Liberty’s Kids, Hamilton, and Making U.S. History ‘Cool’?

In this video essay I discuss the 2002 PBS Kids show Liberty’s Kids and how it was part of the Founders Chic movement of the early 2000s along with Ron Chernow’s Hamilton biography, which later got turned into Lin Manuel Miranda’s hit musical - Hamilton.

TIMESTAMPS:
Intro 0:00
Content Note 0:22
Part 1: Liberty’s Kids and Founder’s Chic 0:25
Part 2: The Narrative Problem with Liberty’s Kids 16:38
Part 3: Hamilton: When Founders Chic and Founders Fic Collide 20:00
Conclusion 31:27

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MUSIC (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

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♪ Lamp (Prod. by Lukrembo)
Link : https://youtu.be/ZwyWgwUjYoY
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Видео Liberty’s Kids, Hamilton, and Making U.S. History ‘Cool’? канала Cheyenne Lin