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Presidential Election Season is winding down! And while 2024 promises to be one for the history books, we decided to check out some other election years that are already in there. Today, we focus on the Election of 1960, to follow up our Election of 1892 episode. It's Vice President Nixon vs. Senator John F Kennedy in a razor thin result, far closer than most people realize. And highlights the integrity, at least in 1960, of one Richard M. Nixon, who conceded this exceptionally close race for the good of the country.

Join the Rebeccas as they dive in deep to this election with a whole list of "firsts" and one that has entirely too many similarities to the 2024 election!

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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

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It's Presidential Election Season! And while 2024 promises to be one for the history books, we decided to check out some other election years that are already in there. Today, we focus on the Election of 1892, a pivotal "rematch" election between the incumbent, Benjamin Harrison, and former President Grover Cleveland, who becomes the first, and so far only, President to win re-election after losing an intervening election.

Join the Rebeccas as they dive in deep to this election so long ago that seems to echo many of the issues we still are voting on today: there's a fight over immigration, the economy and tariffs, and a strong populist candidate makes a play to break the two-party system.

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Want more information? We found theses sources to be accessible and helpful:

270 To Win: https://www.270towin.com/1892_Election/
Library of Congress: https://guides.loc.gov/presidential-election-1892
Gilded Age Politics: https://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/waughj/classes/gildedage/private/gilded_age_politics/history/election_of_1892.html
Miller Center - Benjamin Harrison: https://millercenter.org/president/bharrison/campaigns-and-elections
Miller Center - Grover Cleveland: https://millercenter.org/president/cleveland/campaigns-and-elections

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

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From 1934 to 1968, a rigid code of moralist conformity hung over every single movie produced in Hollywood during this time, stemming from a 1915 Supreme Court case that essentially held that the "new" form of media, motion pictures, was not "speech" and therefore was unprotected by the 1st Amendment. Movie studios scrambled to respond to a pushback against the wildness of the "Roaring '20s" and adopted The Hays Code "voluntarily" to make sure their movies could have the widest possible audience, and therefore make the most amount of money.

Join the Rebeccas as they dive into the interplay of Hollywood and American culture, and how that culture came to be dominated by one particular viewpoint about how society "should" be as determined by the Hays Code, and how the disparity between that and the reality of the counterculture that arose during the '50s and '60s, in addition to foreign competition from films without this code, would ultimately lead to its demise.

PLEASE NOTE: Some of the audio for Becca is really poor, which, combined with several family hospital stays this summer, has lead to our longer-than-intended hiatus, and is part of the reason why this episode is so late. We tried to find time to redo, but just couldn't. However, the content of this pod is so important and relatively unknown, we decided to release "as is". We will be back soon with better audio quality AND ELECTION-THEMED EPISODES to help close out 2024!

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Want more information? We found theses sources to be accessible and helpful:

NPR, Remembering Hollywood’s Hays Code, 40 Years On
PBS, Hollywood Censored: The Production Code
Betty Boop Fan Club (comparing pre and post code Boop)
How to Find Pre-Code Movies

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

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We here at TGTA love a good historical anniversary, and this year's 80th anniversary of the unprecedented Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy takes place today, June 6th!

Join the Rebeccas as they give you the context and details to truly understand the historic nature of this surprise attack and how it will come to mark the beginning of the end of the Nazi reign of terror over Europe.

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The National DDay Memorial: https://www.dday.org/learn/
Imperial War Museum (UK): https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-d-day
National World War 2 Museum: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/d-day-allies-invade-europe
American Battlefields Monuments Commission about DDAY80: https://www.abmc.gov/d-day80
American Military Cemetery Normandy: https://www.abmc.gov/normandy

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

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Apologies to all our faithful listeners! It's that time of year where tour guiding clashes with podcasting, but we are back on track and ready to rock out your summer with the intriguing twists of American history and culture.

Today's (a tiny bit late May) episode takes a deep dive into the quintessential American classic, Citizen Kane, brought to the big screen by the 24 year old wonder boy, Orson Wells. Join the Rebeccas as the help explain why this is often considered the best American film ever made, its connection to William Randolph Hearst, and why it takes a generation or two for the film to be fully appreciated by American audiences.

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PBS American Experience: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/kane-william-randolph-hearst-campaign-suppress-citizen-kane/
Criterion Collection - The Once and Future Kane (invest in physical media!): https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7613-citizen-kane-the-once-and-future-kane
Smithsonian Magazine, The Lasting Riddles of Orson Welles’ Revolutionary Film ‘Citizen Kane’: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/lasting-riddles-orson-welles-revolutionary-film-citizen-kane-180977625/
The Atlantic, Citizen Kane at 70: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/citizen-kane-at-70-the-legacy-of-the-film-and-its-director/237029/
Mank, Citizen Kane, and the True Legacy of Marion Davies: https://www.ucpress.edu/blog/55326/mank-citizen-kane-and-the-true-legacy-of-marion-davies/

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

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Tour Guide Tell All wants to help you observe the true meaning of our Memorial Day Weekend, honoring all those who have sacrificed for our country, by taking a deep dive into one of the most storied military units of all time (even though we aren't quite sure why...), Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders.

Join the Rebeccas as they reveal the origins of these "Riders" who didn't actually get to ride much of anything, and the prominent connections between the war that made the Rough Riders famous and our own Arlington National Cemetery here in the DC area.

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Want more information? We found theses sources to be accessible and helpful:

National Park Service on the Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt Association
Rough Riders Memorial at Arlington
Library of Congress info about Rough Riders
Some cool Rough Riders photos

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

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We finish up April by delving into the real life of the "The Greatest Showman" ever, P. T. Barnum. Learn about his fascinating contradictions, what he contributes to American culture of the time and even today, and his interesting political career.

Join the Rebeccas as they reveal just how "loosely-based" Hugh Jackman's movie actually was and how much of what you think you know about Barnum might not be true.

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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

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The election of 1948 is one of those few elections that really stand out for a number of reasons, but the most famous reason is the iconic picture of the re-elected President Truman holding up a newspaper proudly declaring "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN"

Join the Rebeccas as they dig into the election pretty much everyone assumed Harry Truman was going to lose, and find out how he beat the incredible odds against him.

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If you'd like more info, take a look here:

Election of 1948, 270 to Win: https://www.270towin.com/1948_Election/
Harry Truman: Campaigns and Elections, The Miller Center: https://millercenter.org/president/truman/campaigns-and-elections
Truman Presidential Library, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/election-1948
A Southern Rebellion in 1948 Almost Threw American Democracy into Disarray, Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/24/closest-calls-presidential-upset-1948-00114521

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

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Join us as we close out Women's History month with an in depth look at one of the most beloved and enigmatic figures in Argentine history: Eva Peron. Most of us know about her only through the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, but the real story is perhaps even more astounding.

Join the Rebeccas as they take a deep dive at the origins of this woman who helped spark an entire political movement, still active to this day.

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Biography, Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eva-Peron
Biography, Archives of Women’s Political Communication: https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/eva-peron/
Time Magazine, 100 Women of the Year, 1946 - Eva Peron: https://time.com/5793530/eva-peron-100-women-of-the-year/
October 17, 1951 Speech to the Descamisados: https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/2017/10/11/final-speech-october-17-1951/

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

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March is Women's History Month, and as we are fond of reminding everyone, women's history is American history, and there's no better way to focus attention on that than by talking about some of our favorite "forgotten women" of our Founding Era.

Join the Rebeccas as they discuss women notably absent from most of our history textbooks, like Deborah Read Franklin, as well as the brilliant enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley, the gifted playwright and essayist Mercy Otis Warren, and the first woman to fight in the infantry of the American Army, Debora Sampson, among other incredible women of this age.

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You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

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Black History Month rolls on with a local DC story. Black history is American history but it’s also, and perhaps especially, DC history, as so much of our nation's capital was built by free and enslaved African Americans. Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss Benjamin Banneker, astronomer, surveyor, and "correspondent" of Thomas Jefferson. Hear the truth behind the myths, why there are so many myths about him, and how very important Banneker is to the history of DC and legacy of abolitionism.Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

Banneker for kids: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BO0uciH8pik
White House Historical Association: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/benjamin-banneker
Friends of Benjamin Banneker: https://friendsofbenjaminbanneker.com/history/benjamin-banneker-2/
High school in the District of Columbia named for him: https://www.benjaminbanneker.org/m/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=261778&type=d

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

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February is Black History Month; a time to pause a bit and reflect on how Black History is American History, and to highlight the often untold or hidden stories we don't know nearly enough about. This week, we dive into one of the most important, and most effective, protests of the Civil Rights Era: The Selma Marches.

Join the Rebeccas as they take a deep dive into not only how the marches occurred, but why they occurred, linking them the broader Civil Rights movement that had already scored a number of significant wins by 1965, and explaining in detail why these marches were so successful.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

Stanford University, MLK Institute: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/selma-montgomery-march
Library of Congress - Bloody Sunday: https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/march-07/
National Museum of African-American History and Culture, Bloody Sunday: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/onthisday-bloody-sunday
PBS American Experience, Selma March: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/wallace-selma-march/
National Geographic, The Selma-to-Montgomery Marches: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/selma-montgomery-marches-and-1965-voting-rights-act/
Biography, American Freedom Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1_KtW-9tIg&pp=ygUMc2VsbWEgbWFyY2gg
CNN, Selma 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAJzlwcWEcE
John Lewis: The Selma to Montgomery Marches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRwnXUbJdfg

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

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For fans of the Pod, you probably know that our esteem for President Andrew Jackson is hovering near our esteem for President Wilson....right around the bottom of the heap. But that isn't going to stop us from telling you the fascinating tale of the shockingly close attempt on Jackson's life, while also stating clearly and firmly: political violence of any kind is never acceptable. And yes, that includes folks we don't even like!

Join the Rebeccas as they dive into the life of the clearly mentally disturbed wannabe assassin, and give you the bizarre details of the attempt that makes one think Jackson might be one of the luckiest human beings ever.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

US Senate - The Attempt to Kill “King Andrew”
Smithsonian Magazine - The Attempted Assassination of Andrew Jackson
PBS History Detectives
Library of Congress - Library Helped Finger Another “Would-be Assassin” Named Booth

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

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Double Indemnity (1944) is, shall we say, "loosely based" on the real life murder of one Albert Snyder by his wife, Ruth, and her lover, Judd Gray. At the time the murder in 1927, this was labeled "The Crime of the Century" and was relentlessly pursued by the press which, shockingly, brought all sorts of twists and misrepresentations into the case.

Join the Rebeccas as they take a deeper dive into what actually happened with the case, how Hollywood and the press distort it, and how all this relates to the to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed in 1974.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.comSupport Tour Guide Tell All:• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall• Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ Want some more info? We found these links to be helpful: American Heritage article * History.com * Murderpedia * IMDb page for Double Indemnity* * Smithsonian Magazine Article (with pictures of Ruth, including THAT picture)

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It’s the end of the year, so it's time for a World's Fair episode! In 1904 the attention of the world turned to St Louis, which held a massive and, of course, controversial World's Fair (because why else would we be talking about it!). In the middle of the Fair they even held the 3rd ever Olympic Games, which included a marathon that actually served as one of the most horrific and unethical medical experiments on human beings without their consent or knowledge. Perhaps not shockingly, once you hear the story, this was also almost the last Olympic marathon ever. Good times! Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss this entire spectacle that descended on the Midwest and the chaos that ensues. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.comSupport Tour Guide Tell All:• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall• Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ Want some more info? We found these links to be helpful:* Article from The Atlantic with lots of pictures * https://www.midstory.org/america-the-world-the-legacy-of-the-1904-st-louis-worlds-fair/ * 1904 World's Fair Society * Debunking a lot of the food myths * Smithsonian Magazine article on INSANE 1904 Olympic Marathon * Short (and hilarious) YouTube doc from SB Nation on the INSANE 1904 Olympic Marathon (for you visual learners): Rat Poison and Brandy * Judy Garland singing "Meet Me in St. Louis"

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<<>> The story of the Oneida Community is a fascinating mix of ahead-of-their-time progressive ideals, and the stark realities of mid-19th century America. John Noyes firmly believed the 2nd Coming of Jesus had already occurred centuries earlier, and it was now the job of mankind to create the perfect society envisioned by many Christians. The Oneida community was his effort to create this ideal vision. It was a largely successful socialist economic enterprise, but as time went on, as is usually the case, the idealist vision soon became corrupted, especially when it came to the "free love" ideology espoused by Noyes. Join Rebecca and Becca as they delve the complicated picture of the Oneida Community. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.comSupport Tour Guide Tell All:• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall• Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ More information can be found:* Oneida Community Mansion House, History: https://www.oneidacommunity.org/our-history * Oneida Community: A Utopian Community, VCU Libraries: https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/religious/the-oneida-community-1848-1880-a-utopian-community/ * New York History Net: http://www.nyhistory.com/central/oneida.htm * The Rich, Sexy History of Oneida - Commune and Silverware Maker, WBUR: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/05/20/oneida-silverware

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The Election of 1876 is probably the wildest election story and also integral to understanding the next 50 years of American history. It also serves as the final footnote of the Civil War, testing whether a nation divided by violence and warfare could ever really come back together. It does, but at what cost? Join Rebecca and Becca as we tell the complete story of the Election of 1876, warts and all. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All:• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall• Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:* Library of Congress: https://guides.loc.gov/presidential-election-1876 * The Miller Center, Disputed Election of 1876: https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/disputed-election-1876 * 270 to Win: https://www.270towin.com/1876_Election/ * The Electoral Vote Count of the 1876 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives: https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/The-electoral-vote-count-of-the-1876-presidential-election/ * The Election of 1876, White House Historical Association: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-election-of-1876

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This Veterans Day we wanted to talk about the women who have made our military and our country great, so we decided to focus on some of the many fascinating women buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Join Rebecca and Becca as we do a deep dive into the often over looked, occasionally forgotten, yet always interesting women of ANC. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All:• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall• Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:* Arlington National Cemetery website about prominent women burials, including locations: * Our own self guided tour of women of ANC at Arlington Ladies Association * Forgotten women of Arlington (Smithsonian)

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Harry Houdini was a magician, an escape artist, a skeptic, and a showman. We wanted a spooky spectacular star for an October spooky episode, and Houdini put the spectacle in spectacular. Join Rebecca and Becca as we talk about the life of one of the most famous magicians in American history, and, perhaps more importantly, an early crusader against con artists and frauds in the realm of Spiritualism (Check out our previous episodes on Spiritualism if you haven't already!) Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.comSupport Tour Guide Tell All: • Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a Venmo @tourguide-tellall • Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers: https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ • Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:* Link to PBS doc about Houdini * Recent New Yorker article with some great biography recommendations * Smithsonian Mag article about Houdini’s many endeavors * His IMDb page from his brief movie career * Video of a Houdini escape

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OYEZ OYEZ OYEZ! It's October, which means the Supreme Court is back in session and the Rebeccas are digging into some of the history of the Court this month.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court William O. Douglass is probably one of the most important Supreme Court Justices you probably know nothing about. Appointed by FDR, he remains the longest serving justice in the history of the court, at just over 36 years. Listen about his interesting life, his many controversies, and how he almost single-handedly saved the C&O Canal from turning into a parkway!

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William O. Douglas Biography
Douglas and the National Park Service
Douglas and the C&O Canal
Gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery
Selected Opinions from Douglas

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Most of us have at least heard of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania being one of the proximal causes of the United States entering WWI, but that isn't entirely true. As usual, there is more to the story!

Join the Rebeccas this week as they delve into the tragedy of this loss and learn how it differed in many ways from the other major maritime catastrophe of the era, the sinking of the Titanic.

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The Lusitania Disaster, Library of Congress
RMS Lusitania: 18 Minutes That Shocked the World, Imperial War Museum
Lost Liners: Lusitania, PBS
Rewriting the Rules of War: Terror Aboard the Lusitania, The Pulitzer Prizes

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Listen up Tour Guide Tell All fans, we've got a special announcement about the exciting Literary Hill BookFEST taking place here in DC at Eastern Market on Sunday, September 17, 2023.

Take a listen to the quick announcement to learn how TGTA and associated history buffs will take part!

Link --->. Literary Hill BookFEST!

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The beginning of September marks the end of summer, and though we all enjoy that last 3-day weekend to get those summer plans checked off, it's important to remember the WHY of Labor Day.

Join the Rebeccas as they dive into one of the earliest organized labor strikes, all the more remarkable because it was driven by mostly formerly enslaved women who could largely neither read nor write, just as Jim Crew began to raise its ugly specter on the "New South."

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History from one of the nation's top labor organizations, the AFL-CIO
Blog post from New America
Article from The Progressive Magazine

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This week, we take a look at a social phenomenon that took the Gilded Age by storm; young, rich, American women marrying into the titled aristocracy of the fading British Empire, also known as "Dollar Princesses."

Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss wealth, patriarchy, and a very specific type of international relations.

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Books:

How to Marry an English Lord by Gail MacColl and Carole McD Wallace
Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson
The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton

Links:

Real Life Dollar Princesses (CBS News)
History Tea Time YouTube Doc on the Dollar Princesses
Ancestry.com blog post on how Dollar Princesses affected the genealogy of British Nobility

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Join the Rebeccas this week as we get into heat of the spicy beef between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr and look a little bit past the musical's interpretation and looking at what really lead to this odd bit of "civilized" murder.

