Shows
History's Unsung HeroesThe Stillwell SistersLearn about the sisters who single handedly stopped the British from coming on their New Jersey shore during the Revolutionary War.
Sources:
1. www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=92392 historical marker data base Rebecca and Sara Stillwell, WomensHeritage Trail
2. Firing Revolutionary War Cannon http://revolutionarywarjournal.com/firing-field-cannon/
3. Dolin, Eric. Rebels At Sea. 30 May 2022. HighBridge.
4. Dorwart, Jeffrey. Cape May County, New Jersey: The Making of an American Resort Community
5. Mirnick, Barbara. New Jersey in the American Revolution
6. Mayers, Robert. Revolutionary New Jersey; Forgotten Towns and Cros...
2025-12-0312 min
History's Unsung HeroesNancy Harkness Love- Interview with Heather B. Moore-Lady FlyerLearn about Nancy Harkness Love, the first female commercial pilot, founder of the Women's Flying Training Detachment and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) during World War II, from USA Today bestselling author Heather B. Moore.
2025-07-0215 min
History's Unsung HeroesPhillis Wheatley-The Poet Who Broke Boundaries.Learn about the amazing work of Phillis Wheatley, the mother of black literature in America.
Sources:
Sources
Carretta, Vincent. Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage. University of Georgia Press, 2011.
Wheatley, Phillis. ‘To a Lady and her Children, on the Death of her Son and their Brother’, 1773.
Hoose, Phillip M. We Were There Too. Phillip House, 2001.
Michals, Deborah. 2015. http://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/phillis-wheatley. Visited 4/16/2025
Waldstreicher, David. The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley. Recorded Books, 2023.
2025-04-1609 min
History's Unsung HeroesElizabeth Willing PowelLearn about one of American's most influential founding mothers, socialite and patriot, Elizabeth Willing Powel.
1. A Portrait of Elizabeth Willing Powel: 1743-1830, David Walker Maxey, (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2006), 17-19.
2. Elizabeth Willing Powel. Mount Vernon. Viewed February 3, 2025.http://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/elizabeth-willing-powel
3. "Elizabeth Willing Powel to Martha Hare, 25 April, 1814", Powel Family Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
4. Hass, Kimberly. Elizabeth Willing Powel: Philadelphia's Eighteenth Century Influencer. March 16, 2024.http://www. hiddencityphila.org/2024/03/elizabeth-willing-powel-philadelphias-18th-century-influencer/
2025-02-0531 min
History's Unsung HeroesLydia Barrington DarraghLearn about the wife, mother, Quaker and Patriot Spy, Lydia Barrington Darragh.
Sources:
1. Footon, George. "The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service." 1917.
2. Hoose, Phillip. "We Were There Too." Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2001.
3. www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/lydia-barrington-darragh American Battlefield Trust Lydia Barrington
4. www.britannica.com/event/Quartering-Act (2024) Quartering Act (2024)
5. www.revolutionary-war.net/lydia-darragh/ (Mar 2020) Lydia Darragh: Quaker, Pacifist and American Spy
2025-01-2305 min
History's Unsung HeroesSybil LudingtonSybil Ludington, the patriotic heroine who helped warn the colonists of the English invasion of Connecticut and New York.
Sources:
Berton Braley, “Sybil Ludington’s Ride,” This Week magazine, Washington, D.C., 4 April 1940
David Hackett Fischer, Paul Revere's Ride (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1994), 139. 6
Hoose, Phillip, We Were There, Too! (United States of American, 2001).
http://www.revolutionary-war.net/sybil-ludington/ Sybil Ludington
Martha J. Lamb, History of the City of New York: Volume 2 (New York, NY: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1880), 207. 5
Paula D. Hun...
2024-12-3106 min
History's Unsung HeroesPresident and Humanitarian Manuel QuezonPresident Manuel Quezon was a lawyer, leader, and humanitarian who took in Jewish refugees during World War II.
