July 6th...The Hartford Circus Fire

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 176. This time we examine the year 1944 as the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus burns down in Hartford, Connecticut. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://www.grunge.com/228163/the-flying-wallendas-the-truth-about-the-daredevil-family/

http://www.circopedia.org/Alfred_Court

http://www.circusfire1944.com/

https://connecticuthistory.org/the-hartford-circus-fire/

https://scholarscollaborative.org/Hartford/culture/the-tragic-hartford-circus-fire-of-1944/

https://www.ctmq.org/hartford-circus-fire-memorial/

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Photo: 

http://www.circusfire1944.com/during-the-fire.html