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The Battle Songs of America: 250 Years of Patriotic Bops

America. It's been a wild ride. Lot of songs along the way. But what are the stories behind, or around, those songs? Honestly this is just an excuse to talk about a lot of wacky stories, with songs. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/AlternateHistoryHub Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:52 Revolution 09:02 Era of Good Feelings 16:07 The South (Is that patriotic? Patriotic to the South I guess) 22:37 The North 31:07 The Rest 32:53 The National Anthem Sources: https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/03/the-liberty-song/ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47111/47111-h/47111-h.htm#introduction https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/01-01-02-0013-0001-0005 https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Macaroni-Fashion-Craze/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/940246?seq=4 https://www.loc.gov/resource/amss.cw102550/?r=-0.383,-0.094,1.765,1.883,0 https://www.loc.gov/resource/amss.as103030/?r=-0.134,0.054,1.366,1.457,0 https://archive.org/details/historyofunited00quai/page/8/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/glorygloryhallel00stut/page/18/mode/2up https://web.archive.org/web/20190128223513/https://www.raabcollection.com/american-history-autographs/ellsworth-flag https://web.archive.org/web/20021016140644/http://www.civilwar.si.edu/firstblood_brownell_medal.html Books Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War by Christian McWhirter The Autobiography of Admiral Dewey Star Spangeled Banner by Marc Ferris Songs of America by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw The Battle Hymn of the Republic by John Staufer and Benjamin Soskis John Brown: Abolitionist by David S Reynolds Empire of Liberty by Gordon S Wood Through the Perilous Fight by Steve Vogel Names on the Land by George R Stewart