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Sep 12, 2023
Episode 366: Michael H. Taylor, James Wilson & the US Constitution
On September 17, 1787, the members of the Constitutional Convention concluded their work by signing the final draft of their new proposed government. The document they signed was the United States Constitution, which is why the United States marks Constitution Day each year on September 17. In honor of Constitution Day, we explore the life […]
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Aug 29, 2023
Episode 365: Road Trip 2023: 300 Years of French Settlement at Île Saint-Jean
2020 commemorated the 300th anniversary of French presence on Prince Edward Island. Like much of North America, the Canadian Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, and Prince Edward Island were highly contested regions. In fact, the way France and Great Britain fought for presence and control of this region places […]
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Aug 15, 2023
Episode 364: Road Trip 2023: An Early History of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The Mississippi Gulf Coast was the home of many different peoples, cultures, and empires during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. According to some historians, the Gulf Coast region may have been the most diverse region in early North America. Matthew Powell, a historian of slavery and southern history and the Executive Director of the La […]
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Aug 1, 2023
Episode 363: Road Trip 2023: Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park
About 620 miles north of New Orleans and 62 miles south of St. Louis sits the town of Ste. Geneviève, Missouri. Established in 1750 by the French, Ste. Geneviève reveals much about what it was like to establish a colony in the heartland of North America and what it was like for colonists to […]
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Jul 18, 2023
Episode 362: David W. Penney, Treaties Between the US & American Indian Nations
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian has an exhibit called Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations. This exhibit allows you to see treaties the United States has made with American Indian nations and learn more about those treaties and their outcomes. David W. Penney is the […]
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Jul 4, 2023
Episode 361: Fourth of July in 2026
July 4, 2023 marks the 247th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States. In three short years, we will be marking the 250th anniversary of these events. How are historians thinking about the American Revolution for 2026? What are they discussing when it comes to the 250th anniversary of […]
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Jun 20, 2023
Episode 360: Kyera Singleton, Slavery & Freedom in Massachusetts
Juneteenth is a holiday that celebrates and commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. We choose to reflect on the end of slavery in the United States on June 19 because, on June 19, 1865, United States General Gordon Granger issued his General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, informing Texans that all […]
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Jun 6, 2023
Episode 359: Jen Manion, Trans-ing Gender in Early America
“People are complicated” is a truism that holds in the past and the present. Seldom do we find a person where all of their actions and thoughts are black and white. What we see instead is that people are colorful because they aren’t just one thing and they don’t think and act in one way. […]
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May 23, 2023
Episode 358: Charles Tingley, St Augustine and Early Florida
For much of the colonial period, Spain claimed almost all of North America as Spanish territory. It displayed this claim on maps and in the administrative units it created to govern this vast territory: New Spain and La Florida. Charles Tingley is a Senior Research Librarian at the St. Augustine Historical Society in St. […]
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May 9, 2023
Episode 357: Eric Jay Dolin, Privateering in the American Revolution
On April 19, 1775, the thirteen colonies found themselves at war with Great Britain. British military forces ranked among the most powerful in the world. By contrast, the colonies had forces of militiamen–civilian volunteers– because the Continental Congress had not yet established its Continental Army and Navy. How did the Continental Congress approach creating military […]
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