Episode 95 - Francis Scott Key and the American National Anthem

08/04/22 • 37 min

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Jennie and Dianne learn about Francis Scott Key and his gravesite at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland. Francis Scott Key was a complicated man who opposed war, but believed in the freedom of the nation. He fought for the freedom of black people while at the same time owning slaves himself that he never intended to offer freedom. He was a poet, a father, a lawyer. In an Ordinary Extraordinary moment of jubilation after witnessing a victorious battle in the war of 1812, Key penned a poem that would one day become America's national anthem.
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Editors, Biography.com. "Francis Scott Key Biography." https://www.biography.com/. 23 Apr. 2021. www.biography.com/writer/francis-scott-key. Accessed 31 July 2022.
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Episode 94 - Good Time Girls of the West an Interview with Author Jan MacKell Collins

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Jennie and Dianne are joined by special guest Jan MacKell Collins, author of The Good Time Girls book series to discuss the Ordinary Extraordinary lives of dancehall girls and ladies of the night who made their living during the days of the Wild West into the early 20th century. They visit the gravesites of some of these sporting women across Colorado, Arizona, California, Alaska and more! Jan shares stories of their ingenuity, courage, and sometimes tragic endings. Jan is a storyteller at heart and she has spent years documenting the truth versus legend of these Ordinary Extraordinary women.
Jan's books are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, and Walmart, as well as your local book retailer. If you would like to support some local book retailers, here are some of Jan's favorites:
Cripple Creek District Museum, Cripple Creek, Colorado https://cripplecreekmuseum.com/BookStore.htm

Victor Lowell Thomas Museum, Victor, Colorado https://victormuseum.com/

Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona https://www.sharlothallmuseum.org/museum-gift-shop/

Mesilla Book Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico https://bookshop.org/shop/mesillabookcenter

Fast Fanny's Place, Oatman, Arizona https://www.facebook.com/Etueart/

Publishers:

Rowman.com https://rowman.com/Action/Search/_/MacKell

Arcadia Publishing https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Search?searchtext=MacKell&searchmode=anyword&searchoption=allbooks

University of New Mexico Press https://www.unmpress.com/books/brothels-bordellos-and-bad-girls/9780826333438

To learn more about Jan MacKell Collins, visit her website: https://www.janmackellcollins.com/

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Episode 96 - A Cemetery Chat

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Dianne and Jennie chat about their upcoming fundraiser, Beyond the Grave: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Dianne also gives an update about the raising and resetting of many of the old military stones that have sunk at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. A casual cemetery chat for cemetery lovers everywhere on this episode of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast.
To learn more about the restoration work at Evergreen cemetery, visit them on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/EvergreenCemeteryBenevolentSociety/
Or or their website: https://www.evergreenheritagecs.com/?m=1https://www.evergreenheritagecs.com/?m=1