• 1 hour 13 minutes
    Why Did America Declare Independence?

    ashington University hosted a series of lectures called "1776: Then and Now." This lecture examined the reasons behind the Declaration of Independence.


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    9 August 2026, 12:00 am
  • 59 minutes 58 seconds
    Was America Founded as a Secular or Christian Nation?

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    2 August 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    Appalachia's Role in America's Founding

    History Professor Aaron Aster of Maryville College (TN) explores Appalachia's role in the founding of the United States, including how the American Revolution unfolded alongside conflicts among European and indigenous people over control of the land.

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    26 July 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Why Did America Declare Independence?

    Washington University hosted a series of lectures called "1776: Then and Now." This lecture examined the reasons behind the Declaration of Independence.

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    18 July 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    International Context of the American Revolution

    This week, professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kathleen DuVal examines the international context of the American Revolution.

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    11 July 2026, 10:00 pm
  • 59 minutes 8 seconds
    Revolutionary War Leadership

    Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, author Rick Atkinson, and retired Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford discussed Revolutionary War leadership at an event held at George Washington's Mount Vernon.

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    5 July 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Religion & The American Revolution

    Washington University hosts a series of lectures called "1776: Then and Now" with the first exploring religion in Revolutionary America.

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    28 June 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    U.S. Court System in Revolutionary War

    How did a rebel nation establish a federal court system? Utah Valley University professor Matthew Brogdon shows how the U.S. court system formed during the Revolutionary War.

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    21 June 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    Revolutionary War Roots of the Civil War

    Bancroft and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Gordon Wood delivered a talk titled "The Revolutionary Roots of the Civil War." Professor Wood discussed the Founders views on slavery and argued that the Civil War was inevitable. The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation hosted this event

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    14 June 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    When the Sea Came Alive - An Oral History Of D-Day

    Author Garrett Graff discussed his oral history of the allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. This event took place at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City.


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    7 June 2026, 12:00 am
  • 50 minutes 49 seconds
    The Serial Killer H.H. Holmes

    Nebraska history professor James Garza teaches a class on H.H. Holmes, described as "America's First Serial Killer," and his crimes during the Gilded Age.

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    31 May 2026, 12:00 am
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