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May 28, 2023

4.21 - When It Rains

4.21 - When It Rains

Year(s) Discussed: 1812

In the aftermath of the surrender of Detroit, the Madison administration had to consider whether its strategy against Britain had already gone awry in the early days of the War of 1812. Meanwhile, in East Florida, the arrival of a new colonial governor boded ill for the Patriot cause. Sources used for this episode can be found at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com.

Special thanks to Tanner of Beyond the Breakers and Alex for providing the intro quotes for this episode! Special thanks to Christian of Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing work on this episode!

The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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Featured Image: "Siege of Detroit" [c. early 20th century], courtesy of Wikipedia

Intro and Outro Music: "Hull's Victory," as performed by David and Ginger Hildebrand, courtesy of the Colonial Music Institute at George Washington's Mount Vernon