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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I went to his tomb in Louisville a few years ago and had a weird dude stare at me for several minutes

Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

#OTD in 1791, the Virginia General Assembly ratified the ten amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights, putting them into effect. Author James Madison pictured.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

An advertisement for Hopkinson’s business, as well as his pew at Christ Church

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

We didn’t get to go inside because it’s being renovated for America 250, but we got close. Seriously considered some light B&E.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The site of Franklin’s home and printing office, the grave of Franklin at Christ Church Burial Ground, and the famous depiction of Franklin’s kite experiment

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

At the National Constitution Center, Gerry on the left along with the other two major non-signers, Edmund Randolph and George Mason

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Franklin’s statue in the recreation of this painting at the National Constitution Center (along with Steve, the extra signer no one knows about)

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in the foyer of the Franklin Institute, and the famous Houdon bust at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Found the original in the Philadelphia Museum of Art during our recent trip, along with a miniature of an older Galloway

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

If you’re registered to vote and haven’t yet, what are you waiting for!? Find your polling location and VOTE!

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

#OTD in 1774, the Continental Association, the first of our four founding documents, was adopted by the First Continental Congress.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Hopkinson’s first and second seal designs, as well as the current seal

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Continental Union flag, Hopkinson’s naval flag, Hopkinson’s U.S. flag

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

#OTD in 1787, the final copy of the Constitution was signed by 39 delegates in the Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania State House, today called Independence Hall.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

#OTD in 1776, the Staten Island Peace Conference took place between British Admiral Lord Howe and American delegates Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, & Edward Rutledge. After just three hours, negotiations went nowhere, after Howe refused to recognize American independence, and the war continued.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

#OTD in 1776, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress, the Thirteen Colonies are formally named as the “United States of America.” Pictures below is Jefferson’s draft declaration with the name, from June 1776.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

#OTD in 1783, the American Revolutionary War ends with the Treaty of Paris. We’ve discussed in on John Adams’s and Benjamin Franklin’s episodes, and we’ll discuss it again on John Jay’s episode early next year.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Stop scrolling and post two characters who always bring you joy.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

#OTD in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

#OTD in 1775, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Olive Branch Petition. Largely written by John Dickinson, the document was an appeal to King George III and Parliament that the Colonies desired peace and that a reconciliation was still possible. The King never read it and declared the…

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

#OTD in 1778, American and British forces fought the inconclusive Battle of Monmouth. Before the battle, Continental Army troops camped on land owned by John Hart, a signer of the Declaration from New Jersey and the subject of our next episode.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

On this episode, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, Cody & Steve discuss one of America’s earliest martyrs, Joseph Warren. shows.acast.com/imperfect-me...

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

#OTD in 1776, Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston as a Committee of Five to write the Declaration of Independence.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

#OTD in 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the Constitution. Signer Charles Cotesworth Pinckney pictured.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

#OTD in 1777, Continental Army General Lachlan McIntosh shot former Georgia Governor and Declaration signer Button Gwinnett in a duel. Gwinnett died a few days later. Learn more by listening to our episode on Gwinnett.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

First visit to the home of someone we talked about on the show, Blount Mansion in Knoxville.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

#OTD in 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States, at Federal Hall in New York City.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

#OTD in 1775, Paul Revere made his ride. We’ll discuss the mythology around the ride and the other riders (!) on a future episode.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

#OTD in 1775, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society was founded by IM subjects Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

#OTD in 1865, Col. Robert E. Lee, the first cousin twice removed of subjects Richard H. Lee and Francis L. Lee, surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War. Not related to the time period we cover, but I just thought I’d remind all those Lost Cause people about it.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

#OTD in 1784, the UK Parliament ratified the Treaty of Paris, signed the previous September by subjects John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay, which ended the American Revolutionary War. The treaty went into effect the following May.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Post a fictional character who you think would be an antivaxxer. Hard mode: No villains

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

#OTD in 1776, the British evacuated Boston, after Henry Knox’s “noble train of artillery” from Fort Ticonderoga was placed on the heights overlooking the city.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

#OTD in 1778, Baron von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge to train the ragtag Continental troops. When the army emerged from winter quarters, they were a much more capable fighting force.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

#OTD in 1778, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. Signer Samuel Huntington pictured.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

#OTD in 1776, Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense was published. In it, Paine laid out the arguments for independence. Still in print today, it is the bestselling American title in the country’s history.

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Accidentally on Purpose Entertainment Network @aopnetwork.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

#OTD in 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the Constitution. Signer and future subject William S. Johnson pictured.

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