Thomas's Podcast

Sep 06 2024

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Hello Friends! Welcome to the Heritage of U.S. with Tom Garfield. Tom Garfield serves as the Dean of Academics at Veritas Scholars Academy, runs Heritage Arts Academy in Moscow Idaho teaching art, drama, and soon history. He served as the principal and superintendent of Logos School from its founding for over 30 years. This is a podcast on history. This is a podcast for educators, parents, teachers, and students alike. Thanks for listening!

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The RMS Titanic

Sep 06 2024 18 mins

Text us your questions!Why does the sinking of a luxury liner well over 100 years ago still fascinate us today? The story is fantastic in every sense! It is a tragedy that, in human terms, could have been avoided. At the same time, it displayed the arrogance of the scientific idolatry of the times. We will unpack the background and timeline of this intriguing accident.Thanks for li

The Life & Times of Theodore Roosevelt

Aug 30 2024 28 mins

Text us your questions!There are good reasons why TR is the only 20th century president whose face is carved into Mount Rushmore, along with three other great presidents from the past. He was truly the first president to define the authority of his office, to make the lives of Americans notably improve, and to strengthen the U.S. in world standing . Few people know of his faith in

An Overview of 1900 to 1929

Aug 21 2024 23 mins

Text us your questions!It is hard to overestimate the changes we saw in the first decades of the 20th century: we went from a largely agrarian country to the fastest growing nation on Earth, with technological improvements that were breath-taking! Thanks for listening - Tom Garfieldwww.haamoscow.com

Reconstruction and The Spanish American War (Part 2)

Aug 04 2024 20 mins

Text us your questions!Reconstruction and the Spanish American War Part 2Why did we send troops to fight the Spanish in Cuba, of all places? Had they attacked us? This was our first declared war in which we fought an enemy overseas. What were the results and how did they significantly affect not only a future, dynamic president, but our standing in the 20th century.Tom Garfield ser

Reconstruction and the Spanish American War (Part 1)

Aug 02 2024 29 mins

Text us your questions!Reconstruction and the Spanish American WarIn this episode, we review and reinforce the critical ways the United States grew and changed between 1865 and 1900. A very important, but little known and short-lived war had a lot to do with the way the United States would enter the 20th century.Tom Garfield serves as the Dean of Academics at Veritas Scholars Acade

The Drama of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Aug 02 2024 26 mins

Text us your questions!Episode 2: The Drama of the Assassination of Abraham LincolnOther than knowing Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, most people don’t know the amazing and almost unbelievable events that lead to this murder. It could almost be a drama production - so we will look at the Acts as they unfolded.Tom Garfield serves as the Dean of Academics at Veritas Scholars

Overview of Reconstruction

Jul 20 2024 23 mins

Text us your questions!Tom Garfield serves as the Dean of Academics at Veritas Scholars Academy and runs Heritage Arts Academy in Moscow Idaho. He has taught students and served as the principal and superintendent of Logos School from its founding for over 30 years. This is an education podcast all about history, particularly the history of the United States. Thanks for listening!E