Dutchie Jessee

This month we hear from Stephen Wilson, executive director at the St. John’s Church Foundation.

This month, we hear from Harvey Bakari, Black history curator at the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.

This month, we talk with James Madison University professor Rebecca Brannon about the age of our nation’s founders and why it matters. 

A conversation about what people listened to in the Revolutionary era — and how.

A conversation with author Libby McNamee, author of a book about the 16-year-old girl who supposedly saved Lafayette from being captured by the British.

Garrett Channell is executive director of the Salem History Museum and Historical Society.

Campbell led his men farther than any other unit to inflict a defeat on the British.

In 1774, more than 30 Virginia counties passed resolutions to protest Britain’s reaction to the Boston Tea Party. Essex County still reenacts theirs every year.

The director and board member of the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Canada talk about their efforts to reconnect with relatives in Virginia.

The noted Revolutionary War historian talks about how women, Native Americans and enslaved people were critical in the drive for independence.