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Show Notes

PBS American Experience, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr’s Duel:
National Park Service, Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Magazine, Duel! History
Burr Bust in the Senate Collection

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If you think that corruption in politics is new, goodness do we have the pod for you! Corruption in politics is not at all new and has never been more fun than this, marking the nearly 200 year anniversary of this event.

Join Rebecca and Becca as we break down the Election of 1824 and The Corrupt Bargain!

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Some scholarly info about "The Bargain" from The Miller Center
Andrew Jackson's partisanship from The Hermitage website (Jackson's plantation home and museum)
Historic opposition to corruption from The Library of Congress
There’s even a board game!! (Rebecca wants this so badly!)

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Join the Rebecca's as we veer away from our DC roots and tackle an important event in modern cultural history, an event that would come to become known as "The Day the Music Died" after a tribute song by Don McLean hit the charts 12 years after the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson changed music history forever.

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Join the Rebeccas before we start making July 4th plans to hear about what came after the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation. Most of us remember the important conversations held during the Constitutional Convention that would come a few years after the adoption of the Articles, but sometimes we aren't clear on why those questions came up in the first place, and the answer is our experience of government under the Articles.

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If you are interested in seeing the National Archives mentioned in this episode, we have a "DC In a Day" Private Group Tour for you at DC By Foot (along with a few other tours!)

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Greetings and apologies to our amazing listeners. April showers brought us some May technical glitches as well as a very full tour schedule, but we are back and kicking off June in style as the Rebeccas take us back to our tour guide roots and describe their recent tour of the White House!

Listen to this episode to learn how you yourself can get to tour the East Wing of the White House, what you might see, and some pro tips along the way. But stick around also as the Rebeccas were also able to get a special (so not for the general public!) tour of the West Wing as well!

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If you are looking for more information, check out our page on the DC By Foot site on How to Tour the White House

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April rolls along with a discussion about art in the United States Capitol. There is a lot of art and some of it is great! And some of it is.... less great! Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly with respect to the art in our Capitol. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellallIf you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

The Architect of the Capitol is officially in charge of all the art: https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art
Capitol Historical Society: https://capitolhistory.org/explore/united-states-capitol-artwork-collection/
The article that inspired this episode, art depicting enslavers in the Capitol: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/capitol-art-slaveholders-confederates/
Statuary Hall Collection: https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/statuary-hall-collection-by-location
Removing confederate art: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/29/1011303611/the-house-votes-to-remove-confederate-statues-in-the-u-s-capitol
OpEd by fellow tour guide Tim Krepp: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/22/keep-confederate-statues-in-congress-they-let-us-know-some-states-are-proud-of-racism/

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April kicks off a little late for us, as the famous DC Cherry Blossoms have meant lots of tours and a very busy schedule. But fear not! To make up for it, we bring you an extra long episode as we take a deep dive on yet another Lincoln-adjacent person of great importance to the history of our nation: Secretary of State William Henry Seward. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellallIf you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

DC By Foot Lincoln Assassination Tour
Lincoln’s Last Day Video Series
Seward House Museum
NPR - How Lincoln’s Fiercest Rival Became His Closest Ally
American Battlefield Trust - William Seward
US Senate - Seward’s “Higher Law” speech
National Constitution Center - Remembering William Seward’s Alaska “Folly”
The Hill is Home - Olive Risley Seward

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Women’s History Month continues with someone you think you know all about, but do you really? Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss Helen Keller, why she’s famous, and what else she probably should be famous for. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellallIf you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

Keller's biography from the American Federation for the Blind
YouTube clip of Keller speaking out
What you didn’t learn in school (Time article)
Forgotten radical
DC By Foot Guide to the National Cathedral

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We wanted to pop into your feed to wish all our listeners a Happy International Women's Day!

Sharing Women's History is important to us at Tour Guide Tell All - half of our episodes are about a woman we think more people should know about!

Thanks for being part of this journey with us.

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We begin Women's History Month by of course acknowledging that women's history is American history and American history is women's history, while also taking the opportunity to take a deep dive into one of the hardest working women in history that you've probably never heard of (unless you live around Houston, Texas): Oveta Culp Hobby Join Becca and Rebecca as they dive into the life of one of the most important and most humble of American leaders during World War II and beyond. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellallIf you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

National Women’s History Museum
Humanities Texas
“Oveta Culp Hobby” by Kay Bailey Hutchinson
National Museum, United States Army
“The Last of the Great Ladies”, Texas Monthly
Oveta Culp Hobby, Houston Life

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Black History Month continues with singer and Civil Rights activist Marian Anderson. Called "The Voice of the Century," she not only broke boundaries, and did it with flair and style, but she also helped inspire many of the people who would take up the cause of Civil Rights in America with her brilliant example. Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss one of the most iconic moments in the history of the Lincoln Memorial and the woman whose talent and tenacity made it happen. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellallIf you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

YouTube link of PBS's "American Experience" highlighting the Lincoln Concert. Skip to 2:50 to hear "Let Freedom Ring" but the entire clip is good.
YouTube link of Anderson performing "Ave Maria" on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Marian Anderson Historical society
Smithsonian Magazine article about Anderson
5 "firsts" that made her famous

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The famous Supreme Court decision delivered by Chief Justice Roger Taney was supposed to settle the "question of slavery" once and for all, but instead, it quickened the pace of the nation tearing itself apart. As we begin Black History Month, join the Rebeccas as they examine not only the impact of this exceptionally flawed legal decision, but also the human beings behind this pivotal case.

Have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall Some links you might find helpful:* National Archives: Dred Scott vs Sandford: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dred-scott-v-sandford * PBS - Dred Scott’s Fight for Freedom: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html * Justice Stephen Breyer on the Dred Scott Case, 2009: https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/speeches/sp_06-01-09.html * National Museum of African-American History & Culture - The Human Factor of History: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/human-factor-history-dred-scott-and-roger-b-taney

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For this week's Minisode, we lost Canden but have Dan to explain the latest controversy swirling around the new addition to the Korean War Memorial on the Mall in Washington, DC. $22 million dollars to make an addition to add all the names of those lost in the war, making it more like the Vietnam Veterans' War Memorial nearby. What could be wrong with that? Lots!

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• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall• Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall Some links you might find helpful: * National Park Service site on the original memorial design * Washington Post article from 1992 on the original controversies surrounding the monument. * New York Times article on the controversy over the new addition. * The Barker Brothers' Korean War Project

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The sad case of Leo Frank is a good window into the supposedly "New South" of the early 20th century. Join Becca and Rebecca as they delve into the horrific case of a young girl brutally murdered in Atlanta, a case that ultimately would lead directly to both the creation of civil rights mainstay the Anti-Defamation League, and the reformation of the KKK in Georgia.

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• Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall• Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphernalia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/• Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall Some links you might find helpful: * Library of Congress Research Guide - Trial and Lynching of Leo Frank: https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-leo-frank * Brandeis University - Leo Frank Trial Collection: https://www.brandeis.edu/bnc/philanthropy/honoring-our-history/collections/leo-frank-trial.html * Jewish Virtual Library - Leo Frank: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/leo-frank (warning - graphic imagery)

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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker is worthy of a full episode and story but for now, here is a little bit of her amazing life.

If you're interested in learning more:

Negley, Keith. Mary Wears What She Wants, January 15, 2019
Kaminski, Theresa. Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War: One Woman's Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women's Rights

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As the anniversary of the January 6th attack on the Capitol rolls around, join The Rebeccas as they look at another episode of violence at the Capitol by examining the case of Rep. Preston Brooks beating Sen. Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate in the few years preceding the Civil War. Learn about what lead up to this terrible incident, and also what the reactions of citizens across the country meant for the immediate future of the United States.

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As we finish up our third year, the Rebeccas cover the amazing story of General George Washington's clever plan to launch a sneak attack against the wintering British Army in Trenton, New Jersey right before Christmas, making it a wonderful American Christmas tale....just like Die Hard is an American Christmas movie!

Happy Holidays from the team at Tour Guide Tell All!

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Let's find out about some of the hidden things you can find in DC with Canden and Dan.

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PART THREE: The election of 1968 was such a big deal that it’s gonna take us 3 episodes to get though it! Part One emphasized the cultural and political context of this turbulent year and sets us up for what is to come. Now we take a look at just how close this pivotal race was and why. Join Rebecca and Becca as we ride through a couple "October Surprises" and into Election Day 1968, and the legacy of that outcome.

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Make sure you've listened to part I of this episode:

The election of 1968 was such a big deal that it’s gonna take us 3 episodes to get through it! Part One emphasized the cultural and political context of this turbulent year and sets us up for what is to come.

Join Rebecca and Becca as we sift through the spring and summer of 1968. It’s a wild ride!

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Some links you might find helpful:

A Timeline of 1968: The Year That Shattered America: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/timeline-seismic-180967503/
1968: A Year of Turmoil and Change: https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/1968-a-year-of-turmoil-and-change
The Washington Post - “The Year America Unraveled”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/1968-history-major-events-in-pop-culture/
I’ve Been To the Mountaintop Speech (1968): https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm
On The Mindless Menace of Violence (1968): https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/robert-f-kennedy/robert-f-kennedy-speeches/remarks-to-the-cleveland-city-club-april-5-1968
Robert F. Kennedy, Indianapolis (April 4, 1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kWIa8wSC0

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Canden and Dan are back with a short episode about Embassy Row, a uniquely DC place in Washington DC.

Find out more about Embassy Row: https://freetoursbyfoot.com/embassy-row/

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Election Day at TGTA means only one thing: an election pod! We have done several election related pods in the past: 1912, 1860, and 1976, but this year we wanted to tackle our toughest election challenge yet! The election of 1968 was such a big deal that it’s gonna take us 3 episodes to get though it! Part One emphasizes the cultural and political context of this turbulent year and sets us up for what is to come.

Join Rebecca and Becca as we sift through the spring and summer of 1968. It’s a wild ride!

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Some links you might find helpful:

A Timeline of 1968: The Year That Shattered America: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/timeline-seismic-180967503/
1968: A Year of Turmoil and Change: https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/1968-a-year-of-turmoil-and-change
The Washington Post - “The Year America Unraveled”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/1968-history-major-events-in-pop-culture/
I’ve Been To the Mountaintop Speech (1968): https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm
On The Mindless Menace of Violence (1968): https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/robert-f-kennedy/robert-f-kennedy-speeches/remarks-to-the-cleveland-city-club-april-5-1968
Robert F. Kennedy, Indianapolis (April 4, 1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kWIa8wSC0

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Welcome to the first mini-episode! Dan and Canden briefly talk about why it is called the District of Columbia.

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In celebration of Canden's newest book, LeDroit Park: A History and Guide, Canden chats with music historian, Ken Davis and local LeDroit Park homeowner, Aaron Rinaca, about two of the former residents of this historic neighborhood.

Be sure to follow us on Social Media @tourguidetellall to see images of Aaron's LeDroit Park home.

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International Sweethearts of Rhythm Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WczP3PyHt20
Fountain Peyton's Book: https://www.betweenthecovers.com/pages/books/408199/fountain-peyton/a-glance-at-the-life-of-ira-aldridge

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October is Spooky Season at TGTA, and everywhere else, so we have brought you some Witches for your spooky delight. The Salem Witch Trials are shrouded in myth and legend but is there more than you’ve heard to this story?

You bet there is. Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss the petty grievances, misogyny and religious fervor that leads to some very dark results.

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We reference Arthur Millers play, The Crucible, and the movie of the same name: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0115988/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

This provides a good timelines of the events:

https://www.britannica.com/event/Salem-witch-trials/The-trials
Smithsonian Magazine article about the Witch Craze: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/
Last witch exonerated: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/08/06/us/salem-witch-trials-exonerated-elizabeth-johnson-cec/index.html

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Hi all ... Dan and Canden are rejoining the hosting team to bring you a special mini-episode twice a month on the weeks The Rebeccas are off.

Focusing on people, places, and things in DC that you may have heard of or maybe not.

What questions do you have about DC? Let us know at tourguidetellall@dcbyfoot.com

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I have a dream... That is the most famous moment from the March on Washington in 1963, but Rebecca and Becca will tell you all about the whole event.

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the Martin Luther King Jr Research and Education Institute: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/march-washington-jobs-and-freedom
National Archives: https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/march-on-washington
NAACP, 1963 March on Washington Resources: https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/1963-march-washington
National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/articles/march-on-washington.htm Official Program, National Archives: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/official-program-for-the-march-on-washington
Give Us The Ballot Speech, 1957: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/give-us-ballot-address-delivered-prayer-pilgrimage-freedom

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In May 1886, workers in Chicago were rallying for an 8 hour workday when a bomb changed the course of labor rights, the working class and labor unions. Becca and Rebecca talk more about the Haymarket Affair.

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Library of Congress: https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-haymarket-affair
Illinois Labor History Society: http://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/the-haymarket-affair
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/haymarket-affair-1886
The Anarchists and the Haymarket Square Incident, PBS: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chicago-anarchists-and-haymarket-square-incident/
The Haymarket Riot Remembered, NPR: https://www.npr.org/2006/04/29/5369420/the-haymarket-riot-remembered
Haymarket Memorial in Chicago: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_s_publicartthehaymarketmemorial.html

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We are headed out west again, talking about perhaps the quintessential battle in the Plains Wars: The Battle of Little Bighorn, aka Custers Last Stand

Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss Custer, his great head of hair, his fascinating wife and his date with his own mortality

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Full length books: This has been well represented in book form, these are just a couple Crazy Horse and Custer by Stephen Ambrose The Last Stand by Nathanial Philbrick

His hair though: https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/george-armstrong-custer

National Park Service site for the battlefield: https://www.nps.gov/libi/learn/historyculture/lt-col-george-armstrong-custer.htm

Custer, SD https://visitcuster.com/

American Battlefield Trust on the battle and Custer: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/george-armstrong-custer You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner

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Tour Guide Tell All is BACK for the fall! We are starting with a pivotal moment at the end of world war 2, the Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin discussing war aims and peace negotiations

Join Rebecca and Becca as we discuss the fate of the post-war world.

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Full length books: * Yalta, the Price of Peace by SM Plokhy * Eight Days at Yalta by Diana Preston * Daughters of Yalta by Catharine Grace Katz

Standard overview with some good photos: https://www.britannica.com/event/Yalta-Conference

What went wrong with Poland: https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/what-went-wrong-on-poland-reconsidering-the-legacy-of-the-yalta-agreement/

Big 3 Joint statement at the conclusion of the conference: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/joint-statement-with-churchill-and-stalin-the-yalta-conference

FDR statement to congress post Yalta: https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/march-1-1945-address-congress-yalta You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner

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Melissa brings the story of Helen Hayes as our special July episode as Tour Guide Tell All takes a short summer break. We'll be back in August with all new episodes.

Helen Hayes is remembered in DC as the name of the theatre awards, but there is a lot more to know about this theatre pioneer.

Follow Becca's Disney journey at @disneygrawlgirls on Instagram!

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Heads up, y'all - we've been doing so many tours (yay for work! boo for having time to record). We're going to take a break for a few weeks. We'll have a Patron Only episode in July and then we'll be back in August.

We are excited to have Andy Bittner, author of Building the Washington National Cathedral, as our guest for this patron-only episode.

Join Andy for a tour with DC by Foot - https://freetoursbyfoot.com/national-cathedral-guided-tour/

or purchase his book - https://www.amazon.com/Building-Washington-National-Cathedral-America/dp/1467134546

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Grover Cleveland married a (MUCH) younger woman 136 years ago today - June 2, 1886. There have been a handful of wedding ceremonies in the White House, but this is the only Presidential Wedding.

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Cleveland Wedding - The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/06/picture-of-the-day-grover-clevelands-white-house-wedding-june-2-1886/239826/
Frances Folsom White House Wardrobe - White House Historical Association: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/frances-folsom-clevelands-white-house-wardrobe
Presidential Cleveland Weds in White House - Politico: https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/this-day-in-politics-june-2-1886-223731
Cleveland Park Historical Society - Cleveland Summer Home: https://www.clevelandparkhistoricalsociety.org/cp-history/where-was-grover-clevelands-house/

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Do you know how many Astronauts are honored at Arlington National Cemetery?

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Take our Arlington Cemetery Tour! DC By Foot: www.dcbyfoot.com
Washington, DC Travel Tips: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dctraveltips/
Arlington National Cemetery - Astronauts: https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Notable-Graves/astronauts

NASA - Memorials and Burials at Arlington National Cemetery: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-memorials-and-burials-at-arlington-national-cemetery

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Becca and Rebecca share (what we know, hello patriarchy in historical research) about some Presidential Moms.

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First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped The Presidents by Bonnie Angelo
Presidents and Their Moms: A Short History (Politico): https://www.politico.com/magazine/gallery/2017/11/03/presidents-mothers-photo-gallery-000755/?slide=0
Mount Vernon - Mary Ball Washington: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/mary-ball-washington/
National Park Service - Martha Bulloch Roosevelt: https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/marthabullochroosevelt.htm
National Park Service - Sara Delano Roosevelt: https://www.nps.gov/people/sara-delano-roosevelt.htm
Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home - Ida Stover Eisenhower: https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/file/Chapter%204%20Mother.pdf
Georgia Women of Achievement - Lillian Gordy Carter: https://www.georgiawomen.org/lillian-gordy-carter

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This week we head to Tombstone, Arizona and back to the Wild West. You've heard the names Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, the Claytons - Becca and Rebecca sort through fact and fiction to talk about one of the most famous gunfights - the OK Corral.

