Session 65: Revolutionary War Side Quests

On today's episode, we talk about the side quests of the Revolutionary War.  The battles and stories that happened in New England while the big war was going on.


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey, everybody, Welcome to the Buddhist af Podcast. I am
your host. No chance of VISUK. This is session number
sixty five, and apologies for not getting this episode out.
I should record ahead of time, but I don't. Honestly,
I don't know why I don't do it. I have
plenty of time, but I just get lazy and I
like to do them live and unedited. So here we are. Yeah,

(00:27):
this is what Thursday night right now, and I'm recording.
So this surprisingly Thursday Morning is usually the original When
the original episodes came out, it was Thursday morning, and
that's because I dropped Alex off to school and then
I just came back here and then just winged it.
But again, out of stories, out of stories from my past.

(00:50):
It's a little hard to think back that far, especially
when you have so many concussions and not a lot
of it was saved in any manner. So it's it's
a little hard to think back that far. But again,
I have other things I can talk about now, and
that's what we're doing now. So today, actually today was

(01:11):
a pretty big day. I had to get my passport renewed.
It actually expired in like two thousand and seventeen. I
want to say I don't have it anymore. They sent
it back, so retired or retired. It expired in twenty seventeen.
I never got around to renewing it because obviously Alex
was born in twenty seventeen, and Mary and I just

(01:34):
didn't have time to travel, especially internationally, and traveling internationally
now is probably not a good idea if you are
listening to this later on, We're not in good times
for a dark brown man such as myself traveling internationally.
So I just wanted to get my pass poored renewed

(01:57):
because May seventh is coming up, and that's when everyone
in the United States has to get a real ID,
and I don't have mine because my driver's license hasn't expired,
and so it takes a little bit longer to upgrade
your driver's license to a real ID. And so I

(02:20):
figured my passport's already expired, I might as well get
that taken care of. I paid for the to speed
it up process, so I should be getting that sometime
next month. Man, the amount of weight I've gained from

(02:41):
my old passport to my new passport photo is it's
pretty h It's expectable I mean I took that when
I was probably seventeen, I want to say, and I
am forty three going on forty four this year, so yeah,
I mean one marriage, one kid, and a lot of

(03:04):
leftover chicken nuggets. We'll do that to you. So this
is forty three kids. I hope you're looking. But today
I want to talk about I want to go back
to New England because New England has lots and lots
of history, if you guys don't already know. Also shout
out to Germany to all the listeners in Germany who

(03:28):
are now the number two country listening to this podcast.
So thank you. Thank you all of those in Germany,
especially in inner Berlin is where most of the people
are listening to. So United States, Germany, Canada. Shout outs
to those three. Please keep listening, please keep spreading the word.

(03:50):
No tariffs on these episodes, So thank you very much.
But I'm going back into it. We are going back
to New England, where where I live right now, the
New England and funny thing is about New England. If
you guys are listening internationally or are listening in England,

(04:13):
we have a lot of cities named after cities in England, Chelsea, Manchester,
we have two Manchesters, New London, but Ipswich. But all
of the fancy cities in England, Manchester, Chelsea, those places

(04:34):
complete garbage. Here in New England, complete trash. Manchester, New
Hampshire is just god awful garbage everywhere, human garbage everywhere.
And yeah, I love my town, I love my state,
but we're still moving. Anyways, let's talk about New England

(04:56):
some more. We're going to talk about the forgotten Revolutionary
so basically things that happened that weren't really talked about much.
These are more of side quests to the Revolutionary War.
The Revolutionary War was going on, things were happening, but
these were just side things that were happening along with

(05:18):
the big war itself. And I just wanted to talk
about that because they were close to home and not
too many people know about them unless you were in
New England. So first story we're going to talk about
is the Pine Tree Riot in seventeen seventy two. For
decades before the Revolution, the British Navy needed massive white

(05:39):
pines from New England to build their ship mass. The
Mass Tree Law in seventeen twenty two declared that any
white pine over twelve inches in diameter belonged to the Crown.
This later expanded to include all trees over twenty four inches,
regardless of who owned the land. The law was deeply unpopular,
but the British relied on New England to maintain naval dominance.

