A look at 1944 and how intrigue, manipulation, misrepresentation, a few martinis, a song, an axe, and a finger in the page of a book changed the history of the Presidency. Please remember our sponsor Mack Weldon and their great clothes – http://www.mackweldon.com Use promo code “history” for 20% off.
Month: September 2017
National Valhalla: Statues, Statue Removal, Confederates, Slaveowners, Washington, Trump, Memory and Time
From the early attempts to depict Washington, to the first Congressional attempts to block Confederate statues, to today’s debate. In this episode Bruce examines the history behind statues in America, and Bruce looks at every debating point and angle he can think of regarding Confederate statues, the dates of their construction and their removal. Bruce…
Patrick Henry, Underrated Founder – Interview with Jon Kukla
He was essential to the colonial resistance to the Stamp Act. He was the bulwark of the American Revolution in Virginia. He raised troops and supplies and organized the America’s largest state. He may have saved Washington’s job, championed a Bill of Rights, and might have been President himself. Yet for many Americans, Patrick Henry…