Jamestown and Henrico

Before Plymouth Rock....

A historical overview of the founding of the first two surviving English colonies in North America, Jamestown and Henrico.

What's Henrico you ask? Listen.

Your American Heritage 11 22 2025 Jamestown and Henrico 

Thanksgiving Broadcast

Ed Bonderenka is joined by Professor Richard Deitering and callers for a discussion of some current events that effect our culture.

Then Scott Powell and William J. Federer each talk about the history of Thanksgiving and its effect on the American Character. 

Happy Thanksgiving 2025

First off, a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

Then a recap of history.

So you're some white people.
You've recently arrived on the shores of this land, not where you thought you would.
You're not gonna make it without some help.
Over half of you have died already.
You pray to your God for help.
A Native American walks out of the woods and asks in clear King's English:
"Can I help?", and proceeds to show you how to farm, fish, hunt, survive and serves as an ambassador to the native people.

Yea, there's a God, and He had a hand in founding this country.

Happy Thanksgiving.

If you read about Bradford below, which I of course recommend, understand that they almost died because of a socialist philosophy. Bradford put an end to that, and they all prospered.

Some lessons bear repeating.

(I am truly thankful today that I could rip this off from http://www.ushistory.org/us/3b.asp )

William Bradford and the First Thanksgiving

Copyright 2001 by Pilgrim Hall Museum

As was the custom in England, the Pilgrims celebrated their harvest with a festival. The 50 remaining colonists and roughly 90 Wampanoag tribesmen attended the "First Thanksgiving."

The major similarity between the first Jamestown settlers and the first Plymouth settlers was great human suffering.

November was too late to plant crops. Many settlers died of scurvy and malnutrition during that horrible first winter. Of the 102 original Mayflower passengers, only 44 survived. Again like in Jamestown, the kindness of the local Native Americans saved them from a frosty death.

The Pilgrims' remarkable courage was displayed the following spring. When the Mayflower returned to Europe, not a single Pilgrim deserted Plymouth.

Helping Hands

Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag tribe, signed a treaty with the Pilgrams in 1621, that was never broken. As a result, the two groups enjoyed a peaceful coexistence.

By early 1621, the Pilgrims had built crude huts and a common house on the shores of Plymouth Bay. Soon neighboring Indians began to build relations with the Pilgrims. SQUANTO, a local Indian who had been kidnapped and taken to England nearly a decade before, served as an interpreter with the local tribes. Squanto taught the Pilgrims to fertilize the soil with dried fish remains to produce a stellar corn crop.

MASSASOIT, the chief of the nearby Wampanoags, signed a treaty of alliance with the Pilgrims in the summer. In exchange for assistance with defense against the feared Narragansett tribe, Massasoit supplemented the food supply of the Pilgrims for the first few years.

Governor Bradford

The modern conception of a Pilgrim might include a man in a black hat with a buckle, but not all of the original settlers of Plymouth County fit this description.

Successful colonies require successful leadership. The man to step forward in Plymouth colony was WILLIAM BRADFORD. After the first governor elected under the Mayflower Compact perished from the harsh winter, Bradford was elected governor for the next thirty years. In May of 1621, he performed the colony's first marriage ceremony.

Under Bradford's guidance, Plymouth suffered less hardship than their English compatriots in Virginia. Relations with the local natives remained relatively smooth in Plymouth and the food supply grew with each passing year.

By autumn of 1621, the Pilgrims had much for which to be thankful. After the harvest, Massasoit and about ninety other Indians joined the Pilgrims for the great English tradition of HARVEST FESTIVAL. The participants celebrated for several days, dining on venison, goose, duck, turkey, fish, and of course, cornbread, the result of a bountiful corn harvest. This tradition was repeated at harvest time in the following years.
It was President Lincoln who declared Thanksgiving a national celebration in 1863. The Plymouth Pilgrims simply celebrated survival, as well as the hopes of good fortune in the years that lay ahead.

Focus on the Family did a radio drama on it:
Squanto Story pt 1

Squanto Story pt 2

The Trump Doctrine, also Intifada on the Hudson

Note: Spotify provides a transcription of each episode when you visit the links.

First, Ed Bonderenka explains the history of the Monroe Doctrine, which becomes the precursor of the Trump Doctrine.

Then Ed is joined by Gary Wellings, host of TheDailyDrift.com and they talk about the new Trump Reset which trumps the WEF's "Great Reset".

Your American Heritage 11 1 2025 Trump Doctrine Gary Wellings

I also spoke with Robert Spencer of JihadWatch.org and the author of :
Intifada on the Hudson: The Selling of Zohran Mamdani

How did it come to this?

Your American Heritage 11 1 2025 Robert Spencer

Election Fraud and ⁠A Time to Stand⁠.

Note: Spotify provides a transcription of each episode when you visit the links.

Election Fraud investigator, sometime ⁠Lindell-TV⁠ host, author, former state senator and Meddling Kid, Patrick Colbeck talks about the latest developments in election integrity efforts.

Pat's a friend and has been on the show since it's first episode. Not many know more about election integrity and voter fraud than Pat. Pat's been a state rep and candidate for governor in Michigan.
And as a former rocket scientist, some of his stuff is floating around in space on the ISS.

Listen here: Your American Heritage 10 25 2025 Patrick Colbeck

I also spoke with Michael Finch, president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, about his new book, 
⁠A Time to Stand⁠, a very timely and beautifully written set of essays.

We also talk about issues facing us today, including anti-semitism on the right. 

Your American Heritage 10 25 2025 Michael Finch

Artur Pawlowski and Daniel Greenfield

 I spoke with Pastor Artur Pawlowski of Alberta, Canada, about the danger to the north of us.
And the danger is fast encroaching on us.
His is a voice of warning, a prophetic voice.

Your American Heritage 10 18 2025 Artur Pawlowski 

I also spoke with author Daniel Greenfield of the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
We discussed the Hamas/Gaza "peace" treaty (what are the odds?), Antifa, and other terror related issues.

Your American Heritage 10 18 2025 Daniel Greenfield

Rent a Crowd Inc Interview

 I interviewed Adam Swart, founder of Crowds on Demand.

You can listen and make your own decision. Things aren't always what they seem,

After that I spoke to Scott Powell, author of Rediscovering America, about Christopher Columbus.

Your American Heritage 10 11 2025 Adam Swart and Scott Powell.

I also spoke with Joy Budensiek who created the By The Way series of books that are mini travelogues of the states.

Then I spoke with Katherine Bussard, COO of Salt and Light Global concerning the State Board of Education threatening kids with perversion in the classroom. Again.