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In our first bonus episode of Season 2, we hang out with our very good friend Jana Friesen McCabe, who is currently the Chief of Interpretation and Guest Services at Monocacy National Battlefield. Previously in Jana's career in the Park Service, she spent time as an interpretive ranger at Ford's Theater, site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln! We thought it would be super cool to get her unique perspective on the murder plot and assassination of President Lincoln as it pertained to Ford's Theater!
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This episode highlights an up and comer in the historical interpretive community. Here at the HTP we are excited to do this regularly with our 4th quarter podcast! When we created this show, we thought it would be fitting and proper to elevate the voices of the relatively or completely unknown researchers, archivists, historians, and storytellers, who are working so very tirelessly to preserve our nation and our worlds memories. So, here we go, quarter 4... we hope you enjoy
This episode features historian Raina Egan, and she hangs out with us to discuss the unique role that women played in arsenals and armories during the American Civil War as well as in U.S. wartime in other eras too!

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In our third follow-up episode, Pat and Matt hang out with guest Parker Russell again to answer some of the questions and comments from YOU the listener related to our absolutely TITANIC episode, HTP 03: White Star Line!
This episode features some quick corrections, listener questions, and a larger focus on the tragic story of the RMS Titanic.

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This seasons Black Friday Bonus Episode has the boys hacking through the wilderness of western Maryland and Pennsylvania with some rather unusual companions. The Braddock Expedition of 1755 and the disaster of the Battle of the Monongahela, fought July 9, 1755 is fairly well known in this part of the world, but what was completely unknown to us was the presence of sailors on the expedition as well.
To talk about this Pat and Matt have brought in their friend Kyle Dalton, formally of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and now the Director of the Historic Union Mills Homestead, to speak on one of his passions, the Wooden World, naval history in the 18th Century. Kyle has dug deep into who the sailors were on the expedition, what they did during the march and what happened to them during and after the battle.
So if you are braving the Black Friday shopping or just hunkering down for a post Thanksgiving nap, turn it up and join us as we learn about Braddock's Tars!
The History Things Podcast is brought to you by HistoryNet, publisher of 9 different historical magazines including; the Civil War Times, American History, & Military History! Visit HistoryNet.Com to learn more or follow them on social media by searching for @HistoryNet!

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What better way to kick off Season Five than by getting down into the weeds on some regional history!? This month the guys are speaking to Jake Wynn about the proud, but controversial history of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and the Coal Miners strike that occured there during the Civil War.
For those who have spent some time with the Civil War, Schuylkill County is likely a Pennsylvania County you have heard of before. Famous for its coal mines and miners, the county was torn between trying to put men in the field and keep coal coming up out of the ground. This led to resentment and then outright resistance by the miners themselves. So join us as Pat and Matt dig deep into this story with Wynning History's own, Jake Wynn!
The History Things Podcast is brought to you by HistoryNet, publisher of 9 different historical magazines including; the Civil War Times, American History, & Military History! Visit HistoryNet.Com to learn more or follow them on social media by searching for @HistoryNet!