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The Virginia Gentry: America's Only Aristocracy and What We can Learn from Them
In this episode, Will discusses the history, formation, and immense accomplishments of the Virginia Gentry with J Burden. The two cover why the Virgi…
15 hours ago
The Conway Cabal: Did Richard Henry Lee Betray George Washington?
This episode investigates the vital, lifelong partnership between George Washington and Richard Henry Lee, examining the persistent historical rumors…
6 days, 10 hours ago
The First and Forgotten Founding Father: Richard Henry Lee's Creation of America
First of the Founding Fathers to openly call for independence, the first to call for union of the states, and the first to call for a bill of rights,…
1 week, 3 days ago
Founding Brothers: How One Generation of Lees Won the Revolution and Built America
In the winter of 1750, the death of Thomas Lee left his six sons to inherit a massive empire of Tidewater land and transatlantic commerce—an inherita…
1 week, 6 days ago
Father of Four Founding Fathers: Thomas Lee of Stratford Hall
How does a younger son, marginalized by primogeniture, forge America's most formidable revolutionary dynasty, siring four of the greatest Founding Fa…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Reluctant Patriarch: Richard Lee II and the Lees of Virginia
This is the tale of how the Lee Family of Virginia became a fledgling American aristocracy after Richard Lee I died in 1664, leaving behind the found…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
The Lee Family of Virginia: Descended from a Norman Knight?
This episode examines the Lee family of Virginia and their claim to descend from a Norman named Reynard de Lega through the landed gentry of Shropshi…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Richard Lee I, the Emigrant: Founder of the Lees of Virginia
This is the story of the dynast who founded the Lee Family of Virginia: Richard Lee I, also known as Richard Lee the Emigrant. In it we tell the stor…
4 weeks ago
Who Were the First Families of Virginia?
This episode introduces the First Families of Virginia, explaining how a small group of younger sons of the gentry and merchant families became a cla…
1 month ago
What Was Life Like Growing Up in Rhodesia During the Bush War? with Alice Henningway
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If you are interested in what life was like in Rhodesia…
1 month ago