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Visit the OK Corral!: https://www.ok-corral.com/
Arizona State Library - Gunfight at the OK Corral: https://azlibrary.gov/dazl/learners/research-topics/gunfight-ok-corral
The Day That Brought Infamy: https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/museum/exhibits/online-exhibits/doc-holliday-dds/the-day-that-brought-infamy/
Tombstone (1993), Gunfight clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpEkaGJnkAk

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Clara Harris and her fiancé were witness to one ofnthe most famous episodes in American history but are little known and less discussed themselves.

Join Rebecca and Becca as they discuss how much more there was to this fascinating woman than just her trip to the theater in 1865.

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First and most importantly, if you want to learn more, come on our Lincoln Assassination tour with DC By Foot where we discuss all the events of that tragic April evening! Book a spot at www.dcbyfoot.com
The tragic lives of Clara and Henry: https://blog.nyhistory.org/attending-fords-theater-with-the-lincolns-the-tragic-lives-of-clara-harris-and-henry-rathbone/
Their life after the assassination: https://www.thegettysburgexperience.com/a-christmas-murder
Haunted Henry Rathbone: https://www.americanheritage.com/haunted-major

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Women’s History Month continues with a woman who embodies so many of the contradictions of the women's movement: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont

Join Rebecca and Becca as they discuss this paragon of NY society and funder of the suffrage movement: heroine, villainess, pampered society matron, champion of women, and so much more!

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There are a couple of books about Alva, including her daughter's memoir
- The Glitter and The Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
- Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart
- Alva Vanderbilt Belmont by Silvia D. Hoffert
Alva as social climber: https://www.tatler.com/article/how-alva-vanderbilt-conquered-new-york-society-and-then-europe
Mother and daughter as celebrities: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5159494
Belmont Paul Women's Equality monument: https://www.nps.gov/bepa/index.htm
Marble House in Newport: https://www.newportmansions.org/explore/marble-house

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Anne of Cleves was one of Henry VII's wives ... she was known as the Ugly One. But was she?

Each month patrons get TWO special episodes of Tour Guide Tell All, but we're releasing this month's episode to everyone, as a teaser of what you're missing if you're not a Patron.

BECOME A PATRON NOW: The next special episode with Becca and Rebecca will be the "Night Witches" so if you want to hear that, join us at: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall

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As we march into Women's History Month (see what we did there?), the Rebeccas wanted to highlight one of the more fascinating but definitely lesser known heroes of the Suffrage Movement, Helen Hamilton Gardener

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener by Kimberly Hamlin’s
The Fallen Woman Who Won The Vote - National Endowment for the Humanities: https://www.neh.gov/article/fallen-woman-who-won-vote
The Woman Who Pushed The Smithsonian to Preserve the Victory for Suffrage: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-suffragist-helen-hamilton-gardener-worked-make-sure-movement-was-remembered-180974382/
Iowa State University, Archives of Women’s Political Communication: https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/helen-hamilton-gardener/
Eulogy for Helen Hamilton Gardener, delivered by Carrie Chapman Catt: https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/2020/12/04/eulogy-for-helen-hamilton-gardner-july-28-1925/

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Familiar names such as MLK, FDR, Wilberforce University appear in this week's episode about a figure who you may not know a lot if anything, about. Becca and Rebecca remember Bayard Rustin, a black American leader for civil rights, gay rights, and pacifism.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

Civil Rights Biography: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/rustin-bayard
AFL-CIO Biography: https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-people/bayard-rustin
Bayard Rustin, The Man Behind the March: https://www.npr.org/2021/02/22/970292302/remembering-bayard-rustin-the-man-behind-the-march-on-washington
National Park Service - The Places of Bayard Rustin: https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-places-of-bayard-rustin.htm
1979 interview with Bayard Rustin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grSbGG8uM-0
1962 debate between Bayard Rustin and Malcolm X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdbQKjr9Bu4 (clip from Brother Outsider)
The Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJcUnXTaCgU
Union Solidarity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z66EZVtW_Q
Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D’Emilio

Brother Outsider documentary website: http://rustin.org/

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It’s Black History Month and we are ready for you with some amazing history! We are celebrating one of the most important women in American history, Mary Church Terrell. Activist, writer, suffragist, educator, DC Statehood advocate and much more.

Join Rebecca and Becca as they discuss a towering figure who intersects with so many different and important activist causes.

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Womens history: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-church-terrell

Black history: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/terrell-mary-church-1863-1954/

DC history: How One Woman Helped End Lunch Counter Segregation in the Nation’s Capital - Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-one-woman-helped-end-lunch-counter-segregation-nations-capital-180959345/ Bio: https://www.biography.com/.amp/activist/mary-church-terrell

National Park Service info on her house: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/mary-church-terrell-black-suffragist-and-civil-rights-activist.htm

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Becca, a Texan, and Rebecca, a New Englander, talk about a place you've heard of but maybe don't know much about - The Alamo.

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Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth by Bryan Burroughs, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford
A Time to Stand by Walter Lord
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/10/myth-alamo-gets-history-all-wrong/
https://www.thealamo.org/remember/myths-and-legends
https://www.thealamo.org/remember/battle-and-revolution
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/alamo-battle-of-the

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With the one-year anniversary of the January 6th attack, we thought a fitting way to remember that day would be to discuss the only other time the US Capitol has been attacked. The War of 1812 is under-studied and forgotten but important in the development of our nation.

Join Rebecca and Becca as they discuss America's most forgotten war and its effects on DC.

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Full-length book about the war: 1812, the war that forged a nation by Walter Borneman
Burning of Washington : https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/burning-washington-dc
Dolley Madison to the rescue! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-dolley-madison-saved-the-day-7465218/
Fort McHenry shrine and site: https://www.nps.gov/fomc/index.htm
Mary Pickersgill House: https://www.nps.gov/places/star-spangled-banner-flag-house.htm

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For December’s patron episode, we are chatting about something of interest to both the Rebecca’s: the intersection of women and prohibition.

Join us as we chat a little about this fascinating aspect of the 18th and 21st amendments to the Constitution and how they both entwine with the 19th.

Thank you to ALL our Patrons for your support in 2021.

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Women's rights during Prohibition: https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/how-prohibition-changed-american-culture/womens-rights/
Blaming women for prohibition: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/13/prohibition-women-blame-history-223972/
Women changing their minds about Prohibition: https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/history/article/how-women-overturned-prohibition
Links between prohibition and suffrage: https://time.com/5501680/prohibition-history-feminism-suffrage-metoo/?amp=true

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Presidents, and patriots, and foreign princes, and all kinds of cool people have stayed at the Willard. It's one of the oldest hotels in DC so we're going to give it a little bit of history and talk about some holiday decorations.

Join Becca and Rebecca for the final regular episode of 2022 to talk about the Willard Hotel in Washington DC.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

Canden's book, Wicked Georgetown, has a whole section on Antonia Willard
White House Historical Association - Willard Hotel: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-willard-hotel
Intercontinental Willard Hotel History Timeline: https://washington.intercontinental.com/history/
Holiday Tea at The Willard https://washington.intercontinental.com/willard-holidays-2021/holiday-afternoon-tea-in-peacock-alley/

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Wicked Georgetown:: Scoundrels, Sinners and Spies

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We love an anniversary here at the Tour Guide Tell All and this is a big one. This year, 2021 is the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the sneak attack on US Naval forces by the Empire of Japan. This is one of the most pivotal days in American history and we wanted to honor it.

Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss the conditions and outcomes of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dayhttps://www.nps.gov/perl/learn/historyculture/national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day.htm
FDRs 1941 message to congress:https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=70&page=transcriptEvents for the 80th anniversary this year:https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=213383845827
Pearl Harbor NPs site: https://www.nps.gov/perl/index.htm
Official website for Pearl Harbor historical sites: https://www.pearlharborhistoricsites.org/

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Y'all, we've had 100 Episodes of Tour Guide Tell All. We could not have done it without our Patrons. If you want to help support us and become a patron yourself (which gives you voting rights for upcoming episodes), find out more - https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall

Becca, Rebecca and Canden met IN PERSON to talk about having 100 episodes last month in prep for this episode while it was still nice out and we could drink outside.

We'll talk about some stats behind the pod, what we've learned, our favorite episodes and more! Grab a Thanksgiving cocktail and join us for a century of episodes.

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Let’s talk about some groundbreaking and scandalous sisters: Victoria Woodhull and Tennie Claflin. These 2 sisters went from rags to riches to rags to affairs with Vanderbilts and free love and running for president. Neither saints nor sinners but possibly both, their lives are one heck of a ride.

Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss two fascinating and often vilified women, The Beguiling Brokers, the Claflin sisters.

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A full length book: The Scarlet Sister, by Myra MacPherson
Victoria Woodhull: https://ehistory.osu.edu/biographies/victoria-woodhull
National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-first-woman-to-run-for-president-victoria-woodhull.htm
National Women's Hall of Fame: https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/victoria-woodhull/
Tennie: https://www.thevictoriawoodhullsaga.com/tennessee-celeste-claflin/
Relationship to Commodore Vanderbilt: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/45189

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Our first episode of November is always going to be about an election! Becca and Rebecca talk about the pivotal election of 1860, which led to President Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War.

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Abraham Lincoln: Campaigns and Elections, The Miller Center, https://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/campaigns-and-elections
Election Day 1860- Smithsonian Magazine, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/election-day-1860-84266675/
Election of 1860, 270 to Win, https://www.270towin.com/1860_Election/

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What is scarier than the end of the world? For your spooky October listening we have an episode about what nearly became a real nuclear apocalypse, the Cuban Missile Crisis. It even took place around this time of year!

Join Becca and Rebecca as they discuss possibly the scariest moment of the 1960s, when the world nearly came to the brink of the abyss and made it through.

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The full length book we reference about cuba is called Cuba, an American History by Ada Ferrer

The Robert Kennedy memoir is called Thirteen Days, by Robert Kennedy

The movie we reference is also called Thirteen Days

US State Department official https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis
JFK Library: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/cuban-missile-crisis
An Atlantic article: https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/309190/

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This week, to kick off some spooky themes for the spooky month of October, the Rebeccas delve into the fascinating, ethereal world of American Spiritualism; the belief that the dead are real spirits still among us, with otherworldly knowledge, who can be contacted and can communicate with us from the beyond! Learn how the belief in Spiritualism took off in this country, especially during the tragic times of both the Civil War and World War I, and learn about one of our favorite tour stops in Georgetown, the Church of Two Worlds.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

The creepy Spiritualist link between Pres. Lincoln and his future assassin
Washington Post article on the Church of Two Worlds
White House history article on seances in the building
Blog post from the Ford's Theater on Mary Todd Lincoln and her turn to Spiritualism
Smithsonian Magazine article on Mr. Mummler's "spiritual photography" (detailing that picture of Mary Todd Lincoln)

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Did you know that Secret Service wouldn't start protecting the President until after 3 presidential assassinations (and many more attempts?) Becca and Rebecca talk about the assassination of President McKinley and its effect on the presidency today.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

William McKinley White House biography: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/william-mckinley/
The Ballad of Czolgosz, Assassins, Broadway Revival Cast: https://youtu.be/hb1fWW17bnY
McKinley Assassination - Library of Congress: https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-william-mckinley-assassination
Footage of McKinley’s Funeral - Library of Congress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTQrpsZ3tQA
“How President McKinley’s Assassination Led to the Modern Secret Service” - Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-president-william-mckinleys-assassination-led-modern-secret-service-180964868/
McKinley Assassination Plaque (Buffalo, NY): https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/william-mckinley-assassination-plaque
William McKinley Tomb (Canton, OH): https://www.nps.gov/places/william-mckinley-tomb.htm

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Welcome to the start of Tour Guide Tell All Season Two!

Rebecca and Becca are back to talk about some Labor History for September. We are starting with a natural disaster that wasn’t so natural after all, the Johnstown Flood

Join us as we discuss Gilded Age era excess and those who paid the most horrific price for that excess.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

Without question, the best book on the Johnstown Flood is by David McCollough
Johnstown Flood Museum: https://www.jaha.org/attractions/johnstown-flood-museum/flood-history/
A great video about the Flood: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q62vlcFLLlM
History channel take on the Flood: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/the-johnstown-flood
National Park site for the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club: https://www.nps.gov/jofl/learn/historyculture/south-fork-fishing-and-hunting-club-clubhouse.htm
Recent documents unearthed at the South Fork Club: https://www.tribdem.com/news/south-fork-treasure-trove-documents-resurface-detailing-clubs-actions-before-and-after-1889-johnstown-flood/article_bce4f888-3515-11e6-aa51-47d22cbfd17f.html
Henry Clay Frick: https://www.frick.org/about/history/henry_clay_frick

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Listener request! A pod listener has requested that we talk about: The Donner Party! One of the most famous stories about the early west, an infamous tale of misunderstanding, bad advice, arrogance and tenacity.

Join Rebecca and Becca as we continue our occasional series on the Wild West by discussing some of the most infamous western travelers, the Donner/Reed Party

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

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Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall
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Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall

If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

The full length book that we referred in the episode is ‘The Best Land Under Heaven’ by Michael Wallis
Some fascinating facts and history: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-donner-party
Website for the Donner Memorial State Park: https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=503
Roadside America takes on the Donner Party and the Pioneer monument: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2819
The Lincoln connection: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sj-r.com/news/20170613/author-lincoln-considered-joining-donner-party%3ftemplate=ampart
Interview with Michael Wallis on NPR: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/534557072

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For nearly 15 years, Tobias Lear served as George Washington's right hand man.

Join Becca and Rebecca for his many career changes, scandalous life and what happened to George Washington's diary?

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Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall
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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

Biography of Lear, Mount Vernon: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/tobias-lear/

Live Chat with Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfRWpnWd8rU

National Archives, Lear’s Notes on Washington’s Death: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0406-0001

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0406-0002

Tobias Lear Home, New Hampshire: https://tobiaslearhouse.com/

The Checkered Career of Tobis Lear by Ray Brighton

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This week we have a scandal of a different kind, a darker kind. We are tackling the story of Evelyn Nesbit and the architect Stanford White. A story about desire and greed at the height of Gilded Age New York.

Join Becca and Rebecca for a story that isn’t a good guy versus bad guy, but a story with two and a half bad folks, and a tragically abused victim.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

A good full length book about this is American Eve, by Paula Uruburu
An overview (including pictures of White and his giant red mustache!) of the story from an NYC historical association
While we aren’t in the habit of recommending other pods, The Bowery Boys are the last word on NYC history
PBS take on Evelyn
IMDb page for Evelyn's 1917 Hollywood star turn

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Join us for a very special interview with DC educator and author, Joann Hill! Joann shares her experience as a lover of all things DC and her new book, Secret Washington, DC: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure.

Joann chats with Becca about her book writing process, what the book offers locals and visitors, and shares one of her favorite chapters - tune in to hear which First Lady had a penchant for seances!

GET YOUR BOOK: * https://www.secretdcbook.com/ * https://www.facebook.com/joann.hill1269 * https://www.instagram.com/joann_hill_dc/

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A more modern story for you history lovers, Becca and Rebecca bring you back to 1976 to talk about Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Walter Mondale, Bob Dole & others.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

1976 Presidential Election - 270 to Win
Jimmy Carter: Campaigns and Elections - Miller Center
Gerald Ford: Campaigns and Elections - Miller Center

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Becca and Rebecca discuss the Pearl Incident - a dramatic attempted escape of enslaved persons in Washington DC - that most people have never heard of.

I really feel like this should be a better known event ... The Pearl Incident was the largest non violent attempted escape of enslaved people in our nation's history.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

The Pearl Incident - White House Historical Society
“A Passage to Freedom” - The Washington Post
The Pearl - Congressional Cemetery
“Desperate for freedom, 77 enslaved people tried to escape aboard the Pearl. They almost made it.” - The Washington Post
A Key To Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Apologies to all our incredible listeners! Tours are up and running and we had some technical issues to work out, so we are a bit behind on releasing episodes. However, we wanted to drop this particular episode on this special day as our nation comes together to honor and remember the incredible sacrifices made by our Armed Forces throughout history. We could think of no better way to mark the occasion than to teach you everything you've ever wanted to know about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, one of our country's most important and meaningful places.

We will be moving to a lighter "summer schedule" as with tours picking up (hopefully) we will have less time to work on this. But we will still be bringing you two episodes a month, and then at least one bonus episode a month for our Patrons, along with some other bonus material.

Thank you for your patience and support!

~ Tour Guide Tell All crew

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This year, 2021 is the 100th birthday of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and we wanted to talk about this anniversary, the Tomb itself, and its history. It is also Memorial Day, and this is how we would like to help honor all our military personnel, TGTA style!

Join Rebecca and Becca as we chat about one of the most fascinating things in the DC area, and perhaps the most important: the history of the Tomb of the Unknowns and the incredible Sentinels who guard it every day.

