Friday, June 25, 2021 at 02:18PM The winter of 1777-1778 was pivotal for the Continental Army. While wintering under terrible conditions at Valley Forge, the soldiers trained hard. What was life like in that winter? In this episode, we find out.
Washington praying at Valley Forge
Coloring pages here, here, here.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 09:39AM The battlefield had so much gunsmoke and noise—how were the soldiers supposed to know what to do? A fife and drum corps! Amelia is joined by a fifer to tell us all about it.
Our wonderful guest: Don Francisco!
Here are some of the other things we talked about on this episode:
Flags of the American Revolution
John Greenwood, Washington's dentist
Barzillai Lew, African American fifer
Learning about slavery at Mount Vernon
Want to know more about learning to play? Visit Be A Fifer!
Read about the US Army Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps
And watch them in action:
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 05:16PM In this quick minisode, Amelia tells you all about Revolutionary War uniforms.
Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 06:41AM In the midst of the battles of Saragota, another battle was being fought- this time in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Find out what happened (and who was hiding!) in this epsiode. We're joined by Michael Harris, author of Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777.
Learn all about the house where they hid- Cliveden/Chew House
Monday, February 22, 2021 at 03:01PM
The American and British armies met in upstate New York and the two battles that followed changed the momentum of the American Revolution. We're joined by Eric Schnitzer from Saratoga National Historic Park to tell us all about who was there, what happened, and why it was such an important battle.
Surrender of General Burgoyne by John Trumbull, 1822
General John Burgoyne (portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1760)
General Horatio Gates, portrait by Gilbert Stuart
