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

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,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-Land-is-Your-Land/Beverly-Gage/9781668033104">This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip through U.S. History</a>. Gage joins us this hour to reflect on what she learned about the country, and what's ahead on this anniversary year.
GUEST:
<ul>
<li>Beverly Gage:&nbsp;The John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History at Yale University. She is the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529289/g-man-pulitzer-prize-winner-by-beverly-gage/">G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century</a>. Her new book is&nbsp;This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip through U.S. History</li>
</ul>
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFAz5orvWA">Road Song</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Wes Montgomery</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ifbleDsSsI">This Land Is Your Land</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1wdGtjQ8ME">Birmingham</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Randy Newman</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCvxYzW94xE">Song About America</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Olive Klug</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo2ZsAOlvEM">America</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Simon and Garfunkel</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVScCgxxfxg">I See America</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Joy Oladokun</li>
</ul>

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