When we talk about the American Revolution, it is easy to get lost in a tangle of causes: taxes, representation, gun rights, even modern revisionist theories. But what if the real cause was something simpler — and far deeper? What if the Revolution was born of an idea so profound that it shaped not only 1776, but still echoes through our lives today?
This week on Dave Does History, we will introduce our new series Liberty! 250, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Over the next year, we will explore the Declaration line-by-line, idea-by-idea, in a style you may remember from Constitution Thursday — but this time, we are focusing on the revolutionary spirit that gave birth to the United States.
At the heart of it all is one word: Liberty. A word whose meaning, sadly, has been diluted and blurred over centuries of modern redefinitions. Dave takes listeners back to the true 18th-century meaning of liberty — a concept forged through Enlightenment philosophy, high literacy, and a fierce belief in self-governance.
Along the way, we will walk with giants: Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Smith, Blackstone, Cato, Cicero, and the brilliant, messy, courageous Founders themselves. We will revisit the road to July 1776: from colonial protests and the Boston Tea Party to the battles of Lexington and Concord, and the debates inside the Continental Congress.
But this journey is not just about dusty parchment and old speeches. It is about us — today. It is about why liberty mattered then, and why it must matter now. It is about a legacy carried through generations, from men like Ebenezer Bowman and Charles Holt, down to you and me.
Join us every Tuesday morning at 8 AM Eastern on Bill Mick Live, and afterward on the Dave Does History website, the iHeartRadio app, and other podcast platforms. You are also invited to engage — email, text, share, question, and explore with us as we uncover not just what the Declaration said, but what it meant — and what it still demands of us today.
The story of liberty is not finished. It is just beginning — again.
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