- 32 minutes 26 secondsARP398 John Adams Inauguration
March 4, 1797: John Adams takes the oath of office, replacing George Washington as President. Almost immediately, he feels alone and without political allies.
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23 August 2026, 8:00 am - 7 minutes 47 secondsRev250-109 British land on Long Island
On August 22, 1776 the British began landing on Long Island in preparation for attacking the Continental Army.
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18 August 2026, 8:00 am - 32 minutes 41 secondsARP397 The End of Washington's Presidency
George Washington gives his last State of the Union address, then completes his final months in office frustrated with an increasingly divided Congress and nation.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Benjamin Franklin Bache and the Philadelphia Aurora, by James Tagg.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Eighth Annual Address to Congress https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/eighth-annual-address-congress
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16 August 2026, 8:00 am - 7 minutes 32 secondsRev250-108 Peace Discussions
As the British Army and Navy assembled in New York Harbor over July and August, 1776, Admiral Richard Howe reached out to his friend Benjamin Franklin to see if they could put an end to this conflict without further violence. Franklin made clear in his response that the US was independent of Britain, and that unless Britain accepted that fact, there would be war.
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13 August 2026, 4:00 am - 32 minutes 15 secondsARP396 Election of 1796
In 1796, Adams beats Jefferson in the presidential race, but shenanigans among the electors prevents Adams' running mate, Thomas Pinckney from beating Jefferson, meaning that Jefferson becomes Adams' Vice President.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: The First Presidential Contest: 1796 and the Founding of American Democracy, by Jeffrey L. Pasley
Online Recommendation of the Week: The Pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency Examined; and the Charges against John Adams Refuted https://archive.org/details/pretensionsoftho00smitrich
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9 August 2026, 8:00 am - 41 minutes 41 seconds395b Washington's Farewell Address (full text)
On December 19, 1796 President Washington released his farewell address. This is a recording of the full text of Washington's address.
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7 August 2026, 1:06 pm - 5 minutes 25 secondsRev250-107 Debating Escape from New York
By the beginning of August, 1776, most of the British fleet was in New York Harbor. The British Army was sitting on Statin Island, awaiting an attack. The Continental Army debated burning New York city and withdrawing without a fight.
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4 August 2026, 2:21 pm - 31 minutes 33 secondsARP395 Washington's Farewell Address
Washington waits until just before the 1796 presidential elections to announce that he will not run for a third term. His address received mixed reviews but has been remembered by history.
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2 August 2026, 8:00 am - 6 minutes 44 secondsRev250-106 Signing the Declaration
On August 2, 1776, nearly a month after approving it, and after thousands of other copies were distributed around the country, delegates to the Continental Congress signed what we consider today to be the "original" Declaration of Independence.
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30 July 2026, 8:00 am - 7 minutes 27 secondsRev250-105 War with the Cherokee
On July 29, South Carolina militia launched an army to put an end to the attacks on their frontier.
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