American Tales Podcast

A podcast of pre-21st century American history. Take a historical journey with host Dustin Bass every week.

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American Tales will be on @sonsofhistory YouTube channel starting August 3. Be sure to subscribe!

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The six-month exhibit witnessed approximately 10 million visitors, with about 180,000 on its opening day. The most notable guest was President Ulysses S. Grant who presided over the opening ceremonies.

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On May 10, 1876, Philadelphia hosted the Centennial Exhibition, a world’s fair celebrating the country’s 100th anniversary and predominantly the power of American innovations and inventions.

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An absolutely astounding book and a must-read by @robertverkaik1 for anyone interested in Operation Market Garden, especially those who still question how that operation went so horribly awry.
#ww2 #operationmarketgarden

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Can the SS United States be saved? Yes. More importantly, should it be? Absolutely. Here’s why in my op-ed for @EpochTimes

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How did TV 📺 begin? Find out this week on the podcast.

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Gates of Civil discord, & deluge our rising Empire in Blood.” By doing so, Washington assured the officers would “give one more distinguished proof of unexampled patriotism & patient virtue, rising superior to the pressure of the most complicated sufferings.”

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Gen. Horatio Gates quickly gave Gen. George Washington the floor. The commander addressed the letter, suggesting “the Author of the Address, should have had more charity, than to mark for Suspicion, the Man who should recommend Moderation and longer forbearance,”

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Regarding the letter and possibly anyone who agreed with its contents, he encouraged them “to express your utmost horror & detestation of the Man who wishes, under any specious pretences, to overturn the liberties of our Country, & who wickedly attempts to open the flood

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Recommended reading for Episode 18: Narrative of the Expedition to the China Seas and Japan by Commodore Matthew Perry

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@amazing_physics Ex-wife

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@TheQuartering Bro. The tariffs started on April 2. A little soon to be tooting your horn about them not affecting people’s lives. I challenge you to wait a couple of months.

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@DalrympleWill Yeah, the students are never wrong. 🙄

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sailed 18,000 miles from New York, around the southern tip of Africa and on Aug. 28 arrived in Canton (modern day Guangzhou - gwong-jow), China.

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On Feb. 22, 1784, the Empress of China, carrying lead, camel cloth, cotton, animal skins, barrels of pepper, 30 tons of ginseng, and $18,000 in silver coins―the primary metal used in China’s monetary system―

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Pig Riots, as they were known, broke out in 1821, 1825, 1826, 1830, and 1832, whenever bills were passed to ban and remove pigs.

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From Episode 16: Manhattan had garnered a reputation as a smelly borough with trash and waste tossed along the streets and river. Horses, the main method of transport, didn’t help. Neither did the pigs, which were typically owned by the borough’s poorest.

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@3YearLetterman @Adele @BDSA_students Hear, hear!

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Sadly, @canva’s AI generator has taken a real nosedive. The images I’ve been getting over the past month 🤦🏻‍♂️👎🏻