361 The Fourth of July in 2026
Ben Franklin's World
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The Importance of Making Mistakes
"I'm a material culture scholar. And I found that using objects and images as our primary sources really did help me see a different perspective," she says. "The thing I'm always fascinated by is many of the things that are happening across revolution, these men and women are doing these for the first time." For instance, George Washington in the midst of the battle to defend New York City was writing to his loyalist China porcelain merchants trying to buy new dinnerware.
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