Revolution 250 Podcast

Professor Robert A. Gross joins us to talk about his book, The Minutemen and Their World,   and about the Minutemen, Revolutionary Concord, The Robbins House and Concord's African-American history, and about writing history from the bottom up and inside out.   Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!

Abby Battis, the curator at Historic Beverly , tells us about their great exhibit on The Story of the Revolution- -a 2-volume history of the Revolution by Massachusetts Senator, and historian Henry Cabot Lodge, illustrated with original paintings now on display for the first time since 1898! We discuss F.C. Yohn's paintings, " The Fight at Concord Bridge " and " The Battle of B...

We talk with Emma Stratton, the Executive Director of the  American Independence Museum  in Exeter, New Hampshire.  We hear about Paul Revere's first important ride--to Fort William and Mary in Newcastle, and about the Museum's treasures--a Dunlap broadside of the Declaration, notes on the Constitution by Nicholas Gilman and Rufus King, and a tavern where George Washington was entertaine...

We have a chance to talk with Judith Kalaora, the founder and artistic director of History at Play.   She tells us how she brings the stories of remarkable women to life, including the story of Deborah Sampson, the official heroine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  In the early 1780s Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a young man and enlisted in the Continental Army--and when she was discov...

We talk with Don N. Hagist, the managing editor of the Journal of the American Revolution and the author of many books on the experiences of British soldiers during the war, including British Soldiers, American War and the forthcoming Noble Volunteers:  The British Soldiers who Fought the American Revolution. What was it like to serve in the British army during the Revolution?  Who were these men?...

We talk about the Revolutionary history of Salem--did you know that 150 Salem privateers captured more than 500 British merchant ships, many in the English Channel--and Concord, where on April 19, 1775 the Revolutionary War began.  Emily Murphy is the curator at Salem Maritime National HIstorical Parks, and Jim Hollister is a ranger and interpreter, as well as the living history, education, digita...

We have a chance to talk with Gordon S. Wood, one of the leading historians of the American Revolution and the founding of the Republic.  He has a new book he is working on, "Constitutionalism in the American Revolution," and we also discuss his Pulitzer-Prize winning book The Radicalism of the American Revolution, and his work on Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson.  He discusses slavery, th...