The Toronto Circus Riot of 1855

In 1855 Toronto, a fireman and a clown walked into a brothel. What followed would change the course of one of the world's great cities. The History Guy remembers the Toronto Circus Riot of 1855.
The episode is intended for educational purposes. All events are portrayed in historical context. No graphic depictions of violence are included.
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[@drweelz]

I just bought a home that was built in 1855 so I typed "Canada 1855" to see what Canada was like when my house was built and this excellent video was the first thing I clicked on.

[@canuckled]

This is the Canadian history we don't get in schools. Thanks for the video!

[@Gail1Marie]

If it's anything like America, the teacher would be promptly fired for mentioning the words "prostitute" or "brothel."

[@nancygoo3405]

My Mom is suffering from early dementia, your channel has kept her in engaged, she loves it! I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your interesting channel.

[@allanlank]

Absolutely FABULOUS. As a long term resident of Toronto and a descendant of ardent Orange Lodge members, I shook my head in total agreement to every word spoken. Toronto the Good, the town that fun forgot, until the Italians showed up with the wine.

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

I hope you watch Murdoch Mysteries!

[@user-bx3zz9cx3y]

“When a fireman and a clown walk into a brothel”... You have my attention sir. Another great video.

[@GreenJeep1998]

I saw the title "The Toronto Clown Riot of 1855" earlier today and though, "Well that'll be an interesting story, I'll have to watch that when I'm home from work." Then the story started with "When a fireman and a clown walk into a brothel".....Ok History Guy, got my attention. Never expected to have it end with "the entire Toronto police department was fired and started again from scratch" though.

[@gardensofthegods]

GreenJeep1998 Yep definitely sounds like it needs to be made into a miniseries so that the whole story can be told the way it happened. I asked him to do one and I hope he will do it because it's an obscure topic about when the American government tried to destroy families in the Appalachian region during the 1930s who were using pure gum Spirits turpentine to cure various diseases and ailments... they split up the families and even took the kids out of the school

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

I have to ask....what does your binary code user name mean? (...or is it random 1's and 0's?) You have me curious. 🤔

[@berrytharp1334]

One of the best Channels on KZbin. This guy nails it every single time.

[@Irobert1115HD]

i agree. the introduction sounded like a joke and the video sounds great. i also like every video if got to see of him because he realy has knowledge and or does research.

[@BELCAN57]

Proud to support THG.

[@stevengrotte2987]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ramairgto72]

This channel doesn't have any content

[@sharonmullins1957]

@@ramairgto72 Then why are you here? Don't watch it.

[@TheJmnewton]

I live in Toronto and never heard of this. Thanks for this episode and all of your episodes. Well, send in the clowns.

[@DandyLion662a]

Also from Toronto and this was news to me too. I've read about the oppressive influence of the Orange Order back in those days but never anything about the circus riot. And this all happened before Canada was even a country, which was still 12 years away.

[@dinascharnhorst6590]

Don't bother; they're here.

[@ExcalibursEdge]

It is still true that the winners write the history. That's why people from Toronto haven't heard of this because the Orange Order wrote it out of the history books.

[@nozecone]

@@ExcalibursEdge There's only so much room in the history books - you can't fit everything in.

[@juanvaldes1837]

I was going to ask this very question, thanks for answering

[@capnbobretired]

After the riot, all the clowns rode back to the circus in just one car. How many firefighters does it take to change a light bulb? Four. One to change the bulb and three to chop a hole in the roof.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

LOL

[@perfectstrangers4031]

capn🏆winner What happens on King St. stays on King St.🔥🚒☔🍌

[@ROTAXD]

capnbobretired TPD ?

[@stewartcampbell7794]

@@perfectstrangers4031 Spok'in Like a true TORONTO-TONTO / Mohawk Approved !

[@feurigerStern]

ROFL!

[@McRocket]

I lived for many years in Toronto...and have never even heard of this. Well done.

[@petermcguinness1718]

As a former history teacher, this incident and some others like it always sprang to mind when my students complained that Canadian History is “boring”; my chuckles totally mystified them

[@marklittle8805]

Peter McGuinness had I heard this story , it would have made me more interested

[@petermcguinness1718]

Mark Little you’d expect that to be the case; it seems reasonable. But it only worked for a few of them

[@Guillan80]

It’s the way this story was explained with this presentation that made it all that fun, I think more presentations like this would definitely get students attention.

