250 and Counting

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250 and Counting is a history podcast hosted by Acroasis Media, with 165 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Acroasis Media hosts 250 and Counting, a history show with 165 episodes published.

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  September 19, 1775: Up the River

  Sep 18, 20252 minS0

  <p>We think of “Benedict Arnold” and the word “Traitor” comes immediately to mind. The two are essentially synonymous. Say one, and you’ve said the other. </p> <p>But Benedict Arnold was quite loyal to the Independence cause in the early days of the war. In fact, he was often eager to show what he could do. And why he switched sides is quite complicated and can’t really be answered quickly. </p> <p>There were times when he felt that injustices were suffered upon him by other generals and by the Continental Congress. Some of them were real but others...

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  September 18, 1775: A Secret Committee

  Sep 17, 20252 minS0

  <p>The Committee of Secret Correspondence is one of those names that sounds like they should be on Double Secret Probation or something. However, when you look at their purpose, the name makes sense. </p> <p>The Committee of Secret Correspondence was formed to seek out support from other nations. They reached out to France, Spain, and a few others to get supplies, food, munitions…pretty much anything they could get. Oftentimes they had to use a third party to give everyone plausible deniability. </p> <p>And fortunately, their tactics were mostly successful. </p> <p></p> <p>The post September 18, 1775: A...

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  September 17, 1775: Death of a Militiaman

  Sep 17, 20252 minS0

  <p>The Minuteman statue in Lexington, Massachusetts is said to represent Captain John Parker, who died on this day. </p> <p>Except Parker wasn’t a minuteman. </p> <p>He also probably didn’t look like the man in the statue, given his age and what other small details we know about him. </p> <p>But as usual, nobody lets the facts get in the way of a good story, so just roll with it, hm? </p> <p>(We’re guessing he probably wasn’t green, either. )</p> <p>The post September 17, 1775: Death of a Militiaman appeared first on 250 and Counting

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  September 16, 1775: New Delegates to Congress

  Sep 15, 20253 minS0

  <p>So obviously this Josiah Bartlett isn’t the guy on The West Wing, in part because President Bartlet is fictional. (Okay, maybe entirely because of that.) But he is supposed to be a direct descendant of the Founding Father. Why, and when, the terminal T dropped off was never explained. </p> <p>Anyway, Josiah Bartlett and John Langdon both arrived in Philadelphia from New Hampshire as delegates to the Continental Congress, and they both fought in the war, plus they were around for the Constitutional Convention—so there’s a lot of history between them. </p> <p></p> <p>The po...

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  September 15, 1775: The Occupation of Fort Johnson

  Sep 14, 20252 minS0

  <p>Since the early 1700s there have been several Fort Johnsons on James Island in the Charleston Bay. The curious thing is that few people know what happened to each fort as it was destroyed, with the exception of the third one, which was definitely damaged in a storm.</p> <p>But the first two? Who knows. </p> <p>Today’s episode focuses on the second version of the fort, which still has a few vestiges of the old walls around. But it’s much like visiting Fort McHenry in Baltimore, where the location of the barracks are marked off by t...

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