Revolution 250 Podcast
Revolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet many of the people involved in these commemorations, and learn about the people who brought about the Revolution--which began here. To support Revolution 250, visit https://www.masshist.org/rev250Theme Music: "Road to Boston" fifes: Doug Quigley, Peter Emerick; Drums: Dave Emerick
Podcasting since 2020 • 229 episodes
Revolution 250 Podcast
Latest Episodes
True Crime in 1778! The Bathsheba Spooner Murder Conspiracy
Few men were as highly esteemed and just a decade later despised beyond measure as Timothy Ruggles. Ruggles was a hero of the French & Indian War, a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress from Massachusetts, a land owner, legislator and&n...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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36:55
Treasures of the American Revolution at the Clements Library
Founded in 1923 through the gift of William Lawrence Clements, the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan is a fount of historical manuscripts, maps and rare books, particularly...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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45:09
Remembering the American Revolution at 250
We are now deep into the Semiquincentennial commemoration of the events that led to American Independence. 2025 represents a watershed year as we commemorate the Battles of Lexington & Concord, Chelsea Creek and Bunker Hill. Jus...
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Season 4
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Episode 52
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37:14
The Revolutionary World of Jacob Francis with Larry Kidder
After a stint in the Navy and forty years teaching history, Larry Kidder was curios about the lives of ordinary people in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He could not find a good book on the subj...
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Season 4
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Episode 51
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44:22
John Dickinson: Penman of the Revolution with Jane Calvert
John Dickinson burst onto the scene with his "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania" published in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1767 and 1768. He wrote "The Liberty Song," sung all over America, including at the 1769 Sons of Lib...
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Season 4
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Episode 50
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43:18