Revolution 250 Podcast
223 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsRevolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet many of the people involved in these commemorations, and learn about the people who brought about the Revolution--which began here. To support Revolution 250, visit https://www.masshist.org/rev250Theme Music: "Road to Boston" fifes: Doug Quigley, Peter Emerick; Drums: Dave Emerick
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Ipswich, Massachusetts - Birthplace of American Independence?
April 17, 2024 15:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBBirthplace of American Independence--Ipswich, Massachusetts? In 1687, when King James II tried to take away the power of people in Massachusetts towns to govern themselves, Reverend John Wise of Ipswich lead the town into resistance--leading to his arrest, and the arrest of town leaders. But they stood together--and in an unrelated development, Parliament sent King James packing off to France. When Parliament in the 1760s again tried to assert control, Ipswich stood together, and reminded...
A Monument to African-Americans in the Revolution with Maurice Barboza
April 09, 2024 15:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBCongress has bestowed on National Mall Liberty Fund DC the honor of establishing a memorial in Washington’s Monumental Core to tens of thousands of African American solders, sailors, marines, patriots and liberty seekers of the Revolutionary War. In preparation for the design and construction of such a memorial, the National Mall Liberty Fund has been working to document the histories and stories of these valiant soldiers. We talk with Maurice Barboza, the Executive Director of the Nation...
The Fort Gower Resolves of 1774
April 02, 2024 23:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBNovember 5, 1774, at Fort Gower on the Ohio River, Virginia militiamen vowed that their" Love of Liberty, and Attachment to the real Interests and just Rights of America outweigh every other Consideration," and resolved to use "every Power within us for the Defence of American Liberty, and for the Support of her just Rights and Privileges; not in any precipitate, riotous, or tumultous Manner, but when regularly called forth by the unanimous Voice of our Countrymen." We talk with Chris Math...
Partisans and Redcoats: South Carolina in the Revolution with Walter B. Edgar
March 26, 2024 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBSouth Carolina's impact on the outcome of the war as well as the founding of the new nation cannot be overstated. We turn to Walter Edgar, retired George Washington Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, host of the popular podcast, “South Carolina from A to Z.” and author of the must-read volume Partisans and Redcoats: The Southern Campaign that Turned the Tide of the American Revolution to untangle the complicated story of the Revolution at its most viol...
Mayflower Descendants in the Revolution with Mark Schmidt
March 19, 2024 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBDid you know that the generation that declared independence from Great Britain were closer to the Mayflower generation than we are to the Independence generation? 150 years after the landing of the Mayflower with 102 passengers on the tip of Cape Cod, their descendants were leading 13 Colonies in a spirited and armed defense of the rights and liberties of mankind. Now, 250 years later we talk with Mark Schmidt, Executive Director of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, on the lasti...
George Rogers Clark and the Northwest Territory
March 12, 2024 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBGeorge Rogers Clark conquered the Northwest. Or did he? We talk with Larry Nelson, historian of Ohio, co-author (with David Curtis Skaggs) of The Sixty Years War for the Great Lakes 1754-1814, about the Northwest Territory in the Revolution, and a book about Alexander McKee. This area, larger than the existing 13 colonies, was contested by the Native People who lived in it, the British, Spanish, French, and Americans. Clark could invade it, could win it, but could not keep it. The Revolution...
The Unexpected Abigail Adams with John L. Smith
March 05, 2024 16:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBShe was a wife, mother, confidant, and a social and political advisor during one of the most tumultuous periods of American history. Despite never being elected to an office, in recognition of her power of influence and sagacity her portrait now hangs permanently in the Senate Chamber of the Massachusetts General Court. Few women in the period of the American Revolution and early Republic left behind such a voluminous correspondence as Abigail Adams. As her husband John got further involved ...
The Founders with Richard Brookhiser
February 27, 2024 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBRichard Brookhiser has been writing about American politics for half a century, though he has refreshed himself by writing a dozen books about the founding period, beginning with Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington, with additional books on Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, the Adamses, Alexander Hamilton, and Abraham Lincoln, "the Founders' Son." We talk with him about the political ideas of the founding generation, and how they were viewed in their day-- his next book is on t...
