Beverly Gage's road trip through American history

About this episode

Historian Beverly Gage discusses her road trip across America to explore historic sites in celebration of the Declaration of Independence's 250th anniversary.

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, historian Beverly Gage took a road trip around the country to visit over three hundred historic sites. Those travels are documented in her new book,  This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip through U.S. History . Gage joins us this hour to reflect on what she learned about the country, and what's ahead on this anniversary year. GUEST: Beverly Gage:  The John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History at Yale University. She is the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book  G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century . Her new book is  This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip through U.S. History Music featured (in order): Road Song  – Wes Montgomery This Land Is Your Land  – Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings Birmingham  – Randy Newman Song About America  – Olive Klug America  – Simon and Garfunkel I See America  – Joy Oladokun Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Beverly Gage

Topics covered

• American history
• historical sites
• Beverly Gage
• road trip
• Declaration of Independence
• cultural reflection

Keywords

• Beverly Gage
• American history
• road trip
• historic sites
• Declaration of Independence
• This Land is Your Land

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale University

Books & works: This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip through U.S. History, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, Road Song, This Land Is Your Land, Birmingham, Song About America, America, I See America

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