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If you are looking for more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

The website for the Tomb at Arlington National Cemetery
The website for the Tomb Guard themselves
Old Guard website
CNN article with quick facts
Dramatic YouTube clip of Tomb Guard getting stabbed in the foot (we apologize for the corny music, but it has the best close ups of the incident)

Some additional info:

100th Anniversary Celebrations

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"There are just case after case after case where Brandeis is going to write dissents or write opinions that are going to be cited for years and years to come, that are going to be so influential...Things that we really do take for granted, when it comes to ideas like free speech and the right to privacy, that are just so so key to what I think we think of when we think of the United States today."

The Tour Guide Tell All team is excited to bring you their first episode focused on a Supreme Court Justice - Louis Brandeis. Learn about how "the people's lawyer" became the first Jewish justice on our highest court and how his life and work has impacted the rights and freedoms we enjoy today.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Louis Brandeis Biography - Brandeis University
Louis Brandeis - The First Amendment Encyclopedia
"Revisiting the Tenure of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, the 'Jewish Jefferson'" - NPR
Louis D. Brandeis: The Supreme Court and American Democracy Featuring Ruth Bader Ginsburg - YouTube

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It’s (almost) Mother’s Day and we are celebrating Tour Guide Tell All style! We thought it might be fun to see a different side of our presidents, talking about them as family men, and discussing the trials and tribulations of being a presidential child.

Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss the often scandalous, occasionally disappointing, and always interesting history of presidential children.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

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Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a Venmo @tourguide-tellall
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If you’re interested in more information, we found these sources helpful:

For some more modern presidential kids
Cute kid photos
Rules to being a presidential child
The good the bad and the ugly of presidential kids

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Apologies to all our faithful listeners! We ran into some technical issues with our software and equipment so we are a bit late posting this episode. Thank you for your patience!

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We're wrapping up our April episodes with one of the most interesting women to live in Washington, D.C. - Marjorie Merriweather Post. Learn about her four husbands, multiple estates and mansions, business acumen, and more while we dive into a woman who revolutionized food in America.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens
The Diplomatic Legacy of Marjorie Merriweather Post - U.S. Department of State
"Mrs. Marjorie Merriweather Post is Dead at 86" - The New York Times
Heiress: The Rich Life of Marjorie Merriweather Post by William Wright (read an excerpt from the Washington Post here)
American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post by Nancy Rubin

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“Sometimes there are events in history that are overblown, and sometimes there are events in history that are “underblown”; this one is perfect. We make as big a deal out of it (The Gold Rush) as we should, because it is a big deal. It’s not one of those things that’s like, ‘oh, it was bigger in pop culture than it really was!’. Nooo….The California Gold Rush is really foundational in understanding so much about, not only California, but specifically San Francisco, and just the whole migration westward, there’s a lot happening.”

We are taking our show on the road, hitting the Ponderosa, heading West. Not really, but we are talking about a western topic today: The Gold Rush!

Join the Rebeccas as we discuss the California Gold Rush and the opening of the West.

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Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall
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If you’re interested in more information, we found these sources helpful:

The PBS documentary on the Gold Rush
Marshall Gold Discovery State Park
Sam Brannan, Latter day Scoundrel
Article and pictures about Gold Rush era San Francisco

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"(WWI) is a war that is under-studied in the United States. Somebody said this to me once, that we feel about World War II in the United States, the way that Europeans feel about World War I....World War I is the big trial, and World War II is kind of this thing that happened afterward. And to wit, we have a friend, Matilda...and she moved to a teeny tiny town in the middle of nowhere France for a little while and there's about 100 people that live there, and on Armistice Day...they all get together, and day drink, because France; and they read out the names of all the of the people from their village that died in the war."

We are dedicating a new memorial in DC, the National World War One Memorial, this week! We at Tour Guide Tell All are never ones to let a good opportunity go to waste, so the Rebeccas are here to chat about the memorial, and give an overview of American participation in the war.

Join us as we discuss the basics of World War I, debunk some myths, and prepare to usher a new memorial to the Nation's capital.

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National WW1 Museum
WW1 Memorial Project
Overview of the Memorial Plans
Two Articles written by our own Rebecca Fachner about the outbreak of WW1:
- http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2014/6/1/family-squabbles-and-the-outbreak-of-world-war-i#.YHgqXCX3YlR=
- http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2014/6/29/the-smallest-event-the-outbreak-of-world-war-i#.YHgqTiX3YlR=
Some books:
- The Great War in America by Garrett Peck (a local DC historian!!)
- Dead Wake, The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

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There are few events in American history that are truly a crossroads of people, ideas, and technology but the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition is one of them. Join us as we discuss this landmark event that brought together notable names, amazing inventions, and some of our favorite foods and drinks while also marking our nation’s transition into the 20th Century.

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Chicago Architecture Center- 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
American Experience - World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
The Field Museum - Fun Facts About the World's Columbian Exposition
Library of Congress - Bird's Eye View of the World's Columbian Exposition
The Brief History of the Ferris Wheel - Smithsonian Magazine
Where Did Pabst Win That Blue Ribbon - Smithsonian Magazine
Expo - Magic at the White City - YouTube
The Devil and the White City by Erik Larson

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“He’s so fun to talk about. I think he’s kind of perfect for April Fools because the story is just so over the top and ridiculous.”

We have something special for April Fools, a scandal for the ages, full of murder, sex, intrigue and the US Congress! We are talking about the scandalous life of Dan Sickles.

Daniel Sickles was a bad husband, a murderer, and a questionable member of Congress. Join us as we discuss his many delicious and often hilarious exploits.

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American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles by Thomas Keneally
Info about the death of Key and the Trial of Sickles:
Sickles at Gettysburg
The Army Medical Museum exhibit about Sickles leg
Find Sickles Grave at Arlington National Cemetery

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This is a special re-release of one of our very first episodes, dropped today to mark the 40th anniversary of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan in Washington, DC.

Thank you for a year of supporting us!

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“Ronald Reagan, I don’t care what you think about his politics, and we live in a very left of center city, but I don’t care what you think about President Reagan’s politics, the man is an honest to goodness cowboy. And I think this story best exemplifies that.”

Tour Guide Tell All talks all about assassination…. Attempts. On the Anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Reagan, we do a deep dive into this insane story. Join us as we talk all this Reagan and the absolutely crazy story of his would be assassin and the event itself.

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Some resources for this episode:

The Miller Center at UVA has an article with remembrances about the event
Some really great photos
From the Reagan Library itself
WaPo footage of it
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
IMDB page for Taxi Driver
Bio for John Hinckley, Jr
Erotomania

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“So as FDR is approaching her about joining his cabinet, about becoming this cabinet appointee, she has adapted a very specific look, which is sort of no nonsense, black and navy suits, very little makeup...she was very reserved...just very quiet and to the point. But she wrote somebody and basically said that women in politics were accepted if they reminded men of their mothers. So this is what she goes in with the mindset of; that if she is going to take what she accomplished in New York, and get this done on a national scale, this is how she’s going to play the game. And I just think it’s important to note that she is not naive about what it’s like to be a woman in politics at this time, and that she is very calculated in the way she has presented herself."

We have reached the end of Women’s History Month and are finishing off with a woman that we have wanted to cover for a long time: Frances Perkins! First female cabinet secretary, champion of the worker, author of Social Security; Perkins did all that and more but gets so little credit for any of it!

Join us for some labor history AND some women’s history, along with some discussion of one of the worst industrial disasters in history. Perkins has all that and more!

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Frances Perkins Center
Perkins and FDR
If you want info about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the book Triangle by David von Drehle was excellent
Woman behind the New Deal
The National Park Site dedicated to Perkins

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"When it came to...rhetorical style, Flo was a down and dirty kinda type...Let’s say the uncomfortable thing, let’s get up into our uncomfortable space, because that’s where we can start to move past, and start getting the real work done. And I think she acted on that in every facet of her life."

March is Women's History Month and our team is diving deep into the lives and legacies of a few incredible women from American History. We continue our exploration of interesting women in history with Florynce Kennedy. Florynce "Flo" Kennedy was a pivotal member of the Women's Liberation and Civil Rights movements in the 20th century and used her work as an activist and advocate to build a better world for women of all backgrounds.

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Florynce Kennedy - Harvard Radcliffe Institute (includes some great images of Flo and her ensembles!)
Florynce Kennedy - WHYY Vision 2020 Women
Flo Kennedy - New York Times Obituary
Florynce Kennedy - Washington Post Obituary
Color Me Flo by Florynce Kennedy
Florynce "Flo" Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical by Sherie M. Randolph

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‘Everybody has heard the name, and I feel like there’s an overview where everyone has this shared collective experience of Pocahontas, and as you’re probably not going to be surprised to learn, almost none of that is true.’

March is Women’s History Month! We continue our stories about incredible women in American history by looking at one of our earliest celebrities: Pocahontas! More myth than fact at this point, the real woman behind the story played an important role in early America and the development of the relationship between native Americans and the settling Europeans.

Join The Rebeccas as they discuss, for the first time, another Rebecca. Why does Pocahontas take the Christian name of Rebecca? This and so many other questions are answered in our latest pod.

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The True Story of Pocahontas from Smithsonian Mag
Women’s history museum
Historic Jamestowne
Native American perspective on her
An Atlantic article about her cultural impact
Pocahontas marriage re-enactment

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"I think she’s really remarkable because she never paints herself as an angel either. She realizes that first of all, that’s never going to work, and second of all, that’s not real."

March is Women's History Month and our team is diving deep into the lives and legacies of a few incredible women from American History. We are kicking off this month with the story of a woman whose name is not well-known but whose experience has been shared by women throughout history. Meet Madeline Pollard, the schoolgirl who brought down a colonel and a congressman.

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Bringing Down The Colonel by Patricia Miller
The Court Case that Inspired the Gilded Age's #MeToo Moment - Smithsonian Magazine
Lost and Found by Patricia Miller - Lapham's Quarterly
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge - History, Art & Archives, United States House of Representatives

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"Bullard, son of an enslaved man and a Creek Indian woman, who escaped the racism of the American south, was in Paris with a pocketful of money. His dream was finally realized. Except it was 1914."

Have you ever heard of Eugene Bullard? He was unrecognized even in his own time here in the United States, but the Black Sparrow lived many lifetime's worth of adventures in his 66 years.

From runaway to two world wars, jazz drummer, Parisian nightclub owner and elevator operator, Eugene Bullard's story is one that should be remembered.

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"It’s fascinating how much in a short, relatively short political career, she is so admired, she is so celebrated….she is called a genius, she is called a hero; the salvation of American politics! She was called the best politician of the century, but also she faced incredible criticism from all sides. Which is not surprising because she was a Black woman in politics."

Our Black History Month series continues with an exploration of the life and legacy of legendary Texas politician, Barbara Jordan. She busted every glass ceiling she encountered on her political journey and in a relatively short career, made incredible strides for women of color. Learn about the Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas political traditions, the Watergate impeachment hearings, hidden disease, a secret love, and more.

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

The Making of Barbara Jordan - Texas Monthly
Barbara Jordan - History, Art, & Archives of the United States House of Representatives
Barbara Jordan - National Women's History Museum
1974 Speech Introducing Nixon Articles of Impeachment - YouTube
1976 Democratic National Convention Speech - YouTube
1992 Democratic National Convention Speech - YouTube
Ann Richards & Barbara Jordan Photo - The Portal to Texas History
Ann Richards Eulogy of Barbara Jordan - YouTube

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“I got the idea to do this topic specifically on Twitter, someone tweeted about how when Hiram Revels, the very first African American Senator was appointed, because all senators in those days were appointed, he takes his seat and there was a big controversy about whether he should be seated and some segregationist senators literally turned their backs on him on the floor of the United States Senate. And I thought: this is a really interesting story, we should talk about that”

February is Black History Month, and Tour Guide Tell All is highlighting important but perhaps lesser known African American heroes this month, all month long. We continue our exploration of African American history with a discussion of the first two Black Senators, Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce. Both were appointed from Mississippi just after the end of the Civil War and represent both the hope and the tragedy of Reconstruction.

Join Rebecca and Becca as they discuss two lesser known heroes who both boldly tried to envision a more equal United States, only to have history turn against them.

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If you’re interested in more information, we found these sources helpful:

US Capitol history for Revels
Constitution center article about Revels
US Capitol history for Bruce
Zinn Education project has some great resources

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"And his experience is not unique. There were men who fought in World War I, Black soldiers who would be beaten up for wearing their uniforms, who would be attacked for talking about their service….and it’s exceptionally tough for these World War I veterans of color who come back."

Our Black History Month series kicks off with an exploration of service and sacrifice in uniform. Tour Guide Tell All comes back to the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery to explore some of the notable figures of Black history laid to rest on the grounds and the often-untold stories of those that called the land home. Learn about Maria Syphax, Uncle Jim, a freedman's village, "Black Death," a highly decorated father-son duo, and more.

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Self Guided Black History at Arlington National Cemetery Tour - Free Tours by Foot
Arlington National Cemetery Audio Tour - Free Tours By Foot & Atlantis Audio Tours
Arlington National Cemetery
How the African-American Syphax Family Traces Its Lineage to Martha Washingon - Smithsonian Magazine
Election of 1840 Resource Guide - Library of Congress
Sergeant Henry Johnson - Medal of Honor
General Roscoe Robinson Junior - Military.com
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr Residence - Cultural Tourism DC
Benjamin Oliver Davis Senior - US Army Center of Military History
Benjamin O. Davis Junior - US Air Force
The Dying Tecumseh and the Birth of A Legend - Smithsonian Magazine

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In honor of Black History Month, we're re-releasing our mini episode on Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History Month.

This episode originally aired July 2020

"He's listed as one of 100 greatest African Americans...But his greatest legacy...is that Black History Week has turned into a month, and is celebrated and recognized across the country."

If you have ever wondered why Black History Month is in February, this pod has the answers!

Join us as we discuss the Father of Black History, Carter Woodson and his DC memorial.

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If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Carter Woodson from the NAACP Short biography of Woodson NPS site for his house The Association for the Study of African American Life and History Journal of African American History

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“You can sort of imagine the way it breaks down - Harrison is obviously going to run on this platform of Martin Van Buren as a snob, as an elite, as someone who has fiddled while the nation has burned economically - and he is going to portray himself as a war hero and a simple man of the frontier. Which is not really what he is but that sort is the persona he is going to keep pushing forward"

Tour Guide Tell All digs into the tumultuous election of 1840, where a financial crisis, new forms of campaigning, and two interesting candidates led to a blow-out election followed by an unprecedented presidency. Learn about Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, 19th century campaign songs, inauguration trivia, and more.

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Election of 1840 Resource Guide - Library of Congress
Martin Van Buren - White House Historical Association
William Henry Harrison - White House Historical Association
In 1841, pneumonia killed the president in 31 days - The Washington Post
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too Campaign Song - They Might Be Giants
Election of 1840 - 270 to Win
What Really Killed William Henry Harrison - The New York Times
The Dying Tecumseh and the Birth of A Legend - Smithsonian Magazine

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“What I would like to see is the moving out of the White House. So the way that this happens, at exactly noon when the legal transfer of power takes place there is a small army of staff that basically fans out across the White House, they literally wrap up all the stuff from the old presidents house and cabinet. All the personal items are going to go to whatever address they are moving next, all their official documents get sent to their archive and at the same time they unpack all the stuff from the new president.”

Welcome to our Presidential Inauguration episode, Part I. Tour Guide Tell All is celebrating the 59th Presidential Inauguration by talking about all the other ones! Join Becca and Rebecca as we discuss the history of inaugurations, the ones we have planned for and the ones we haven’t. We have some stories, fun trivia and more. The Vice Presidents get their due as well, and we discuss their own swearing in procedures.

Come along on our inaugural 2021 episode (see what we did there?)!!

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Some Inaugural Trivia
A quiz about inauguration from the National Archives
Joint Congressional Committee on Presidential Inaugurations
Biden Transition website

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“So, the party. It's New Year's Eve 1921 to 1922. Remus is going to throw this massive party. He invites 100 people of the finest families in Cincinnati, and he’s going to give them all kinds of crazy party gifts. This is the party you want to go to. If you’re a gentleman you get a diamond stick pin. And you get a brand new Pontiac car if you’re a lady. And this is 1921, cars are a luxury item in 1921.”

Tour Guide Tell All wants to celebrate New Year's Eve in style, with the absolute best New Year's Eve party in history! We are taking you back to the 1920s, where Prohibition forms the backdrop for a forgotten but fascinating criminal bootlegger.

Help us welcome 2021 as we discuss George Remus, a man who could entertain with the best of them, the so-called "King of the Bootleggers", and the real-life inspiration for one of the most famous figures in American literature, Jay Gatsby.

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If you’re interested in more information, we found these sources helpful:

The Ghosts of Eden Park by Karen Abbott
The PBS Ken Burns documentary on Prohibition features Remus (voiced by Paul Giamatti) and is just fascinating generally
We reference the HBO show Boardwalk Empire, in which Remus plays a minor role
Remus in the current cultural moment
He has his own bourbon now!

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"But really, most of what I think the average American Family associates with Christmas or the Holiday Season is a 20th century invention, so we don't have a lot of records of early Presidents throwing these big shindigs because that's not what Americans did back then. But because the White House is a family home....we've had families celebrating the holidays there, going all the way back to 1800."

