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ArchivesFirst-time AmericansBy Shay Zeller on Tuesday, July 4, 2006.The roots of the American Revolution lie in part around the waterfront areas of Boston where the efforts of many maritime workers helped spark the first moments of independence. Russell Bourne, the author of Cradle of Violence asserts that without the maritime mobs' violent demonstrations against authority, politicians of the day would not have been gotten behind the American War of Independence. And we talk about American independence with inventor and businessman Sam Asano who's giving the keynote address at the Naturalization ceremony at Strawberry Banke on July 4th in Portsmouth. More than 200 people will be naturalized; Asano went through the naturalization process himself in 1967 and credits the freedoms of the United States with his success. listen:
  The Words and Wisdoms of Thomas Jefferson (Best of The Exchange)By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, July 4, 2006.He was a President, a Vice President, the minister to France, and the father of the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson was one of the foremost voices of the great patriots who helped win the American Revolution and one of the great lovers of our country and its ideals. Author Eric Peterson took on the daunting task of going through the entirety of Jefferson's published works including 20,000 of his letters. Today on the Exchange we listen to the timeless words of Thomas Jefferson and see what they can still teach us still today? on patriotism, on happiness, on gratitude and on nature's beauty. Laura's guest is Eric Peterson, author of "Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness". *This show originally aired on July 1st, 2005* listen:
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