Chalkboard History: The Official Podcast of the Battle of Franklin Trust

Join Joseph Ricci and Bill Clark for an episode of "Tour Guide Talk" as they discuss the life and times of theologian, abolitionist, writer, statesman, scientist, and soldier, Jacob Cox! Don’t forget ...

16 Jan 202336min

Join Joseph Ricci and the Battle of Franklin Trust's Assistant Curator, Bailey Lawrence, as they discuss the evolution of the domestic slave trade in the United States.  Don’t forget to like, subscrib...

14 Sep 202224min

Joseph and Battle of Franklin Trust Curator, Joanna Stephens, discuss the ongoing mission to preserve historic structures at each of the three sites. In addition to the structural conservation of the ...

25 Aug 202234min

Join CEO Eric Jacobson and Joseph Ricci as they discuss the formation of the McGavock Confederate Cemetery located at Carnton. In the years immediately following the American Civil War and the Battle ...

17 Aug 202222min

Shelia and Joseph finish up their three part discussion of the families featured in our day to day interpretation with an episode on the McGavock family of Carnton. A politically connected, wealthy, s...

14 Jul 202226min

Join your "The Dispatch" host, Joseph Ricci, and special guest, David Stumpfl, as they discuss the all too often misunderstood topic of Reconstruction. Why is such an integral period of history so eas...

14 Jul 202222min

Joseph and Shelia discuss the Cheairs family of Rippa Villa. Following Nathaniel Cheairs IV, his wife, and four children throughout the war, this episode includes conversations about how the Cheairs e...

30 Jun 202226min

Join Joseph Ricci and the CEO and Historian of The Battle of Franklin Trust, Eric Jacobson, for a conversation about the 1858 Illinois Senate race and the now famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that redef...

7 Jun 202224min