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Liberty's Kids on PBS

2002, TV Show

Episode Detail: Common Sense - Liberty's Kids

James and Sarah meet Thomas Paine (voice of Nils Haaland), who rallies the patriot cause in January 1776 with a stirring pamphlet. It particularly inspires James (Chris Lundquist) to pursue his journalistic ambitions. Voice of Franklin: Walter Cronkite.

Episodes: Common Sense - Liberty's Kids - 42 total Episodes

6/1/2003: Yorktown
1/23/2003: James Armistead
1/22/2003: Deborah Samson: Soldier of the Revolution
1/21/2003: Conflict in the South
1/20/2003: Benedict Arnold
11/11/2002: Bostonians
11/8/2002: In Praise of Ben
11/7/2002: The Great Galvez
11/6/2002: Not Yet Begun to Fight!
11/5/2002: The New Frontier
11/4/2002: Honor and Compromise
10/4/2002: Allies at Last
10/3/2002: Valley Forge
10/2/2002: The Hessians Are Coming
10/1/2002: Lafayette Arrives
9/30/2002: Sybil Ludington
9/27/2002: An American in Paris
9/26/2002: Across the Delaware
9/25/2002: American Crisis
9/24/2002: Captain Molly
9/23/2002: One Life to Lose
9/20/2002: The Turtle
9/19/2002: New York, New York
9/18/2002: The First Fourth of July
9/17/2002: Common Sense
9/16/2002: Washington Takes Command
9/13/2002: Postmaster General Franklin
9/12/2002: Bunker Hill
9/11/2002: The Second Continental Congress
9/10/2002: Green Mountain Boys
9/9/2002: The Shot Heard Round the World
9/6/2002: The Midnight Ride
9/5/2002: Liberty or Death!
9/4/2002: United We Stand
9/3/2002: Intolerable Acts
9/2/2002: Liberty's Kids
9/2/2002: Liberty's Kids
9/2/2002: The Boston Tea Party
We the People
Born Free and Equal
The Man Who Would Not Be King
Going Home

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Premiered: September 01, 2002, on PBS

Rating: TV-Y7

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Premise: Two teen apprentices to Benjamin Franklin witness Revolutionary War events in this celebrity-studded animated series aimed at 7 to 12-year-olds. Voices include Billy Crystal (John Adams), Michael Douglas (Patrick Henry), Whoopi Goldberg (Deborah Sampson), Dustin Hoffman (Benedict Arnold), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Baron Von Steuben), Sylvester Stallone (Paul Revere) and Ben Stiller (Thomas Jefferson). Also: `Liberty News Network' updates anchored by Franklin.

Liberty's Kids Cast