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 War for America with Rick Atkinson
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Rick Atkinson
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Season 2
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Episode 5
Rick Atkinson talks with us about his trilogy on the War for Independence, beginning wit the first volume, The British Are Coming: Lexington to Princeton 1775-1777, a masterpiece of historical narrative. He helps us see past the familiar history and to understand the war for Independence in a new and interesting ways. The first volume of Rick Atkinson's World War 2 trilogy, An Army at Dawn, received the Pulitzer Prize in History. A veteran journalist and war correspondent, Atkinson has written about the Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars, and is now turning his keen eye on the War for Independence.