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Back to SearchCrispus Attucks: First to Fall at the Boston Massacre, Myth and Man
Episode 13290
The first man to die at the Boston Massacre in 1770 was not legally free himself. This episode explores the life and legacy of Crispus Attucks, a man…
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Battle of Guilford Courthouse: Cornwallis and a Costly British Win
Episode 13289
In March 1781, in a smoke-filled North Carolina forest, Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis ordered grapeshot fired into a melee that included his …
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Caesar Rodney: The Midnight Ride, the Vote, and a Complex Legacy
Episode 13288
In July 1776, Caesar Rodney rode 70 miles through a thunderstorm to break Delaware's deadlock on the Lee Resolution for independence, arriving in Phi…
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Sons of Liberty: The Real History of America's Rebel Brand
Episode 13287
In August 1769, the Boston Sons of Liberty celebrated their fourth anniversary with cannons, music, and a first toast to King George III. This episod…
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William Franklin: Benjamin Franklin's Loyalist Son and Bitter Rift
Episode 13286
The child often pictured beside Benjamin Franklin during the famous 1752 kite experiment was actually his 21-year-old son William, who would later ru…
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Benjamin Banneker: Separating the Real Genius From the Myths
Episode 13285
On the day of Benjamin Banneker's funeral in 1806, his log cabin burned to the ground, destroying his journals, his calculations, and the wooden cloc…
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Benedict Arnold at Valcour Island: The Battle That Saved the Revolution
Episode 13284
In the fall of 1776, Benedict Arnold built a fleet from green timber in the wilderness at Skenesborough, then hid it in a narrow strait behind Valcou…
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Siege of Charleston 1780: The Worst American Defeat of the Revolution
Episode 13283
The 1780 Siege of Charleston erased the Continental Army in the South and remains one of the biggest blind spots in the popular story of the American…
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Nathan Hale: The Flawed Young Spy Behind the Revolutionary Legend
Episode 13282
America's most famous Revolutionary War spy was a 21-year-old former schoolteacher who went behind British lines carrying his real Yale diploma in hi…
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Battle of Moores Creek Bridge: The Last Highland Broadsword Charge
Episode 13281
In February 1776, less than five months before the Declaration of Independence, a force of Scottish Gaelic loyalists charged with broadswords across …
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