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Presented by Reed Simonsen and Ron Garrard, this podcast is based on the famous history books by Mara Pratt and Reed Simonsen. Come and enjoy the history behind the greatest nation ever conceived in freedom, the United States of America! Let Freedom Ring again in your heart!
Special thanks to Arnold Friberg & Friberg Fine Arts for permission to use "The Prayer at Valley Forge" in connection with this series. Prints are available in various sizes online.
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English
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8 episodes
since May 25, 2026
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While several European nobilities were claiming rights to land in the New World after Columbus, we want to turn our attention now to England. The English were never ones to sit by while there were treasures, ponder, privacy, and empire building to be had!
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Where did America get its name? Let's enjoy this part of our heritage together.
This series is presented by Reed Simonsen & Ron Garrard and is based on the book series by the same name available on Amazon and at various other retailers. The artwork "The Prayer at Valley Forge" by…
While the great continent that today we call America has always been inhabited, the mighty empires of Europe knew nothing about it.
We believe that all of that began to change when in the year 1000 A.D., a Norseman born in Iceland sailed to the coast of what we call modern Canada. His name was Leif…
With Queen Isabella's aid and a little money which Columbus himself had, three ships were fitted out. These were not tall, stout ships such as you see anchored at our seaports with their broad sails and wide decks. They were small, frail craft, not so large as those you may see today sailing u…
Friendless and without money, Christopher Columbus, with his little son Diego, travelled from place to place, always seeking someone who would understand his belief that the earth was not flat.
Years and years rolled by; and Columbus had gained nothing but a worldwide name of being a fool or an ins…
This boy, as every American knows, was Christopher Columbus, the man who discovered America for what we call “the Old World.”
It is said that, living as he did in this little seaport town, he was generally, when not at school, to be found standing about the wharves watching the great ships come in,…
On April 10th, 1606, James I of England issued the 1606 First Virginia Charter, which created the Virginia Company, authorizing Englishmen to colonize the Americas, particularly Virginia (named in honor of both the Virgin Mary and his predecessor, Queen Elizabeth the first).
It is extremely importa…
You, my fellow countrymen countrywomen, sons and daughters, Americans, you have a priceless treasure… Your American Heritage.
This show will celebrate the countless men, women and children who over the past 250 years pledged their lives, liberty and sacred honor to a grand experiment in freedom —…
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