As a teenager, Benjamin Franklin apprenticed with his brother James at the shop where The New-England Courant was printed. Since James would not publish any of Benjamin’s works,…
The Life story of a public man cannot help being to some extent the same thing as a history of the times in which he lived, and to…
John Adams Speech on Thoughts on Government, from LibriVox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmHf0YvRir4
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, by Longfellow, from LibriVox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opW–n03Cak
George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789, from LibriVox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N5JpzVXXa4
George Washington’s Second Inagural Address, from LibriVox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HuMk_TUGMc
Benjamin Franklin Speech on the Slave Trade, from LibriVox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPkKbBEUZ8
Benjamin Franklin Speech on the Faults of the Constitution, from LibriVox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n01eZgHp5s4
Letter from John Adams to his 10-year old son – July 27, 1777. Reading from LibriVox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tglEx_PDOs4