At the dawn of 1776 Philadelphia was the largest city in north America…bigger than Boston and New York combined. A strategic port for the hearts and minds of colonists: for revolutionaries and for the crown. Both would occupy Philadelphia by force at different times no matter what Philadelphians thought about it. Join Grim Philly as we flesh out the entire grey area of The Revolution and Philadelphia’s place in it: for loyalists, for The Church, for revolutionaries, and for The Disaffected – the majority of Philadelphian’s who were in fact neutral. We talk Generals Washington, Howe, Burgoyne, strategy; bootcamps and battles too. We set the scene and immerse you in what it would have been like to Be a Philadelphian in 1776, and dive in to the hard questions historians always ask about those in the middle.
At the dawn of 1776 Philadelphia was the largest city in north America…bigger than Boston and New York combined. A strategic port for the hearts and minds of colonists: for revolutionaries and for the crown. Both would occupy Philadelphia by force at different times no matter what Philadelphians thought about it.
Join Grim Philly as we flesh out the entire grey area of The Revolution and Philadelphia’s place in it: for loyalists, for The Church, for revolutionaries, and for The Disaffected – the majority of Philadelphian’s who were in fact neutral.
We talk Generals Washington, Howe, Burgoyne, strategy; bootcamps and battles too. We set the scene and immerse you in what it would have been like to Be a Philadelphian in 1776, and dive in to the hard questions historians always ask about those in the middle.
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