Topic: 250 Years Ago: The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge – Where the Revolution Took Root
When: Tuesday 2/24/2026 at 2:00 pm ET
After Lexington, before Yorktown, before our independence was declared, Patriot forces met Loyalist troops at Moore’s Creek Bridge in North Carolina. On this week’s episode of Constitutional Chats, we travel back 250 years and explore the events, key figures, and lasting significance of the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, explaining why this early Patriot victory helped pave the way for independence and remains a crucial moment in Revolutionary War history.
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Meet the Guest
John Hood
John Hood is president of the John William Pope Foundation, a Raleigh-based grantmaker. He is also the author of 10 books — ranging from economic histories and political biographies to fantasy novels — and teaches at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy.
Since 1986, Hood has written a syndicated column that now runs in the Winston-Salem Journal, Greensboro News & Record, Wilmington Star-News, Triangle Business Journal, and newspapers in 50 other North Carolina communities. He’s also written for The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, National Review, Readers’ Digest, The New Republic, and dozens of other newspapers and magazines, and appeared on CNN, Fox News, NBC, and National Public Radio.
Hood chairs the North Carolina Institute of Public Leadership, co-chairs the North Carolina Leadership Forum, and serves as vice-chair of North Carolina Public Radio, State Policy Network, and the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. He also co-founded the Freedom Conservatism project and formerly led the John Locke Foundation as its president for more than two decades. Other roles include lead faculty for the E.A. Morris Fellowship for Emerging Leaders and tap instructor at the Triangle Academy of Dance.
Hood received his B.A. in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned a M.A. in liberal studies from UNC-Greensboro.