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Our American Stories

A President, a Preacher, and a Giant Block of Cheese

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6817 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, Thomas Jefferson was known for championing religious freedom in our nation's infancy—but not many people know the story of how a preacher thanked him for this in the most unusual way...gifting him a giant block of cheese. 

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0:00.0

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0:04.5

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0:30.7

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0:44.8

Yeah. or wherever you get your podcast. This is our American stories and up next.

0:48.8

Well, it's a story about our history.

0:50.7

Today, Robbie brings us a story about a piece of history you've probably never

0:55.4

heard before, and it comes from one of our favorite contributors, Clay Jenkinson.

1:03.7

While the wise ruler, a priest, a four-foot block of cheese and a giant loaf of bread

1:08.2

baked by the Navy may sound like the makings of a fairy tale.

1:11.6

It's actually a true story about our third president, Thomas Jefferson.

1:15.5

Here's Clay Jenkinson to tell us more about it.

1:21.3

Really, he regarded his election as the Second American Revolution, and he meant it,

1:26.9

that we'd had a revolution in 1776,

1:29.3

and then we'd created and installed a government, but that government moved in the wrong direction

1:34.8

towards monarchy and aristocracy and a strong central government, and we needed to restore

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