The Revolutionary War Lives & Letters of Lucy & Henry Knox with Phillip Hamilton
February 20, 2024 16:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBHenry Knox, Boston book-seller and emerging patriot, in 1774 married Lucy Flucker, daughter of the Provincial Secretary and leading loyalist. Lucy's family would leave with the loyalist evacuation in March 1776, forced out by the cannon Henry brought from Ticonderoga. Lucy would never see them again. She and Henry would exchange more than 500 letters over the course of their married life, letters which Philip Hamilton has used for this window into the Revolutionary world. The Revolutiona...
Wheatley at 250!
February 13, 2024 16:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBPhillis Wheatley's poetry continues to inspire and to challenge us. Poets Artress Bethany White and Danielle Legros Georges brought together twenty contemporary Black women poets to reinterpret, or reimagine, Phillis Wheatley Peters' poems. Today, in addition to Artress and Danielle, we are joined by two of the poets, Florence Ladd and Yalie Saweda Kamara. Their collection Wheatley at 250: : Black Women Poets Re-Imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters, a poetic conversation among...
Liberty Poles in the Early Republic with Shira Lurie
February 06, 2024 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBLiberty Poles were central to the Revolution, as Patriots raised them to symbolize their resistance, and British soldiers tore them down. Americans in the 1790s revived the custom of Liberty Poles, in opposition to the policies of the Washington and Adams administrations. We talk with Shira Lurie, author of .The American Liberty Pole: Popular Politics and the Struggle for Democracy in the Early Republic, about these symbols of liberty and the contentious politics in the Revolution era.
The Fisherman's Cause & Poseidon's Curse with Christopher Magra
January 30, 2024 16:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBThe American Revolution began along the waterfront. We talk with Christopher Magra, author of two books on different aspects of the maritime war: The Fisherman's Cause delves into the role of Massachusetts' cod fishery in the years before the war. and the transformation of fishing vessels into warships; and Poseidon's Curse e shows how Britain's impressment of sailors into the Royal Navy brought on resistance from American sailors and fishermen.
She Spies - Women in the American Revolution with Aly Riley
January 23, 2024 16:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBThe history of the American Revolution is peppered with the stories of women who perform acts of heroism in service to the cause of Liberty. Women such as Mary Ludwig Hays, Margaret Corbin & Deborah Sampson are among the many heralded for their service. Many more women served as information gatherers for General Washington, and today, Aly Riley, auther of "She Spies; Women of the Revolution" will join us to discuss the role of women in the spy rings of General Washington.
Saratoga: The Turning Point with Mark O'Rourke
January 16, 2024 16:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBWhy are there so few—if any—good movies about the Revolution? Maybe because the right people with the right passion have not made them. Mark O'Rourke is a veteran of the U.S. Army, and an attorney, and has now launched a new mission—producing a film about :1777: Saratoga, the Turning Point of the War.. We talk with Mark O'Rourke about the battle of Saratoga, and the film he hopes to have made in time for the battle's 250th anniversary in October 2027, and how you can help get this story ...
A Republic of Scoundrels
January 09, 2024 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBFranklin and Washington loom large for civic virtue and disinterested patriotism, and Madison warned that good and wise statesmen would not always be at the helm, because many of their contemporaries were self-interested schemers and outright liars. We hear from Timothy Hemmis and David Head editors of A Republic of Scoundrels, which introduces us to the schemers, intriguers, and adventurers—such as Aaron Burr, Mathew Lyon, Benedict Arnold, James Wilkinson—who also helped create the new nat...
The Underwriters of the United States with Hannah Farber
January 02, 2024 17:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBMaritime insurers not only assessed risk--they built markets and the new nation. During times of war and peace they formed a vital communication and information network. Their capital also helped to finance the war and the development of the American republic. We talk about their world with Hannah Farber, historian of the Revolution and early Republic, and her award-winning book Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding.