[@Partizan-one]

You should make it into a school play.

[@tyson31415]

I was subjected to two weeks of Canadian History regarding how they changed the way farmland was laid out along the St. Lawrence. It was super fucking boring.

[@conradmcdougall3629]

I was born and raised in Toronto. This was the first I am hearing of this. Maybe the Toronto historians were just a little embarrassed

[@marklittle8805]

Conrad McDougall I was thinking this was a fun story but it doesn't fit the narrative we were always taught in Ontario education of ",Peace, Order and Good Government"

[@conradmcdougall3629]

@@marklittle8805 It surely doesn't fit the narrative. Brothels, fighting and booze fueled mayhem was not what we were taught

[@leerwesen]

Toronto the (not so) Good

[@firefightergoggie]

You haven't heard about it because it's not politically correct or culturally sensitive.

[@leerwesen]

@@firefightergoggie I learned about the racist fight against Jews in Christie Pitts, or the signs around the city saying "No Dogs or Jews Allowed" which is way worse.

[@Somesortadog]

The sheer amount of content you bring us is fantastic, as a newer (about a month old) viewer I'm still working through your immense library of videos, and yet I find new ones after having binged for a day or two. Absolutely enjoy it, serves as both a fantastic main screen watch, or just an audio listen when I'm working.

[@sameyers2670]

Seconded. Thank you History Guy.

[@ThisFinalHandle]

Eloquently put.

[@em1osmurf]

same here when i first started. every one of his vids has the red timeline under it. binge indeed!

[@ramairgto72]

This channel doesn't have any content

[@ebrown112]

@@ramairgto72 lol nice try

[@imallearsru]

I love this history lesson, I'm from Toronto, what a great presentation!!

[@joshyaks]

I'm a Toronto paramedic. The next time Cirque du Soleil comes to town, I'll have to find a clown to punch just for old time's sake!

[@JamesBTurner93]

@@sonomacalendar9949 What the heck dude? That's disgusting.

[@shawngilliland243]

@Josh Yaks - That's a hilarious idea!

[@Rif_Leman]

I laughed. :)

[@mike62mcmanus]

​@@anvilbrunner.2013 Maybe criminally insane is the joke....

[@laurogarza4953]

LOL, LMAO, lol, lol, cough, lol.

[@hunterglass1840]

Awesome video, I’m a Criminal Gang Expert and have lectured and consulted throughout the country for over 20 years. It still seems to floor people when I describe how rough and rowdy fireman where in the day. The fact that these men and some women were so violent that they were deliberately recruited by both the Union and the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Their territorial brawls over fires and flashy pumper wagons, fighting dogs and overall lifestyle is very reflective as street gangs and culture. I would very much like to collaborate with you in the future. There is so much great untold history out there.

[@thereforeayam]

Toronto firemen, though? or is that just USA

[@phodough7201]

love this story, as a canadian and a ontario resident this is all new to me, had a good laugh, and am smarter for it...thank you

[@jeffwalters8552]

They weren't "clowning" around! I'll show myself out...

[@warrenokuma7264]

That was no small feet.

[@dungeonfrek]

That got them all "fired"! Hey, wait up, I'll come out with ya.

[@RWBHere]

Was it flaming passion? Or just fooling? Bye! Where's the door key?

[@Sedonawhite]

Lol

[@terrywestbrook-lienert2296]

😂😂😂

[@bradenatkinson6401]

Great Channel! Keep up the good work! Regards from Canada

[@AngryHybridApe]

I heard about that riot at the circus, big fire and everything. They said the heat was in tents. 👀 (budump-kshhh)

[@rainydaylady6596]

😂🤣😂🤣🖖

[@babalon7778]

Wow, Toronto, I had no idea how incredibly interesting you are! I love telling my history obsessed housemate what I learn here, sometimes even he doesn't know this stuff.

[@MellowYellow.]

This is my new favorite KZbin channel! History, worth remembering! 👍🏻

[@turqoiseillinois9955]

Mine as well. I might start falling asleep to him instead of scary stories.

