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247 BFW Road Trip: Schoharie Crossing
Episode 247
A “little short of madness.” That is how Thomas Jefferson responded when two delegates from New York approached him with the idea to build t…
7 years, 2 months ago
246 BFW Road Trip: Château de Ramezay
Episode 246
Did Canada almost join the American Revolution?
Bruno Paul Stenson, a historian and musicologist with the Château de Ramezay historic site i…
7 years, 2 months ago
245 Celebrating the Fourth
Episode 245
It wasn’t always fireworks on the fourth.
John Adams predicted Americans would celebrate the Second of July, the day Congress voted in favor…
7 years, 3 months ago
244 Shoe Stories From Early America
Episode 244
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 understa…
7 years, 3 months ago
243 Revolutionary Print Networks
Episode 243
For the American Revolution to be successful, it needed ideas people could embrace and methods for spreading those ideas. It also needed way…
7 years, 3 months ago
242 An Early History of Delaware
Episode 242
Delaware may be the second smallest state in the United States, but it has a BIG, rich history that can tell us much about the history of ea…
7 years, 3 months ago
241 Pearls and the Nature of the Spanish Empire
Episode 241
Spain became the first European power to use the peoples, resources, and lands of the Americas and Caribbean as the basis for its Atlantic E…
7 years, 4 months ago
240 Flora Fraser, Biography and a Biographer's Work
Episode 240
Have you ever had one of those really conversations where the person was so fascinating that you wished the conversation didn’t have to end?…
7 years, 4 months ago
239 Post and Travel in Early America
Episode 239
How did the postal system work in Early America? How did people send mail across the North American colonies and the British Empire?
Joseph …
7 years, 4 months ago
238 Benedict Arnold
Episode 238
Benedict Arnold is an intriguing figure. He was both a military hero who greatly impacted and furthered the American War for Independence wi…
7 years, 4 months ago