Dorchester Heights: How Washington Built a Fortress Overnight
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In March 1776, after an 11-month siege of Boston, British troops woke up to find a fortified Ame...
3 Okt 24min
Sullivan Expedition of 1779: How Washington Became Town Destroyer
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!To the Haudenosaunee, George Washington has been known for more than two centuries as the Town D...
3 Okt 20min
Battle of Harlem Heights: Washington's First Battlefield Success
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!One day after the panicked rout at Kips Bay, George Washington's demoralized army faced the Brit...
3 Okt 23min
Baron von Steuben: The Prussian Outcast Who Trained Washington's Army
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in February 1778 in debt, with a res...
3 Okt 20min
Marbury v. Madison: How John Marshall Created Judicial Review
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!It started with paperwork that never got delivered. After the bitter election of 1800, John Adam...
3 Okt 20min
Thomas Paine's Pamphlet: How an Immigrant Ignited Independence
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3 Okt 21min
Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Engineer of Saratoga, West Point, and Freedom
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Tadeusz Kosciuszko was beaten by a magnate's guards over a doomed romance, then crossed the Atla...
3 Okt 22min
Valley Forge Myths vs. Reality: Mud, Disease, and Von Steuben's Drills
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Forget the image of George Washington praying in pristine snow. Drawing on quartermaster logs, l...
3 Okt 26min
