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

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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. 

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

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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

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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

• 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

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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

• 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

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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.

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

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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

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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.

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

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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

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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.

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

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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

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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.

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

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

• 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

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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. 

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

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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

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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

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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

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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.  

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:

• 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 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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.

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:

• 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

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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.

• American Heritage article
• History.com

• Murderpedia

• IMDb page for Double Indemnity

• Smithsonian Magazine Article (with pictures of Ruth, including THAT picture)

• 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"

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

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!

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

Support Tour Guide Tell All:

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

• 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

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 Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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.

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:

• 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 

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 Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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!

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." 

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:

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

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

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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

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

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DON'T FORGET DEAR PATRONS! We'd love to see you on tour, and you get some GREAT tour perks by being a Patron and making it to DC this summer. Contact us to find out more!

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

• 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. 

DON'T FORGET DEAR PATRONS! We'd love to see you on tour, and you get some GREAT tour perks by being a Patron and making it to DC this summer. Contact us to find out more!

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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.

DON'T FORGET DEAR PATRONS! We'd love to see you on tour, and you get some GREAT tour perks by being a Patron and making it to DC this summer. Contact us to find out more!

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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!

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

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

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If 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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If 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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If 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. 

If 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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If 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. 

• 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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• 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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• 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. 

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!

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

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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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• 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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• 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

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Rebecca Grawl

Produced and Edited by: Canden Arciniega & Dan King Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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

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BUY CANDEN'S NEW BOOK: https://citybyfootdc.checkfront.com/reserve/?item_id=1592

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.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All:

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

• 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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• 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:

• 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

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner

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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

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.

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

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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:

• 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.

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:

• 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

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner

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Support Tour Guide Tell All:

• 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:

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner

Produced / Edited by: Canden Arciniega   Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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

• Yalta, the Price of Peace by SM Plokhy
• Eight Days at Yalta by Diana Preston
• Daughters of Yalta by Catharine Grace Katz

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! 

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

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You’re Listening To: Melissa Gilbert

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You’re Listening To: Andy Bittner 

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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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• 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

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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• 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

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

You can join Margaret in the United Kingdom (London, Birmingham, Newcastle and York) at https://freetoursbyfoot.com/london-tours/

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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• 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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• 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

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/

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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• 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

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.

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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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• 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/

• 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/

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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• 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)

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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• 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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• 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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• 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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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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• 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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• https://www.secretdcbook.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/joann.hill1269
• https://www.instagram.com/joann_hill_dc/

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• 1976 Presidential Election - 270 to Win

• Jimmy Carter: Campaigns and Elections - Miller Center

• Gerald Ford: Campaigns and Elections - Miller Center

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• 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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• 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)

• 100th Anniversary Celebrations

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• 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

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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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 

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 Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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.

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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

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner & Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

“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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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

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

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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

• 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

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 Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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

•  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

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner & Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Canden Arciniega & Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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

• 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

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

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

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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