[@gardensofthegods]

Ed Stack He's the most professional and he doesn't have a stick.. he doesn't act goofy.. he's not all up in our faces and he doesn't have that ridiculous fast talk and quick editing... he's a real professional

[@gardensofthegods]

Turqoise Illinois I was listening to scary stories and had to stop because it was getting to be too creepy.. The Dogman Encounters Channel.. try episode 175 and then episode 77... it certainly sounds like those people are telling the truth and if not they are either the best Liars or deserve an Academy Award

[@Pfsif]

I thought you were going to say "and a hockey game broke out".

[@garfieldsmith332]

In Toronto you go to the fights and a hockey game breaks out.

[@randymarsh5088]

The firemen and police later settled their dispute with a good old hockey game

[@tenhirankei]

"and a parade broke out".

[@dolphincrescent54]

1. Mr. History Guy, let me say that you and many others on KZbin are teaching me more valuable AND entertaining information than anything school did. Bravo! 2. There HAS to be an opera, play, and/or film about this!

[@rodmact6548]

As a former Torontonian for 40 years, I loved this yarn about my favorite city. Thanks for the terrific post.

[@MokTheMagicMan1]

Another good one. “Donnybrook”, very Canadian phrase. Usually describing an Ice hockey brawl.

[@cme2cau]

Here in Australia, it's a rugby league or aussie rules brawl!

[@MokTheMagicMan1]

John Molloy that’s awesome!

[@sharonmullins1957]

Hockey brawls are the best 'donnybrooks' around!

[@MokTheMagicMan1]

Well we’ve commandeered it for hockey and rugby. A nod to the old country.

[@GreenJeep1998]

Believe it or not, Chevy had a color called Donnybrook Green, apparently it might have been a one year only color on the Corvette.

[@jabrilkey81]

(Grabs Popcorn) this is going to be good.

[@kennethjames4724]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. "A fireman and a clown walked into a brothel...." did bring a smile to this face.

[@ptaalman100]

Dear THG: One of the reasons I watch many of your episodes every day is because often, you include a Canadian connection ie; Soapy Smith and the role he played in the Klondike and of course, this particular episode. I was born not far from the areas you mentioned and in the 1980's drove by King and Jarvis regularly and often held the door open for Ladies of the night who dined at lunchtime in restaurants nearby. Canadian and American history are greatly intertwined, not that most people in Toronto or even Canada today would know that. But it is because of that fact that our country's are so intertwined that I identify as Canadian first and American second. Keep up the great work. I appreciate learning about history that deserves to be remembered.

[@knightowl3577]

Excellent as ever, I had been fooling myself that I knew quite a lot about history now I can't wait until the History Guy releases a new video that proves how little I do know.

[@paulc5333]

I grew up in Toronto and while I am well versed in it's history this is an interesting story I did not know about. Thanks for sharing.

[@mikearmstrong7830]

My great, great, great uncle was a blacksmith and was in charge of the fire truck. He had 4 beautiful matched horses to pull it. They were trained to form up in front of the truck when the fire bell rang so the harnessing could be quickly attached. The local undertaker was envious of the beautiful horses and would rent them for expensive funerals to pull the hearse. This worked well until the fire bell rang while they were on the way to the cemetery. Well trained horses are, by definition, well trained.

[@jefftonkinson7283]

This is so well written. It interspaces the juicy tidbits about fighting and brothels with the historical background and concludes with the long-standing consequences of the riot. Brilliant.

[@CallieMasters5000]

I love when destinations become so notorious that their name becomes synonymous for that genre. In past decades, Beirut was the worst of the worst, though later you would say Iraq or Kabul as an example of extreme violence and anarchy. Bedlam, Donnybrook, or even (in a more positive way) Mecca are examples. When you visit these places in person, you know you have made it to the place that literally wrote the book on that subject!

[@nikkitomas7935]

As soon as he said, "a fireman and a clown walked into a brothel" I knew it was going to be good 😄

[@dogstar7]

I had to stop after the intro. The shift at the end was brilliant. "A fireman and a clown stepped into a brothel..." Blackout Gag! Bravo!

[@davidj9712]

If there was a Hall of Fame for KZbin channels I nominate yours to be the very first. Hands down , the very best channel. You touch on all the human emotions which at times can be challenging to survive for this dedicated viewer. I sometimes wish my Grandfather was alive to be able to experience your narrations. Would there be any way for you to do a video or videos on all the different Hats, Caps, Helmets, Military Covers, that are a staple of your background? Thank you for everything you do by keeping History alive 5 to 10 minutes at a time.