Thomas Paine & Washington Crossing the Delaware
December 26, 2023 17:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBThe rebellion nearly ended in December 1776, with Washington's army beaten in New York and chased across New Jersey, which the enemy then garrisoned with Hessian troops in Trenton to keep an eye on Washington's dwindling forces across the Delaware. Washington now had fewer than 3000 men, and their enlistments would expire at the end of the year. In this moment of crisis, Washington devised a plan. "There is a natural firmness in some minds," Thomas Paine wrote, "which cannot be unlocked b...
God Save Benedict Arnold! - with Jack Kelly
December 19, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBBenedict Arnold remains one of the most controversial actors in the history of the American Revolution. His being an undeniable hero of the early years of the conflict made his later betrayal of the American cause all the more shocking. We talk with Jack Kelly about his new book, God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man.
Revolution 250 Podcast - God Save Benedict Arnold! - with Jack Kelly
December 19, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBBenedict Arnold remains one of the most controversial actors in the history of the American Revolution. His being an undeniable hero of the early years of the conflict made his later betrayal of the American cause all the more shocking. Join Professor Robert Allison (Suffolk University Department of History, Language & Global Culture) in conversation with author Jack Kelly on Benedict Arnold.
The 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
December 12, 2023 20:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBWith only 4 days to go until the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, we talk with Evan O'Brien, Creative Manager of the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum on the weekend of events, the culmination of two years of commemorations and the beginning of the Revolution's 250th. A lot going on between the Tea Party Ships & Museum and Revolutionary Spaces. If you cannot join us in person on December 16, you can livestream the Tea Party on December 16 here, at https://www.december16.org!
Jefferson & Madison's 1791 Road-trip with Louis P. Masur
December 05, 2023 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBTwo unlikely tourists traveled through the Hudson Valley and New England in the early summer of 1791, wanting to study the region's flora and fauna as well as the Native American languages. Or were Thomas Jefferson and James Madison on a political mission? We talk with Louis P. Masur, cultural historian, who has written books about Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, photography, baseball, and rock and roll, and is now writing a book about Jefferson and Madison's exploration of this dist...
"Washington's Marines" with Maj. General Jason Q. Bohm
November 28, 2023 16:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBJarheads, Devil Dogs, and Leathernecks are all nicknames that have been used to describe members of the United States Marine Corps. However, their esprit de corps and valor stand as their most iconic and reliable qualities. Many are unaware how The Corps got their start during the American Revolution as a valuable multi-faceted and innovative fighting force equally comfortable in sea fights and land engagements. Join Professor Robert Allison (Suffolk University Department of History, Langu...
The British Consul-General in Boston, Dr. Peter Abbott, OBE
November 21, 2023 16:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBDuring his audience with King George III after becoming the first Minister from the United States to the Court of St. James, John Adams said "I have the Honor to assure your Majesty of their unanimous Disposition and Desire to cultivate the most friendly and liberal Intercourse between your Majesty’s Subjects and their Citizens." Adams' assurance has stood the test of time, in no small part due to the many able Ambassadors, Consuls and Diplomats who have represented the United Kingdom in th...
Revolution 250 Podcast - The British Consul-General in Boston with Dr. Peter Abbott, OBE
November 21, 2023 16:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBJohn Adams was made the first Minister Plenipotentiary to King George III's Court of St. James. During his audience with King George, Adams said "I have the Honor to assure your Majesty of their unanimous Disposition and Desire to cultivate the most friendly and liberal Intercourse between your Majesty’s Subjects and their Citizens." With a few notable exceptions, Adams' assurance has stood the test of time, in no small part due to the many able Ambassadors, Consuls and Diplomats who have ...
Revolutionary Spaces, Public History and Graphic Storytelling with Matthew Wilding
November 14, 2023 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBMatthew Wilding is the Director of Education & Interpretation at Revolutionary Spaces, the caretaker for two of Boston's most historic buildings, the Old State House and Old South Meeting House. We talk about their new interpretive ventures--plays, immersive games, walking tours, and exhibits, and about public history in Boston. Matt Wilding discusses new ways to interpret history, including immersive games and comics, such as the "Free Hands" series he has created based on the Golden Age...
