Fun Fact about the Battle of Trenton: A Loyalist saw Washington's forces crossing the Delaware. He immediately ran to the Hessians to alert their commander. A little bit of context before I continue; At the time English(the Founding Fathers considered themselves Englishmen to their dying days) did not celebrate Christmas in a loud, boisterous and public manner, because celebrations like that had been outlawed a couple hundred years prior, so it wasn't considered that big of a deal at the time for an Englishman who was a military commander to launch an attack. However the people from the Holy Roman Empire did very boisterously celebrate Christmas. When the loyalist tried to tell the Hessian commander, he refused to hear it as he had been partying pretty hard, drinking pretty heavily and was currently embroiled in a game of cards. After some time of trying to alert the Hessian commander and failing, the loyalist quickly wrote down a note, gave it to the Hessian commander, who stuffed it in his coat pocket, and then ran off to alert the local loyalist garrison. When the Patriots attacked the Hessians at Trenton in the early morning, they were all exhausted, hung over/still drunk and completely caught unawares. The Hessian commander was killed at that battle and they found in his coat pocket the hastily written note from the loyalist. One of the pivotal battles in the War for Independence had been turned in the Patriots' favor by heavy drinking and a game of cards.
i didn't know new Orleans is considered Americas greatest victory over the royal navy. firstly because it was the army, but mainly its because i think both countries have had more deaths and injuries during sports events. for some reason battles Britain had in America were basically bloodless, like there's battles with 15,000 guys on each side and around 12 people died on both sides. it really makes it obvious as to why the Siege of Gibraltar is the largest battle of the American revolution.
It wasn't just that no one told Jackson, the news hadn't gotten across the Atlantic yet. No text messages back then and shipping news from Belgium(where Ghent is) takes time. So yeah to answer your question there, the Brits were still fighting and they didn't know the war was over either. Jackson was defending New Orleans against a British assault, not the other way around.
this is the tittle of his favorite Christmas story video, "The Fat Electrician Reviews: Toys for Tots, and his favorite Christmas story" It's short (roughly 3 min) and as a Marine one of my favorite Fat Electrician videos
I would suggest looking at Geoff Castellucci's "God rest ye merry gentlemen" or his collab with The American Sirens called "Mele Kalikimaka", some great moments of physical comedy from Geoff in there ;-) As for The Fat Electrician I can recommend "The Limping Lady - Deadliest Spy Of WW2 - Virginia Hall" if you haven't seen that one.
If you want some Christmassy stuff, maybe carols from other countries? They tend to be completely different than american ones. Few polish examples that shouldn't be problematic from copyright standpoint: "Bóg sie rodzi" performed by studio Accantus, or "Pójdźmy wszyscy do stajenki" performed by Golec uOrkiestra
The first time in American history when being sober on Christmas was the best thing to be in a party!
If it’s stupid and it works, it’s not stupid. Militarily
For Eugene Ballard, The Black Swallow of Death, you definitely need a drink. And maybe some tissues.
Noted.
It just goes to show that when it comes to waging war, Americans go ALL IN!!!!!
Fun Fact about the Battle of Trenton: A Loyalist saw Washington's forces crossing the Delaware. He immediately ran to the Hessians to alert their commander.
A little bit of context before I continue; At the time English(the Founding Fathers considered themselves Englishmen to their dying days) did not celebrate Christmas in a loud, boisterous and public manner, because celebrations like that had been outlawed a couple hundred years prior, so it wasn't considered that big of a deal at the time for an Englishman who was a military commander to launch an attack. However the people from the Holy Roman Empire did very boisterously celebrate Christmas.
When the loyalist tried to tell the Hessian commander, he refused to hear it as he had been partying pretty hard, drinking pretty heavily and was currently embroiled in a game of cards. After some time of trying to alert the Hessian commander and failing, the loyalist quickly wrote down a note, gave it to the Hessian commander, who stuffed it in his coat pocket, and then ran off to alert the local loyalist garrison.
When the Patriots attacked the Hessians at Trenton in the early morning, they were all exhausted, hung over/still drunk and completely caught unawares. The Hessian commander was killed at that battle and they found in his coat pocket the hastily written note from the loyalist. One of the pivotal battles in the War for Independence had been turned in the Patriots' favor by heavy drinking and a game of cards.
That brings a whole new meaning to '12 days of Christmas'
i didn't know new Orleans is considered Americas greatest victory over the royal navy.
firstly because it was the army, but mainly its because i think both countries have had more deaths and injuries during sports events.
for some reason battles Britain had in America were basically bloodless, like there's battles with 15,000 guys on each side and around 12 people died on both sides.
it really makes it obvious as to why the Siege of Gibraltar is the largest battle of the American revolution.
Might I suggest the Tasting History video on George Washigtons eggnog, you could even do a sequel making it
It wasn't just that no one told Jackson, the news hadn't gotten across the Atlantic yet. No text messages back then and shipping news from Belgium(where Ghent is) takes time. So yeah to answer your question there, the Brits were still fighting and they didn't know the war was over either. Jackson was defending New Orleans against a British assault, not the other way around.
Fair enough
Damn! That was informative, and hilarious!
Yeah, it's The Fat Electrician. Everything he does is informative and hilarious.
Do a video on the fat Electricians video on Toys for tots
Lauren, if you didn't know, the British attacked us at the battle of New Orleans.
this is the tittle of his favorite Christmas story video, "The Fat Electrician Reviews: Toys for Tots, and his favorite Christmas story" It's short (roughly 3 min) and as a Marine one of my favorite Fat Electrician videos
I would suggest looking at Geoff Castellucci's "God rest ye merry gentlemen" or his collab with The American Sirens called "Mele Kalikimaka", some great moments of physical comedy from Geoff in there ;-)
As for The Fat Electrician I can recommend "The Limping Lady - Deadliest Spy Of WW2 - Virginia Hall" if you haven't seen that one.
If you want some Christmassy stuff, maybe carols from other countries? They tend to be completely different than american ones. Few polish examples that shouldn't be problematic from copyright standpoint: "Bóg sie rodzi" performed by studio Accantus, or "Pójdźmy wszyscy do stajenki" performed by Golec uOrkiestra
Another great short Fat Electrician video that’s good for Christmas is the Toys for Tots video.
You really shouldn't use those four-letter obscene words (i.e. WORK!) in your review, especially during the holidays. 😉
Reviewing my boy TFE... I'll help ya get to 30k and subscribe
Very much appreciated!