The Shirtless George Washington Statue Is Unveiled (1841)

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🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Come to our first ever live show! In Boston, on Friday, September 13th. Tickets are available now!

It's August 5th. This day in 1841, a new statue is unveiled in the Capitol rotunda, to commemorate the 100th birthday of George Washington. One notable element: he's shirtless.

Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss why the statue of Washington arrived bare-chested and, let's be honest, kinda ripped.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia.
0:07.0	My name is Jody Avergan.
0:10.0	Now before I do the usual this day intro, we have a special announcement. I want to put it right here at the very top of the show.
0:17.0	We are doing our first ever live show. It is September 13th of Friday in the great city of Boston and as a New Yorker those saying those words is really tough.
0:28.0	You had trouble getting them out.
0:30.0	Come north.
0:31.0	Come north.
0:32.0	Kelly, we're going up to your neck of the woods and we're doing a live show at the W-B-U-R
0:35.0	live event space radiotopia is helping us put it on.
0:38.0	It should be very fun right in your backyard.
0:40.0	Yeah, it's going to be fun.
0:41.0	It's going to be a quick trip for me to get up there.
0:43.3	And we have the coolest topic of all, October surprises.
0:47.2	I know it is hard to imagine the 2024 election having any unexpected twists and turns.
0:53.5	But traditionally something comes up in October
0:55.8	that turns the entire race around.
0:57.8	So please come join us September 13th
1:00.6	at the WBUR live event space.
1:02.6	There's a link to buy tickets, which are on sale now
1:05.2	in the show notes and on our website.
1:07.3	And then the final thing, most important thing,
1:09.4	it is Nicky's birthday.
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