Revolution 250 Podcast - Revolutionary Spaces, Public History and Graphic Storytelling with Matthew Wilding
November 14, 2023 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBJoin Professor Robert Allison (Suffolk University Department of History, Language & Global Culture) in conversation with Matthew Wilding, Directory of Interpretation and Education for Revolutionary Spaces as they discuss the special events and programming put together by Revolutionary Spaces for the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Revolutionary Spaces are the caretakers of two historic sites crucial to telling the story of the Boston Tea Party, the Old State House and the Old Sou...
Revolution 250 Podcast - Jews and the American Revolution with Prof. Jonathan Sarna
November 07, 2023 17:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBThe allure of America with all of its possibilities brought many people to its shores during the Colonial period. The communities of Newport, RI, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA all hosted Jewish congregations before the Revolution. Join Professor Robert Allison (Suffolk University Department of History, Language & Global Culture in conversation with Professor Jonathan Sarna, the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis Uni...
Jews and the American Revolution with Professor Jonathan Sarna
November 07, 2023 17:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBThe allure of America with all of its possibilities brought many people to its shores during the Colonial period. Jewish congregations in Savannah, Charleston, Philadelphia, New York, and Newport formed small but important parts of American society. We talk with Professor Jonathan Sarna, the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University about the impact Jews had on American independence--as soldiers and officers, and as merchants and financiers--...
The Epic Revolutionary Saga with Jenny L. Cote
October 31, 2023 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThe Epic Revolutionary Saga is a planned 7-volume series of novels following Max (Scottie dog), Liz (a French cat) and a coterie of animal friends through the American Revolution. Along the way they meet the central characters on both sides--the Patrick Henry (the Voice), George Washington (the Sword), Thomas Jefferson (the Pen), along with the Marquis de Lafayette, Colonel Banastre Tarleton, and a host of others in the founding of the United States. We talk with author Jenny L. Cote, crea...
Revolution 250 Podcast - The Epic Revolutionary Series with Jenny L. Cote
October 31, 2023 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThe Epic Revolutionary Series is a planned 7-volume series of novels following Max (Scottie dog), Liz (a French cat) and a coterie of animal friends as they work to safeguard people and ideals key to the founding of the United States of America. Join Professor Robert Allison in conversation with author Jennie Cote, an award winning novelist who's passion for history has led her to historical sites around the world and more recently, to many of the sites tied to the history of the American R...
Revolution 250 Podcast - Battle Green Vietnam with Elise Lemire
October 24, 2023 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn her new book "Battle Green Vietnam," Elise Lemire examines what must be the most controversial anti-war march ever. On Memorial Day weekend in 1971, 400 Vietnam Veterans engaged in "Operation POW" during which the Veterans marched from Concord Bridge to Bunker Hill. Join Professor Robert Allison (Suffolk University Department of Language, History & Global Culture) in conversation with Elise Lemire, Professor of Literature at Purchase College, SUNY. https://www.battlegreenvietnam.com/
Battle Green Vietnam with Elise Lemire
October 24, 2023 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn her new book "Battle Green Vietnam," Elise Lemire examines what must be the most controversial anti-war march ever. On Memorial Day weekend in 1971, 400 Vietnam Veterans engaged in "Operation POW" during which the Veterans marched from Concord Bridge to Bunker Hill. Join Professor Robert Allison (Suffolk University Department of Language, History & Global Culture) in conversation with Elise Lemire, Professor of Literature at Purchase College, SUNY. https://www.battlegreenvietnam.com/
Plays in Place with Patrick Gabridge
October 17, 2023 15:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBPlaywright Patrick Gabridge uses theatre to convey the human story of the Revolution and other historic events. Through his "Plays in Place" he and actors have told the stories of the Boston Massacre in the Council Chamber of the Old State House, the decision for independence at Old North Church, as well as the stories of abolitionists and others at Mount Auburn Cemetery. The scenes are local, the human dimension is universal. He is also the author of non-historical plays, screenplays, an...
