WDVR Celebrates America 250 with Amy Hollander’s Histories of Upper Bucks County in the complex struggles during the formation of America’s independence.

The segments she recorded to air on WDVR are brief histories revealing lesser known aspects of our local contributions and controversies. They will be heard Monday during Let’s Talk and Friday during Bleecker Street Café and are archived below.


RECENT EPISODES

Bucks History Moment 26 | Durham Iron Furnace: Slavery, Labor, and Cannonballs
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Bucks History Moment 25 | Joseph Galloway: Bucks County Loyalist and British Intelligence Asset
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Bucks History Moment 24 | Price Fixing During the Revolution
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Bucks History Moment 23 | Bucks County's Role in the Gradual Abolition of Slavery
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Bucks History Moment 22 | The March of the British Army Through Bucks County, 1778
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Bucks History Moment 21 | Grace Growden Galloway: A Loyalist Wife's Fight for Her Inheritance
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Bucks History Moment 20 | Washington's March Through Bucks County and the Battle of Monmouth
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Bucks History Moment 19 | The Battle of Crooked Billet, May 1778
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Bucks History Moment 18 | The Loyalist Raids on Bucks County
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Bucks History Moment 17 | The Battle of the Kegs
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Bucks History Moment 16 | Bucks County During the British Occupation of Philadelphia, 1777
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Bucks History Moment 15 | The Battle of Brandywine
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Bucks History Moment 14 | Washington's Army at Moland House, August 1777
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Bucks History Moment 13 | Christopher Ludwig and Washington's Movements Along the Delaware, Summer 1
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Bucks History Moment 12 | Celebrating the First Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
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Bucks History Moment 11 | A Bucks County Militiaman’s Christmas 1776 Account
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Bucks History Moment 10 | Bucks County’s Crucial Role in the 1776 Christmas Campaign
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Bucks History Moment 9 | Washington’s Winter Vigil: Bucks County and the Road to Trenton
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Bucks History Moment 8 | Flying Camp of Bucks County
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Bucks History Moment 7 | Bucks County Soldiers Fierce Stand
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Bucks History Moment 6 | Flying Camp of Bucks County: Bucks Men Answer Washington’s Call
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Bucks History Moment 5 | Bucks County's Path to Revolution
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Bucks History Moment 4 | Bucks County's Divided Loyalties During the American Revolution
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Bucks History Moment 3 | Early Revolutionary War Preparations: Spring-Fall 1775
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Bucks History Moment 2 | Peace Churches During the Revolutionary War
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Bucks History Moment 1 | The Flying Camp and Declaration of Independence
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To learn more about these excerpts, visit these blog links:

2026 Bucks Bygone Byways blog

https://www.buckscounty.gov/1581/Bucks-Bygone-Byways-Blog

2025 Bucks Bygone Byways blog

https://www.buckscounty.gov/2259/2025-Blogs

 


About Amy

Amy Hollander, very much a 21st-century woman, lives in a wool mill built in the early 19th century and wants to share her passion for the past with everyone.

Amy has been involved in the world of museums since her graduation from Vassar College. She majored in art history there and earned a master’s in historic preservation and conservation from the University of Pennsylvania.