Admiral de Grasse: The French Hero Who Won Yorktown and Lost Everything
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1782 a captured French admiral stepped onto the beach at Southsea, England, to cheering crowd...
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Roger Sherman: The Shoemaker Who Signed All Four Founding Documents
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Only one person signed the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Article...
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Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox: Guerrilla Genius and Hidden Legacy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Francis Marion survived a week adrift in a Caribbean lifeboat at 15 and grew into one of the mos...
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The Brutal History of Tarring and Feathering, From 1189 to Today
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Tarring and feathering is often treated as a cartoon gag, but the historical reality was torture...
3 Okt 22min
Gilbert Stuart: The Painter Behind the Dollar Bill Who Died in Debt
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The portrait of George Washington on the one-dollar bill was painted by Gilbert Stuart, a man wh...
3 Okt 24min
The Origin of Yankee Doodle: From British Insult to American Anthem
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Yankee Doodle was not written to celebrate America. It began as a British insult meant to mock A...
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James Forten: Revolutionary Sailor, Sailmaker, and Abolitionist Leader
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3 Okt 22min
The Badge of Military Merit: George Washington's Origin of the Purple Heart
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the 1920s, a ragged purple silk heart was found in a New Hampshire barn. It was one of the ra...
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