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams with Stacy Schiff
October 10, 2023 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBStacy Schiff's biography of Samuel Adams, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams is a milestone in Revolutionary-era biographies, and introduces a complex and engaging political character--his main focus was liberty, and he learned how to shape a revolutionary movement to secure it. Pulitzer-prize winning biographer Stacy Schiff--born in the town of Adams, Massachusetts tells us about the Samuel Adams we thought we knew, and the one we should know.
The Other Midnight Riders with Alan Foulds
October 03, 2023 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBHenry Wadsworth Longfellow forever etched Paul Revere's name in the pantheon of Revolutionary heroes with his poem "Paul Revere's Ride." William Dawes and Samuel Prescott have joined Revere as celebrated alarm riders of April 18, 1775. However, even the addition of those two riders does not fully tell the story of the Lexington Alarm. Alan Foulds tells us about others, including Martin Herrick of Reading, who spread the alarm on April 18 and 19 and the role of the communities of Lynn, Lyn...
Tadeusz Kościuszko with Kiersten Marcil
September 26, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBTadeusz Kościuszko was 30 years old when he emigrated to America to join the cause in support of American Independence. The recommendation he carried from Benjamin Franklin and other friends in France earned him a Colonel's commission, and his engineering skills were especially useful as Kościuszko designed the fortifications along the Hudson River, most notably, West Point. After the War, he was active in trying to establish a free Poland, and trying to eradicate slavery in America. We ...
Revolution 250 Podcast - The Women of Valley Forge with Nancy K. Loane
September 19, 2023 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn December of 1777, the 12,000 man army of General George Washington marched into Valley Forge to build a winter encampment. In addition to the soldiers, more than 400 women were in the column. They were not only the wives of senior officers but the wives of soldiers who had followed the army since it was assembled. Join Professor Robert Allison (Suffolk University Department of History, Language & Global Culture) in conversation with Nancy K. Loane, author of "Following the Drum; The Wo...
The Women of Valley Forge with Nancy K. Loane
September 19, 2023 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn December of 1777, the 12,000 man army of General George Washington marched into Valley Forge to build a winter encampment. In addition to the soldiers, more than 400 women were in the column. They were not only the wives of senior officers but the wives of soldiers who had followed the army since it was assembled. We learn about these women, as well as others who nursed, cooked, sewed, washed and otherwise helped keep the army together from Nancy K. Loane, author of Following the Drum:...
Revolution 250 Podcast - The 1774 Raid on Fort William & Mary
September 12, 2023 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBOn December 14, 1774, John Langdon and a group New Hampshire Patriots stomed the lightly garrisoned Fort William & Mary to seize upon the store of gunpowder held in the fort. Join Professor Robert Allison (Suffolk University Department of History, Language & Global Culture) in conversation with Independent historian Sarah Vedrani on the 1774 raid on Fort William & Mary.
The 1774 Raid on Fort William & Mary
September 12, 2023 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBOn December 14, 1774, John Langdon and a group New Hampshire Patriots stormed the lightly garrisoned Fort William & Mary to seize its stores of gunpowder and cannon. Sarah Vedrani tells us about the raid, about the historic events being planned in commemoration. Now Fort Constitution on an active Coast Guard base in New Castle, (the only New Hampshire town which is entirely on islands), the Fort is still worth visiting! She also tells us about the exciting happenings at Portsmouth's Strawb...
TEA: Consumption, Politics, and Revolution with James R. Fichter
September 05, 2023 15:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBHow well do we know the Boston Tea Party? Did you know that almost as much tea landed in Charleston, South Carolina--and in Boston--as was destroyed? What happened to the tea that went to Charleston, Philadelphia, and New York? What happened to the tea from the William, that wrecked on Cape Cod? We talk with James Fichter, author of Tea: Consumption, Politics, and Revolution 1773-1776, about the tea's arrival in places other than Boston, and how tea became a symbol and why boycotts wer...