(06:03):
If you guys don't know about the British Navy back then,
they were. They were the superpower. They were the nuclear weapons.
They were. They were pretty much the bullet Club if
you are a wrestler wrestling fan. They were everywhere and
there was a time when that slogan was, you know,

(06:24):
the sun never set on the British Empire, and that's
because they ruled most of the world, and so a
lot of their timber for their ship mass came from
New England. By the seventeen seventies, many local sawmill operators
simply ignored the law, cutting and selling timber without a
permit in night, I'm sorry. In seventeen seventy one, a

(06:46):
British surveyor named John Sherborne cracked down finding multiple saw mills,
including those in where New Hampshire. Rather than pay the fines,
a group of men from where hatched a plan. On
the night of April thirteenth, seventeen seventy to twenty to
thirty men, many disguised in soot and wearing blackened faces
because you know that was acceptable back in the day,

(07:09):
marched to Sheriff Benjamin whitings In. They dragged him out
of bed, beat him with tree branches and ran him
out of town. When Deputy Sheriff John Quigley tried to intervene,
he got the same treatment. The riders then forced both
men to sign a document swearing that they would never
enforce the pine tree law again. So the aftermath of

(07:31):
that four of the riders were later arrested and find
a small amount, just one shilling each, the light punishment
embold in New Englanders, providing that British authority, proving that
British authority could be defied without little consequence. Some historians
considered this one of the first acts of rebellion against
British rule, happening nearly two years before the Boston Tea

(07:55):
Party Number two, the first shot of the revolution Port
Smith Powder Raid seventeen seventy four. So the lead up
after the Boston Tea Party, the British cracked down on
Massachusetts with the cop This is Gonna Be Hard Corceive
Act in seventeen seventy four, which caused panic throughout New England.

(08:18):
Many feared that the British would soon seize colonial gunpowder
to prevent rebellion. For those of you who don't know
about the British and the Boston Tea Party, it's basically
Americans not happy with tariffs. Yeah, okay, back to it.
In December of seventeen seventy four, Paul Revere made a

(08:41):
secret ride not to Lackington, but to Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
warning the warning that British ships were on their way
to Fort William and Mary, where the colony's largest store
of gunpowder was kept. On December fourteenth, over four hundred
New Hampshire patriots stormed the fort. The British garrison had
just six men, though they fired many cannons once were

(09:05):
quickly overwhelmed, and the rebels seats one hundred barrels of gunpowder,
muskets and cannon. So why did this matter? Some of
the stolen gunpowder was laser geez. Laser was later used
at the Battle of Monker Hill in June of seventeen
seventy five. This was one of the first organized military
actions of the Revolution, happening four months before Letington and

(09:28):
conquered Tea. Time. Speaking of tea, this is delicious green tea.
Kobocha slight hint of licorice all right. Number three Rhode
Island's Black Regiment, the first African American fighting unit. Rhode
Island had a complicated relationship with slavery. While it passed

(09:52):
the first anti slavery law in seventeen seventy four, the
law had major loopholes, and Rhode Island remained a center
of Transatlanta slave trade. In seventeen seventy eight, the Rhode
Island Assembly passed a law allowing enslaved men to fight
for their freedom. The owners would be compensated and the

(10:12):
soldiers would be freed upon enlistment. The resulting unit, the
first Rhode Island Regiment, became the first African American regiment
in the Continental Army. On August twenty ninth, seventeen seventy eight,
the regiment faced an elite Hassian force German mercenaries fighting
for the British hi Germany. Despite being outnumbered, they held

(10:36):
the line for over an hour, allowing American forces to
retreat safely. Their bravery earned praise and they became one
of the most respected units in the army. Color didn't
really matter back then. You just weren't allowed to fight
in a mixed regiment. Weird how that is? Huh oh yeah, yeah, sure,

(10:56):
sure you can fight over there. No no, no, no, no,
too close to close to close over there? Ah yes, yes,
said same side. So Unfortunately, despite promises of freedom inequality,
many black veterans of the regiment were forced back into
servitude after the war due to racist politics. This one

(11:21):
is probably one of my favorite ones. The next one
here Sybil Lootington's Midnight Ride a Forgotten Hero. Shout out
to Sybil Lootington and the Loutington family. On April twenty sixth,
seventeen seventy seven, British troops launched a raid on Danbury, Connecticut,
a key supply depot for the Continental Army. General Washington's

