061  George Washington in Retirement

061 George Washington in Retirement

If you had only six years to enjoy retirement what would you do? Would you improve your plantation? Build canals? Or work behind-the-scenes to unite your country by framing a new central government? These were just some of the activities undertaken by George Washington during his brief retirement from public service between 1783 and 1789. Today, we explore the brief retirement of George Washington with Edward Larson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history and author of The Return of George Washington, 1783-1789. Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/061 Helpful Show Links Ask the Historian Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Join the Ben Franklin's World Community Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App *Books purchased through this link will help support the production of Ben Franklin's World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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218 How the Dutch Brough Us Santa, Presents, & Treats

218 How the Dutch Brough Us Santa, Presents, & Treats

Have you ever wondered where the Christmas traditions of stockings, presents, and cookies come from? What about jolly, old Saint Nicholas? Who was he and why do we often call him Santa Claus? Peter ...

25 Des 201843min

217 Slavery and Freedom in Early Maryland

217 Slavery and Freedom in Early Maryland

How do you uncover the life of an enslaved person who left no paper trail? What can the everyday life of an enslaved person tell us about slavery, how it was practiced, and how some enslaved people m...

18 Des 201850min

216 A History of Stepfamilies in Early America

216 A History of Stepfamilies in Early America

What do George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln have in common? They all grew-up in blended or stepfamilies. Lisa Wilson, the Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of American History at ...

11 Des 201845min

215  A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America

215 A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America

We tend to view gay marriage as a cultural and legal development of the 21st century. But did you know that some early Americans lived openly as same-sex married couples? Rachel Hope Cleves, a Prof...

4 Des 201853min

214 Skpeticism and American Faith

214 Skpeticism and American Faith

Was the early United States a “Christian nation?” Did most of its citizenry accept God and the Bible as the moral authority that bound them together as one nation? Scholars have taken a binary stance...

27 Nov 201857min

213 The Pilgrims of Plimoth

213 The Pilgrims of Plimoth

In 1621, the Pilgrims of Plimoth Colony and their Wampanoag neighbors came together to celebrate their first harvest. Today we remember this event as the first Thanksgiving. But what do we really kno...

20 Nov 201859min

212 Researching Biography (Doing History)

212 Researching Biography (Doing History)

How do historians and biographers reconstruct the lives of people from the past? Good biographies rely on telling the lives of people using practiced historical methods of thorough archival research ...

13 Nov 20181h 10min

Bonus: The Washingtons' Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

Bonus: The Washingtons' Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

As part of the Omohundro Institute's Doing History series on biography, Episode 212 offers us a new conversation with Erica Dunbar, the author of Never Caught: The Washington’s Relentless Pursuit of T...

9 Nov 201854min

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