First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America with Cassandra Good
August 29, 2023 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBGeorge and Martha Washington did not have children together, but they raised Martha's children from her first marriage and her grandchildren. Cassandra A. Good, award-winning scholar and writer, joins us to talk about this extended family, and the lives they led in the period after the Revolution. She tells their stories in her book First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America. Professor Good's first book, Founding Friendships,received the Organization of American...
Polly Sumner: Witness to the Boston Tea Party
August 22, 2023 15:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBCan a fashion doll from England find happiness and friendship in Colonial America? Among the cargo carried to Boston on ships bringing "the detested tea," was a doll that has become known as the "Polly Sumner Doll" named for its original owner. She was purchased by a young woman in Boston, Polly Sumner, and her younger sister named the doll for the purchaser. For five generations children in this family played with the doll, and took her to see some historic events--the Battle of Bunker ...
Revolution 'Round the Corner - The Edmund Fowle House in Watertown
August 15, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBWe go on the road, for the first of our "Revolution 'Round the Corner" podcasts! Today we visit the Edmund Fowle House in Watertown. Built by cordwainer Edmund Fowle in 1772, it was still unfinished when the Massachusetts Provincial Congress leased it two years later to house the Provincial Council--with Boston occupied by British troops and the charter government suspended by General Gage--the elected government moved to Watertown. The Provincial Congress met in the Meeting House across ...
Nathanael Greene with Janet Uhlar
August 09, 2023 02:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBNathanael Greene put aside his Quaker faith and successful business to lead Rhode Island troops in support of the people of Massachusetts. From the Siege of Boston to the British evacuation, Greene was in the field--as the Revolution's best strategic thinker, and Washington's designated successor. Janet Uhlar joins us to talk about the extraordinary and brief life of Nathanael Greene, which she also recounts in her book Freedom's Cost: The Story of General Nathanael Greene.
George Washington and the American Crisis with William M. Fowler
August 01, 2023 15:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBWhen the British surrendered at Yorktown, the war ended and American independence was secure. Or was it? The British still occupied Savannah, Charleston, and New York City, and the Congress was not able to pay the American army. During the two years between Cornwallis's surrender and the final British evacuation, George Washington faced one of the gravest crises in American history--an attempt by some of his officers to usurp the authority of Congress and establish themselves in power. ...
Adam Smith & the American Revolution with Peter Onuf
July 25, 2023 16:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBAdam Smith, born in 1723 and the father of modern economic theory, remains one of the most influential writers on markets development and state formation. He is also the author of Theory of Moral Sentiments, an examination of how people relate to one another. Peter S. Onuf, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor emeritus at the University of Virginia, prolific scholar of the life and thought of Thomas Jefferson, joins us to talk about Adam Smith, the Scottish enlightenment, and...
The Grand Forage 1778 and the Royal Provincials with Todd Braisted
July 18, 2023 15:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBNew Jersey was the "Crossroads of the American Revolution." Historian Todd Braisted's book The Grand Forage 1778 gives us insight into the events in New Jersey as both armies sought provisions and advantage. Todd Braisted also maintains the website Royal Provincial telling the stories of the New Jerseyans and others who fought for the Crown.
Forgotten Allies with James Kirby Martin
July 11, 2023 15:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBWhile the American Revolution brought independence to much of colonial America, the indigenous peoples of America, even those like the Oneida who supported the American cause, found themselves suffering in the new Republic. Historian James Kirby Martin joins us to talk about Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution.
The Pursuit of Happiness with Jeffrey Rosen
July 04, 2023 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBFor this 4th of July - Iconic words. Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness. Life and Liberty may be self explanatory, but what, to the minds of the Founders, was the Happiness to be Pursued? In his new book Pursuit of Happiness . President and CEO of the National Constitution Center chases down the meaning of happiness according to the men who wrote those immortal words.