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
Revolution 250 Podcast
The Civilian Evacuation along Battle Road, April 19,1775, with Alex Cain
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Alex Cain
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Season 4
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Episode 22
Alexander Cain joins us to talk about the impact of the Revolution's first battles on the civilians in Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy. Cain, a former practicing lawyer, now maintains the Historical Nerdery blog, and has written two books: We stood Our Ground looks at Lexington in the first year of the war; and I See Nothing but the Horrors of a Civil War looks at the position of loyalists in the first years of Revolution. In our conversation he discusses the women and children, civilians, babies, and cats caught up in the first days of war in April of 1775.