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forces were spread out and the Connecticut Militia needed reinforcements fast.
Colonel Henry Loutington, commander of the New York Militia, needed
to rally his men. His sixteen year old daughter, Sybil
Lootington volunteered to ride forty miles through the enemy territory,
warning militias and gathering troops. So why was this more
dangerous than Paul Revere's ride? Well, first of all, double

(12:08):
the distance she did forty miles versus Revere's twenty miles.
She did it completely alone. Revere had friends, homies, rough Ratis.
She rode through hostile territories where British soldiers and loyalists
were everywhere, and she fought of highwaymen with a stick.
So what was the impact of this? Well, first of all,

(12:30):
I know who Sybil Loutington is. But thanks to Sybil's warning,
four hundred men mobilized, but they were too late to
save Danbury. However, they later attacked and drove out the
British at the Battle of Ridgefield April twenty seventh, seventeen
seventy seven. Unlike Paul Revere, Sybil never got the same
historical recognitions despite her tearing ride. So again, shout outs

(12:53):
to Sybil Loutington. Ah tee. Next one, Benedict arm a
hero before he was betrayed, or before he betrayed, So
Arnold's contribution before he switched sides seventeen seventy five, he
captured Fort Taykonderoga again. In seventeen seventy five, he led

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the march through the main wilderness to attack Quebec. Seventeen
seventy seven, he defeated the British at Saratoga, one of
the biggest American victories in the war. By the way.
At Saratoga, Arnold was badly wounded, but led the charge
that helped turn the tide in battle. Many believed without
him the Americans might have lost. So why did Benedict

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Arnold betrayed despite doing all these great things and being
labeled a hero at the time. Well, he was constantly
overlooked for promotions. He felt unappreciated despite his sacrifices. He
was married into a loyalist family, so I mean the
in laws were kind of like, oh did Arnold? Maybe?

(13:59):
Why am I doing Irish accent? Oh Dad, Arnold, don't
see that's bad again? Oh yeah, Hanold, there you go,
as I bet you Hipossibly, why is that Australian Now
I can't do a British accent? Oh god, it's late. Anyways,
he was also offered twenty thousand pounds, which is about
five millions in five million dollars in today's money by

(14:23):
the British. So I mean you're kind of like, hey,
you know, I've been doing all these great deeds. I
helped win a major victory, in fact, the major victory
at the time. How's about the little little pay raise?
And they're like nah. And so he's married to a

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well off British family and Britain's like, hey, how would
you like twenty thousand pounds and ben and Arnold's looking
at that money, He's looking at the United States, he's
looking at that money. He's looking at what I believe
is a fine ass wife. She's got all her teeth.

(15:10):
And he's like, right, I'm doing Australian again. For those
of you in Australia, I apologize, all five of you
who are listening in Australia, I apologize, right, Yeah, dude,
I can't do I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I can't
do an English accent right now. Wow, all the top

(15:32):
gear I've been watching and I can't do an English
accent right now. Okay, So my Benedict Arnold is Australian,
all right, that's just it. He's played by Mel Gibson
mad Max mel Gibson, the not the Hollywood mal Gipson.
He's got a really thick Australian accent and he's just
right a betray America. Here you go, you know what
I've just accepted as is. So when his trees was

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discovered in seventeen eighty, he fled to the British, becoming
one of America's most hated figures. Number six. The ghost Army.
Some of you have heard about this. Actually this is
a tactic that Genghis Khan used to use a lot
psychological psychological warfare. And my hat just fell that or

(16:20):
this place is haunted one of the other. But the
ghost Army of George Washington. So Washington wasn't just a
military commander. He was a master of psychological warfare. He
would have fake encampments, built fires and tends to make
the army seem larger. He would send false letters leaked
to the British, and misinformation was spread by double agents.

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His biggest success was the siege of Georktown in seventeen
eighty one, where Washington tricked the British into thinking he
was going to attack New York. Instead, he marched to
Yorktown trapping Cornwallis, General Cornwallis, and the deception played a
crucial role enforcing the Britain's surrender. The Briton's surrender. Man,

(17:06):
I am awful today. I apologize to all the three
people who are still listening. I mean, I've completely just
angered all of Australia. Probably gonna have a kangaroo and
my door punching me in the face when I opened
the door tomorrow, all right. And the main event of

(17:27):
tonight's show is the Penobscott Expedition in seventeen seventy nine,
the worst naval disaster before par Harbor. So let's talk
about strategic contexts and the British plan. In seventeen seventy nine,
the American Revolution was in full swing. The war had
shifted focus to the southern colonies, but the British still

