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The Conway Cabal had been beaten.This unholy trinity of general slimeballs—General Horatio Gates, General Thomas Mifflin, and General Thomas Conway—had schemed to get rid of George Washington, his best generals, his staff of wunderkind (Alexand
Supplies are running low and snow is running high at Valley Forge, along with desertions and resignations. The remaining officers are squabbling amongst themselves and the Congress is nearly no use at all, having fallen under the sway of the sl
On our last episode, we left George Washington’s ragtag Continental Army without any shoes in the snow, marching their bloody way to Valley Forge in December, 1777.The year 1777 had been a lousy one for the American cause—Washington couldn’t se
You know how I love a good trainwreck, with all the self-inflicted calamity thereupon, but I found an episode of American history that could have been a massive fireball of a trainwreck, but then wasn’t. Its an inspiring story, one that should
If you’re a fan of the Presidencies of the United States podcast, you’re familiar with the special series host Jerry Landry does called Seat At The Table, in which he and a special guest cover the life of a Cabinet secretary. Most of whom you’v
Building Hoover Dam was difficult and deadly work. But there was a Great Depression going on and dam work paid real money. If it could be said that there was a choice between your family starving to death or you risking your life on building th
On our last episode of History's Trainwrecks, we left our major characters in serious predicament: oppositionally-defiant crank Charles Lee was in British captivity, although he did have his dogs and thirty shillings a day in expenses. General
American Major General Charles Lee had picked a great place to hide.Like big-city mobsters two centuries later, George Washington’s second in command had discovered that New Jersey was a great place to lay low if someone was after you.Charles h
There's an awful lot of testosterone on History's Trainwrecks. I tend to think it's because men are far more likely than women to self-sabotage in a big way. But as Abigail Adams told her husband John, we should always "remember the ladies."Sam
It occurred to me that we’ve been doing quite a lot of talking about George Washington in this series—or more accurately, talking AROUND George, so I thought it would be a good time to stop and focus on the man himself, and delve into what made
American major general Charles Lee is free of British captivity and gets one more chance to redeem himself at the Battle of Monmouth Court House in summer, 1778. But he doesn't take it. By the time of the second anniversary of the signing of th
Christmas 1776 wasn't such a great time for two American generals. George Washington was wrapping a Christmas present for the Hessian garrison at Trenton, New Jersey. He was going to cross the Delaware and drop it down their metaphorical chimne
As Christmas, 1776 approached, it sure looked like the cause of American liberty was going to find a lump of coal under the tree.The British had taken New York and had George Washington's army on the run. They had a massive force pointed right
1776 was a great year for Charles Lee. He had overseen the defensive preparations in New York, Virginia, and North Carolina. The British didn't attack those places, which Charles called a win. He successfully led the defense of Charleston, Sout
Brand new Major General Charles Lee was looking pretty darn indispensable in the early days of the American Revolution.After the British abandoned Boston, their next move was unclear. The Continentals believed that the next attack would either
If Charles Lee was alive today, he would be considered a master networker.That guy knew EVERYBODY.As we’ve seen in prior episodes, Charles was pals with a few kings and kings-in-waiting like Stanislaus of Poland, Frederick I of Prussia and his
Major General Charles Lee was a complainer.It didn’t start when he joined the Continental Army in 1775. Charles was predisposed to crabbiness. His father was a British major general and his mother was descended from landed gentry. He was the yo
Was George Washington truly America's indispensable man? John Adams thought so, and lots of later historians agreed. Washington had the qualities the country needed at the time - dignity, gravitas, and integrity. He was perceived to be above th
I’m trying to figure out who REALLY killed Huey Long. Don’t worry. Your favorite history podcast hasn’t suddenly turned into a true crime show. Neither has this one.There are few viable ways to stop a dictator. Julius Caesar and a disturbingly
Huey Long was losing political control of Louisiana, thanks to the Depression-era policies of the new President. Federal jobs, which were literal lifesavers, were given to Huey's opponents.Huey's own dictatorial behavior was costing him support
We're counting down to number one - the biggest historical trainwreck of all time.Can you guess who it is?Check out the Beyond The Big Screen Podcast at the link below.https://www.atozhistorypage.com/beyond-the-big-screen/George McClellanAaron
I love a good trainwreck. I mean, who doesn’t?One day, historian and podcaster Steve Guerra, host of the Beyond the Big Screen Podcast, asked me what I call The Big Question: of all the trainwrecks you’ve studied so far, who is on your top ten
Huey Long was the bull in the United States Senate’s china shop.He stormed into the world’s greatest deliberative body in 1932 after it had already been in session for two months. In a room full of men in dour blue suits, Huey wore “flashy brow
The most famous American in the world was about to have one of the worst days of his life, and everyone who was anyone in London wanted to be there to see it.Benjamin Franklin had been summoned to the Cockpit, a room King Henry VIII had once us
As you surely know by now, I love history. I always have. If you do too, you know that studying history invariably leads to learning about politics. It’s inescapable. The Greek city-states, the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, monarchies and
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