Mike Church Presents: America Goes To War! Our 1st 100 Years

Mike Church Presents: America Goes To War! Our 1st 100 Years! 100 Years of America At War – Memorial Day 2026 Audio Previews Mike Church Presents: America At War — The First 100 Years Sample these classic radio drama previews before grabbing the full boxed set. Preview 1 We Hold These Truths A stirring patriotic radio drama preview from America’s founding era. Your browser does not support the audio element. Preview 2 Lexington, Concord & Paul Revere The shot heard ’round the world — brought to life in classic radio style. Your browser does not support the audio element. PLAYLIST IN ORDER Stamp Act Rebellion – You Are There Episode 86 – Original Air Date 19 March, 1950 Hold Bunker Hill! From Mike Church’s RTI Theater – original air date 04 July, 2012, SiriusXM Patriot Channel The Alamo – You Are There Episode 06 – Original Air Date 18 August, 1947 The Bombardment Of Fort Sumter – You Are There Episode 77 – Original Air Date 22 May, 1949 Lexington And Concord – You Are There Episode 76 – Original Air Date 15 May, 1949 The First Battle Of Bull Run – You Are There Episode 44 – Original air Date 03 October, 1948 Nathan Hale – American Cavalcade Episode 151 – Original Air Date 06 February, 1939 The Monitor And The Merrimac – You Are There Episode 56 -Original Air Date 26 December, 1948 Valley Forge – American Cavalcade Episode 195 – Original Air Date 09 October, 1940 The Battle Of Gettysburg – You Are There Episode 19 – Original Air Date 22 February, 1948 We Hold These Truths – The Bill Of Rights – Original Air Date 11 December, 1941 Lee And Grant At Appomattox – You Are There Episode 49 – Original Air Date 07 November, 1948 Trivia about “We Hold These Truths”. The national festival celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the ratification of The Bill Of Rights ended in a distinctly American way — with a prime-time drama on the Bill of Rights performed by Hollywood celebrities. Called “We Hold These Truths,” the hour-long show was broadcast over all four national radio networks and was heard by an estimated 63 million people, which was almost half of the entire population. Lionel Barrymore stated that the program was about “a document that men have fought for, that men are fighting for, that men will keep on fighting for as long as freedom is a strong word falling sweet upon the ear.” Orson Welles, fresh off the release of Citizen Kane, narrated the next scene and gave way to Colonel Jimmy Stewart (he was serving in the U.S Air Force at the time!), who took the audience back to the debate over the Constitution’s ratification, in which one of the most important disputes was that the proposal did not have a bill of rights. Eventually, Stewart said, “the people were promised changes, promised amendments, promised that their freedoms should be written down in black and white for all to see, for all to know, for all to live and prosper by.” The First Congress hammered out those rights with memories of “all the tyrants and the martyrs who had gone before.” The result was “a ten-part epic of amendments,” which was then read in its entirety by a star-studded cast. The final part of “We Hold These Truths” was turned over to the most popular radio star in the land: President Franklin D. Roosevelt. “Free Americans,” he began, “No date in the long history of freedom means more to liberty loving men in all liberty-loving countries than the fifteenth day of December 1791. On that day, 150 years ago, a new Nation, through an elected Congress, adopted a declaration of human rights which has influenced the thinking of all mankind.”