"You may fire when ready, Gridley"

The Philippine Resistance and US Government both declare war on Spain and prepare the death blow for the centuries-old empire. David Fagen enlists in the army to escape Jim Crow while Emilio Aguinaldo consolidates his power and builds a Philipine government in his image. Anna Benjamin and Theodore Roosevelt head south for the coming Cuban invasion. Finally, a little known Admiral George Dewey steams into Manila for a pre-emptive strike against the European Armada.

Hosted, Written and Produced by Joseph Hawthorne

Cover Art from 1899 issue of Harper's Pictoral History by George Peters

Popular music from the time period includes covers below.

NOTE: I will add more background on these songs going forward. As I have learned, it’s a mistake to pick music after recording everything else

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (Prisoner's Hope) by George F. Root and sung by Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Amorous Goldfish (in “The Geisha”) by Sidney Jones

I’s Gwine Back to Dixie by Dave Macon

A Hot Time in the Old Town by Bessie Smith

Prepare for Battle by Ditzy (in Battleship Potemkin)

Uprising on the boat and the death of Vakulinchuck by Foucault V (in Battleship Potemkin)

Theoma Pianola playing Hot Time in the Old Time Tonight

Sources:

History of Philippines by Luis Franca

The Revolt of the Masses by Teodore Agoncillo

1898: The Birth of the American Century by David Traxel

Second Look at America by Emilio Aguinaldo

The Correspondents War by Charles H Brown

Vestiges of War edited by Luis Franca

Fagen: An African American Renegade in the Philippine American War by Michael Morey

In Our Image by Stanley Karnow

The President and the Assassin by Scott Miller

The Regulars by Edward M. Coffman

Republic or Empire by Daniel Schirmer

Black Americans and the White Man’s Burden by Willard Gatewood

The Philippine Resistance and US Government both declare war on Spain and prepare the death blow for the centuries-old empire. David Fagen enlists in the army to escape Jim Crow while Emilio Aguinaldo consolidates his power and builds a Philipine government in his image. Anna Benjamin and Theodore Roosevelt head south for the coming Cuban invasion. Finally, a little known Admiral George Dewey steams into Manila for a pre-emptive strike against the European Armada.

Hosted, Written and Produced by Joseph Hawthorne

Cover Art from 1899 issue of Harper’s Pictoral History by George Peters

Popular music from the time period includes covers below.

NOTE: I will add more background on these songs going forward. As I have learned, it’s a mistake to pick music after recording everything else

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (Prisoner’s Hope) by George F. Root and sung by Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Amorous Goldfish (in “The Geisha”) by Sidney Jones

I’s Gwine Back to Dixie by Dave Macon

A Hot Time in the Old Town by Bessie Smith

Prepare for Battle by Ditzy (in Battleship Potemkin)

Uprising on the boat and the death of Vakulinchuck by Foucault V (in Battleship Potemkin)

Theoma Pianola playing Hot Time in the Old Time Tonight

Sources:

History of Philippines by Luis Franca

The Revolt of the Masses by Teodore Agoncillo

1898: The Birth of the American Century by David Traxel

Second Look at America by Emilio Aguinaldo

The Correspondents War by Charles H Brown

Vestiges of War edited by Luis Franca

Fagen: An African American Renegade in the Philippine American War by Michael Morey

In Our Image by Stanley Karnow

The President and the Assassin by Scott Miller

The Regulars by Edward M. Coffman

Republic or Empire by Daniel Schirmer

Black Americans and the White Man’s Burden by Willard Gatewood