Tour Guide Tell All is getting into the holiday spirit by sharing the history of Christmas at the White House! Learn about how different holiday traditions began and what to expect if you ever visit the people’s house during the holidays!

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Holiday Lights Tours - DC By Foot
Visit The White House - DC By Foot
Self-Guided Tour of Lafayette Square Park - DC By Foot
Washington DC Christmas Trees and Holiday Lights Video - Free Tours By Foot
The National Christmas Tree
National Christmas Tree - National Park Service
Christmas at the White House through the years - Town & Country
White House Christmas Traditions - White House Historical Association

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“(Evalyn Walsh McLean) is so famous that she took this big trip to Russia, and Cole Porter wrote about her. And this is when I turn my chair around backwards and I lean over to show teenagers how hip I am. 'Cole Porter was like a rapper in that he would drop references to the hottest chicks, the most important people, and all the tabloid drama!' And so the fact that she gets referenced in this Cole Porter song is definitely a testament to the fact that she was like a Kardashian, that level of notoriety and fame. And the line is: 'When Mrs. Ned McLean (God bless her) / can get Russian Reds to "yes" her / then I suppose / Anything goes....'"

Tour Guide Tell All continues it's look into the outrageous lives of some of Washington DC's wildest women, and in this episode we focus on Evalyn Walsh McLean. Once one of the most famous and envied women in the world, she suffered a great many tragedies which may or may not have been caused by one of the most famous pieces of jewelry she came to own, the notoriously "cursed" Hope Diamond.

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“The Petticoat Affair is an amazing name. To me, it reads like a bodice-ripper title - this would be some sultry book you would take to the beach or it sounds like an old period movie. I love this story because it combines several things that you and I love which is women's history, there are some really interesting women who play in this story; presidential history, we're going to mention a lot of names that have come up in previous episodes; and it's sort of this great little scandal."

Tour Guide Tell All digs into the life and marriages of one beautiful DC woman, which became not just local gossip but a literal issue of national importance. Learn how Andrew Jackson upended his Cabinet, the double standards for women in the 19th Century, and what Martin Van Buren has to do with any of this.

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Ghost & Scandals Tours - DC By Foot
Oak Hill Cemetery - DC By Foot
Peggy Eaton - History of American Women Blog
John H. Eaton - Miller Center at UVA
The Petticoat War - Boundary Stones, WETA
Martin Van Buren - The White House
John C. Calhoun - US Senate
"Just Say Wench" - The Washington Post

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“I read this, and I feel that this is the most true statement about Warren Harding that has ever happened, one of his biographers said of him that he starts out life as a small town newspaper editor and that was as far as his talents SHOULD have taken him in life. That was the summit of his intellectual ability.”

Here it is, friends, the one you’ve been waiting for, the one we’ve been promising: our holiday gift after a long year…. It's Warren Harding, y’all!

The Scandalous OG, our 29 th President and his many loves.

Grab a good stiff drink, settle in and enjoy the Most Underratedly Scandalous US President.

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The Wiki article for Harding has some great photos
Hush money
Nan Britton
The LOVE letters!
The Many Loves of Warren (Politico article)

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"...it's kind of heartbreaking to me to think that there was an entire community of people, a whole culture that not only has been wiped away from the earth, but the only legacy left - doesn't even pronounce their name right."

Canden and Rebecca talk about the original inhabitants of what is the DC area today, the Nacotchtank tribe.

If you want to text to find out whose land you're on: +1-907-312-5085

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“The Pilgrims are zealots, you used the correct word. We don’t like to discuss that because the Pilgrims give us warm and fuzzies, but the truth is they’re basically religious zealots. They idea we have is that the Pilgrims came here for religious freedom, not really so much, no. I mean they wanted to worship according to their own beliefs, that part is true, but they also came here to isolate themselves too. They wanted isolation from all other religious inputs”

Happy Thanksgiving! Tour Guide Tell All is taking you back to the First Thanksgiving and discussing all things related to your favorite food-based holiday. We get into the reason for the season by discussing the Pilgrims, and why that is not a name that they would have recognized or even liked, the Mayflower and its difficult trans-Atlantic journey, and the Native Americans they encountered when they arrived.

Grab some Pumpkin pie and join us for a romp through America’s oldest holiday. Or is it???

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Article From Washington Post
Their rough journey
Mayflower Compact

Books:

Mayflower by Rebecca Fraser
Mayflower by Nathanial Philbrick
1491 by Charles Mann

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“So she and Oscar Wilde, her new friend, spend a day at the beach and they get to talking and sharing and Alice reveals how much she used to love art, the art studies she did as a young woman, and how she misses it."

Tour Guide Tell All digs into the scandalous life of Alice Pike Barney, one of the Gilded ladies of Embassy Row. Learn about her unconventional lifestyle, her wild daughters, her Sheridan Circle mansion, and why we love to talk about this New Woman on our Dark Side of Dupont Circle Tour.

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Dark Side of Dupont Circle Tour - DC By Foot
Embassy Row Self Guided Tour - DC By Foot
Alice Pike Barney - Smithsonian American Art Museum
Alice Pike Barney - Brooklyn Museum
Natalie Barney (The Dinner Party) - Brooklyn Museum
"The Private and Public Stages of Alice Pike Barney" - The Washington Post
Alice Pike Barney Studio House - Smithsonian Archives
"The House is Queer" - The Gilded Age in America
"A Natalie Barney Garland" - The Paris Review
Natalie Clifford Barney - Ohio History Center

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“We are going to talk about the election of 1912, which is a doozy. There’s a lot going on, and some of our favorite and least favorite characters in American history are going to play starring roles in what we are about to talk about.”

Tour Guide Tell All celebrates Election Day…. Our Way!! We are bringing you the nitty gritty of one of the wildest and most tumultuous elections in US history, an election full of fascinating characters, feuds and even an assassination attempt on a candidate! We are going back in time to 1912 to talk all things Teddy Roosevelt, Taft and Woodrow Wilson.

Join Becca and Rebecca as we dig into the elements that make this such watershed moment in American political history.

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State by state election break down, just like modern day!
PBS discusses the election
Bull Moose/Progressive Party Platform
Wilson House in DC
Wilson Grave in DC
Taft Grave

Some previous Tour Guide Tell All context:

Our William Jennings Bryan episode which is particularly relevant
Henry Clay

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“My supposition is that Rose O’Neal Greenhow had sex appeal. I think she had the kind of thing you can’t capture in a photo, particularly at the time. There is obviously something beguiling in her manner because she is so good at this. She has numerous friendships that people just give her information, there’s got to be something about her that helps with that, I feel like.”

Tour Guide Tell All ends our scandalous and dark October with a rollicking spy yarn. We go back to the Civil War to discuss one of the most infamous spies of the era, Rose O’Neal Greenhow. Greenhow was a well placed and dedicated Confederate spy with great connections in the Union government and she played a pivotal role in one of the earliest episodes of the Civil War. Come along as we wrap up our October with a wily and resourceful woman and her scandalous exploits.

Get a signed copy of Canden's book, Wild Women of Washington from our merch store!

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If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful: This is Rose’s Wikipedia page which is really useful because it has several of famous photos of her, some of which we talk about on the pod: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_O%27Neal_Greenhow
Her spy cipher: https://www.wdl.org/en/item/2706/
Her archival papers at Duke: https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/greenhow/
National Archives has her seized letters!! https://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/greenhow
Her death: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rose-greenhow-dies
Her grave in Wilmington, NC https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1772/rose-o%27neal-greenhow
The book that she writes about her exploits: https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/greenhow/menu.html

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“Now as I always say to my friends and family when they visit London, and to my tour guests, if you are standing in a park, a garden, a square, or a market, look around; because the only reason it’s there is because it’s a plague pit”

“If you are thinking about bloodletting, the first place that people’s minds often go to is to leeches. But if you thought about that, maybe in a past life, you were very wealthy. Because in order to afford leeches, in London, in the 17th century, you would have had to get them from a very posh leech importer, and if so, you would have displayed them in a beautiful container. You may even have a plated silver or gold leech container that you kept in your pocket, and you might bring that leech container out, when you want to show off… You might fondle that leech container when you are talking to someone you fancy.”

Join Tour Guide Tell All for this mini-episode as we feature special guest Jessica O’Neil, a tour guide with our sister outfit Free Tours by Foot London, as she gives us the creepiest content for our creepy October/Halloween-themed pods. Find out all about how the bubonic plague affected London, how they disposed of the dead, and how there are still designated “plague pits” scattered throughout London today.

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Various visual aids for this creepy episode:

YouTube clip of various pictures of Charterhouse, London

Pictures of Plague Doctors

Historic UK Interactive Plague Pit Map

You’re Listening To: Jessica O’Neil

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“I've never stayed the night in the Capitol, I have never personally seen a ghost but I would not be surprised and I trust anyone who says they've had these encounters, because so many people have died in the U.S. Capitol Building."

Tour Guide Tell All digs into the various rumored hauntings in one of our oldest buildings - the United States Capitol Building. While there have been various deaths that have occured inside this grand structure, our guides highlight their five favorite deaths, ranging from shootings to bathtubs to fighting against bigotry and more. In honor of October and the spooky season of Halloween, we've been exploring sites in D.C. that have hauntings, scandals, and dark history lurking in its shadows.

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Capitol Hill Scandals Tour - DC By Foot
Washington D.C. Ghost Tours- DC By Foot
Guide to Visiting Capitol Hill - DC By Foot
The Death of Rep John Q. Adams - US House of Representatives
Morris Michael Edelstein - Jewish Virtual Library
The Shooting of Congressman William Taulbee - US House of Representatives
Henry Wilson - US Senate
Mystery of the Senate Bathtubs - US Senate
John Lenthall - National Archives, Jefferson Papers

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“Out of the town car pour 5 individuals, 2 men and 3 women. One of the women, in evening dress, immediately takes off running toward the tidal basin and jumps into the water. They fish her out, she tries it again, they finally handcuff her to prevent her from trying it a third time. It’s kind of a motley crew, you’ve got 3 women in evening dress, all 5 of them look a little worse for the wear. And then someone recognizes one of the gentlemen.”

Tour Guide Tell All continues its scandalous and dark October with a truly Capitol scandal. Days before an election, police in DC pull over a swerving town car late at night. Out tumbles an 18-term Congressman and a stripper nicknamed “The Argentine Firecracker.” Neither of their careers would ever be the same.

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WaPo article from the time

More recent WaPo article

Article from The Strand Magazine

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“It is really like a country club for the after life...you have this cemetery that is specifically seeking out in its early years important Washington D.C. names, it grows as a very prestigious cemetery. So today, when you're walking around you certainly will see names you recognize but you are also going to see a lot of wealth on display."

Tour Guide Tell All digs into one of our favorite local cemeteries, Oak Hill Cemetery in historic Georgetown. In honor of October and the spooky season of Halloween, we've been exploring sites in D.C. that have hauntings, scandals, and dark history lurking in its shadows. Join us as we talk wealthy families, tragic losses, insistent ghosts, and more.

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Visit Oak Hill Cemetery - DC By Foot
Washington D.C. Ghost Tours- DC By Foot
Historic Georgetown Self-Guided Tour - DC By Foot
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
"'Lincoln in the Bardo' novel has people flocking to a Georgetown Cemetery" - The Washington Post
Memorial to Joseph Pozell - Metropolitan Police Department

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One local of Georgetown, a descendent of of some people buried here described what the cemetery was once like: "one could see bodies sticking out of the side of Mount Zion. Soil erosion was such a problem that corpses were often exposed and unearthed from the grounds." Disturbed graves were not a new thing for Mt Zion - and the disturbance was not always caused by natural forces. Canden talks about this historic cemetery in our continuation of Spooky October stories.

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Sources we used and think you might be interested in:

Historical Data from the Library of Congress
Mt Zion-Female Union Band Society Historic Cemetery Website

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While you may just enjoy the fact that there is a three day weekend coming up, let us explain why there are a number of reasons that it should NOT be a day celebrating Christopher Columbus. There is nothing to celebrate about this man. Becca and Rebecca tell us why.

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Sources we used and think you might be interested in:

Books we used, which are amazing and can’t recommend highly enough for a lot of reasons: * A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn * Lies my Teacher Told me by James Loewen

https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/coard-five-facts-proving-columbus-was-one-of-historys-worst-monsters/article_016313a3-3e44-58c7-a815-a890292aff5c.html https://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2014/10/13/6957875/christopher-columbus-murderer-tyrant-scoundrel

DC Statues: * Isabella: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Isabella_I_of_Castile * Columbus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Fountain

Modern take on the Columbus statue removal: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/local/while-statues-topple-columbuss-visage-at-union-station-is-largely-ignored/2020/07/06/4a89d0aa-bfa0-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html%3foutputType=amp

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If you believe that ghosts come from tortured spirits - you don't have to look hard to find stories of tragedy here in Georgetown.

Canden shares a few of the tragic tales and ghost stories from our Ghosts of Georgetown and Wicked Georgetown tour, from the centuries old and very haunted Old Stone House to a personal haunting at Halcyon House and what happened to the piles of bones outside the Civil War hospitals.

If you want to hear the recording at the Old Stone House yourself, listen here: https://wtop.com/halloween-news/2018/10/haunted-dc-georgetowns-phantoms/

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I feel very strongly that George Westinghouse was an amazing human and more people should know about him. And Thomas Edison was a jerk.

Do you know who invented the FIRST incandescent lightbulb or who brought the electricity we use today to the homes of the everyday man? It WASN'T Thomas Edison! Do you know how the electric chair got invented? Join Becca and Canden to get the answers.

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“This episode has it all - baseball, the American past time, it has mobsters, money, capitalism and labor disputes."

Tour Guide Tell All heads over to Chicago to talk about the infamous Black Sox scandal. Did the baseball team conspire with Chicago mobsters to throw the 1919 World Series?

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/opinion/black-sox-scandal-1919.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-cb-chicago-white-sox-black-sox-1919-world-series-20191002-bsusjrxo5ba7fifgarmg3mzgwm-story.html
https://sabr.org/eight-myths-out
Shoeless Joe: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/shoeless-joe-jackson/
Hall of Fame: https://www.espn.com/classic/s/2001/0730/1232950.html
8 Men Out: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095082/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Field of Dreams: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097351/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Kenesaw Mountain Landis: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenesaw-Mountain-Landis
Scandals in Baseball: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1919-black-sox-baseball-scandal-wasnt-first-180964673/

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“He has studied deeply before coming to this Convention. He has read everything he can read about the past, about the present, what was happening in Ancient Greece, what was happening in Rome, what contemporary European societies are doing at this point. He has looked at it from a philosophical perspective, a theological perspective, a legal perspective and he has put together what he thinks is the best plan going forward...and it's a pretty good one to what we have today. What Madison creates is the blueprint...but he puts in the work."

Tour Guide Tell All digs into one of our "charters of freedom," the founding document that gives birth to our government - the United States Constitution! In honor of Constitution Day, the Rebeccas dig into why and how the document was developed, the key players and compromises, and the legacy it still has today. Join us as we talk civics, politics, and more on this episode.

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If you’re interested in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Plan Your Visit to the National Archives - DC By Foot
The National Constitution Center - Free Tours by Foot
The Constitution of the United States - National Archives
Revolutionary Characters by Gordon Wood
The Constitutional Convention by James Madison
Plain Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution by Richard Beeman
Federalist Papers - The Library of Congress
"The Electoral College is a Medieval Relic. Only the U.S. still has one." - The Washington Post
Shay's Rebellion - Constitution Center
"George Mason: Forgotten Founder" - Smithsonian Magazine

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"It might be weird to say I love the Constitution but I really do.... I love the promise of American and the foundation of America. I think the Constitution is amazing and fascinating.... I think a lot of people think the Constitution is great and its okay to think its great, but I want you to be able to tell me why"

In honor of Constitution Day coming up, Becca and Rebecca discuss this founding document in a way that is usually skipped over in history class.

This episode starts with some background as to why we are going to talk about the Consitution episode and the events leading up to the Constitutional Convention. Tune in on Thursday, Constitution Day, to hear the rest of the episode.

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“The two stories I’m going to tell you, they both involve a bombing and they take place geographically about a block and a half apart, but that is where their similarities end, the stories have nothing else in common, they take place 50 years apart with 2 completely different sets of actors, motivators.”

All about the bombings this week! Tour Guide Tell All brings you two smaller stories with one big theme: a bombing! Join us as we discuss two unrelated but incredibly interesting bombings in Washington DC, both with political motivations, and some very surprising results.

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WaPo article about Letelier bombing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2016/09/20/this-was-not-an-accident-this-was-a-bomb/
State Department files about Letelier bombing: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing- book/chile/2019-09-20/letelier-moffitt-assassination-state-department-officials-pushed- pinochets-ouster
NY Times obit for Pinochet: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/world/americas/11pinochet.html
FBI article about the Palmer bombing incl. photos of the house: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/palmer-raids
A Mitchell Palmer https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1273/a-mitchell-palmer

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We wanted to do a quick shoutout to segue from suffragists to other badass women in Washington DC history.