(17:48):
wanted to maintain control of key northern territories. So why
was the Penascott Bay important? Pen Scott Bay in Maine,
by the way, it was rich and timber vital to
the Royal Navy. We already talked about how how important
timber New English, New English, New England's timber is to

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the British. It was a perfect location for the British
naval base. It was meant to be the center of
new loyalist colony known as New Ireland, ensuing British influence
remained in the region even if America gained independence. In
June seventeen seventy nine, General Francis McLean and seven hundred

(18:32):
British troops, royal marines and loyalists landed on Hmm, I
spelled this up. I'd never learned how to pronounce it?
Magic big? What? What deuce? Okay? Magic big? What? Okay?
Where's my phone? We're gonna learn how to how to
say this properly. All right, hold on, I need to talk,

(18:55):
so there's no dead air. But it's m A ja
b I g e w A d o d u
ce pronounced that. How do you pronounce that? Give me
a thingy magic big? What deuce? Is what it's saying

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modern day Castine, Maine, and began building Fort George. The Americans,
realizing this was a series right rush to launch an
attack before the British could finish their fortifications. So what
was the American's plan in this well one? The expedition
was rushed and poorly planned. The Massachusetts government, fearing a

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British foothold, organized a joint naval Atlanta assault, one of
the largest of the war itself. The American leadership was
Naval Commander Commodore Dudley salt Stall sultan Stall sorry, he
had nineteen warships and twenty four transports. The land commander

(20:08):
was Brigadier General Solomon Lovell. He had a thousand militia,
a thousand continents of troops and marines, and the artillery
commander was a fellow known as Paul Revere. He was
in charge of heavy cannons, but he was slow to
deploy them. So the biggest issue was that the army

(20:29):
and navy commanders didn't trust each other. Sultan Stall was
hesitant and overly cautious, while Lovell lacked the experience to
command a full scale siege. The British, meanwhile, had only
three small warships and seven hundred troops, but they were
well entrenched and had time to fortify their positions because
the Americans couldn't agree on how they wanted to attack

(20:52):
by land or by sea. Wasn't quite sure yet. Meanwhile,
the British are sitting over there, going OI, what are
they doing over there on that beach. Apparently I've gotten English,
but it's a Jordy accent. So just beer oi all
are those Americans doing that? Ah? Now I'm back to Australia.

(21:15):
Then I'm just gonna stop. I'm gonna stop it. I
was doing good too, so July high twenty five, seventeen
seventy nine, the Americans arrived. The American fleet arrived off
of that magic big wduce. I think that's it, magic

(21:35):
big wodouce. Yeah, that's it, a magic big wduce. Surprising
the British. They landed British Oh my goodness. They landed
troops unopposed on the western shore level established seas lions,
but Saltonstall refused to attack the British fleet, despite having
a much stronger naval force. This delay allowed General McLean

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to strengthen for Georgie's defenses, turning what could have been
an easy victory to a drawn out disaster. July twenty eighth,
Lovel's forces attacked the outer defenses, but were repelled by
British defenders. The Americans lacked siege artillery, so they couldn't
break through. Paul Revere was slow setting up his cannons,
delaying the siege further. The lack of coordination between the

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land and naval forces gave the British even more time
to reinforce. Oi are they.

Speaker 2 (22:26):
Attacking from land? Only another one attacking from the lake, See, sir,
the sea not a lake. Well, which one's coming first?

Speaker 1 (22:40):
Oh? I don't know. Yeah, let's just build up defenses
and see what happens. I'm down to two listeners. Now,
I bet I'm really bad at this. I should record
this in the morning when I am fully awake. And yeah.
August tenth, the final American attack. Lovell finally launched a

(23:03):
direct assault on the fort, but it failed. The British
defenses held strong the Americans suffered heavy casualties. Instead of
pressing the attack, Sultan Stall still refused to engage the
British ships. Remember the British only had three ships. And
let's go back in the notes here. Sultenstall had nineteen

(23:27):
warships British three three to nineteen. But again, the British
were strong and they were well trained. Lovell now realized
that without naval support, the siege was doomed. He asked
Sultan Stall for an all out naval attack, but Sultenstall
again refused. So why was he even there? First of all,

