The Liberty Bell's Real History: Cracks, Myths and Abolitionists
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before it became a sacred American icon, the Liberty Bell was a chronically broken piece of muni...
3 Loka 24min
The Gadsden Flag: History of the Don't Tread on Me Rattlesnake
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The bright yellow flag with a coiled timber rattlesnake and the words Don't Tread on Me is one o...
3 Loka 19min
Beaumarchais: Watchmaker, Spy, Gunrunner and Author of Figaro
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) lived a resume that sounds invented: a watchma...
3 Loka 24min
Benjamin Rush: Founding Father, Radical Reformer, Dangerous Doctor
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Archaeologists can trace Lewis and Clark's campsites by the mercury left behind from Benjamin Ru...
3 Loka 23min
Mad Anthony Wayne: Fearless General, Failed Politician, Two Graves
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1809, the son of General Anthony Wayne dug up his father's grave in Erie, Pennsylvania, boile...
3 Loka 23min
Elbridge Gerry: The Principled Founder Behind the Word Gerrymander
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Elbridge Gerry signed the Declaration of Independence, helped shape the Bill of Rights, and serv...
3 Loka 22min
Battle of Sullivan's Island: How a Palmetto Fort Beat the Royal Navy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On June 28, 1776, just days before the Declaration of Independence was signed, nine British wars...
3 Loka 22min
John Glover and the Marblehead Mariners Who Saved Washington's Army
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the famous painting of Washington crossing the Delaware, all eyes go to the general, but the ...
3 Loka 24min
