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Johnny Appleseed, Child of the American Revolution
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He was born the year before the Revolution began. His mother died before his 7th birthday. His father ended up in debtor's prison and provided material aid to men involved in Shays's Rebellion. Yet his story is known to many and has been portrayed in song, story and animated movies across the world. This is the story of John Chapman, aka "Johnny Appleseed" who left his impoverished home in Longmeadow, Massachusetts to spendhis life wandering the Northwest Territory creating nurseries for apple trees as far away Ohio and Indiana. Melissa M. Cybulski, Vice President of the Longmeadow Historical Society and author of Appleseeds: A Boy Named Johnny Chapman she shares with us the role of the Chapman family, Longmeadow & Western Massachusetts in the age of the American Revolution.
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Manage episode 449823410 series 2792952
He was born the year before the Revolution began. His mother died before his 7th birthday. His father ended up in debtor's prison and provided material aid to men involved in Shays's Rebellion. Yet his story is known to many and has been portrayed in song, story and animated movies across the world. This is the story of John Chapman, aka "Johnny Appleseed" who left his impoverished home in Longmeadow, Massachusetts to spendhis life wandering the Northwest Territory creating nurseries for apple trees as far away Ohio and Indiana. Melissa M. Cybulski, Vice President of the Longmeadow Historical Society and author of Appleseeds: A Boy Named Johnny Chapman she shares with us the role of the Chapman family, Longmeadow & Western Massachusetts in the age of the American Revolution.
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