# Does anyone else remember this children's TV show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543 "2012-09-03T14:27:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543/1 "2012-09-03T14:27:04Z")
It was called something like “The Spirit of '76”, and aired in 1976, or possibly 1975. Each episode was thirty minutes long, live action, and featured stories and songs about the American Revolution by the narrator, who was a man with a folk singer’s voice. He played a guitar or banjo. I still remember the theme song’s lyrics: “You know the high road to freedom was a hard road to travel. Plenty of times we wound up in a fix. But we kept on a-growin’ What kept us goin’? The Spirit of '76.” I Googled it recently, checked YouTube, looked on Saturday morning TV schedules (I’m almost positive it aired at noon on Saturdays, though I don’t remember the network) and got nothing. I looked up Bicentennial TV shows and got nowhere. It wasn’t the Bicentennial minutes. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543/2 "2012-09-03T15:17:11Z")
Public television? It sounds like something Pete Seeger would have done although this is just wild speculation. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543/3 "2012-09-04T03:59:53Z")
Yeah, I remember that show. Saturday morning TV was a staple of mine growing up in the 70s. Although I don’t think it aired on PBS it was mostly educational and boring so I never watched it much. The title was sort of a pun, because the host/guy was supposed to be a ghost (or ‘spirit’) from colonial times. Had the puffy shirt & tri-corner hat. He would dissolve in & out at the beginning & end of each episode while singing. Silly Bicentennial-educational kid’s stuff. ---
**Author:** ![quills728](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c5a1d2/32.png) [@quills728](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quills728)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543/4 "2015-11-09T05:28:14Z")
Yes I have seen this show as a kid. But I would watch it prior to the Saturday morning cartoons on the main stations CBS and NBC. Then it reran on the independent affiliate (local) stations. I would like to get the whole series on any type of media. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543/5 "2015-11-09T05:42:09Z")
Is this is? [Spirit of 76](http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/57564-Spirit_Of_76.html) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543/6 "2015-11-09T06:41:20Z")
I remember a show that was at least partially animated. A cat and a mouse (I think) were doing a segment on the Declaration of Independence: **CAT:** “The United States of America”?!? **MOUSE:** What _else_ are you gonna call it? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543/7 "2015-11-09T14:51:28Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Is this is? > > [Spirit of 76](http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/57564-Spirit_Of_76.html) I’m not sure, but it doesn’t seem quite right. Thanks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543/8 "2015-11-09T19:56:01Z")
[Libert’y Kids](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LibertysKids)? ETA: You’ve sure been waiting a long time for an answer to this one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543/9 "2015-11-09T20:06:05Z")
[The Young Rebels](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065358/)? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543/10 "2015-11-09T23:52:03Z")
I’m sure it’s not Liberty’s Kids or The Young Rebels. Thanks, anyway.