A road trip through American history

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

News, On Point, Daily, Npr, Talk Show

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Historian Beverly Gage hit the road to learn about our country's history. She visited more than 300 historic sites -- from museums and battlefields to roadside attractions. What she learned about how America honors its history.

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1:42.9	When we think of the idea of America, those ideas are often the ones presented to us via the nation's historians.
1:46.3	Beverly Gage is one of them. She's a Pulitzer Prize-winning Yale History Professor and author of many books, including G-Man, J. Edgar Hoover,
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