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Escaped slave turned spy Mary Touvestre risked it all to scuttle Confederate plans to break the Union blockade. Trading petticoats for trousers to work at the Union hospitals, Dr. Mary E. Walker was both the only female Medal of Honor recipient and the possessor of a police record for impersonating a man. During Prohibition, First Lady Florence Harding hosted jazz soirees and served up cocktails in the White House gardens. From pioneering photographers and newspaperwomen to enterprising madams and soldiers in disguise, Canden introduces readers to the decidedly daring and wild women of the capital.

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"Edwin Stanton is best remembered for being Secretary of War under President Lincoln and helping to lead the Union government to victory in the Civil War. I find Stanton fascinating. He has a really interesting life and career, he's a very difficult person to love and yet I love him for all his difficulties. His life story has tragedy, it has sadness, romance, it has a little bit of everything."

Becca stays true to her love of all things Lincoln to bring more depth to someone you may have heard of but don't know much about. Edwin Stanton most famously utters the line "now he belongs the ages" after Lincoln's death, but he should be known for his work in its own right. Learn more about this lawyer turned Secretary of War turned almost Supreme Court justice.

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BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ:

Stanton: Lincoln’s War Secretary by Walter Stahr
April 1865 by Jay Winik
Manhunt by James Swanson

TOURS YOU SHOULD TAKE: Lincoln's Assassination

WEBSITES TO RESEARCH:

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/08/542062280/new-biography-of-lincolns-secretary-of-war-reveals-a-resilient-man-haunted-by-gr
http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-cabinet/edwin-stanton/
https://www.post-gazette.com/life/my-generation/2009/06/18/Let-s-Talk-About-Abraham-Lincoln-and-Edwin-Stanton/stories/200906180425
https://www.fords.org/blog/post/misinformation-and-conspiracy-theories-about-the-lincoln-assassination/
https://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/essays/stanton-1862-secretary-of-war
https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/MJC/places/emStanton.asp

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“So, the amendment passes in 1919 and all of the sudden, the women’s groups look around and they think, hey wait a second. 1920 is coming. And 1920 is a presidential election year. So we’ve got a hard deadline we want to get to. We don’t want women to vote for dogcatcher in their local town, we want the big enchilada, we want to be able to vote for President”

Tour Guide Tell All’s Celebration of the Centennial of the ratification of the 19 th Amendment reaches its dramatic conclusion this week as we focus on the final push towards passage. This episode is going to take us to Nashville, TN and introduce us to a whole cast of interesting characters, including a very unlikely hero and a strong willed mother.

We are joined by Special Guest Kaitlin Calogera who helps us break down the drama of that hot August in TN.

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Special thanks to our guest, Kaitlin Calogera from A Tour of Her Own, we are so grateful to her for lending us her expertise and for TOHO for their continued support.

www.atourofherown.com

Sources we found helpful:

State by State Ratification race
National Archives Special Exhibit
Library of Congress exhibit
Info on Feb and Harry Burn

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“The 6th and I building is going to be purchased and occupied by the Turner Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2002 the Turner Methodist Church is going to move to Hyattsville, MD and offers the building up for sale. At that time, the director of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington is going to appeal to the DC Jewish Community to save this historic building.”

Our mini episode this week is a listener request! We focus this week on Jewish life in the Nations Capital, from the earliest days to the vibrant community that exists in DC today. In particular we discuss the Historic 6th and I synagogue in downtown Washington DC and its long time connection with the oldest active Jewish congregation in the area. We also discuss the upcoming Capital Jewish Museum, as well as the only congregation in the US to have its own Congressional charter.

If you have an questions about the episode, want to suggest a future episode or just say hello, please send us an email tourguidetellall@gmail.com

For more information, we found these sources helpful:

Sixth and I website
Capital Jewish Museum
Adas Israel
Picture of Adas Israel building moving

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner

The Person Responsible For it Sound Good: Dan King

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Tour Guide Tell All’s celebration of the Centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment continues with a look at Ida B. Wells. All month long, to celebrate this important milestone for women and the country, we are focusing on the struggle for suffrage, and the women who fought to give us the right to vote. For our third installment, we are talking about suffragist, civil rights pioneer, journalist, and anti-lynching advocate Ida B. Wells.

Join us as we tell the story of this incredible woman and talk about the emergence of feminism from the perspective of women of color and how their story has diverged, often in painful ways, from the more traditional (and incomplete) narrative of white feminism.

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If you are interested in more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

The Ida B Wells Mural coming to DC for this anniversary
Ida B Wells at the National Women’s History Museum
Her Overlooked Obituary from the NY Times that we reference in the pod
Ida’s great grandchildren are still in the fight!
Review of “Hood Feminism” by Mikki Kendall that is referenced in the pod (buy from a local seller!)

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Becca Grawl

The Person Repsonsible For it Sound Good: Dan King

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“There’s a quote from Inez that I love, ‘I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess, in order to have a few rights.’ And I love that, this idea that even if you are privileged by your class...by beauty, by whatever, privilege does not, at the end of the day, replace rights under the law.”

Tour Guide Tell All continues our celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. All month long, our regular episodes highlight women who made important contributions to this struggle. This week, “The Rebeccas” take a deep dive into two women who aren’t often highlighted when we talk about the Suffrage Movement, but were greatly responsible for the eventual success of the campaign by refining tactics and overall strategies to, once and for all, demand unequivocally women’s right to vote.

Lucy Burns will be one half of a formidable partnership with Alice Paul, using her intellect and keen writing ability to create a new sense of urgency and passion for a movement that many believed had stalled out in the very early 20th century.

Inez Milholland, whose striking classical beauty becomes the literal face of the Suffragette Movement, brings a new energy for the campaign. You may not remember the name, but you might recognize her from pictures leading the immense 1913 Suffragette March in Washington DC while perched atop a stunning white horse. She will become known as “The American Joan of Arc” and will, quite literally, die for the movement before the 19th amendment is passed.

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If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Lucy Burns Museum - Lorton, Virginia
Turning Point Suffragist Memorial - Lucy Burns
Visionaries: Lucy Burns - Library of Congress
The 1913 Suffrage Parade - The Atlantic
Chaos and Persistence at the 1913 Women's Suffrage March - Boundary Stones, WETA
Recreating a Suffragist's Campaign Through the American West - Smithsonian Magazine
"She Was the Glamorous Face of Suffrage. Then She Became a Martyr" - The Washington Post
Icon - Inez Milholland - Library of Congress
Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

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“He’s soooo insistent on getting it right, that for the cavalry charge, for the lead horse, he did it nine times before he was happy with it. And when you see the size of something like that, and you go ‘nine times?!? No wonder it took him 20 years!’ He just became obsessed to the point that he’s working and working and working and working….and it starts to really take a toll on him, physically and mentally."

Join Becca and Dan as they detail one of (if not the) most beautifully and painstakingly crafted sculptures in all of Washington DC, the Ulysses S Grant Memorial. It has been called “one of the most important sculptures in all of Washington.” Learn about the sculptor, Henry Shrady, and how he poured, quite literally, his entire life into this monumental work, along with all sorts of other fun facts along the way.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Architect of the Capitol site for Grant Memorial
Washington Post article on recent restoration
National Gallery of Art Bio on Henry Shrady
Working on finding some good pictures of Shrady’s face in the calvary charge!

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“Susan B. Anthony is who everyone rallies around, and that's who, the memory of her, is so big in 1920...In 1923, the 75th anniversary of the Seneca Falls convention, there's a commemorative event there and the only person who gets up to speak about Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the woman who made it happen and who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments is her own daughter. She is the only person who would go and speak on her behalf. That is so heartbreaking to me."

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment this month, Tour Guide Tell All is turning its attention to women's suffrage and the almost century-long fight for women to get the vote in the United States. We're kicking off our suffrage series by looking at a woman whose contributions to the movement are substantial - Elizabeth Cady Stanton. We'll dive into the groundwork that she laid for the 19th century suffrage fight, her relationship with Susan B. Anthony, her complicated and controversial stances, and why perhaps she doesn't have the name recognition or fame today as some of her peers.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Biography - National Women's Hall of Fame
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - National Women's History Museum
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Portrait - National Portrait Gallery
"For Stanton, All Women Were Not Created Equal" - NPR
"Old Friends Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Made History Together" - National Endowment for the Humanities
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions - Seneca Falls, 1848
"The Solitude of Self" speech text - History Matters, George Mason University
"The Destructive Male" speech text - Iowa State University
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
Creating Icons Exhibition - National Museum of American History

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

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We take our Monday mini episode a little further south to Chatham, VA where Canden is restoring a 19th century grist mill.

Follow the journey on Instagram or Facebook @wattsmillva or at www.wattsmill.com

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

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“So, we share our love of drinking with many people who have occupied the highest office in the land!"

In this episode, we're leaning into the summer heat wave by cracking open a couple of cold ones and looking back at Presidents and their drinking habits. Discover which president bored his guests with too wine talk, which ones had cool drinking nicknames, and why Prohibition didn't apply if you were transporting alcohol from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Comments or Questions? Have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Party Like a President: True Tales of Inebriation, Lechery, and Mischief From The Oval Office by Brian Abrams
All 43 Presidents, Ranked by how Hard They Partied - Thrillist
A Brief History of Presidential Drinking - History
George Washington's Distillery
Thomas Jefferson & Wine - Monticello
FDR: Portrait of a Drinking President - Modern Drunkard Magazine

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner & Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega

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“So here you have all these women gathered at the Capitol, at a time where very few women serve in Congress, you have this monument that isn't just to quaintly acknowledge the 19th Amendment, it's a call to action for the next generation of women...and Congress is like let's take our pictures, let's celebrate, and then a couple days later, it goes down to the Crypt, which is basically a broom closet."

In our latest mini-episode, we take a look at the tumultuous history of The Portrait Monument at the United States Capitol Building and the eccentric feminist, Adelaide Johnson, who brought it to life.

Comments or Questions? Have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

The Portrait Monument - Architect of the Capitol
The Suffragist Statue Trapped in a Broom Closet for 75 Years - Smithsonian Magazine
Suffrage Self-Guided Walking Tour - Congressional Cemetery
Creating Icons: How We Remember Woman Suffrage - National Museum of American History
Susan B. Anthony Bronze Bust - National Portrait Gallery
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
The Woman's Building at the Columbian Exposition of 1893 - Molly Brown House Museum

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

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"He's also an interesting illustration, I think of this idea that...it's hard to get a good man elected President. It's hard to get a good person, somebody with this much integrity, because they stick to what they believe , and they aren't cynical, and they aren't going to change positions or acquiesce. And so you look at his background and his incredible popularity, and you go, 'How? How could someone so popular and so gifted, not be elected?'"

It is week 2 of our Political Convention coverage at Tour Guide Tell All! For the second half of our series exploring the history of political party conventions and past presidential elections, we are covering William Jennings Bryan. Along with last week's subject, Bryan is the only other man to run unsuccessfully for President 3 times, and remains the youngest person ever to receive an electoral vote.

Join us as we discuss prohibition, evolution and the Progressive Era, and find out what both bimetallism and Grape Juice Diplomacy were and how they changed American history.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

State department Bio of Bryan Clip from the Cross of Gold Speech NPR Story about the Scopes Monkey Trial The statue of Byran from the US Capitol has been removed

Bryans Nebraska home Fairview

Full book length treatment of Prohibition that mentions Bryan frequently (and is a great read just generally) is Last Call by Daniel Okrent

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"He's listed as one of 100 greatest African Americans...But his greatest legacy...is that Black History Week has turned into a month, and is celebrated and recognized across the country."

If you have ever wondered why Black History Month is in February, this pod has the answers!

Join us as we discuss the Father of Black History, Carter Woodson and his DC memorial.

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If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Carter Woodson from the NAACP Short biography of Woodson NPS site for his house The Association for the Study of African American Life and History Journal of African American History

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“In 1810, Clay gets elected to the United States House of Representatives. So, he's been in the Senate for two months, he's been in his state legislature but in 1810 he goes to the US House of Representatives and it's his first day and he is 34 years old and they're like, you are going to be Speaker of the House...Henry Clay shows up, he doesn't know anybody, he's brand new to Washington, he's relatively young and he makes such a magnetic good impression on the people he's now serving with that they just say this guy is pretty cool, let's make him in charge!"

In honor of the election cycle of 2020, Tour Guide Tell All explores the history of political party conventions, past presidential elections, and two key figures who never made it to the highest office in the land. Part one of this two-part series highlights Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser who is still the second youngest person to hold the post of Speaker of the House and who played a pivotal role in the political maneuverings of the first half of the 19th century.

Join us as we discuss politics, the Corrupt Bargain, slavery, westward expansion - plus Becca might slip in another Broadway reference just for fun!

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Henry Clay Biography - The Department of State
Reconsidering Henry Clay - NPR
Decatur House & Charlotte Dupuy - White House Historical Association
Henry Clay Statue - Architect of the Capitol
Henry Clay's Mint Julep Recipe from the Willard Hotel - Washingtonian
Henry Clay & Humphrey Marshall Duel - Floyd Library
The Duel That Wasn't - Today I Found Out
"The Corrupt Bargain" from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Original Cast Recording)

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl, Rebecca Fachner

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega

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“....Bartholdi Park was always one of my favorite little oases on Capitol Hill and anyone who works up there, any of the staffers, will probably tell you the same.”

In this mini-episode of Tour Guide Tell All, we take a look at one of the more beautiful but often overlooked spots on Capitol Hill, Bartholdi Park. This gorgeous oasis of plant life and relaxing shade is named in honor of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the man who created both the famed Statue of Liberty and the Fountain of Light and Water, the latter of which stands at the center of the Bartholdi Park today .

Join us as we discuss Bartholdi the man, his stunning fountain, and what other hidden treasures you can see nearby.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Architect of the Capitol's site on Bartholdi Park
National Gallery of Art's site featuring Bartholdi's biography
A Pinterest Image Collection of Bartholdi's Work
For further reading: Belot, Robert; Daniel Bermond (2004). Bartholdi

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The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Also Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega

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"What's fascinating about the Washington Grays is that they were one of the best teams in baseball but so many people don't know about them. They were a phenomonal team - they won 9 consecutive pennants, 3 Negro League World Series, 11 of their players are in the Hall of Fame, most notablly the powerhouse hitter Josh Gibson." Let's talk about baseball! Our team, the Washington Nationals, are World Champs and we're going to count 2020 as their year as well because ... does this year really count? But the 2019 World Series for all its talk about bringing the World Series back to DC for the first time since 1933 ... was wrong. Becca, Canden and Rebecca talk about the last DC team to win a World Series, the Washington Homestead Grays of the Negro League. You've been listening to: Canden, who grew up supporting the Durham Bulls. Rebecca, who is still cheering on the Red Sox. And Becca, who has a soft spot for the Houston Astros (scandals aside) Dan King edited and mixed the podcast in Cleveland OH, home of his AL team. Normally he lives just two blocks away from Nat's Park, home of the Nationals from the times when they were terrible to being the WORLD CHAMPIONS they are today. GO NATS! For this week's episode, we'd like to highlight the work of SMYAL, Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders, an organization dedicated to supporting, uplifting, and empowering LGTBQ youth throughout the Washington, DC area. Learn how you can volunteer or donate by visiting them at SMYAL.org.

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To tie in with our discussion about the Declaration of Independence, our mini episode this week focuses on a lovely hidden gem of a memorial in Washington, to the Signers of the Declaration.

Join us as we talk about the Bicentennial in 1976 and how it leads to the creation of one of the most overlooked memorials in Washington

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This is the National Park Service website to the Memorial:

https://www.nps.gov/nama/blogs/the-signers-of-the-declaration-of-independence.htm

And the link to the NPS website on Constitution Gardens:

https://www.nps.gov/coga/index.htm

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The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

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Tour Guide Tell All is ready for the 4th of July, except that we celebrate on the WRONG day! We are here to tell the real story about the Declaration of Independence and how we have all been living a lie for over 200 years.

This week we have a special guest from Philadelphia, tour guide Jenn Hensell from our sister outfit, Philly Tours By Foot, to help us break down the truth and the myths surrounding this most famous of American documents.

Comments or Questions? Have an idea for a future episode?

Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Tweet at us @tourguidetell

If you are interested in more information, here are some of the sources we used for this episode:

A great book about each of the signers which we leaned on for this episode is: Signing Their Lives Away by Denise Kiernan and Joseph D’Agnese

The short story we mention about Button Gwinnett is called “Button, Button” by Isaac Asimov written in 1953.

The National Archives text of the Declaration of Independence and website https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

You are listening to Rebecca Fachner and special guest Jenn Hensell

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

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“Garfield is, I think, one of the greatest tragedies in the American presidency. He's a man who held such promise for the country at a time where we really were on this path, this post-Civil War path of hopefully bringing the country forward. He had such great ideas, he was so smart, so compassionate and then to have his presidency cut down, to me, is such a tragedy."

Tour Guide Tell All delves into the unlikely stories of Charles Guiteau, a madman struggling to find his place in the world, and James Garfield, a man who worked his way from nothing to become a soldier, a scholar, and a statesman, and how their two lives intersect and end in blood.

Join us as we discuss politics, assassination, sex cults, and the Civil War - plus a Broadway musical for good measure!

