Using the participants’ own words, Jim Weiss brings to life the ideas, battles, and adventures of the men and women who created a free nation.

Be there in the courtroom when John Adams takes an unpopular stand for justice by defending British soldiers accused of perpetrating the Boston Massacre; struggle through snowy mountains and across treacherous ice with bookseller-turned-artillerist Henry Knox to bring George Washington the cannons he desperately needs; speak out for women’s rights in a man’s world with Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren, and face the bayonets of the fearsome British redcoats on the smoky slopes of Bunker Hill.

Just in time for America’s 250th birthday, Jim Weiss’s new recording reveals the lives and hearts of the people caught up in the fight for independence. You’ll hear stories of John and Abigail Adams, Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, Mercy Otis Warren, and more. 1776: Champions of Independence is a clever blend of storytelling and historical detail taken directly from collections of letters and journals that allow these fascinating people to tell you the story in their own words.