[@jrt9]

Another smash video. These are so good. I love learning of little known facts and this is the best place to find them.

[@gardensofthegods]

jr* T Then maybe you will track down my comment to him and give it a thumbs up as I had asked him to do on on a very obscure topic what people need to know about it. Back in the 1930s the American government tried to destroy families in the Appalachian region who were using pure gum Spirits turpentine as a medicinal. They took the kids from their parents and even took them out of the schools

[@jrt9]

gardensofthegods I wouldn't know where to start. Don't you remember what video you commented on?

[@gardensofthegods]

jr* T I made the comment right here on this video about the fireman and clowns maybe 20 minutes before I commented to you . And I started off with THE HISTORY GUY... so that it would catch his eye and maybe he would read my suggestion. Also I had trouble tracking down your comment because I noticed if a person makes more than one comment in different places one of video it often will only take them back to their original comment when they try to reply to other people.. so I had to scroll down and start reading different comments to find yours again just to respond to you

[@exJacktar]

This episode had me laughing at times. Being of British heritage, the terms "stuffing" or "stuffed", have other, bawdier connotations which would fit nicely into the business plan, as it were, of a brothel. wink.wink. So hearing you say those clowns were getting stuffed in the brothel...made me think, "I just bet they were indeed". Another excellent story HG. You own KZbin, as far as I'm concerned, Good Sir.

[@suz0000]

Found your channel in a search for information on Orangemen in the 19th century in Canada. My father, who has been gone for over 20 years, told me a story about Orangemen on horses circling a church where his grandparents (or great-grandparents?) were trying to be married. He said they were protesting it. I believe he said the bride & groom were from Ireland & Scotland, one was Catholic, the other Protestant. I only have my memory for that little bit of information. This was informative.

[@mikejohnson5837]

This story was an absolute blast! One of my favorites so far lol. Many thanks to you History Guy for some out of the ordinary entertainment

[@stanpatterson5033]

Ironically, 163 years later, Toronto is still a complete 3-ring circus. And traffic is an absolute riot every single day :)

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Same circus, new clowns.

[@trevor5290]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Trudeau is the Ring Leader!!!

[@annoyed707]

@@trevor5290 Life must suck with that one note you've got.

[@trevor5290]

@@annoyed707 You should change your name to Triggered lol NPC

[@onepunch9203]

I'm 360 miles SSW of Toronto. Wanna trade National leaders?

[@originalotrex]

Well done!

[@chrisnicholl6078]

Absolutely excellent snippets of history!!!

[@jamesstumpf75]

Love all your short little snippets of history! I watch every day I can’t get enough!!

[@tedkier3264]

my grandfather would droll and gush on and on about fires. in teens in Washington,DC. firefighters saved your stuff from a burning fire only if you had a plaque out front of your home which meant..you'd pay a bounty if they saved your furniture!

[@LuvBorderCollies]

Our fire dept has never lost a basement....

[@XmarkedSpot]

You look great today, sir. That's all.

[@Keinlicht]

I've been watching for a while and just had to comment to complement you on the regularity and quality of these videos. These are the small bits of history that really give you a meaningful understanding of the way people lived and thought about things back in the day... Keep it up! you're amazing!

[@randalmontgomery4595]

Was born and have lived in Toronto most of my life and never heard of this. Fascinating!

[@brianjonker510]

This is beyond absolutely great. It is EPIC and very funny.

[@mslindqu]

thank you

[@GeorgeWMays]

It is obscene how much I like your videos...! Thank you so much.

[@MrLarryC11]

As an Ontarian I am ashamed to say that I had never heard this tale! Fantastic - Keep up the good work.

[@pizzafrenzyman]

And clowns have been frightening children ever since.

[@Michael500ca]

I love this channel. Could you please cover the Halifax Explosion?

[@Jamerton1]

Another amazing video. Thanks History Guy!

[@benjaminschapelhouman855]

You sir, are a man of excellence. Everyone of these short, entertaining snippets is thorough, thoughtful and almost always news too me.

[@nicholas5623]

I loved learning aboot this in school when I was younger. You did a far better job than my old teacher lol

[@doonsbury9656]

Apart from the History Guys presentation.....which can only be described as passionate!.......there is so much in every episode....not just the specific subject in question....but all the other little gems.......the meaning of "Donnybrook" explained.....all adds up to simply first class entertainment!

