History writers and a local chef add their reasons, and hesitations, for celebrating America 250
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Former This American Life producer Sarah Vowell shares the history of Revolutionary War icon, the Marquis de Lafayette
Vowell was an early contributor to This American Life, before she became a voice actor, and the author of several books.
She shares the story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s triumphant and celebratory return to the United States in 1824-25 as the only living general on the side of the American Revolution.
Sarah Vowell, was a longtime contributor to This American Life, the voice actor for Violet in the Disney animated series The Incredibles, and is the author of…
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