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ARP194 Battle of Ushant
Episode 194
British Admiral Augustus Keppel and French Admiral Louis Guillouet, the comte d'Orvilliers lead fleets into the Atlantic. Each hope to destroy the ot…
5 years, 7 months ago
ARP193 Silas Deane Hearings
Episode 193
After receiving a vague letter from Congress recalling him in spring 1778, Silas Deane returned to Philadelphia. He sailed aboard the French fleet an…
5 years, 7 months ago
AR-SP08 David Stewart: George Washington
Interview with author David O. Steward about his new book: George Washington: The Political Rise of America's Founding Father. We discuss George Wash…
5 years, 7 months ago
ARP192 The Wyoming Valley Massacre
Episode 192
Colonel John Butler leads Butler's Rangers, along with various Iroquois warriors to the Wyoming Valley in what is today northeastern Pennsylvania. At…
5 years, 7 months ago
ARP191 Alligator Bridge
Episode 191
General Robert Howe struggles his own subordinates Continental officers, State leaders, and militia, in addition to the enemy as he attempts to secur…
5 years, 7 months ago
ARP190 French Arrive in America
Episode 184
In July 1778, the first French fleet sails into Delaware Bay. It drops off the new French Minister, Conrad Alexandre Gerard, as well as returning dip…
5 years, 8 months ago
ARP189 Battle of Monmouth
Episode 189
In late June 1778, the British Army halts its retreat from Philadelphia to New York to confront the pursuing Continentals. General Charles Lee begins…
5 years, 8 months ago
AR-SP07 Larry Kidder - Revolutionary Princeton
William "Larry" Kidder, author of the book Revolutionary Princeton 1774-1783, talks about life in Princeton, New Jersey during the American Revolutio…
5 years, 8 months ago
ARP188 Pursuit Across New Jersey
Episode 188
After the British evacuation of Philadelphia in the summer of 1778, the Continental Army crosses into New Jersey to confront the British before they …
5 years, 8 months ago
ARP187 Evacuation of Philadelphia
Episode 187
The British Army evacuates Philadelphia on June 18, 1778, abandoning many loyalist residents, and a city devastated by nearly nine months of occupati…
5 years, 8 months ago