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We're continuing with Part 2 of discussing the connections between the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), the Lost Cause, & Confederate monuments. In Part 2, we'll look at how the UDC used public education and history to further advance the Lost Cause narrative, and talk about the status of Confederate monuments and military bases today. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -No Common Ground by Karen L. Cox -Dixie’s Daughters by Karen L. CoxSlavery and Justifications for Southern Secession in Their Own Words: https://tinyurl.com/yuc6x856 -Trump EO about US History: https://tinyurl.com/mu2jvawv -Virginia Ends Tax Exemptions for Confederate Groups: https://tinyurl.com/45musasw -White contractors wouldn’t remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it: https://tinyurl.com/4n9enfht -Confederate statue will go back up in Arlington Cemetery:https://tinyurl.com/36jy2k32 - Pete Hegseth is skirting law by bringing back Confederatenames of army bases: https://tinyurl.com/yr76kbzh -SPLC’s map of all confederate named places: https://tinyurl.com/ym7cjmp2 -The Monuments Project: https://tinyurl.com/5re34pc4 -Elon University Poll – Confederate statues and monuments: https://tinyurl.com/mhy2htsn -Barbara Johns: https://tinyurl.com/5cf9h9af

If you’ve ever wondered why some people refer to the U.S. Civil War as the ‘war between the states’ or ‘Lost Cause’ or if you’ve ever wondered why there are so many Confederate statues all over the US, even in states that weren’t apart of it, or if you’ve wondered why some people say that slavery ‘wasn’t that bad’ and that most white families treated their slaves like extended family…. you’re in the right place. Surprisingly, there is one group that has been the most influential in pushing these narratives & monuments & it might not be who you think it is…This week we’re gonna be talking about the United Daughters of the Confederacy & the lasting impact they’ve had on US History & how the Confederacy is remembered. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES:-No Common Ground by Karen L. Cox -Dixie’s Daughters by Karen L. Cox -Monuments at the MOCA: https://tinyurl.com/8dpemh2w -Slavery and Justifications for Southern Secession in Their Own Words: https://tinyurl.com/yuc6x856

Last week we talked about influential women thinkers andwriters of the American Revolution, and this week we’re following it up with part 2 of influential women of the American Revolution. This week we’ll be talking about the women who got their hands dirty in the war…that’s right, we’re talking about the women fighters, spies, messengers, & protesters of the American Revolution! Let’s yap about it! CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -Edenton Tea Party: https://tinyurl.com/y87r8pha -Women of Edenton resolve to forego English tea, 1774: https://tinyurl.com/7rxddek9 -Esther de Berdt Reed: https://tinyurl.com/mvac5dhv -Molly Pitcher: https://tinyurl.com/4n52nn27 -Women of the Revolutionary War: https://tinyurl.com/mryn775a -Will the real molly pitcher please stand up? https://tinyurl.com/56fzx6me -Deborah Sampson: https://tinyurl.com/27ky4dwc& https://tinyurl.com/5acuz5xm -Sybil Ludington: https://tinyurl.com/mp8d67wk -Dicey Langston: https://tinyurl.com/2v3kjf86& https://tinyurl.com/y7tsmf35 -Agent 355: https://tinyurl.com/2kyx7zm2 -Nancy Hart: https://tinyurl.com/muct985u -Elizabeth Burgin: https://tinyurl.com/7njpb9ks

This week is part 1 of a 2 part series looking at some of the influential women of the American Revolution. This week’s episode will focus on the women thinkers and writers of this time who influenced society’s views on the Revolution and influenced many of the founding fathers. We’ll be talking about Catharine Macaulay-a very famous historian & political writer, Mercy Otis Warren-also a very famous political writer & poet, Phillis Wheatley-an enslaved woman who rose to fame through her poetry, which helped her secure her freedom, & Mary Katharine Goddard-whose name appears on the Declaration of Independence. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: - The Revolutionary Lives of Catharine Macaulay & Mercy Otis Warren from We The People podcast, Mar 19, 2026 -Hater of Kings: Catharine Macaulay’s Constitutional Regicide and the Declaration of Independence: https://tinyurl.com/65ubxkp3 -The duchess, her doctor and his electric bed: https://tinyurl.com/y4u3jetj -Thomas Jefferson’s Use of the Past: https://tinyurl.com/5ejsxn7y -Catharine Macaulay and Mercy Otis Warren: The Revolutionary Atlantic and the Politics of Gender by Kate Davies -Mercy Warren Otis: https://tinyurl.com/488jzwhb -Phillis Wheatley: https://tinyurl.com/yc5xtuvf -Phillis Wheatley: https://tinyurl.com/mvy87vc7 -Phillis Wheatley: https://tinyurl.com/4c9h5cfb -Phillis Wheatley: later life & death: https://tinyurl.com/457m2uuu -Precious Cargo: Phillis Wheatley’s Poems and the Boston Tea Party: https://www.masshist.org/object-of-the-month/objects/october-2023 -Mary Katharine Goddard: https://tinyurl.com/3cj2zukb

