Monday, January 24, 2022 at 09:15AM Spain was a wonderful ally to the colonists during the American Revolution. Juan Ignacio Güenechea-Rodriguez from the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute joins the podcast to tell us all about it.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 09:51AM A look at the next round of battles – from Kaskaskia to Kettle Creek.
The Battle of Kettle Creek
This is an exciting episode because our friends at the Kettle Creek Battleground did a video presentation for us!
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 08:12AM What would we recognize about colonial American Christmas celebrations, and what's completely different today?
We're joined by Ken Turino of Historic New England to tell us all about Christmas in colonial America.
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 02:53PM In 1792, George Washington asked Americans to set aside one day in November to reflect on gratitude. Here is what the proclamation said.
Read about the Thanksgiving Proclamation here
We have all heard about the first Thanksgiving in the American colonies in Plymouth. It turns out, the real first American Thanksgiving was two years earlier, in Virginia!
Friday, October 29, 2021 at 11:26AM We've heard a lot about soldiers, spies, and political leaders during the American Revolution — and most of them were men.
In this episode, we're joined by an Allyson Schettino of the New York Historical Society, an expert in women's history, to hear what the ladies were up to.
Check out their Women in the American Story resources (here's the revolution specifically).
Abigail Adams, by Gilbert Stuart
Margaret Corbin
Lucy Knox, by Albert Gallatin Hoit
