Ep. 57 – Minisode for Georgia and South Carolina

The British continue trying to take over the southern colonies of Georgia and South Carolina in the spring of 1779.

Jacques-Marc Prévost

Lt. Col. John Ashe

Major General Augustin Prévost

Major General Lincoln 

William Moultrie

Ep. 56 – Spain in the American Revolution

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. 

Bernardo de Galvez 

Ep. 55 – From Kaskaskia to Kettle Creek

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!

George Rogers Clark

Ep. 54 – Colonial Christmas

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. 

Ep. 53 — George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation

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!