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
Podcasting since 2020 • 212 episodes
Revolution 250 Podcast
Latest Episodes
1774: The Year the Empire Struck Back!
The Sons of Liberty exulted over the Boston Tea Party, but they also would have been familiar with the proverb "he who dances must pay the piper." The "piper" in this case turned out to be General Thomas Gage who arrived in Boston in May ...
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Season 5
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Episode 38
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41:01
William Prescott:Stalwart of Bunker Hill
Few images of the Battle of Bunker Hill are as evocative as Colonell William Prescott striding up and down the walls of the redoubt, his sword drawn, his banyan fluttering in the breeze as the British regiments marched up the hill. The st...
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Season 5
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Episode 37
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45:01
Thomas Jefferson - A Man of Contradictions with Jane Kamensky
Thomas Jefferson contained multitudes. Like the nation he helped to create, Jefferson was a fascinating man of contradictions: a party leader who did not believe in political parties, an apostle of liberty who owned others, and a "m...
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Season 5
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Episode 36
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40:57
Revolutionary War Shipwrecks of New Jersey with Capt. Steve Nagiewicz
The Mullica River in southern New Jersey was a haven for American privateers, who in the fall of 1778 had eighteen captured British vessels at anchor, their cargoes delivered to Washington's army. Sir Henry Clinton sent a raiding party fr...
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Season 5
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Episode 35
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40:43