The Battle Songs of America: 250 Years of Patriotic Bops

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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.

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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