Lindsey Graham

I'm going on tour and coming to a theater near you.

This live show is a thrilling evening of history, storytelling, and music, with a full band accompanying me as we look back to explore the days that made America.

And they aren't the days that you might think.

Sure, everyone knows July 4th, 1776.

We'll be hearing a lot about that date this year.

But there are many other days that are maybe even more influential.

So come out to see me live.

More shows to be announced soon.

So for information on tickets and upcoming dates, go to AmericanHistoryLive.com.

That's AmericanHistoryLive.com.

Come see my Days That Made America tour live on stage.

Go to AmericanHistoryLive.com.

From Audible Originals, I'm Lindsey Graham, and this is American History Teller's Our History, Your Story.

Few figures in American history reshape daily life as much as Thomas Edison.

The world he was born into in 1847 was lit by candles and oil lamps for most Americans, and gas lit for the wealthy few.

But by the time he died in 1931, electricity flowed through homes and businesses across the country.

Edison and the research teams he organized played a major role in that transformation.

Over the course of his life, he was granted more than a thousand U.S.

patents.

But his legacy extends beyond invention.