There was a lot of festivities & hullabaloo in the lead up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Dec of independence…but what if I told you that we were actually a little over a year too late in the celebrations? And that The first Declaration of Independence was actually signed on May 20, 1775 in Mecklenburg, NC. And not only are we celebrating on the wrong date, Thomas Jefferson plagiarized large portions of this first declaration in order to make his own!! This week we’re gonna talk about the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence or the MecDec, if you’re cool! Let’s get into it! CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -Who’s Your Founding Father by David Fleming -The “Scots-Irish” Race: https://tinyurl.com/2xfs49pr -The War of Sugar Creek: https://tinyurl.com/2x65zwa3 -Regulator War: https://tinyurl.com/ycvv8kf3 -The Mecklenburg Declaration- the controversy: https://tinyurl.com/bdcn4a3k -The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: https://tinyurl.com/582bzate -Why is Charlotte, NC nicknamed the ‘hornet’s nest?’: https://tinyurl.com/2utac3xw -Here's the wild story of the MecDec's anniversary ride from Charlotte to Philadelphia: https://tinyurl.com/23cdpak8

Most people know about Aaron Burr & his deadly duel with Hamilton, but I'm guessing you don't know about Burr's plot to create his own country. Yep! We're talking about the Burr Conspiracy & how he tried to enlist a small army to take over part of the Louisiana Purchase or Mexico to create his own country. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -Aaron Burr: https://tinyurl.com/33mpkv8h -The Burr Conspiracy: https://tinyurl.com/2ud6dhfn -Burr’s Conspiracy: https://tinyurl.com/2rc9u3wz -The Woman Who Dueled with Aaron Burr…and Won: https://tinyurl.com/2pjvd4st - Aaron Burr’s trial and the Constitution’s treason clause: https://tinyurl.com/wa4f7bxv -The disappearance of Theodosia Burr:  https://tinyurl.com/vnwn8bm4 -The Grave of the Female Stranger: https://tinyurl.com/4w2dskut

This week we're talking about the only successful coup to happen on US soil...that's right, we'll be discussing the coup of Wilmington's (NC) city government. In this episode we'll cover who was behind the coup, why they did it, and the lasting effects it had on the city. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -PBS Experience doc: American Coup: https://tinyurl.com/y2ym6752 -America’s Only Successful Coup d’Etat Overthrew a Biracial Government in 1898: https://tinyurl.com/5dduz2n8 -Wilmington, 1898: The Unsuppressed History of a Massacre: https://tinyurl.com/2efcz7rm -1898 Wilmington Coup: https://tinyurl.com/4xn6484h -White supremacists took over a city – now NC is doing more to remember the deadly attack: https://tinyurl.com/3szj7eks - Reparations advised for 1898 riot in Wilmington: https://tinyurl.com/4nh9bjtw

What do Thomas Jefferson, a moose, and French naturalistshave to do with each other? Well, it involves the term American Degeneracy, a popular theory in the 1700s, popularized by French natural scientists, that basically said everything in the Americas or New World were smaller in size & lesser in intelligence. And boy did Jefferson have beef with thosescientists & he made it his mission to prove them wrong! And one of the ways he did that? By sending a moose carcass over to France for the scientists to see how big a New World animal could be. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -Jefferson's Moose and the Case against American Degeneracy:https://tinyurl.com/3799s673 -Jefferson & the Theory of Degeneracy: https://tinyurl.com/3992j245 -Thomas Jefferson and the Mastodon: https://tinyurl.com/yw5fppe3 -Jefferson, Buffon & the Moose: https://tinyurl.com/4nep4887 -Thomas Jefferson Needs a Dead Moose Right Now to Defend America:https://tinyurl.com/48ccnb86

