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Dave Does History explores American history, military history, the Revolutionary War, the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, liberty, and the events that shaped the modern world. Historian and broadcaster Dave Bowman brings historical figures, battles, ideas, and turning points to life through engaging storytelling, analysis, and perspective.
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English
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657 episodes
since March 1, 2022
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On September 11, 1776, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge crossed to Staten Island under a flag of truce. They came seeking the limits of Britain’s peace offer and discovered there was no offer at all, only pardons in exchange for submission.
The Staten Island Peace Conference faile…
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In September 1776, New York newspapers carried a mocking letter from a supposed eyewitness who claimed that George Washington and his “dirty pack of New England long faces” were losing the war. The author did not exist. The letter was British propaganda, part of an organized effort to ridicule the …
What happens when the map is wrong, the river runs out, and the plan that brought you across a continent can take you no farther?
In August 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the Continental Divide expecting to find a practical water route leading west toward the Columbia River and the Pa…
American independence was declared in the summer of 1776.Whether the new nation could survive long enough to make that declaration mean anything was another matter entirely.
By the autumn of that year, George Washington's ContinentalArmy had suffered a succession of defeats around New York. The Bri…
Everyone remembers Benedict Arnold the traitor. Far fewer remember Benedict Arnold the hero.
This week on Dave Does History on Bill Mick Live, we explore the Battle of Valcour Island, where Arnold built a navy from scratch, took on the greatest naval power in the world, and lost a battle that may h…
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 that I have but one life to lose for my country."
But Hale's final da…
What happens when the greatest legacy of a Founding Father isn't his own life, but the life of a grandson he never knew?
In this episode of Dave Does History, we celebrate the 280th birthday of Thomas Heyward Jr., one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence whose story deserves far more a…
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 between the Continental Army and the British, things go disastrously for the America…
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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 legends in our schoolbooks. Most of us recognize the storming of the Bastille as …
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. We have watched the Sons of Liberty organize resistance, followed Benjamin Frankl…
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