Thomas Gage: The British General Who Warned London and Was Ignored
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Thomas Gage is usually remembered as the British general who sparked the Revolutionary War at Le...
3 Okt 21min
Crispus Attucks: First to Fall at the Boston Massacre, Myth and Man
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The first man to die at the Boston Massacre in 1770 was not legally free himself. This episode e...
3 Okt 19min
Battle of Guilford Courthouse: Cornwallis and a Costly British Win
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In March 1781, in a smoke-filled North Carolina forest, Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis or...
3 Okt 23min
Caesar Rodney: The Midnight Ride, the Vote, and a Complex Legacy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In July 1776, Caesar Rodney rode 70 miles through a thunderstorm to break Delaware's deadlock on...
3 Okt 19min
Sons of Liberty: The Real History of America's Rebel Brand
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In August 1769, the Boston Sons of Liberty celebrated their fourth anniversary with cannons, mus...
3 Okt 20min
William Franklin: Benjamin Franklin's Loyalist Son and Bitter Rift
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The child often pictured beside Benjamin Franklin during the famous 1752 kite experiment was act...
3 Okt 20min
Benjamin Banneker: Separating the Real Genius From the Myths
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On the day of Benjamin Banneker's funeral in 1806, his log cabin burned to the ground, destroyin...
3 Okt 22min
Benedict Arnold at Valcour Island: The Battle That Saved the Revolution
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the fall of 1776, Benedict Arnold built a fleet from green timber in the wilderness at Skenes...
3 Okt 25min