Sources:
Borneman, Walter. (2017). MacArthur at War: World War II in the Pacific. Back Bay Books.
Ephraim, Frank. (2003). Escape to Manila-From Nazi Tyranny to Japanese Terror. Champaign, IL: The University of Illinois Press.
Jacobsen, G. (2004). We Refused to Die. Salt Lake City, Utah; University of Utah.
Harris, B. (2020). Philippine Sanctuary. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITsFFnht8Do GovPH...
2024-12-1607 min
History's Unsung HeroesThomas Savage with Ora SmithAfter his journey across the sea to Jamestown, young Thomas Savage was thrust into the care of Chief Powhattan to learn the Algonquian ways and language. Learn more about the boy interpreter and his adventures with author Ora Smith.
www.orasmith.com
www.spiritoffreedompageant.com
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ora-Smith/author/B07KTDRQKL
2024-11-2722 min
History's Unsung HeroesJohn RolfeEver wonder about Pochantas's husband? John Rolfe was a shipwreck survivor, widower, tobacco planter, ambassador, Jamestown leader, and father. Learn about his incredible journey.
Sources:
Carson, Jane. “The Will of John Rolfe.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 58, no. 1 (1950): 58–65. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245674.
Fishwick, Marshall. “Jamestown.” April 23, 2019.
Historic Jamestowne. https://historicjamestowne.org
John Rolfe. https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/john-rolfe
“Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend.” Historic Jamestowne. Part of Colonial National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service). https://www.nps.gov (Kidnapping of Pocahontas).
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2024-11-1911 min
History's Unsung HeroesAnne Burras Layton-The First Englishwoman to Survive in the New World.Learn about Anne Burras Layton, the first Englishwoman to arrive and survive in the New World.
Link to First Lady of Jamestown.
Amazon.com: First Lady of Jamestown: A Historical Romance Based on the Life and Adventures of Anne Burras, the First Englishwoman to Survive the New World: 9798989918300: Smith, Tracy: Books
Sources
Cotter, John and J. Paul Hudson. “New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America.” January 1, 2008.
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” Database. Familysearch. http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB79-8WY.
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2024-11-1111 min
History's Unsung HeroesMary Dyer and the Quest for Religious FreedomLearn more about Mary Dyer, the first and only female Quaker to be executed in America for her beliefs.
sources:
Burrough, Edward. “A Declaration of the Sad and Great Persecution and Martyrdom of the People of God, called Quakers, in New-England, for the Worshipping of God.”1661. http://www.ushistory.org Wiliam Penn.
Winsser, Johan. Quieting Mary Dyer: Edward Burrough and Dyer's Letter to the Massachusetts General Court. October 26, 1659
http://wams.nyhistory.org Women and the American Story. Life Story of Mary Dyer.
2024-11-0512 min
History's Unsung HeroesThe story behind SquantoEver wonder who Squanto was and why he helped the Pilgrims? Join me for my first podcast, History's Unsung Heroes, The Story behind Squanto.
Sources:
http://www.history.com Who Was Squanto, and What was His Role in the First Thanksgiving?
http://www.biography.com Squanto
http://www.worldhistory.org Squanto in the Primary Sources
http://www.worldhistory.org Samoset
2024-10-3007 min
CiTR -- CabaRadio#138 - The Director Episode!Tonight we celebrate lights, camera & action! It's our 'Director's Episode'!Join Teddy as he chats with 3 local directors about the challenges, the resources and the talent of the trade.CabaRadio welcomes Darren Borrowman of Borrowtime Production, Matteo G. Saradini of Red Harvest Pictures and Tracy D. Smith!http://www.borrowtime.ca/http://www.redharvestpictures.com/http://www.tracydsmith.com/Film lovers tune in as we delve into the world of the Director! Upcoming Events! And more!Talk to you tonight!CabaRadio with Teddy SmoothTuesdays at 11...
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