Ethan Allen vs. Benedict Arnold: The Chaotic Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The capture of Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775 is remembered as a heroic victory, but it was won ag...
3 Okt 26min
The Federalist Papers: How 85 Rushed Essays Defined the Constitution
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Federalist Papers began as a rushed, anonymous campaign to counter Anti-Federalist attacks o...
3 Okt 22min
Battle of Fort Washington: Betrayal and the Revolution's Worst Defeat
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3 Okt 20min
Button Gwinnett: The Failed Founding Father with the Rarest Signature
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1979 a simple receipt sold for $100,000 because of the name at the bottom: Button Gwinnett. T...
3 Okt 22min
James Armistead Lafayette: The Enslaved Double Agent Who Won Yorktown
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1824 the Marquis de Lafayette halted his triumphal procession in Richmond to embrace an older...
3 Okt 20min
Harry Washington: The Man Who Escaped George Washington to Find Freedom
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Born around 1740 in the Gambia region of West Africa, Harry Washington was enslaved, purchased b...
3 Okt 23min
Light Horse Harry Lee: From Revolutionary Hero to Debtors' Prison
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Henry Lee III delivered George Washington's eulogy, coining the line first in war, first in peac...
3 Okt 22min
Charles Lee: The Brilliant, Self-Destructive General Who Rivaled Washington
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Charles Lee was missing two fingers from a duel, traveled with a pack of hounds, was adopted by ...
3 Okt 26min
