American Civics: The Story of All of Us

Friday, February 27, 2026 - "The End Game": Cornwallis is trapped, with his back to the Chesapeake Bay. Washington and the Continental Army closes in with the French Navy on their side. The showdown between America and Great Britain that will determine the future of a new nation and the fate of an empire will be waged. The board is set. The pieces are moving. The Battle of Yorktown begins. Join us for episode ten of The Revolution.

Thursday, February 26, 2026 - "Life After the Revolution": With the war drawing to a close, a new nation must be formed. A new government must be made. But the challenges facing a new America are immense, and she will almost be destroyed before she even has a chance to get started. Discover just how much life really stinks in America if you were alive in the years after the American Revolution. Congress is broke, America is broke, you're broke...hey, this sounds really familiar! See how history repeats itself, watch Mr. Staten ruin your childhood, and learn about Daniel Shays, the ORIGINAL Occupy Wall Street activist and how he nearly brought down the United States in 1786!

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - "America Triumphant": As the war descends into anarchy and chaos, Washington and Lafayette risk it all in a final battle for the fate of North America at Yorktown.

Monday, February 23, 2026 - "General Washington's Camp": We're firing up the hot tub time machine and setting it to the year 1778 as we learn about the weapons, uniforms, and how to fight as soldiers in the Continental Army. Join General Washington, Lieutenant Colonel Staten, Baron von Steuben, and the Continental Army as the sixth grade learns how to fight for, and defend, the Empire of Liberty!

Week of February 23, 2026

Yorktown, Virginia: 1781. British General Lord Charles Cornwallis has traveled here to make his stand. As he awaits reinforcements from General Sir Henry Clinton in New York City, the Continental Army and the French Navy tighten the noose. Does the British Army, once seemingly invincible, have it within them to pull out one more victory? Or will General George Washington, French Admiral Comte de Grass, the Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, and the Continental Army spring the deadliest trap the British have ever faced in North America? If the Continentals lose, the war will grind on in stalemate. But should the Continentals win, a brave new world will emerge. But what manner of world will it be? The American Revolution may be over, but the War for Independence is just beginning.

Friday, February 20, 2026 - "War, Terrible War": The years 1778, 1779, and 1780 were dark times for the revolution. The new British commander, General Sir Henry Clinton, sends his most trusted lieutenants, Banastre Tarleton and Charles Cornwallis, into the southern theater. Nathanael Greene arrives to find Charleston sacked by the British, Tarleton on a rampage through North Carolina, and no end to the war in sight, when all of America is shocked by the stunning treason of an American hero...Benedict Arnold.

My sweet baby boy…seven years ago you came into my life. You, sir, are a rascal. A degenerate. And a trouble maker. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Happy birthday my sweet Roux!

Thursday, February 19, 2026 - "Valley Forge - Forging an Army": Baron von Steuben arrives at the winter quarters of Valley Forge, ready to help train the Continental Army in the state of the art battle tactics of the day. But von Steuben is not all that he appears to be. Is he a highly respected officer of the Prussian military? Or is he a huckster and a fraud? Join the scholars of the History Channel as we freeze through the winter at Valley Forge and episode six of The Revolution.

Welcome to the Year of the Horse! Happy Lunar New Year to all those celebrating!

Godspeed and thank you Reverend Jackson.

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson dead at age 84 The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, a Ra...

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - "Valley Forge - The Winter of Our Discontent": Baron von Steuben arrives at the winter quarters of Valley Forge, ready to help train the Continental Army in the state of the art battle tactics of the day. But von Steuben is not all that he appears to be. Is he a highly respected officer of the Prussian military? Or is he a huckster and a fraud?