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In America, 'Going To The Beach' Hasn't Always Meant Fun In The Sun
Resume![Beachgoers pick their way past seaweed on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla. (Brynn Anderson/AP)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/0719_beach-1000x667.jpg)
Millions of people in the U.S. will be visiting the beach this summer. It's a vacation. A getaway. Fun. But, for Colonial Americans, the shoreline was a dangerous, untamable landscape.
For a look back at how America's relationship with the beach has changed, Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with historians Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755) and Brian Balogh (@historyfellow), co-hosts of the podcast BackStory, which is produced at Virginia Humanities.
Our Host And Guests' Favorite American Beaches
Jeremy's pick: Lanikai Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii
![Jeremy's favorite American beach is Lanikai beach in Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2018/07/0719_lanikai-1000x750.jpg)
Joanne's pick: Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, California
![The Santa Monica beach in Santa Monica, Calif. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2018/07/0719_santa-monica-1000x606.jpg)
Brian's pick: Crandon Park Beach in Miami
![Children play along the shore at Crandon Park in Miami. (CX Matiash/AP)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2018/07/0719_crandon-1000x633.jpg)
This segment aired on July 19, 2018.