The Battle of Athens

The Naked Apple

We're dealing with some illness this week so you get something we've recorded about a year ago but it went straight to YouTube instead of on podcast. Something to keep in mind, this was recorded BEFORE the elections of 2020. That being said, it is still a great story from American history that shows just how fragile our liberties can be, especially if there aren't strong men (and women) willing to take a stand and defend those liberties. If you haven't watched this before, or if you just want a refresher on the tale, enjoy, thanks for the support and we'll catch you all next week with a brand new episode.

The year is 1946. A lot of soldiers have returned to their homes from fighting overly controlling governments in Europe and the Pacific to find that in their town of Athens, the seat of McMinn County, Tennessee, has been taken over by corrupt politicians. The sheriff and his deputies are shaking down the citizens to squeeze any penny they can get out of them. They're all linked to a bigger political machine that potentially went all the way to the federal government. Join us on a journey through possibly the most well documented case of voter fraud, suppression and outright political crimes against citizens ever documented in the United States and how the returning GI's were able to turn the tables on the Crump political machine.

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"Boss" Crump - http://www.historic-memphis.com/biographies/boss-crump/boss-crump.html

American Heritage - Battle of Athens - https://www.americanheritage.com/battle-athens

War History - Battle of Athens - https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/battle-athens-group.html

BlazeTV Real History - Battle of Athens (TN) Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtrsk1HmOKU

Abbeville Institute Blog- Accounts of Officer Misconduct - https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/the-battle-of-athens-tennessee/

Byrum, C. Stephen. The Battle of Athens (Paidia Productions, 1987).

DeRose, Chris. The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the Revolution (St. Martin’s Press, 2020).

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