Midnight Rising

Episode 38 of the The Strange Tonic podcast, hosted by The Strange Tonic, titled "Midnight Rising" was published on December 2, 2020 and runs 62 minutes.

December 2, 2020 ·62m · The Strange Tonic

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It was George Washington's great-grand-nephew who was a captive at Harper's Ferry, Lewis William Washington. It's really difficult to fathom the Sumner-Brooks debacle. Check out some primary sources here. https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Caning_of_Senator_Charles_Sumner.html It's called the Burned Over district because the Second Great Awakening set the area "on fire." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned-over_district#:~:text=The%20Burned%2Dover%20District%20refers,set%20the%20area%20on%20fire. John Brown's Body was not only a marching song for the Union army, but also later a poem and play, both based on Stephen Vincent Benét's 1928 epic poem of the same title.

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It was George Washington's great-grand-nephew who was a captive at Harper's Ferry, Lewis William Washington. It's really difficult to fathom the Sumner-Brooks debacle. Check out some primary sources here. https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Caning_of_Senator_Charles_Sumner.html It's called the Burned Over district because the Second Great Awakening set the area "on fire." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned-over_district#:~:text=The%20Burned%2Dover%20District%20refers,set%20the%20area%20on%20fire. John Brown's Body was not only a marching song for the Union army, but also later a poem and play, both based on Stephen Vincent Benét's 1928 epic poem of the same title.

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