Dave Does History

For most Americans, the story of September 1776 begins andends with Nathan Hale. We remember the young schoolteacher turned patriot spy,the gallows, and the words that have echoed through American history: "Ionly regret...

While the nation celebrates Independence, the British move on New York City. Washington is out numbered, and basically trapped because of a political decision to hold the city. And in the first real standup fight...

Welcome to Dave Does History with Dave Bowman and Bill Mick! On this July 14th, as France celebrates the iconic flyovers and parades of Bastille Day, we are diving deep into a history that is far more complex than the...

For an entire year, Liberty 250 has followed the road to American independence. We have walked the streets of Boston during the Stamp Act crisis. We have stood beside Patrick Henry as he challenged imperial authority...

It Was An Idea that Changed the World... For 250 years, Americans have been told that the Revolution was about taxes, tea, and a war for independence. British historians often describe it as little more than a colonial...

The American Revolution was only days away from declaring independence when one of the most important battles of the war took place on a sandy island outside Charleston, South Carolina. It is a battle that many...

Two hundred and fifty years after the Declaration of Independence was approved, Americans still argue about a single sentence. Thirty-five words, written by a 33-year-old Thomas Jefferson, have shaped political debates...

For this week's Liberty 250 episode, we meet one of the most fascinating and overlooked men of the American founding. While names like Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and Washington dominate the story of independence...

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The old pine tree flag has suddenly become controversial again, which tells us less about the American Revolution than it does about how badly modern Americans have forgotten their own history. In this episode, we trace...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a handful of farmers, merchants, lawyers, preachers, smugglers, and stubborn troublemakers looked at the most powerful empire on earth and quietly began asking a dangerous question: what...

On September 17, 1978, millions of Americans sat down to watch a brand-new science fiction series called "Battlestar Galactica." They expected spaceships, laser battles, strange planets, and chrome-plated robots...

The Declaration of Independence is usually remembered as a thunderbolt, a bold declaration hurled across the Atlantic at a king and an empire. But near the end of the document, the tone changes in a way most people...

May 10, 1776 is not a date most people remember. It does not come with fireworks or famous signatures. If you read the Congressional Journal for that day, it looks like business as usual. Letters, supplies, committee...

History rarely announces itself with a drumroll. More often, it builds in the background… in conversations, in arguments, in moments people don’t yet recognize as turning points. This episode brings that process to...