Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 177. This time we examine the year 1978 as Lee Iacocca is fired from Ford Motor Company by Henry Ford II, and 1865 as Barnum’s American Museum Burns Down. 

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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 

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Sources:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-ii-fires-lee-iacocca

https://www.peta.org/blog/two-whales-boiled-alive-pt-barnums-american-museum/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-cursed-history-of-pt-barnums-museums

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pt-barnums-bizarre-museum-burned-ground-1865-180955955/

https://now.tufts.edu/2017/01/17/great-barnum-fire-oral-history

https://lostmuseum.cuny.edu/

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Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum%27s_American_Museum#/media/File:39_William_England_-_Barnum's_museum,_New_York.jpg