This week we're talking about a group of Irish immigrants, called the St. Patrick's Battalion or Battalón de San Patricios, in the US army who switched sides to fight with Mexico during the Mexican-American War. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -One Man’s Hero (1999): movie -Saol John Riley (2010/11): Irish-language documentary, https://tinyurl.com/4kjkpcpk -The San Patricios deserted the U.S. Army to fight forMexico. To this day, their legacy lives on: https://tinyurl.com/mryxm3s6 -The San Patricio Brigade: https://tinyurl.com/yc6ys3s2 -The Mexican American War: https://tinyurl.com/2j6apv9m -Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: https://tinyurl.com/3xb5htbp -Mariachi San Patricio: https://tinyurl.com/yvua82vs -land loss in trying times: https://tinyurl.com/4v34rp2j -Mexican Americans: https://tinyurl.com/256t2ypz -cinco patricio’s tequila: https://tinyurl.com/4pbzn2cs - The San Patricios: the Irish Heroes of Mexico: https://tinyurl.com/2rkedhns -The Chieftans, march to the battle (w/ Liam Neeson): https://tinyurl.com/44eherzw

This week we're talking about the rise of nativism, anti immigration, & anti-Catholic sentiments during the mid to late 1800s in the U.S. This time period saw a lot of immigration, mostly of Irish Catholics, and the fear of 'native' Americans began to take off. Join me as we discuss what was going on during this time, what the Know Nothings did, and how we can draw parallels to the anti-immigration movement we're seeing today in the U.S. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/3duvvnmp⁠ -Lincoln on the Know Nothing Party: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/4shd4urk⁠ -How the Irish became white: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/2st9sjws⁠ -What was the Know Nothing Party?: https://tinyurl.com/2t8cu8vs⁠ -BKBB Philly Source Set: 1844 Bible Riots: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/4bmhmw79⁠ -The Nativist Riots of 1844: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/2hn6fspu⁠ -The Online Right’s Favorite Nativist Slogan Is Gaining Traction in the Real World: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/bd5ns3tw

Happy belated St. Patrick’s Day! This week we’re heading overto Ireland to talk about the origins of the word boycott. We’ll be discussing other Irish & Irish-American stories for the rest of the month, & I hope to see you there!  CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -The English land agent who inspired the "boycott"in 19th-century Ireland: https://tinyurl.com/5ffkwthu -the land league: https://tinyurl.com/mptzkar6 -The Irish Land War Seen Through Rare Photographs, 1880-1900: https://tinyurl.com/3b4nwmdt -The Land League: https://tinyurl.com/55vdykrd -Boycotting captain boycott: https://tinyurl.com/mw8b7zv

This week is part 2 of topics related to the novel, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, by Stephen Graham Jones. We'll be talking about the Bear Creek or Marias Massacre that occurred in January of 1870 in Montana, in which a Blackfeet camp (that had been suffering from a smallpox outbreak & that had most of their able-bodied men out on a hunt) was brutally attacked by the US army. Over 200 people were killed, mostly the elderly, women, and children. It was one of the worst massacres of indigenous peoples by the US government, but one of the least known. We'll discuss the what had led up to this event & the aftermath. We'll also talk about some tangentially related current events, like the plaque being removed from Gus Doane's sculpture explaining how he was involved in the Marias Massacre. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -Thumbnail photo: Glenbow Museum and Archives, Alberta, Canada NA-1463-4 -The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - The Piikuni and the U.S. Army’s Piegan Expedition:  https://tinyurl.com/e2wce834 -American Indian Wars: Timeline: https://tinyurl.com/ypt5c2ys -Life in the land: blackfeet nation-amskapi’piikani: https://tinyurl.com/34wxb6c3 -witnesses to carnage: https://www.dickshovel.com/parts2.html -After Trump order, Teton park removes sign about explorer who massacred Native Americans: https://tinyurl.com/3j64u28j -Save Our Signs project: https://tinyurl.com/46uwuve3 -Yellowstone’s Mount Doane name changes to First Peoples Mountain; Action taken to remove offensive name from America’s first national park: https://tinyurl.com/3xd3bd6j

