Revolution 250 Podcast
Revolution 250 Podcast
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Hingham in the American Revolution with James Conroy
The American Revolution was fought on famous battlefields, but it was sustained in communities like Hingham, Massachusetts, where ordinary people faced extraordinary choices.In this episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast, Professor...
Cocked and Boozy with Brooke Barbier
The American Revolution was argued in meetinghouses, fought on battlefields, and plotted over more than a few bowls of punch.This week Professor Robert Allison raises a glass with historian Brooke Barbier, author of
A Dear-Bought Victory; The Battle of Bunker Hill & the Siege of Boston
The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the defining moments of the American Revolution. Although the British claimed the battlefield, the staggering cost of victory demonstrated that defeating the colonial rebellion would be far more difficult th...
James Wilson the Lost Founder, with Jesse Wegman
James Wilson was a brilliant Philadelphia lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a driving force behind the Constitution. And yet in 1779 a Philadelphia mob attacked his home, and his forceful defense of ratifying the Cons...
The Improbable Patriot Pierre-Agustin Caron de Beaumarchais with Iris de Rode
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a man about Paris—watch-maker, inventor, and playwright best known for light comedies like "The Marriage of Figaro." But as the Americans struggled to secure independence, he took on a greater rol...
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