361 The Fourth of July in 2026
Ben Franklin's World
Liz Covart
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
July 4, 2023 marks the 247th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States. In three short years, we will be marking the 250th anniversary of these events.
How are historians thinking about the American Revolution for 2026? What are they discussing when it comes to the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding?
Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Ronald Angelo Johnson, and Kariann Akemi Yokota join us to answer these questions. All three guests are historians of the American Revolutionary Era who research the American Revolution from different perspectives.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast. |
| 0:04.1 | Ben Franklin's World is a production of Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios. |
| 0:08.7 | Hello and welcome to episode 361 of Ben Franklin's World. |
| 0:22.7 | The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our |
| 0:27.1 | early American past have shaped the present day world we live in. |
| 0:31.0 | And I'm your host, Liz Covard. |
| 0:33.4 | Today, July 4, 2023 marks the 247th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the |
| 0:40.4 | United States has declared independence from Great Britain. |
| 0:43.7 | In just three short years, we will celebrate a large milestone. |
| 0:47.8 | 2026 will mark the 250th anniversary of the United States' birth as an independent nation. |
| 0:55.3 | Now as you might expect, historic sites and museums across the United States are working |
| 0:59.8 | hard to play in special programs to help all Americans celebrate, commemorate and remember |
| 1:03.9 | the American Revolution. |
| 1:05.8 | There are also planning activities that will cause us to reflect on how we would like to use |
| 1:09.8 | the ideas and ideals of the founding generation to propel the United States forward in its |
| 1:14.7 | grand experiment as a constitutional republic. |
| 1:18.2 | Now historians have also been thinking about and discussing 2026 for several years. |
| 1:23.4 | After historians thinking and conversing about as it relates to 2026, what would they |
| 1:27.8 | like to see from their fellow Americans as we commemorate this big anniversary? |
| 1:32.4 | We have convened our own panel of historians to answer these questions. |
| 1:36.3 | The historians we will meet all study the American Revolutionary Era, and they all study |
| 1:40.4 | it from different perspectives. |
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