[@ralphcraig5816]

Just wonderful, as always, thanks a bunch...

[@chrisleach8009]

Thank you for your channel it’s not only entertaining but informative as well.

[@dalebergsma6297]

Awesome videos. Since I'm a Canadian, I would like to see more Canadian history. It's not taught a lot in our schools. We learn more about American history. Thanks again.

[@Erin-Thor]

Dale Pinheiro - If you will allow input from an American, that is a shame. Canada has a fascinating history, and there is good reason to study it! 😎

[@TheOwenMajor]

No we don't. You just don't pay attention in class.

[@magistrumartium]

I agree. We get US history from popular media, not so much from our school books.

[@marklittle8805]

We learn lots of Canadian history in Canadian class rooms, but we learn about the USA as well.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Not sure what school you went to, I learned a lot more about Canadian history then US. What little US history we did learn was always in the context of Canadian history (like the Loyalist moving to Upper Canada after the American Revolution or the War of 1812).

[@pikeman80]

Toronto The Good... One of the least accurate town nicknames ever.

[@bobgnarley1]

Fantastic as usual Sir, thank you.

[@ralphjohnson8973]

When a story features a fireman and a clown I guess you don't need a pirate.

[@ptaalman100]

A pirate would have been a good addition though...A fireman, a clown and a pirate enter a brothel...You just know that's going to be an interesting story. The only things missing were a Rabbi and a priest!

[@magistrumartium]

Fascinating. The whole police department was fired? That's impressive.

[@gsilcoful]

I love it!!

[@deniseeulert2503]

My goodness, this is just the second video of this channel I've seen. It is wonderful, I'm going to have to arrange a binge watch.

[@howegav]

The quality of your episodes is fantastic. Excellently researched & then delivered in a way that is entertaining, informative and respectful.

[@plhebel1]

Thank you sir , as always a wonderful story that is true . Jeez I enjoy most history I learn about. Quick question if you don't mind, I see that your office "set" does change from time to time. I have seen different framed photos come and go and possibly some of the military covers change around. I am only guessing that your field of study in history may have been armed conflicts between countries?, Wars? Land acquisition , Quest for discovery for king and crown? I would like to know and bet others here would also like to hear a bit of your history, Thank you for teaching that history is just as good as other entertainment out there for people to enjoy ,,,, If we don't remember our history we are doomed to repeat it, Correct?

[@rg6093]

Toronto hockey boys still talk of the birth of the Donny Brook. The St. Pats became the Maple Leafs because it sounded too Irish. Thanks for this!

[@barrylitchfield250]

Another great example of why you're so popular. You present unknown events in history in the most interesting way. Congratulations on another great history lesson, Aye?

[@piquat1]

One of the best ones yet. I love these little twists of history that end up having huge lasting effects on the future.

[@darrenkrivit6854]

You had me at " a clown & a fireman walk into a brothel 😂

[@hollywood5274]

The first round went to the clowns! Lol! Nice!😳😂👍👌

[@annoyed707]

It does give a new meaning to "Send in the clowns", doesn't it?

[@tracewilliams616]

Thank you sooo much for your wonderful historical stories! Well researched and presented...I learn something awesome with each!

[@ronlovitt165]

I love the historical photos, paintings and maps that illustrate your superb videos. Thank you.

[@allenatkins2263]

A fireman, a clown, and The History Guy walk into a brothel. This is going to be interesting.

[@erg0centric]

Ends with 'Toronto the Good' hahaha, Rob Ford

[@jaybee9269]

🚒 Everyone knows Firemen and Clowns don’t mix! 🤡 (Bunga Bunga!)

[@RWBHere]

Nicely told! Thank-you, The History Guy and The History Gal.

[@elizabethsohler2410]

And don't forget the cat! Of course cats are not everybody's cup of tea . If that's you please disregard this admonition. Just remember cats are people too!

[@paulhannan9739]

This is one of the best from the History Guy.

[@arshadmohamed6330]

Toronto is the 4th largest city in north america after Mexico City, New York City and Los Angeles.

[@matak99]

True, but that is only the city proper. If you include the greater metropolitan areas, many US cities become larger.

