Champlain returns to New France in 1615, and leads an alliance of Huron and Algonquin tribes into western New York State to attack Onondaga…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Life and Times of Samuel Argall and Some Other Stuff
Season 1 Episode 71
We're back after our week off! In this episode we touch on our vacation driving the Natchez Trace, and then proceed briskly to the career of Samuel …
4 years, 3 months ago
Sidebar: Justice Gorsuch and the "Insular Cases"
Season 1 Episode 70
This episode is a “Sidebar,” which is our term for an episode that is off the timeline of the History of the Americans. This episode centers on a co…
4 years, 4 months ago