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
Our French Allies with Norman Desmarais
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Norman Desmarais
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Season 4
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Episode 2
What did the French hope to gain by siding with the Americans in the Revolution? We talk with Norman Desmarais, Professor emeritus from Providence College, about his book America's First Ally: France in the Revolutionary War, and we hear other stories of this fraught alliance. Norm Desmarais has also translated the Gazette Francois, a newspaper the French forces published in Newport, and has written a six-volume Guide to the Revolutionary War, and Battlegrounds of Freedom, a guide to Revolutionary-war battlefields.