54: The Best Opening Scenes in HTDS History

History That Doesn't Suck

ProfGregJackson

Education, History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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“Our top spot goes to …” This is the story of stories (yeah, super “meta”). You know regular HTDS episodes always start with a cold open. You probably have a favorite. So do we. Today, Greg and Cielle count down their top seven favorite openings, from George Washington’s loss at Fort Necessity to our current point in the Civil War. It’s a peek into the minds behind HTDS, a bit of nostalgia for long-time listeners, and the perfect HTDS introduction for the newly initiated. Enjoy, and Happy New Year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	History that doesn't suck is a bi-weekly podcast, Delirian Elite Gitt,
0:03.2	seriously researched hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories.
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0:13.8	please consider giving at patreon.com-forward-slash-history-that-doesn't-suck.
0:20.5	To keep up with HTTDS News, check us out on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
0:30.5	Welcome to History that doesn't suck. I'm your professor, Greg Jackson, and I'd like to tell you a story.
0:43.9	Or a few stories, as the case may be. Today I'm here with CL Salazar, my partner in crime.
0:49.2	Hey guys! And we are counting down the top seven openings in our subjective opinion that we've
0:56.1	ever done here on History that doesn't suck. Yeah, it's the top seven from our whole catalog because
1:01.0	top ten was already taken. Yeah, it's way too to cliche. So we're going to start with seven. We'll count
1:06.8	down to number one. In number seven, we decided that this would go to episode 36. The Mexican-American
1:13.7	War Part Four, Los Nímios Eros de St. Patrick's Battalion, and the Treaty of Guadalupe, Hilda
1:19.7	This is a fasting, often overlooked story from a really rather forgotten and overlooked war.
1:25.6	And this episode of mostly Irish, but larger European Catholic immigrants who joined the US Army
1:33.2	then defected the Mexican army. It explores a lot of issues about identity, faith, and really we
1:40.5	thought it was fantastic and hope you enjoy it. It's just after sunrise on the morning of September
1:46.4	9th, 1847, as armed guards marched 23 prisoners of war toward the Plaza de San Jacinto in San
1:54.1	Anhel, Mexico. It's a miserable sight. Dirt and grime from their final, valiant fight at the
2:00.8	Battle of Chorobusco three weeks back still cling to their torn blue uniforms and pale faces.
2:07.6	Struggling to maintain balance with their hands tightly bound, their feet slip as they walk on
2:12.8	cobblestone roads made slick by the morning's rain. Soon though, they see what their forced
2:18.6	marches about. Among the plazas, lovely trees and it's nearby rose-colored colonial church is a
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