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Nobody in that room knew who he was yet.
Janine Turner wanted to show Hamilton at the very beginning. Not the man who would build the American financial system. Not the man who would write 51 of the Federalist Papers. The young aide-de-camp to George Washington who had just walked into the room.
Raised in poverty by a single mother in the Caribbean, he was self-made in every sense of the word. What made him extraordinary was the combination no one else had. Adams was the intellectual. Jefferson was the philosopher. Hamilton was both. And he could also fight.
Every person in that room was about to meet someone they would never forget.
The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage.
New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.
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#OnThisDay in 1916, the National Guard officially gets its name after Congress passes an important act to strengthen our military.
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She was 16 years old. She rode 40 miles alone through the night and outperformed every man who came before her.
Most Americans know Paul Revere. Fewer know that a 16-year-old girl rode twice as far on a similar mission and finished it. On April 26, 1777, British forces raided Danbury, Connecticut. Someone needed to ride through Putnam County, New York, and rally the militia. Sybil Ludington volunteered. She rode approximately 40 miles through the dark, through the rain, alone. Paul Revere’s famous ride covered roughly 20 miles. Revere was captured before he finished. Sybil completed hers and made it home before dawn.
Nobody wrote a poem about it.
The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage.
New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.
#ThePursuit #ConstitutingAmerica
🇺🇸 LIVE Now on Constitutional Chats — Through 3 PM ET! 🎙️🐎 How did a teenage girl’s midnight ride help support the American cause during the Revolution?
Explore “The Historic 40 Mile Ride of Sybil Ludington” as we uncover the story of Sybil Ludington’s legendary journey through the stormy night of 1777 and the courage, determination, and patriotism behind her ride. Hear from Libby McNamee, award-winning author, speaker, lawyer, and U.S. Army veteran.
🎙️ Tune in now and chat live! Your questions get answered in real time — and the audience stays off camera, so come as you are!
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You know Paul Revere. You have never heard of the girl who rode twice as far.
Janine Turner calls Sybil Ludington the unsung hero. Sixteen years old. Forty miles on horseback. All night. Alone. In this episode, you do not just hear about it. You see it. The moment Sybil bursts through the door and warns everyone the British are coming.
Janine wanted you to feel what it meant to be that brave at that age. To understand what it cost her and why nobody remembered to write the poem.
She deserved the poem.
The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage.
New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.
#ThePursuit #ConstitutingAmerica
🇺🇸🎙️ Tomorrow on Constitutional Chats — “The Historic 40 Mile Ride of Sybil Ludington” with special guest Libby McNamee.
One stormy night in 1777, a teenage girl mounted her horse and rode into the darkness. What was her mission? And how did her daring midnight ride help support the American cause during the Revolution?
Libby McNamee, award-winning author of the *Remember the Ladies* series, speaker, lawyer, and U.S. Army veteran, joins us to explore the story of Sybil Ludington and the history behind her legendary 40-mile ride. Discover the courage, determination, and patriotism that made her one of the most fascinating young figures of the Revolutionary era. Get your questions ready!
🎙️ Join us live Tuesday, June 2 at 2 PM ET — ask your questions in the chat!
Learn more: https://t.co/7qItVN6b5j
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The latest essay in our online academic study: “Universal Male Suffrage and Founding Documents,” is live now. 🇺🇸📜 Check out our latest essay now!
Author: Joerg Knipprath, Professor at Southwestern Law School
Constituting America's 15th Online Study: Consent of the Governed: Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
"People may change the constitutions whenever and however they please. This is a right, of which no positive institution can ever deprive them." — James Wilson, 1787
In the early 1800s, America's experiment in self-governance faced a critical test: could suffrage extend beyond only property-owners? The Dorr War in Rhode Island brought that question to a head, as the tension between constitutional reform and popular sovereignty played out in the streets — revealing just how high the stakes of consent truly were.
📌 Learn more and enjoy today's essay here: https://t.co/Lig3jJF3Un
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🚨 LAST CALL 🚨
Tomorrow, May 31st, 11:59pm, is the deadline to enter Constituting America’s We The Future Contest!
Students and teachers are invited in multiple categories including: essays, songs, STEM projects, short films, social media videos, PSAs, and teacher lessons plans to explore America’s founding principles — from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution to inalienable rights, consent of the governed, and the meaning of liberty as America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday.
Winners can earn scholarship awards and the Contest Winners Trip.
🇺🇸 This could be you!
Enter by tomorrow, 11:59pm, May 31st:
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🇺🇸 Tuesday on Constitutional Chats!: The Historic 40 Mile Ride of Sybil Ludington 🐎
One stormy night in 1777, a teenage girl mounted her horse and rode into the darkness. What was her mission? And how did her daring midnight ride help support the American cause during the Revolution?
Join us this week as we explore the story of **Sybil Ludington** and the history behind her legendary 40-mile ride. Discover the courage, determination, and patriotism that made her one of the most fascinating young figures of the Revolutionary era.
🎙️ Join us live Tuesday, June 2 at 2 PM ET — ask your questions in the chat!
Learn more: https://t.co/Caf9FvxWHm
#America250 #Freedom250 #AmericanRevolution #AmericanHistory #CivicEducation #Liberty #Freedom
"The Northwest Ordinance and Founding Documents" 🇺🇸📜
Check out our latest essay now!
Author: Will Morrisey, Professor Emeritus of Politics at Hillsdale College
Constituting America's 15th Online Study:
Consent of the Governed: Celebrating America's 250th of the Declaration of Independence
"Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged."
