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
Thomas Jefferson & the University of Virginia with Andrew O'Shaughnessy
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Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
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Season 2
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Episode 26
Why was education such a critical goal of America's revolutionaries? We talk with Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy about his new book, TheThe Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind, about Thomas Jefferson's idea of a university.
Andrew O'Shaughnessy teaches at the college Jefferson founed, and he is director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. His most recent book was The Men Who Lost America, on the British officers and politicians who lost the war. His new book looks at a what a difference it made that the Americans won.