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness by Candice Millard
United States House of Representatives - The Unveiling of the James A. Garfield Statue
Smithsonian Magazine - The Stalking of the President
Atlantic Magazine - This Is The Brain that Show President James Garfield
National Museum of Health and Medicine
"The Ballad of Guiteau" from Assassins (The Broadway Cast Recording)
"Mister Garfield" by Johnny Cash

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl, Rebecca Fachner

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega

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“She was the daughter of sharecroppers, she was the granddaughter of enslaved people...she's not very far removed from the Civil War era. She comes from Virginia to Washington, D.C., she's going to carve out a new life for herself and become one of the most respected city leaders of her generation."

Tour Guide Tell All continues its exploration of Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park by taking a look at a stately mansion, popular today as a wedding and special events venue, named for a woman who had an incredible impact on D.C. and the preservation of the park across the street.

Join us as we talk about Josephine Butler, a woman who spent her life working to make D.C. a safer, cleaner, and more equitable place to live and who championed the cause for D.C. Statehood, a fight that continues today.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Josephine Butler Obituary - Washington Post
Black Perspectives - Josephine Butler and Environmental Activism in Washington, D.C.
Josephine Butler Call Box
Josephine Butler Parks Center
D.C. Statehood/Green Party

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

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Did George Washington really chop down a cherry tree? Is the White House made from stone from Croatia? Is Robert E. Lee really sculpted into the back of Lincoln's head at the Lincoln Memorial?

One of our favorite things to do as tour guides is help correct some common myths, so in this episode we all talk about some of our most-heard myths about the White House, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and more.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com If you want to know more about any common Washington DC myths, check out our old YouTube Series, Should Have Asked A Tour Guide- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpNEdLF6RWV1rVtJQuq4HM0LCJzKKeV3z You can also hire us as tour guides because we're back touring - for small group local private tours, that is.

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl, Dan King, Rebecca Fachner and Canden Arciniega

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan & Canden

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Joan of Arc, this peasant teenager from the middle of nowhere, has basically just gotten a vision from God telling her that she needs to put the Prince in Reims and make him king. Sure, why not? What could possibly go wrong? (3:58 in recording) Tour Guide Tell All continues its month long exploration of Malcolm X Park with a prominent but mysterious statue in the center of the park. Join us as we discuss Joan of Arc, why she’s famous, why she’s a saint and what her statue is doing in Washington DC. Bonus: her mysteriously disappearing sword. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com We love these links for more information: For a full book length treatment of Joan, we recommend (and used for the episode!) Joan of Arc by Helen Castor About the DC memorial: http://dcmemorialist.com/joan-of-arc/ This is about the sword being restored: https://www.google.com/amp/s/wtop.com/dc/2018/03/ready-battle-dcs-joan-arc-statue-wields-sword/amp/ General information about her sanctification: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-joan-of-arc/

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"His life is so expansive and it really does reflect this incredible roller coaster of race in America and of so much change, how much the country changes - for the good and for the worse - between the 1840s and 1900.”

Tour Guide Tell All celebrates Juneteenth with a look at the life and times of Frederick Douglass and the significance of his legacy today.

Join us as we discuss Juneteenth, Frederick Douglass, the Civil War, and Reconstruction as well as how we honor Douglass' legacy today in our nation's capital.

We planned and recorded this episode in mid-May. We did not realize how relevant the episode was going to be at the time. We encourage you to listen to these podcasts to learn more about black history and to visit the NMAAHC Talking about Race website to learn more:https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race

Uncivil
Good Ancestor
The Nod
Noire Histoir
Every Day Black History
The Stoop
Black History Buff

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NMAAHC - Legacy of Juneteenth
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Cedar Hill in Anacostia
Washington Post- Frederick Douglass' Last Day
Washington Post - Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David Blight
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" by Frederick Douglass
"The Race Problem" by Frederick Douglass
"The Lessons of the Hour" by Frederick Douglass

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This is a man who probably would have been totally forgotten about, he would be in the dustbin of history, he'd be a President that none of us except for dorky tour guides and people who like to know weird things for pub trivia would know about if it had not been for his niece, Harriet Lane and this is the part of the story that I find really interesting.”

Tour Guide Tell All continues its exploration of Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park by taking a look at an often-forgotten presidential memorial found in the park.

Join us as we discuss James Buchanan, often regarded as one of the worst presidents in history, Harriet Lane, a woman ahead of her time, and a 15 year fight to place a presidential memorial in D.C.

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If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

James Buchanan Memorial - D.C. Memorialist
Boundary Stones - A Memorial Fifteen Years In the Making
White House Historical Association - Harriet Lane

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All Americans have heard the story of Betsy Ross and the first American flag, but how much of that story is real? Join us as we discover the real Betsy and why the truth might be even more interesting than the myth. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you're interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

https://sheroesofhistory.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/betsy-ross/
http://historicphiladelphia.org/betsy-ross-house/what-to-see/
http://historicphiladelphia.org/betsy-ross-house/what-to-see/
For further reading, a sympathetic bio and portrait of early Philadelphia, check out “Betsy Ross and the Making of America” by Marla Miller

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"It becomes a huge rally point for all sorts of political statements that the residents of Washington DC wanted to make so rallies for Civil Rights, rallies for the poor, rallies to eliminate hunger. Meridian Hill Park becomes the focal point for all these things."

Tour Guide Tell All is proud to bring you this mini-episode on one of Washington DC's most beautiful spots, Malcom X Park / Meridian Hill.

Learn about this beautiful space on a hilltop overlooking downtown DC and about the remarkable woman largely responsible for its creation, Mary Foote Henderson. Also learn why the park has two different names, and how local residents found a unique way to take their park back from criminal elements.

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If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

"Meridian Hill Park, National Register of Historic Places website" https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc48.htm
"Is it Meridian Hill Park or Malcolm X Park? Your Answer is Meaningful" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/is-it-meridian-hill-park-or-malcolm-x-park-your-answer-is-meaningful/2018/11/02/610af0e2-d07e-11e8-b2d2-f397227b43f0_story.html
Meridian Hill: A History, by Stephen McKevitt (History Press, 2014)

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"Frank Kameney, who does not have a law background, petitions the Supreme Court pro se, which means he does this on his own. They do not grant him cert, they do not hear his case. So that is the end of his suit for reinstatement so he goes on to really devote the rest of his life to gay activism. He helps to found the Mattachine Society. He also organizes the first LGTBQ protest in front of the White House in 1965."

Tour Guide Tell All celebrates the start of Pride Month with a look at early LGBTQ activism in DC.

Join us as we discuss Frank Kameney, the Mattachine Society and the early days of the struggle for Gay Rights.

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If you're interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Time Magazine: What Was It Like to Be an LGTBQ Activist before Stonewall
Mattachine Society of Washington DC
NBC News #Pride50: Frank Kameney
The Lavender Scare Documentary

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"The reason we asked you on here was because your grandmother had a very special role in WWII, a role that a lot of people today still aren't always familiar with, so can you tell us a little bit about what your grandmother did during the war?

During WWII, my grandmother served with the Women Air Force Service Pilots, which was the first group of female military pilots for the United States Armed Forces"

Erin Miller's grandmother, Elaine Harmon, was a pilot during WWII. Her final wish was to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. A request that was denied. Erin and her family continued the fight all the way to Congress.

Becca talks with Erin about her grandmother and the fight to have her buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

You can support Tour Guide Tell All by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall - we have a special offer right now where you can get an autographed copy of Erin's book!

Guest: Erin Miller

Erin Miller is the granddaughter of WASP WWII pilot Elaine Danforth Harmon. Erin has a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, a Master's in international studies from the University of Leeds (UK), and a B.A. in history from the University of California, San Diego. She is a licensed attorney in Maryland, where she lives with her two Shiba Inus.

Erin has become an ambassador for the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II by sharing her own story of honoring her grandmother who wanted to ensure future generations learn about the history of these trailblazing pilots.

Twitter: @millerlawmd Instagram: @millerlawmd Facebook: @officialerinmiller Website: Finalflightfinalfight.com

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"As they are retreating, he's going to hold off the Germans on his own with his rifle as the men retreat. He's also on his radio directing artillery fire to the German lines. Once he runs out of ammunition in his weapon. He gets into the burning tank which is again on fire and could blow up at any moment, and takes the machine gun and starts firing at the Germans. He does this for an hour on his own."

UPDATE: We want to just make a quick correction to a statement made in this episode - both Medal of Honor AND Legion of Merit can be worn around the neck.

This week we talk about two of the many WWII figures buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Audie Murphy and James Doolittle.

You can get a full self guided tour of the cemetery (when it opens!) that includes Audio Murphy here: https://freetoursbyfoot.com/washington-dc-tours/walking-tours/arlington-cemetery/#self

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If you're interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Free Tours by Foot DC's Guide to Arlington Cemetery
Audie Murphy Grave Site
James Doolittle Grave Site
Military Times, Audie Murphy Made a Name for Himself in Battle and On Screen
Air Force Biography, James Doolittle

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"You know where I was on VE Day? I was in Washington DC. The streets were so crowded the buses couldn't run"

Rather than listen to us talk about WWII, we interview three people about their experiences in the war.

Ann Fuqua, who worked at the Navy Department in DC
Mona McNeese, whose husband was a Japanese POW
Waldo Beck, a Marine pilot stateside on VE Day waiting for orders to the Pacific.

These interviews were recorded on Zoom and flip phones, so the quality isn't always the best. We've included the transcript below.

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Rebecca Grawl (RG): But I just wanted to ask you a couple of questions about WW2, what you remember, what it was like and if you remember VE Day, which was May 8?

Ann Fuqua (AF): You know where I was on VE Day?

RG: Where?

AF: I was in the city of Washington, DC, the streets were so full of people the buses could not run.

RG: wow

AF: I watched a big bottle of alcohol of some kind start way down the street and passed it hand by hand down the street til it was all cold.

RG: What were you doing in DC?

AF: I worked there for the Navy Department.

RG: Oh wow, what did you do there, can I ask?

AF: uhh, a little bit of this, a little bit of that, but the funny thing about it is that, uhh, when we went there to work, they told us, the people that we worked with, we never talked about that, we never talked about what we did, it all stayed inside that building and you know, I think that’s what happened, we didn’t have people checking us out or anything, we just did it.

RG: Well of course, during war time, you had to keep everything hush hush

AF: yeah yeah

RG: What was it like living in DC during the War?

AF: well, I like all the museums of course, we made it a point every weekend we spent it somewhere in a museum, but when we went out to the museum, but when we went out to the museum, it was all full of servicemen from everywhere. At the end of the day, we had to go to the museums together, and they’d buy their lunch, we’d buy our lunch and when the day was over, they went their way and we went ours. It was different.

RG: There were a lot of service members kind of coming through DC on their way to and from?

AF: Oh yeah. Well, you see, they had a big marine base there, they also had a big navy base there, and so we saw a lot of them. Some of them had already been overseas in action, and some of them, MOST of them had already been and had come back to Washington for some reason, I don’t know what.

RG: DO you remember things like; was there a lot of rationing in DC, where you had to ration food and supplies?

AF: Yes, we did. The navy department found us a place to live when they hired us, they told us they’d find us a place to live. And we lived with, it was a grandmother, a daughter and her daughter. Three generations in the house but yet they found room to rent a room to us. We hadn’t been there long and the grandmother approached me one day and she says “ Girls, I know you’re not eating your supper” right, and she says “If you will write home and get your ration books I’ll cook your meal at nighttime for 25 cents.” So course, we wrote home and got em mother didn’t need em and she was so proud, we could not have give (given) her a gift of any kind that was as good as our ration books. And she did cook, she was a great cook, yeah. So that was the only way it bothered us, we didn’t need gas, we didn’t need anything. She got our ration cards and we enjoyed it.

RG: Where we you from originally?

AF: (unintelligible), Mississippi

RG: Oh excellent. So was it a big change, moving to the city of DC?

AF: (Laughs) oh yeah, the furthest I’d been away from home was about a hundred miles away to Memphis and that was it. We rode up on a Pullman train and spent the night on the train and it was the first time I had ever seen the link sausage, that was the first time. They served them to us for breakfast, and oh I thought that was the best thing that I had ever had. Yeah, it was greenhorns going up there. Another one of my classmates went the same time as I did, and both of us was just as green as grass. We didn’t know anything, but we learned.

RG: If there was one thing you wanted young people today to know about WW2 or understand about that time in our country, what would you want them to know or to remember?

AF: Well, see I was in high school and we had a lot of men that was drafted out of high school, cuz when they turned 18, you know they could draft them. And I think what sticks with me now is they took those kids that had been just like me, just here, and that’s all, and they left here as boys, you might say but then when they came home they were men after they had fought through all of that. So I think that was about the biggest thing. And I don’t know as it really hit me til after it was all over. But that was kinda sad, it just took their youth away from them.

RG: That’s really interesting. Is there anything else you want to tell me about the war, about your experience during that time?

AF: I think one of the things that hit me the hardest, was when they opened up the concentration camps in Germany that they made pictures and they put them on boards almost as big as plywood, blew em up big, and set them at a lot of the entrances. They had them there at the Navy Department as we went in, that was sad. Now, I mean, with all the bombings and everything else, that was one of the saddest things that I saw. It was awful and of course they were blown up, they were bigger than what they really were but it was awful.

RG: I find it interesting that they actually had them for you guys to see at the Navy Department so that people would know of the atrocities and would know what had happened.

AF: They did. They even had the one, you know the Japanese had the little plane that one person, it was a bomb really, and one person sat in that plane and when he dove his plane into a ship, he went too, it was suicide, I think maybe they called them suicide bombers. They got one and they parked it in front of the Navy Department, and there his shoes was, down on the floor and they were made out of steel or something, and they were bolted to the floor, so they meant for them to stay with it. It was, it was a pretty big thing.

RG: Well, I really do appreciate you taking the time to share a little big about your experience, I’m a tour guide here in DC and we are preparing some videos and some information to share online with some of the students that can’t come to DC that would normally come this time of year to go to the WW2 and the Holocaust museum and those things

AF: Well there is one other thing, while I was up there, I worked on Massachusetts Avenue, you know it was Embassy Row. I worked in Lars Andersson’s mansion, which now is a museum, but they had everything taken out of it. I was the receptionist and none of the statues and none of that was there. But I worked there for a long time while I was there, and my grandson went back later, he lives up there now, and they were having a tour, so he got there one day just in time as they were having a tour group go through and so as the guide was talking about, and he told them, he said you know, my grandmother worked here during World War 2 and she says in all the years that I have been a tour guide, you are the first person that knew anybody that worked in this building, and of course now they’ve got it fixed up, the tapestries and all that in there.

RG: Yes, I sometimes take groups along Embassy Row and I’ve seen that building and its hard to image it as an office or a work site, but I know during World War 2 that was very common, a lot of these buildings were converted into government.

AF: It was a beautiful building, you went out back and there was a big garden out there in the back, you know, we used to went out there and ate our lunch every day.

RG: Not a bad place to go to work

AF: (Laughs) It wasn’t much work to it, I just answered the phone and checked everybody that came in. But that was quite an experience. Well, its been a pleasure to talk to you.

RG: Miss Ann, it has been so nice to speak to you, I so appreciate you sharing your experiences. You know this year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the war and there was supposed to be a lot of celebrations to honor all those men who served and of course with the virus we can’t do that, so you being willing to talk online let me record you, I really appreciate that. I’ll email Gloria anything we use that includes what we talked about.

AF: Ok, well I tell you what it was quite an experience. It was quite an experience. But I wouldn’t take anything apart, but I just don’t want people to forget what those men went through during World War 2. You take now, they can get on computer and see em and hear from them all time, if we heard from them twice a month we were lucky. All we knew is if they had a new york address they were in Europe, if they had a California address they were in the South Pacific and that’s all we knew. We just didn’t know very much.

RG: A very important time. Well, thank you so much Miss Ann, please stay safe, please thank Rhonda for setting up the call for me.

AF: I sure will, cuz I don’t know a thing about this kinda stuff.

RG: Well thank you so much, you stay safe!

AF: ok, bye!

-----SECOND INTERVIEW WITH MONA MCNEESE----

RG: Hi, So I’m Rebecca, I’m with a company in DC called Free Tours by Foot and we’re talking to a few people about their World War 2 experience, and your son thought that you might like to talk to me for a few minutes.

MM: Well, (unintelligible) information, my husband didn’t talk very much about what happened to him and its true now that I probably forgot, but id be happy to help in any way that I can.

RG: Of course, well can you tell me a little bit about where your husband was from and where he served?

MM: Well, he was from, you want to know where he was from?

RG: Yeah, was he from Mississippi like you?

MM: He was from Quincy, Mississippi. Q-U-I-N-C-Y.

RG: And did he volunteer, was he drafted?

MM: He volunteered, very young.

RG: Did you know him then, or did you meet him after the war?

MM: I knew him after the war in 1945

RG: And do you know what branch he served in?

MM: He was in, I don’t know if they called it the cavalry but that’s what he started out, riding horses wherever he was stationed at, but anyway he was in the army to start out with. And I don’t know if at that time they called it the Army Air Corps or if it was just the Army, because in 1947 the Army Air Force split and you either had to go into the Army of the Air Force and he chose the Air force at that time.

RG: now during World War 2, how old were you during the war? MM: How old was he?

RG: I was going to ask how old you were during the war

MM: I was 15, well now lets see. In 41 I was 11 years old. I was born in 1930.