— The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
Rome built an empire through conquest and collapsed under its own tyranny. America chose a different path. Morrisey traces how the Northwest Ordinance answered Montesquieu's great warning — creating an "empire of liberty" that expanded self-government westward rather than imposing colonial rule.
📌 Learn more and enjoy today's essay here: https://t.co/V1cH4Qd07i
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Only in theatres THIS WEEKEND!
Relive their sacrifice and see the true story of the American Revolution. See Revolutionary America, a Hillsdale Studios film, only in theatres May 31 - June 2.
Tickets on sale NOW!
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"The Northwest Ordinance and Founding Documents" 🇺🇸📜
Check out our latest essay now!
Author: Will Morrisey, Professor Emeritus of Politics at Hillsdale College
Constituting America's 15th Online Study:
Consent of the Governed: Celebrating America's 250th of the Declaration of Independence
"Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged."
— The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
Rome built an empire through conquest and collapsed under its own tyranny. America chose a different path. Morrisey traces how the Northwest Ordinance answered Montesquieu's great warning — creating an "empire of liberty" that expanded self-government westward rather than imposing colonial rule.
📌 Learn more and enjoy today's essay here: https://t.co/BfoAtTPslF
#America250 #Freedom250 #NorthwestOrdinance #FoundingFathers #USHistory #ConsentOfTheGoverned #AmericanFounding #Constitution
@MLB is stepping up to the plate for America's 250th. ⚾🇺🇸
Their MLB Together campaign is aiming to achieve 250,000 volunteer hours in support of America Gives — our initiative to make 2026 the most impactful year of service in U.S. history.
Get involved: https://t.co/aJIVBVASlF
"Manasseh Cutler and the Northwest Ordinance" 🇺🇸📜
Check out our latest essay now!
Author: Daniel A. Cotter, Member, Aronberg Goldgehn
Constituting America's 15th Online Study:
Consent of the Governed: Celebrating America's 250th of the Declaration of Independence
"In this respect, the Northwest Ordinance stands alongside the Declaration and the Constitution as a foundational expression of American nation-building."
Manasseh Cutler didn't just help draft the Northwest Ordinance — he embedded into it the conviction that free citizens require education, moral grounding, and self-governance. His fingerprints are on the very clause that made knowledge and virtue the foundation of the American republic's westward expansion.
📌 Learn more and enjoy today's essay here: https://t.co/rAT0uJGMwS
#America250 #Freedom250 #NorthwestOrdinance #ManassehCutler #FoundingFathers #USHistory #ConsentOfTheGoverned #AmericanFounding
The Revolution did not just divide a country. It divided a father and a son.
Most Americans know Benjamin Franklin as a Founding Father. Fewer know his only surviving son chose the other side. William Franklin was the royal governor of New Jersey. When the Revolution came, he remained loyal to the British Crown. The Continental Congress had him arrested in 1776. He was imprisoned, then exiled to England. Benjamin Franklin largely excluded him from his will. They never fully reconciled.
Some of the highest prices paid for the Revolution were never paid on a battlefield.
The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage.
Comment DIRECTOR and we’ll send you the Behind the Story interview with Janine.
New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.
#ThePursuit #ConstitutingAmerica
The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage.
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Mary JANINE TURNER
Patrick Henry CARTER NELMS
2026 BRITTANY MCVICKER (McVicker)
James CJ HAYNES
Abbey KARSEN CLARABUT
John Adams BRYAN BRIGHAM
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George Washington WIL DOBSON
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Abigail Adams ALEXIS SCHREPPLE
Pastor Muhlenberg LEE PENA
William Franklin ARDIS STEMBRIDGE
Sybil Ludington ELLI TERESA
Alexander Hamilton BLAKE NOWLAIN
Samuel Adams RYAN BROWN
Molly Pitcher SESSA RODRIGUEZ
Marquis de Lafayette IAN WILSON
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The Revolution did not just divide a country. It divided a father and a son.
Most Americans know Benjamin Franklin as a Founding Father. Fewer know his only surviving son chose the other side. William Franklin was the royal governor of New Jersey. When the Revolution came, he remained loyal to the British Crown. The Continental Congress had him arrested in 1776. He was imprisoned, then exiled to England. Benjamin Franklin largely excluded him from his will. They never fully reconciled.
Some of the highest prices paid for the Revolution were never paid on a battlefield.
The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage.
Comment DIRECTOR and we’ll send you the Behind the Story interview with Janine.
New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.
#ThePursuit #ConstitutingAmerica
The celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is quickly approaching. On the National Mall, at Independence Hall, Mount Rushmore, and many other historic parks across the country, the National Park Service will host #Freedom250 events to mark the grand occasion. Check out the special NPS website to learn more and find an event near you: https://t.co/GahGQ48pNY #WashingtonDC
250 Years in the Making!
Celebrate 250 years of America by seeing the untold story of our nation’s founding in “Revolutionary America.”
Only in theatres THIS WEEKEND! https://t.co/eDGCM95UST
Every family has that one argument that never gets resolved.
The American Revolution was not fought only on battlefields. It was fought at dinner tables. In drawing rooms. Between fathers and sons.
Janine Turner wanted to show how both sides — the revolutionaries and the loyalists — held differing perspectives on the future of the colonies. William Franklin was Benjamin Franklin’s son. He chose the Crown. His father chose the Revolution. Neither one backed down.
The Pursuit is a vertical series written. directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage. New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America's 250th anniversary.
Comment PURSUIT and we’ll send you Episode 08 Featuring Pastor Muhlenberg on YouTube directly.
New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.
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