Heroes of Liberty - Set of 6

Alexander Hamilton: From Immigrant Boy to Founding Father

Alexander Hamilton was just a teenager when he arrived on American shores from the faraway Caribbean island of Nevis. He had already been abandoned by his father and had lost his mother to yellow fever. He was all alone. And yet, within a few years he became a leading patriot, an army officer in the Continental Army, and one of George Washington's closest aids. He would go on to become one of the Founding Fathers of a great new nation: The United States of America. This is the incredible story of a poor immigrant boy who rose to become a world historical figure.

Harriet Tubman: Faith and Deliverance

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery. But she had a fierce spirit, an independent mind, and a deep belief in God, so she refused to accept her fate. With very little to guide or help her, and with slave owners looking for her high and low, she escaped to the North where she could be free. But she wanted to do more than free herself. She begun venturing back into the South to lead escaped slaves northward, to freedom, along the secret routes known as the Underground Railroad. She helped so many that she became known as the Moses of her people.

John Adams: Our God-Given Liberties

As a child John Adams had wanted to become a farmer, but God led him on a different path: he rose to become our second president. But no matter how important he became, he was always happy with his family: his wife, Abigail Adams - the love of his life, his best friend and closest adviser - their children, and grandchildren.

Adams was a great believer in our God-given rights, in liberty, and in limited government. He was also a lifelong friend of Thomas Jefferson. The two giants died on the same day, after a long life full of achievements. And it wasn't just any day: it was the 4th of July, 1826, exactly fifty years after the founding of the United States.

Mark Twain: Writing the American Story

When Mark Twain began to write, America was still young. It was, however, already a dazzling place. Mark Twain relished it all: the big cities, the rough frontier towns, the great Mississippi River, the majestic forest, and the hot empty deserts. But above all, he loved to write about the people of America. Because the young nation, he sensed, was like a great experiment where everything could begin anew.

Rush Limbaugh and the First Amendment

Rush Limbaugh was a great patriot and a fierce defender of the freedom of speech. Because if you can't speak your mind, you are not free at all. Rush always spoke his mind. He did it every day, fearlessly and confidently, on his three-hour radio show. He was funny, outrageous, smart, and surprising. He was, above all, the voice for many Americans who felt that they had no other voice in media. For millions, he was a daily companion and virtual friend.

Winston Churchill: Courage in the Face of Darkness

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was born to an American mother and a British aristocratic father. From very early on in life he believed that destiny had chosen him for a great task

It turned out he was right. Never in his lifetime was there a greater, more important task than the fight against Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Churchill was among the first to understand this. Had he not bravely stood up to Hitler until the United States came to Britain's aid, the world may well have been engulfed in darkness.