RG: DO you remember what life was like on the home front during the war?

MM: Well, it was hard, but it wasn’t compared to what other countries went through. They rationed. Do you want to hear what they rationed at that time?

RG: Sure yes.

MM: We could not get nylon hose, and shoes was hard to find because of the leather they used, you know and they couldn’t kill horses. I reckon they (unintelligible) shoes, I don’t know why, but anyway, you had to have a coupon to get shoes. We got it seems like 2 coupons a year for shoes and sugar was rationed. You had to have coupons to get thee ones, sugar and nylon hose and lets see what else, I forgot. There were probably other things that were rationed but I can’t remember what it was.

RG: And do you remember, were you able to get a lot of news about the war, were there letters or was a lot of it hard to find out about what was going on?

MM: We couldn’t, we were poor people, farmers growing up and we didn’t get a newspaper and most of the time we had a radio and sometimes we were tenant farmers so we moved around from house to house and sometimes we wouldn’t have electricity so we didn’t always have a radio, but we did most of the time and that’s the way we got our news.

RG: Tomorrow will mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day when the war was won in Europe, do you remember VE Day back in 1945. Can you tell me what you remember about that day or about that time?

MM: Well, all that I can say is that is just very happy it was over and thankful that, we were just so happy that man had made it through that we knew that there was a lot that was killed, but we knew that my husband was stuck in these prison for 39 months. Now I didn’t know him at that time, I knew him after he got back home.

RG: SO he was held a Japanese prisoner of war, did he ever talk about that?

MM: No, not at all. He didn’t talk about any of that. You know they didn’t get therapy when they come home like they do now. You know, if something happens to them they give them therapy, they just always told them just try to forget what had happened to them. And they just, I just hear different things, he was on Corregidor Island when he was captured and then a plane ride with their commander and he was captured near them. DO you need all this?

RG: No, this is wonderful.

MM: Anyway, they stayed on that island and I’ve read, I’ve got a book on it, they ate everything, all the leaves off the trees and they ate all horses over there. They were defending Pearl Harbor but they were on horses to get around on that island and they even had to kill the horses to eat them and they said one day about a mile from there they had ate the leaves off the trees, worms, every insect that they could find, any insects. It was bad.

RG: And you said he was held for 39 months.

MM: uh huh. When he was liberated he weighed 105 pounds, he was 5 foot 10, probably he was mainly skin and bones. Now the Japanese came in there and got him or got him captured and I don’t think they carried him by boat. How they got him to Formosa and I think they have changed the name of Formosa, now its something else. Anyway, he just about starved to death. But he didn’t hold it against them, the Japanese, because he said they were starving to death too. So, just something they had to go through with

RG: What a kind person to be able to not hold it against someone like that, that’s really lovely

MM: Yeah, you have to forgive people and he thinks a lot of the Japanese people. He said they fought them, but they were just like what he did, they taught to do that, they had to kill and were taught to kill Americans and American were taught to kill them and they couldn’t blame the ones that was fighting. But he just didn’t talk about it, he just tried bury all that, what we got out of him, you usually had to pick it out of him, ask him questions.

RG: I know that many of the men from World War 2 they didn’t want to talk about their experiences, which is why I appreciate you sharing what you know and what you remember.

MM: Well, he just tried to keep it all to himself and it was the wrong thing to do.

RG: We are doing this project to try to create some material for students and teachers this year, since this year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the war and many of the commemorations aren’t going to take place because of the virus so is there anything you would want young people today to know about the war, to know about the men who served, or about what it was like in the country?

MM: Well, it… I really don’t know how to put it into words, you just, every week you would hear of one of your neighbors children getting killed, their son and some of them would be in the navy and some in the army, some of them would go down on a ship and some just fighting and it was so sad, you know, for this to happen and all of us too we would get word that some of our neighbors son would get killed and we had a Christian teacher at that time and she would always have us stand and have prayer and it was, it was hard to know that those people that had given their lives.

RG: Absolutely. Well I’m so appreciative Miss Mona of your time, and of you speaking with me today. I talked with your son yesterday and I know that your husband has passed on, and I’m sorry to hear that and it sounds to me like he was a real hero, so I really appreciate you talking today.

MM: Well, I’m sorry I can’t give you… I forget things, some of its my age and some of it is just my head

RG: Everything you shared with me is wonderful information and I think going to be very valuable to young people who maybe don’t have anybody in their family from this generation any more to talk to, so I really appreciate it.

MM: Well, I appreciate you for doing this.

-----THIRD INTERVIEW WITH WALDO BECK----

WB: Hello?

RG: Hi is this Mr. Beck? Hi this is Rebecca Grawl I’m with Free Tours by Foot, I wanted to talk to you about World War 2.

WB: Yeah Donna told me you did. You know its interesting, she said you wanted to know about the end of the war, and I don’t know much about the end of the war in Europe, so I will tell you what I do know, whatever your questions are, but I was sitting out at El Centro, California waiting for orders to go to the South Pacific, and so we were more interested in the end of the Japanese conflict than the European conflict, although we were very excited when it happened, but we were not a part of the celebration, if that makes sense.

RG: well that’s fine, I would love to hear about what the experience was like for you during the war.

WB: You’d like to hear about what now?

RG: Well, I’d like to hear about what your experience was like

WB: Oh, well, it was not exactly as I intended it, you know, I graduated from Corpus Christi in 44 and I thought I was going to ask for torpedo bombers and I don’t know what else, but instead of what I asked for, I got instructor duty so I spent the next year as a flight instructor at Bunker Hill, Indiana, and when I finished that they said: well you’ve forgotten everything you knew about operational aircraft so they sent me back to Pensacola and that’s when they put me in twin engines which was transports, mostly, AB wise and things like that so I ended in a transport squadron in El Centro that had orders to go overseas to the Pacific when they dropped the bomb on Tokyo and so that put everything on hold and so we just sat there for a couple of months before they finally gave us orders to go home. Which was interesting, but one of the interesting things that, when I was at Bunker Hill, the British did not have air superiority over the British Isles and so as a result they couldn’t train the young men to (unintelligible) and so what happened, they sent em over to us and so we had British cadets over at Bunker Hill and what we did is teach em to fly …. And then we sent em back to England and but put them in spit bus to go fight the Germans, and our bombers that were going over Germany. I had several good friends that were flying B24s and B29s over Germany, bombing. And it was a long drawn out experience for all of us and all of us were hoping and praying that the thing would get over before we got wiped out, you know. Another interesting thing that has nothing to do with me but we lived in Fredericksburg and I was at Hampton Sydney and I spent 2 years and then the draft was breathing down my throat and so I left and went to Washington and signed up for the navy flight training program. But AP Hill which was a mammoth training ground in almost a whole county in Virginia right near Fredericksburg and the 29th division was maneuvering at AP Hill and I think I was at Hampton Sidney when it happened but mom and dad lived on College Avenue and they said that they released the entire division for a weekend R and R and Fredericksburg got completely wiped out of food, every restaurant was cleaned out, there was nothing to eat in the whole town and so my dad, who was with the chamber of commerce at the time, as well he’d had a bakery, but he and the mayor went down and talked to the commanding general and he promised him he would only let a battalion at a time come to Fredericksburg or get out on leave but that it was the whole town was just covered with soldiers. (unintelligible) But anyway, I don’t know a lot about, we were all as happy as we could possibly be, but we were not a part of the celebration because we were all concerned with the Pacific war which if I remember correctly, was about six months later.

RG: Yes sir, later that summer.

WB: yeah anyway, it’s a lot of interesting memories, I tell ya. I don’t know whether there is anything I could tell you that would be different or interesting.

RG: Well, what you’ve told me already has been interesting, I actually went to college at Randolph Macon Women’s College

WB: So did my wife.

RG: I know Hampton Sidney very well

WB: anyway, my wife, you may know her. My first wife went to Mary Washington and she died, we were married 40 years and then I married Joanne and she had gone to Randolph Macon in Lynchburg and ended up going University (unclear) Medical College and getting her PhD in microbiology, I think. Anyway, I’m trying to think what year she was there, it would have been in the late 60s that she was at Randolph Macon.

RG: I graduated in 2007.

WB: 2007, oh so you’re a kid, that’s interesting. Well she’s also Randolph Macon, and some of her class are trying to get together this summer, I don’t know if it will happen. Course, Hampton Sidney we met Randolph Macon girls all the time.

RG: that was still the case when I was there, we went to Hampton Sidney for formals and mixers.

WB: Yeah it was fun. After the war I couldn’t go back to Hampton Sidney, cuz I was married and I had a kid, so back to college was out of the questions, so I never did graduate. There are 3 things in my life that I think made an impact and one is the boy scouts and the second is Hampton Sidney and the third is the Marine Corps. Those are the 3 things that have reacted and helped me all my life.

RG: Could you tell me a little bit about what it was like when you were in college but before you joined up, was there already rationing of food, was all the talk on campus about the war?

WB: Rationing was a beginning, the heavy rationing was beginning about the time I left to go into the service which was…. 1941, maybe. And rationing was already, my wife worked at the ration board and they issued little books of tickets, butter was rationed you could get a pound of butter about every couple weeks. All meats were rationed and cigarettes were rationed, course nobody worries about that today, back then it was a pretty serious thing. Gasoline was rationed, you couldn’t get but 5 gallons a week of gas and so there were just lots of things that were just rationed. You had to have a little book, you got a coupon in the book you had to give the merchants the coupons in exchange for whatever you wanted. See I was at Bunker Hill, Indiana and my wife’s aunt was a Lucky Strikes smoker, a heavy smoker and so she would send me a tinker toy, you know one of those little round tinker toy boxes full of cookies and it was just the perfect size for a carton of cigarettes and I would go to the exchange and buy cigarettes for something like a dollar twenty a carton, I think a pack is about triple that amount now. I’d buy the cigarettes and stick them in the tinker toy box and send them back to her and so we had a good exchange going there for quite a while, I got cookies and she got cigarettes, but they were rationed and we didn’t have any problems at all getting stuff like that at the commissary and in the navy exchange, but everybody else was having a problem.

RG: Did you have any flying experience before you joined up with the flight training?

WB: No, no I didn’t. As a matter of fact, I was concerned about my ability because I as a youngster, I had a tendency to get car sick and I was afraid that if I got started, but it was an option that I tackled you know, I didn’t want to be drafted and the opportunity came for me to join the navy air training program so I found out years later that as long as I was a pilot, if I was a passenger I still had a tendency to get a little woozy but as long as I was a pilot, I was ok so it was an interesting thing. But anyway, you know in 1944 I was 14 years old and the world jamboree was in Bloomenthal, Holland for boy scouts, and I don’t know why they did but my mother and father worked to let me go and of course, there were no flights across the Atlantic then, there were only boats and so I went to New York on the train, our whole troop which was 22 boys from Richmond and Fredericksburg and we went to New York caught the Berengaria which was a five and a half day trip. To England and we spent the night in England, and the next day we took a little boat over to Holland where the jamboree was. Anyway and when we went after the jamboree we went into Germany and at that time you could see the effet of the German preparation because little kids, 14 and 15 years old were marching in the street and so it was inevitable, we knew what was going on. That was in 1937. But anyway it was an unbelievable trip for a 14, well all of the kids were 14, 15 years old in our troop. But we had a great time, it was a wonderful experience. But that was before…

RG: I’m sorry, I was just going to ask if you stayed in the service after the war in the pacific had ended?

WB: Well, you know I got out of the Marine Corps after World War 2 and came home and about, 5, 6 years later, I got a registered letter. The Marine Corps doesn’t discharge you, they release you from active duty, but no I did have to go back and the same squadron and everything.

RG: So a lot of the men you went back with, same squadron, they had also served in World War 2 or been active in World War 2?

WB: Yes. And I spent three more years and then I joined the reserve unit when I got home after that and so I got 26 years, which allowed me to get a little bit of retirement income from the Marine Corps, which is great.

RG: Have you had a chance to come to DC and see the Marine Corps Memorial?

WB: I’ve seen the one at Quantico

RG: Oh excellent.

WB: yeah its Quantico, its just off US 95, I haven’t been to Washington for a long time.

RG: Well, I appreciate you taking the time to talk to me, Mr. Beck, is there anything else you would want to share, we are hoping to share this with students, young people so they can maybe understand World War 2 a little better, so is there anything else you’d like to share with me?

WB: You know, I think the thing that young people should realize that its just everything isn’t easy and you know everything is not a piece of cake.

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"He was once airlifted to meet a Thai King. He jumps out of a plane. He is holding a machine gun and he has a tuxedo in his backpack."

Sidney Dillon Ripley was a spy during WWII as part of the OSS (yes, he knew Julia Child - if you didn't know she was in the OSS, listen to our episode on her!). But mostly he used his time in the OSS to travel and collect bird specimens.

This came in handy when he was appointed as the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Oral Histories with Sidney Dillon Ripley: https://sova.si.edu/record/SIA.FARU9591
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"She has decided that married into the upper echelon is not enough for her only daughter. So Alva Vanderbilt decides in order to show up New York society she is going to get something for her daughter that you just can't get in the United States - a title"

Connections in history and between historical figures is one of the things that interest us most. Join us as we tell a story of a hidden and fascinating connection between two of the most fascinating characters in World War II. You’ll be surprised where this story ends up!

This episode is part of our WWII Series, #WWII75FTBF where we commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, May 8, 2020.

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"One of the things she worked on was shark repellent. This was a big problem during the war. They were developing explosives to combat German U boats but these explosives were being set of by sharks, so they needed ways to repel sharks from the explosives. This was one of the things Julia Child was working on"

Before perfecting the art of French cooking, Julia Child worked at the OSS, the precursor to the CIA. Learn more about her work, her boss, Wild Bill Donovan, and actual spy, Virginia Hall.

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“He's probably the last president that will get bipartisan support for a memorial. Democrats like him for big government things like the Department of Education and NASA and the interstate system - we love all that stuff - and of course he is a Republican, so that side of the aisle came on. So this was sort of a cool thing in D.C. at first to see both sides of the aisle to say, yes, we need an Ike memorial."

Tour Guide Tell All explores a new memorial - or at least, what we decided to call a new memorial even though it is not officially open or dedicated yet. The dedication of D.C.'s newest memorial has been postponed to September 17, 2020 but it is nearly completed, so we took a quick sneak peek.

Join us as we discuss the full-on DRAMA surrounding this memorial and its design and the unlikely story of how it finally came to life.

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Eisenhower Memorial
A First Glimpse of Frank Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial - Architect Magazine
"Everyone Still Hates the Planned Eisenhower Memorial" - Washingtonian Magazine
Q&A with Susan Eisenhower - Washingtonian Magazine
"With groundbreaking, elusive Eisenhower Memorial moves from dream to reality" - Washington Post
Eisenhower Memorial Review - Washington Post

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“He is one of five candidates but he is going to win this primary and he wins this primary because he is the kind of guy who joined any club that would have him, went to every Army get-together, every veterans' party - when he was a county judge, he was going county seat to county seat, when he was doing the federal reemployment program he was traveling to these little towns and he wins it the old-fashioned way - by getting out and shaking hands and kissing babies"

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Harry S Truman - The White House
Little White House - Key West, Florida
Harry S Truman Presidential Library - Independence, Missouri
"Lauren Bacall Photo With Harry Truman Was Selfie Gone Viral for 1945" - New York Times
Drink Bourbon Like Harry Truman - Memphis Flyer
Harry S Truman and World War One - National Park Service
Harry Truman's Great American Road Trip - Riverfront Times

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Our highlight mini-sode this week focuses on the Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, sometimes called the Japanese Internment Memorial.

Rebecca shares with us more information about why you should visit this hidden gem between the US Capitol and Union Station.

All May 2020 we are focusing on WWII sites and historical figures as part of our #WWII75FTBF celebration of the 75th anniversary of VE Day on May 8th.

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May 8, 2020 is the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, so we're focusing on WWII figures and sites for the entire month across all platforms using #WWII75FTBF.

Dan and Rebecca share a bit more about this larger than life figure.

You can see the statue outside the British Embassy on our Embassy Row Tour: https://freetoursbyfoot.com/embassy-row/#tours

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On this bonus episode about hidden sites in DC, the Lincoln Emancipation Memorial is one of the most fascinating statues in Washington, not only for what it represented when it was created but for how the perceptions of the statue have evolved over time. Join us to hear about this unique and controversial gem.

Washington Post article from 2012 with some good context on the memorial: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/on-emancipation-day-in-dc-two-memorials-tell-very-different-stories/2012/04/15/gIQAj3u9JT_story.html

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“She's pushing forty and she's kind of this wild divorcee...she has these feet in both worlds and she is this wild child but also not a spring chicken. She does not give a f--- about anything and that is what is so powerful about her story."

Tour Guide Tell All digs into the mysterious life and death of Mary Meyer, a Georgetown socialite and mistress of President John F. Kennedy who may or may not have introduced him to LSD at the White House. Mary Meyer's murder in 1964, just a year after Kennedy's assassination, remains an unsolved mystery today.

Join us as we talk drugs, adultery, White House secrets, a mysterious diary and more on this episode.

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"44 Years Later, a Washington, D.C. Death Unresolved" - Smithsonian Magazine
"The Strange Saga of JFK and the Original Dr. Feelgood" - New York Magazine
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