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436 Fort Ticonderoga & Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery
On March 17, 1776, the British evacuated Boston, driven out by cannon hauled 300 miles through winter wilderness from a crumbling fort in upstate New…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
435 Common Sense at 250: The Unfinished Work of Democracy, A Live Conversation
In January 1776, Thomas Paine told the American colonies to break free from their king. But what was supposed to come next? 250 years later,…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
435 Common Sense at 250: The Unfinished Work of Democracy, A Live Conversation
In January 1776, Thomas Paine told the American colonies to break free from their king. But what was supposed to come next? 250 years later, that que…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
434 Freeborn Black Soldiers in the American Revolution
What would you fight for if you were free but still not equal? In 1777, brothers William and Benjamin Frank answered that question by enlist…
7 months ago
434 Freeborn Black Soldiers in the American Revolution
What would you fight for if you were free but still not equal? In 1777, brothers William and Benjamin Frank answered that question by enlisting in th…
7 months ago
BFW Revisited: The American Revolution's African American Soldiers
More than 6,000 Black men—free and enslaved—served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Yet their stories remain some of …
7 months, 1 week ago
BFW Revisited: The American Revolution's African American Soldiers
More than 6,000 Black men—free and enslaved—served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Yet their stories remain some of the least…
7 months, 1 week ago
433 Entangled Revolutions: Haiti, France, and the American Revolution
What if the American Revolution was never just an American story?
Historian Ronald Angelo Johnson helps us uncover the deep connections betw…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
433 Entangled Revolutions: Haiti, France, and the American Revolution
What if the American Revolution was never just an American story?
Historian Ronald Angelo Johnson helps us uncover the deep connections between the A…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
BFW Revisited: The Marquis de Lafayette
What does it take to become a revolutionary in more than one revolution? In this revisited conversation with Mike Duncan, we explore the lif…
7 months, 3 weeks ago