In the winter of 1776 – “the times that try men’s souls” – Philadelphia militiamen called Associators organized to fight the British in New Jersey. Charles Willson Peale went door-to-door in his neighborhood off Market Street to turn out soldiers. Learn about the Associators and how their radical ideas about liberty and equality on the streets of Philadelphia just might have saved the Revolution. Hear the historic details from Matthew C. White and enjoy a "walking" tour with the Museum of the American Revolution's Manager of Gallery Interpretation, Tyler Putman.

Locations Featured in this Episode

- High Street Ward Block

- 3rd and Lombard Street (former site of Peale's home and museum)

- Cuthbert Street (and alleyways) 

About Matthew C. White

Matthew C White is a PhD student at the Ohio State University.  His work is on the Revolution, abolitionism, and politics in Pennsylvania.

In 1784, Philadelphians of all sorts took to the streets to celebrate their new country and the end of the war. Learn the dramatic tale of Charles Willson Peale’s “Triumphal Arch” and how this celebration of the new nation nearly ended in disaster. Hear the historic details from Dr. Amy Noel Ellison and enjoy a "walking" tour with APS Head of Education Programs, Mike Madeja.

Locations Featured in this Episode

- 6th & Market Street (and the President's House)

- 3rd and Lombard Street (former site of Peale's home and museum)

- The State House (today's Independence Hall) 

About Dr. Amy Noel Ellison
Amy Noel Ellison is the Exhibition Curator at the Los Altos History Museum in Los Altos, California. From 2016-2018, she was an Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellow at the American Philosophical Society Museum. She co-curated Curious Revolutionaries: The Peales of Philadelphia, and was the lead curator for In Franklin’s Footsteps: 275 Years at the APS, an exhibition celebrating the Society’s 275th anniversary. Ellison received her Ph.D. in History from Boston University in 2016 and her B.A. from California State University, Fresno.