This week we're talking about the history of the American Buffalo. I got into this topic after reading The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. The history of the American Buffalo is a both a story of tragedy and a story of hope. Once numbering between 20-30 million, there were only a few hundred left by the 1880s. They were hunted almost to extinction due to industrializational needs of their hides for leather, fashion, the expansion of the US and the railroad, and to remove the main source of sustenance and survival for the Great Plains Tribes. Through multiple organizations and individuals, the American Buffalo has made a comeback with tens of thousands back on the plains or on protected land. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter' is Stephen Graham Jones' horrormasterpiece: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330583/buffalo-hunter-hunter-review-stephen-graham-jones-horror -people & bison: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/bison/people.htm -OG Indian Removal Act 1st introduced in Congressas a bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/21st-congress/senate-bill/102/1830/02/22/text/UBTV1?s=4&r=102 - Indian Treaties and the Removal Act of 1830: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/indian-treaties -homestead act of 1862: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/homestead-act -buffalo & native americans: https://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/buffalo-and-native-americans - Study blames Europe for bison mass killings: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna20181774 -Buffalo slaughter left lasting impact on Indigenous peoples:https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/08/esc_bison_impact_24-08-2023/story.html - Being Buffalo Bill: Man, Myth & Media: https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/explore/buffalo-bill-man-myth-media/ -doc on TT about history of buffalo in US & conservationefforts: @parksdan or on YouTube @watchparkvibes -The American Buffalo, a film by Ken Burns: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-american-buffalo/#official-trailer

This week we're yappin' about a significant & influential figure in South Carolina & US history. He was one of the most prominent & famous people of his time, but I’m going to guess that you’ve never heard of him. He was the first Black captain in the US Navy in Dec 1863, having only escaped from slavery a year & a half prior. After the Civil War, he was one of the first Black South Carolina state legislators in 1868 & then was elected to the South Carolina Senate 1870. And then was Elected to represent South Carolina as a US congressman Nov 1874 & would end up serving 5 terms.His escape from enslavement was legendary in the North and led to the Confederates putting out a $2000 bounty on him, which would be around $64k today. Soooo…do you know who I’m talking about? Well, I’m proud of you for knowing your US history if you said Robert Smalls & if you didn’t know, it’ll be my pleasure to tell you about the incredible life of Robert Smalls.CONNECT:Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected]: -Be Free or Die by Cate Lineberry -The First Eight by Jim Clyburn -War Declared: states secede from the union! https://tinyurl.com/4s9jybta -bleeding Kansas: https://tinyurl.com/p7tw9dwk -History of Colored Troops: https://tinyurl.com/377x97pk -Robert Smalls: https://tinyurl.com/pm6rwxys -port royal experiment: https://tinyurl.com/4zt78xaz -Black leaders during reconstruction: https://tinyurl.com/mue4rur8 -Robert Smalls Legacy Foundation: https://tinyurl.com/3dd69mnf

This week we're talking about the history of the Dozier School for Boys located in Marianna, FL. It was open from 1900-2011 and was a place where abuse was rampant. Dozens of investigations and newspaper articles were written about the awful conditions there, but nothing was ever done. Survivors of the 'school' claimed there were many unmarked graves located on the campus and they were finally corroborated when an anthropology team from USF investigated the area from 2012-2016. They found 55 unmarked graves and were able to identify around 20 of boys buried there.I first learned about this story by reading the novel, The Reformatory, by Tananarive Due, who had a great-uncle who was (most likely) killed at the Dozier School. Her novel is a fictionalized version of the school, but incorporated many true elements of the school & the surrounding area during the 1950s. I also read We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys by Erin Kimmerle to learn about the USF investigation into the unmarked graves. CONNECT: Instagram: @yappinabouthistorypod TikTok: @yappinabouthistorypod Email me: [email protected] SOURCES: -The Reformatory, by Tananarive Due -We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys by Erin Kimmerle -A pioneer in Black horror fiction resurrects her uncle’s history: https://tinyurl.com/4jda2j45 - Remembering The Lynching Of Claude Neal: https://tinyurl.com/59b9duhs - Department of Justice Releases Investigative Findings on the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys and the Jackson Juvenile Offender Center in Florida: https://tinyurl.com/42uubdt6 - Hundreds apply for restitution for abuse suffered at Florida reform schools: https://tinyurl.com/46hj7nvm -Images of dozier from State Library & Archives of FL: https://tinyurl.com/y55jts83 - Dozens of Teens Who Spent Time at Abusive Florida Reform School Ended Up on Death Row: https://tinyurl.com/3n7ukm68 - Memorial dedicated at former Florida's Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys: https://tinyurl.com/ymrcxu5b -Nearly a thousand children died at Indian boarding schools funded by the U.S.: https://tinyurl.com/2vbec9ce -Photos: Dozier School for Boys Memorial: https://tinyurl.com/2cxaty7m