(23:49):
I'm reading this, I'm getting angry. This indecision sealed the
fate of the expedition. August thirteenth, British enforcements or reinforcements arrived.
Sir George Collier arrived from New York with ten British warships.
The American fleet was trapped between Fort George and the
incoming British fleet. So instead of fighting, Saltonstall panicked in

(24:11):
order to retreat. So Saltonstall was just there. He was
He was just a figure with a lot to lose,
and he probably panicked because again he's fighting the British.
You know, they were the superpowers. They were Goliath, and

(24:35):
he had a bunch of David's. But three Goliaths to
a bunch of Davids could still do some damage. And
so he just he was just there. And then he
finally ordered a retreat. On August fourteenth, the Americans fleet
fled up the Penascopa River. The British warships pursued and
destroyed every American vessel. The entire American fleet was either sunk, captured,

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or burned by its own crew. The land forces did escape.
With the ships gone, these soldiers had to flee through
thirty miles of wilderness because this is Maine, and if
you guys have never been to Maine, it's still a
wilderness up there. I mean, once you get past I
want to say Oakland, Maine, it just becomes numbers. So

(25:22):
you know, one main, two main, things like that. I'm joking,
of course, but it might be true. Who knows. No
one really knows much about Maine Inner Maine. There's outer
Main and inner Main. You don't go to Inner Main.
Many men died from starvasion, starvasion, oh, starvation, you know what, starvasion,

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exhaustion and enemy attacks. The survivors barely made it back
to Boston, humiliated and broken. So what happened to our
three heroes? Well, I tuck about the British first. The
British held Fort George until seventeen eighty four after the

(26:08):
war ended. However, they abandoned their New Ireland project after
the war as well, because you know, why stay here
if we're not going to have any backup after that.
I mean, they've already won their independence, they're going to
try to come take us. So I get why they
didn't stay. I wouldn't mind living New Ireland though, I

(26:29):
mean I well, technically I do live in New Ireland
because I live in Dairry, New Hampshire, and right across
the highway is Londonderry, New Hampshire, which if you go
to Ireland, Dairy separated by a bridge to New London
or to Londonderry. And so Dairy, New Hampshire separated by
a bridge to Londonderry. Darry, Ireland separated by a bridge

(26:53):
to Lendonderry. So there you are. So the Americans. This
was one of the biggest American defeats of the war,
and it led to multiple multiple court martials. Dudley Saltonstall.
Remember that guy, the naval commander. Well, he was blamed
for the failure to engage the British fleet. I mean,
come on. He was court martialed and dismissed from the Navy.

(27:15):
His reputation never recovered after that. Paul Revere, that guy
was accused of insubordination and negligence. He was court martialed
but later acquitted. His reputation took a hit, but he
later redeemed himself by doing some ride rode a horse
yelled at a bunch of people. General Slomon Lowell level,

(27:37):
the land commander. Well he has gets blamed. He did
most of the work. So but after that he kind
of faded into obscurity. He wasn't really talked about much.
And this was actually the last time you heard of
him in the entire Revolutionary War. Massachusetts, which funded the expedition,
well it went bankrupt. Massa jestus bankrupt itself trying to

(27:59):
pay for the DISA and never fully financially recovered during
that war. So yeah, it took a little bit for
them to come up, which is why. And I'm lying,
of course, but again I could be telling the truth,
which is why Massachusetts is so expensive now. And they
tax the heck out. I have everybody who lives there.

(28:21):
They tax you for the roads, called an excise tax,
so they can fix the roads. But I live in
New Hampshire. We don't have an excise tax, we don't
have a road tax. And you know what, our roads
are better than Massachusetts. I'm just saying. I'm not saying,
I'm just saying, So what lessons did the Americans learn? Well,

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poor coordinations kills an army, the naval and landforces did
not work together, leading to delays and missed opportunities. Saltonstall's
fear of engaging the British fleet was the key reason
the expedition failed. The Americans assumed they would easily take
for George, but the British were better prepared. If Theragans
had attacked quickly, they likely would have won before the

(29:04):
British could have reinforced themselves. The Penescop Expedition remains a
cautionary tale of military failure. This was the largest American
naval disaster until Pearl Harbor, which was one hundred and
sixty two years later. So yeah, don't ever say records

(29:24):
can't be broken, because they can. You just gotta wait
a very long time. It was one of the biggest
blenders of the American Revolution and a case study on
how poor leadership and indecision can ruin a campaign. Hmm,
no no no, I no, no, no, no no. You're
not going to go there. Nope, nope, nope, nope, not

(29:49):
going there. Had the Americans succeeded, they might have pushed
the British out of Main completely, but instead they suffer
a humiliating defeat. So what is if the Americans had
actually won that New England would have been better protected,
the war effort might have received a morale boost, and
the British would have lost their chances to establish New Ireland.