[@arshadmohamed6330]

@@matak99 that's because the GTA has a smaller squared kilometer range compared to its American counterparts. In terms of population density, Toronto is basically like New York, and we have the busiest highway in North America, the 401.

[@grumpymunchkin2959]

Born, raised, worked in Toronto most of my life. Who knew??

[@alijafar2996]

Nice to get know

[@alijafar2996]

Its really good to know this

[@johngrant5388]

This is one of the most interesting history stories I have heard in a long time. Thank you History Guy.

[@johncheresna]

One of the best stories I have ever heard. Someone has got to make a movie out of this. Love your channel.

[@gardensofthegods]

John Cheresna Yes I said the same thing or maybe even a miniseries which would give them ample time to go into more detail.. Could you please track down my comment I made it a history guy with a suggestion for something I wish he would make a video about as I feel it's very important and yet it is an obscure subject : It is when back in the 1930s the American government tried to destroy the families of the Appalachian region because they were using pure gum Spirits turpentine as a cure for almost all kinds of illness and disease.. They even separated children from their parents and took those kids out of the schools. This is when America first got involved with big Pharma and they felt very threatened by the pure gum Spirits turpentine culture... could you please give a thumbs-up and support my suggestion to him as I have supported yours ?

[@KlunkerRider]

A fireman and a clown walk into a bar, the bartender looks up and says "what is this some kind of joke?"

[@ptaalman100]

Love it!

[@Somesortadog]

When the video is 11 minutes long, but you have comments 4 minutes after posting.

[@tracycurtright2671]

They have a real fast internet connection

[@darrenkrivit6854]

I always smirk at that too, Gotta be first!!!

[@Survivor58]

I’ve always wondered about that. I’ll get an alert. New video. Open and lo and behold, views, many comments and I’m confused. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ytzpilot]

Wow impressed with how well you’ve got all these details

[@VoidHalo]

That was a great episode. I live about an hour from Toronto and I didn't know any of this. But I always love learning about the history of this area. To hear you discuss it was a wonderful treat.

[@TheJoeSwanon]

Sounds like the OAR song crazy game of poker “ looked over my shoulder and I saw a clown And I said what'cha doin' in the bar tonight ... He hit me across the face with a bat I grabbed my .45 and I said let's get out and go “ as a volunteer fireman I find this even more comical 😄

[@joeyjamison5772]

A fireman and a clown walk into a brothel in Toronto when the clown says: "Eh, where's the maple syrup?" The next thing you know, a hockey game broke out!

[@1962vid]

Another great video. Thanks.

[@UncleBooBoo]

Fascinating history, brilliantly told, as always.

[@Free_Krazy]

In Canada we do things a bit different.

[@joeyjamison5772]

Canada. Different.

[@sharonmullins1957]

hahaha!

[@Nocturnal_Rites]

Different...with maple syrup. :)

[@WhiteCamry]

Differently different.

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

You and Monty Python, eh?

[@kingofopossums]

Can you do a video on the yellow fleet? I think it's history that deserves to be remembered.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

DO you mean the Great White Fleet? The USN World cruise.

[@kingofopossums]

@@WALTERBROADDUS No. I mean the great yellow fleet. Ships and their crew that were stuck that in a canal for 8 years.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

@@kingofopossums Where was this?

[@gardensofthegods]

WALTERBROADDUS I haven't looked it up but my guess is back when they had yellow fever ?

[@kingofopossums]

@@WALTERBROADDUS Suez Canal. It was 1967 to 1975.

[@ireozzie]

you did it again. excellent story.

[@althompson58]

GREAT episode!

[@christopherlynch3314]

"Tasks performed with little supervision with little to no training" That is a recipe for success! You know what they say: "If you want to make better laws you have to crack a few clowns!"

[@warrenokuma7264]

Until they deploy clownfantry.

[@jazzukes]

history guy, I would like you to tell the story of the Great Molasses Flood in Boston in January 1919.

[@gardensofthegods]

Mark Occhionero Sounds good I'll have to try to look it up.. maybe you will give me a thumbs up and support me for my suggestion to him asking him to talk about a very obscure topic of when the government try to destroy the families of the Appalachian region who were using pure gum Spirits turpentine medicinal quality to get rid of all kinds of illnesses and diseases

[@jimfoster9055]

Another show well done by the History Guy, thanks from Canada and the GTA

[@clifffarion7448]

Thank You very much for making history more interesting