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John Adams Unbound

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/John-Adams-Unbound.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/6/2006 Gilbert Stuart, John Adams, American, 1755 – 1828, c. 1800/1815, oil on canvas, Gift of Mrs. Robert Homans John Adams Unbound Transcript One of our nation’s Founding Fathers, Adams was the son of a colonial farmer who instilled in his son not only […]

Ben Franklin’s Kids

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ben-Franklins-Kids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/19/2005 Ben Franklin’s Kids Transcript It was Ben Franklin’s birthday a few days ago, just the right time to pass along this information that we received from Seymour Block, who listens to these programs and is a neighbor and friend. Seymour is also an […]

George Washington’s Lessons

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/George-Washingtons-Civil-Lessons.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/7/2003 George Washington’s Lessons Transcript In 1745 George Washington was a 13 year old school-boy in Virginia when he wrote down a list of social rules in his workbook entitles “The Rules of Civility.” The list was the descendant of a courtesy book published […]