(30:11):
I mean, they gave up on it anyway, so it
didn't really matter. Instead, De Pens got the expedition became
a disaster that haunted the American military for years until
nineteen sixty you know, one hundred and sixty two years later,
December seventh. So yeah, that is the end of that.

(30:32):
And again I apologize to everybody who had to go
through that, not the people in the war, to you
who are listening. I really can't nail a British accent
on demand. That is fascinating. I'm gonna have to do
something about that. I'm gonna have to watch Harry Potter

(30:52):
before I do another one of those. Anyways, I appreciate
everyone listening and good times. Good times. Oh so next week, well,
I mean, happy Easter everybody. But next week Alex is
on the week after the week after Alex is on

(31:18):
spring break, so I'm I will have to pre record
some episodes, but I got a few notes to go through.
But I think I'm gonna go with the Delaware episode.
So so the reason for the Delaware episode is if
you ever watch Waynesbrold when they're you know, oh Delaware

(31:39):
and then they couldn't find any cool things to say
about the state of Delaware. That that led to a
funny story in which Mary and I were before Alex
was born, we were thinking about just traveling more. And
you know, we've been to New York, we've been to Colorado,
we've been to North Carolina several times, and we just

(32:03):
I have family in Delaware. Shout outs to my family
in Delaware, and we're like, oh, what is there to
do in Delaware? And so we went on YouTube and
we couldn't find any video that was longer than like
five minutes on things to do in Delaware. I think
there's like a swimming hole and the mall, the Christinia Mall,

(32:25):
which I've been to several times. And that was it.
So all right, you know, not to be defeated, we
decided to go to Barnes and Noble and look up
traveling books, like you know, they have like Lonely Planet
and like there's there's Boston Travel Guides, There's you know,
there's there's Western New York, Rochester, Buffalo shout outs to

(32:49):
Rochester and Buffalo, Syracuse, and so, you know, we said,
why don't why don't we find a travel guide on Delaware.
Couldn't find one. Couldn't find a single travel guide on Delaware.
And so I'm like, all right, this, this is ridiculous.
There has to be something. So we looked on Amazon

(33:10):
travel guides to Delaware on Amazon none none, whatsoever, and
so I kind of just forgot about that. And then
as I'm doing these these New Hampshire notes, I'm like, yeah, Delaware,
Like what is there to do in Delaware? And so

(33:30):
I started googling and Wikipedia as much as I could.
I went on read it and I started asking people,
what have you guys done in Delaware? What is Delaware
known for? Aside from you know, Joe Flacco and Joe
Biden and being the first state. What else is there
in Delaware? And so I got some notes, cobbled together

(33:54):
some comments, and so I managed to put together an episode.
And yeah, so that is going to be the Alex
spring Break episode. So hopefully you guys like it. If not,
you can just skip it because it is Delaware and

(34:16):
there really isn't much to do. There isn't It's probably
going to be a very short episode. Oh. I will
say one of my core memories of Delaware is the
Christinia Mall and it involves Juvenile, the singer, the rapper Juvenile.
I'll talk about that in the episode itself. And why

(34:39):
I have a a small piece of myself to Iran.
Not that I'm loyal to Iran. I'm just saying there's
this little there's a little little for Iran because of Juvenile,
and I'll talk about that next time. So I again,
I appreciate you guys, a for listening. Shout outs to

(35:02):
the United States, followed by Germany, followed by Canada the
top three listeners, and I appreciate you guys. And apologies
to Australia. I probably lost those listeners or I gained
some more. I don't know, maybe please, and I probably
lost most of the English listeners again England, I'm sorry. Sorry.

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I'll try better, I'll do better, I'll do gooder, I'll
be best. So thanks for listening, everybody. I appreciate you all.
And Alex, why aren't you in bed? Okay, I'll talk
to you later. Guys, Thank you for listening. And as
always young, Bye,