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Who was Susan B. Anthony? Like George Washington, she’s so famous she almost disappears in plain sight. Most people know her name; she even know she had something to do with women’s right to vote. But beyond that they can’t tell you where she c
You probably know the names Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what exactly did they do? You might not know the names Lydia Maria Child, Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Miller Smith, Amelia Bloomer, Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Elizabeth
You probably know the names Susan B. Anthony andElizabeth Cady Stanton, but what exactly did they do? You might not know the names Lydia Maria Child, Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Miller Smith, Amelia Bloomer, Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Elizabeth
In this second episode of a two-part series on the life and times of Irving Berlin, The American Tapestry Project asks “What are the Top Ten Irving Berlin Songs NOT Named “White Christmas” or “God Bless America”. Hear the songs and learn their
This episode of The American Tapestry Project begins a two-part series on the life and times of Irving Berlin – The American Songbook and the invention of American popular music culture. In Part One we’ll meet Berlin, discover his immigrant her
This episode of American Tapestry is part 2 to a collaboration with WQLN's We Question & Learn. Narrated by Dr. Andrew Roth featuring and educational and most entertaining program entitled 'A Caroling We Will Go.'You can find part 1 here: htt
This episode of The American Tapestry Project explores things Americans love – holidays! How many holidays do Americans celebrate? Where did they originate? In Harvest Festivals, we begin that exploration by examining Halloween’s roots in the a
In this fifth episode of The American Tapestry Project’s “Americans and Their Games: Sports in American History and Culture” we examine the immigrant experience in America through the lens of sports. Picking up from Part 4, we meet the rise of
In this fourth episode of The American Tapestry Project’s “Americans and Their Games: Sports in American History and Culture” we examine the immigrant experience in America through the lens of sports. From Irish and German immigrants dominating
In this third episode of The American Tapestry Project’s “Americans and Their Games: Sports in American History and Culture” we examine the quest for women’s rights through the lens of sports. From Catharine Beecher in the 19th century advocati
This episode of The American Tapestry Project explores how Americans celebrate freedom through holidays and music. Who was Francis Scott Key and why did he write “The Defence of Fort McHenry” and how did that become “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
In this second episode of The American Tapestry Project’s “Americans and Their Games: Sports in American History and Culture” we examine the experience of the Indigenous People and African Americans through the lens of those first excluded’s st
In this episode The American Tapestry Project begins a new series – “Americans and Their Games: Sports in American History and Culture”. Why are Americans so passionate about sports? What does their sports passion tell us about the American Sto
This episode of The American Tapestry Project revisits that uniquely American art form – baseball music. From 1858’s “The Baseball Polka” to the Dropkick Murphy’s 21st century punk rock recreation of the Boston Red Sox’s “Tessie”, we’ll hear th
The struggle for full participation in American society continues by all Americans continues – from the ongoing effort to ensure equal access to voting for all Americans to the role of sports in American history and culture as an engine of soci
What’s the hardest job in the world? Is it the American presidency? With four or five Baby Boomer presidents, as the internet meme “OK Boomer” implies, did the Boomers, as some claim, break America? All these questions explored (if not answered
Seeking to create a unified American culture, in the early and mid-19th century Americans created their own fashion for celebrating Christmas – The American Way of Christmas. In this episode we explore that creation and the folks who made it –
This episode reprises The American Tapestry Project’s exploration of Christmas music as A-caroling We Will Go, looking into the history of American Christmas carols – both religious and festive. What was the first American carol? Is it true “Ji
In this episode we chat with St. Bonaventure University historian Phil Payne about how he became a historian, what’s the difference between commemoration and history, how and why the President of the United States became the avatar of all of Am
In this episode The American Tapestry Project we chat with Chris Magoc about his book A Progressive History of American Democracy Since 1945: American Dreams, Hard Realities. We’ll discover the Freedom Train, hear Sam Cooke sing “A Change is G
In this episode of The American Tapestry Project asks “Who owns history?” Building on the work of Eric Foner, this episode explores the current hullabaloo about what constitutes “accurate” American history and who gets to decide and why. Who ow
In this episode The American Tapestry Project examines patriotic American poetry. We ask who is a patriot, what does patriotism mean, what have America’s poets said about an open-eyed American patriotism? We’ll hear what Whitman, Howe, McKay, L
What are the American Tapestry meta-threads – stories of exclusion and inclusion. Who was Antonin Dvorak? Who was Harry Burleigh? Burleigh was Dvorak’s student. Dvorak wrote the American Tapestry theme – String Quartet #12 in F major – the “Ame
Celebrating FreedomThis episode, which first aired in July, 2021, asks “Who was Francis Scott Key and why did he write ‘The Defence of Fort McHenry’ and how did that become ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’”? Which child of immigrants wrote “Stars an
This episode of The American Tapestry Project explores that uniquely American art form – baseball music. From 1858’s “The Baseball Polka” to the Dropkick Murphy’s 21st century punk rock recreation of the Boston Red Sox’s “Tessie”, we’ll hear th
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