The Story Behind Our Independence Day | Bonus
What is Decoration Day? Did the South celebrate the 4th of July?
As it turns out, the history of the 4th of July is not that straightforward. For example, it took about a century for the recognition of our Independence Day as a federal holiday. And for some 80 years after the Civil war, some part…
Episode 108 The French Connection
France makes plans for covert aid to America. Silas Deane arrives to encourage such aid. French foreign minister puts him in contact with a playwright and part-time arms dealer name Beaumarchais. The British spy network immediately infiltrate all of this to thwart their plans. Also, others from Ame…
Bonus | The Story Behind Our Independence Day
What is Decoration Day? Did the South celebrate the 4th of July?
As it turns out, the history of the 4th of July is not that straightforward. For example, it took about a century for the recognition of our Independence Day as a federal holiday. And for some 80 years after the Civil war, some parts…
210 Considering John Marshall, Part 1 (Doing History)
For 34 years, John Marshall presided as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. During his service, Marshal transformed the nation’s top court and its judicial branch into the powerful body and co-equal branch of government we know it as today. The Doing History: Biography series con…
Steuben: How a Disgraced Prussian Volunteer Transformed America’s Struggling Army | S1E10 AAR
Steuben after Valley Forge is a story we rarely hear—but it’s when his most significant contribution to the Continental Army takes place. Did you know that Continental soldiers actually liked Steuben, even though he was a tough disciplinarian? Or that the Continental Congress never fully paid him w…
Why France Backed the American Revolution (And Got Nothing in Return) | S1E12 AAR
The American Revolution was only one theatre in a global war—and far from the main event.
Geopolitical rivalry and revenge drove France to rally other powers against Britain, transforming a colonial rebellion in the Americas into a globe-spanning military conflict—a true world war.
After its defea…
The Bizarre Plot That Armed the American Revolution | S1E19 AAR
Royal blackmail. A cross-dressing spy-decorated soldier diplomat. A ruined American patriot. A genius playwright, clockmaker. Spies. Secret arms deals.
Before the Franco-American alliance became official, the American Revolution survived because of a desperate covert operation stretching from Phi…
Homosexuality, Single Men and the American Revolution | S1E20 AAR
A secret homosexuality trial inside the British Army. Single men taxed but denied the vote. Colonies that feared unmarried men more than same-sex relationships.
This interview examines parts of Revolutionary America that most Americans never learned in school: how rumors, sexuality, bachelorhood, m…
The Habsburgs and the American Revolution: A Missing Chapter | S1E30 AAR
Although one of Europe's greatest powers is largely absent from the American story, it was anything but absent during the American Revolution. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and the Continental Congress sought to break Habsburg neutrality—or at least establish formal trade relations with the Habsbu…
210 Considering John Marshall, Part 1 (Doing History)
For 34 years, John Marshall presided as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. During his service, Marshal transformed the nation’s top court and its judicial branch into the powerful body and co-equal branch of government we know it as today. The Doing History: Biography series con…
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