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Post February 17 2025

Q&A: Author Kenneth C. Davis on the Founding Fathers and slavery, America's "great contradiction"

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Daily Video February 17 2025

Revealing the painful last moments of George Washington's life

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Daily Video February 18 2019

At George Washington's Mount Vernon, remembering the enslaved people who built America

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Daily Video August 11 2017

James Madison's Montpelier tells the stories of the enslaved people who lived there

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Daily Video February 03 2017

Why we shouldn't forget that U.S. presidents owned slaves

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Daily Video November 23 2015

‘Hamilton’ the musical tells the immigrant story of a Founding Father

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