250 Virginia, 1619
2019 marks the 400th anniversary of two important events in American History: The creation of the first representative assembly in English North America and the arrival of the first African people in ...
6 Aug 20191h 18min
249 BFW Road Trip: James Monroe's Highland
Between 1789 and 1825, five men would serve as President of the United States. Four of them hailed from Virginia. Many of us know details about the lives and presidencies of Washington, Jefferson, an...
30 Juli 201948min
248 BFW Road Trip: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Not all historians publish their findings about history in books and articles. Some historians convey knowledge about history to the public in public spaces and in public ways. We conclude the “Doing...
23 Juli 201935min
247 BFW Road Trip: Schoharie Crossing
A “little short of madness.” That is how Thomas Jefferson responded when two delegates from New York approached him with the idea to build the Erie Canal in January 1809. Jefferson’s comment did not ...
16 Juli 201941min
246 BFW Road Trip: Château de Ramezay
Did Canada almost join the American Revolution? Bruno Paul Stenson, a historian and musicologist with the Château de Ramezay historic site in Montréal, joins us to discuss how the American Revolution...
9 Juli 201945min
245 Celebrating the Fourth
It wasn’t always fireworks on the fourth. John Adams predicted Americans would celebrate the Second of July, the day Congress voted in favor of independence, "with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games,...
2 Juli 20191h 13min
244 Shoe Stories From Early America
There’s a saying that tells us we should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. It’s a reminder we should practice empathy and try to understand people before we cast judgement. As it happens, this exp...
25 Juni 20191h 2min
243 Revolutionary Print Networks
For the American Revolution to be successful, it needed ideas people could embrace and methods for spreading those ideas. It also needed ways for revolutionaries to coordinate across colonial lines. ...
18 Juni 20191h 6min
