The Watermelon War

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The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

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The History Guy remembers the war over a slice of watermelon. It is history that deserves to be remembered.
The History Guy uses images that are in the Public Domain. As photographs of actual events are often not available, I will sometimes use photographs of similar events or objects for illustration.
There is an interesting analysis of Ran Runnels and the Isthmus Guard here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/p...
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@allenatkins2263 5 жыл бұрын

I fought my mother in the "War of the stray dog". I won and was able to keep him. R.I.P. Sparkplug 1968-1980.

@fishfan2 4 жыл бұрын

Lol nice

@whoozworldizthis4221 4 жыл бұрын

Was he a good boi?

@xmokifrommarz1660 4 жыл бұрын

@@whoozworldizthis4221 hes a ded boi

@samdherring 4 жыл бұрын

XMOKI FROM MARZ all good bois go to heaven

@muglymae7408 4 жыл бұрын

21 gun salute to sparkplug

@Kennymac8251 5 жыл бұрын

No matter how apparently trivial, minor, insignificant a historical event would seem you raise it to a level where i am on the edge of my seat waiting for you explain the ending of the riveting story. There is no better history story teller than you. Kudos to you sir a brilliant teacher!

@popcola9423 4 жыл бұрын

We need more guys like you in ours schools teaching.

@northerniltree 5 жыл бұрын

A proper watermelon war should employ catapults as a means of projecting these delicious but heavy fruits in well- orchestrated barrages to arrive at a tactical advantage against mere pistols.

@saratj1 5 жыл бұрын

northerniltree or trebuchet

@davidgreen5099 5 жыл бұрын

@@saratj1 a trebuchet would be cooler.

@stevenbaker470 5 жыл бұрын

Or a pneumatic cannon

@americanmade4791 5 жыл бұрын

And the fight should be over salt or no salt.

@Robocopnik 5 жыл бұрын

I propose that all combatants wear helmets made from watermelons as well. Eyeholes optional.

@papigrande4378 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is a master story teller. He should have a tv show.

@chrisoconnor6579 5 жыл бұрын

How does this guy not have a much larger following. This is a fantastic channel.

@iltjoa 5 жыл бұрын

I agree. But too many people don't like facts. lol

@citizenschallengeYT 5 жыл бұрын

but the Russians helped with that little irritant themoscowproject.org/dispatch/the-republican-party-and-russia-infiltrated-or-invited/

@thescottsman4965 5 жыл бұрын

Chris...my hunch...is people want whatever version of history theyve longed believed to remain intact...thereby not threatening the foundation by which theyve based all thier other beliefs...in a word fear...in a larger one ignorance...😊

@sukhoikip 5 жыл бұрын

I agree, but I understand that his style is a bit too dry for rapid growth and he hasn't caught the internet winds like LGR yet

@gardensofthegods 5 жыл бұрын

Give it time ..Rome wasn't built in a day. Also ,regretfully, in this age of KZfaq, we have a lot of moronic, dumbed down people that would not be able to deal with History Guy's style of explaining things. He acts like a decent normal, and highly intelligent human being ... a lot of those viewers don't want that.... surely you have noticed that a number of KZfaqrs act like total idiots with that crazy in your face loud hyped up, talking too fast , with quick editing... and shades of insanity... not to mention usually the narcissism.... and yet regretfully a lot of people who watch KZfaq prefer the latter Style.. My theory is that a lot of them are kids ... and incredibly stupid adults who can't enjoy watching anything unless it has a three ring circus vibe. Those people can have the jerks that they prefer on their channels and either they will wise up and discover something more meaningful , like The History Guy and if not , I prefer to keep them away from where I'm at. This is a great Channel because history guy is straight forward and awake... there is no bullshit here ... no bread and circuses . I feel like this is a safe place where people can breathe and not have to deal with the insanity out there in KZfaq land . But in this day and age , having a quality channel does not always equate with a high number of subscriptions.. at least not at first

@isaacgriffin5690 4 жыл бұрын

"the trouble started when a drunk American" .... I'm sure there's a lot of stories that begin this way. Great video!

@MakaveliRaider 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah many start like that.

@GR-bn3xj 2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised he didn't say he was from Florida

@TWOCOWS1 2 жыл бұрын

yes, the drunk latinos do not start trouble! only an america-hating Antifa' functionary like Isaac would say that

@zachmiller9175 4 жыл бұрын

I was curious so I googled it, according to westegg.com 5 cents in 1856 was equal to about $1.25 today.

@christian-michaelhansen471 3 жыл бұрын

To THG: My father instilled in me a few things, one of them being to learn something new every day. With your snippets of forgotten history, your narrative and the subject matter, that has become as easy as one (no two or three required) click of a mouse. Thank you again for “History that deserves to be remembered!”

@jamesslick4790 Жыл бұрын

These pieces of forgotten history are like a "drug" for me. And THG is the best at delivering my "hit". LOL. This is VASTLY superior to ANYTHING on "normal" TV!

@markhuerta4948 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations. As a panamenian citizen, i can told that your speach was extremely accurate . Recomended video.

@dirkditmer453 3 жыл бұрын

Love Panama. Since it has been the crossroads of the world since Spaniards and the Aztec, there is more diversity and history there than most people realize. Latinos actually make up a small percentage of the population. Carib Blacks, Various tribes of native Indians (Coastal, Mountain, Darian), and a large continent of Asians that have been there for generations are just some. The Chinatown in Panama City is the oldest in America, including San Francisco and New York. I've met Asians there that didn't even speak Mandarin (or whatever), only Spanish. Like I said, incredible diversity and history. There are tons of quirky stories just like this one. Thank you, History Guy, keep up the great work.

@FreshlyFried 5 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. I’m a plumbing and heating guy so watching one or two videos before work each day is really nice. Please keep it up. Thank you

@olaznogmolotov1420 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for educating us. I am a Colombian native who has lived most of his life in this great country. I have always been a history buff and I thought I knew everything there was about the history off the New Granada. I always understood that it was TR Roosevelt who convinced the Panamanians to rebel against their New Grenada, and become an independent nation. In Colombia that was a famous theater production in the 70s called;" I Took Panama". In mainly mocked TR Roosevelt and his great influence to get the Panamanians to become independent from Colombia and its neighbors, so that he could build the canal and and have an estrategic hold. Thank you for another history lesson. I love your hat collection too.

@Weesel71 5 жыл бұрын

Just a thought: technically, this is the first transcontinental railroad, no? Coast to coast.

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I guess that is true.

@khadrtrudeau1662 4 жыл бұрын

Not technically, it was.

@neomonk5668 4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t the level of scale determine? It certainly was transnational, and for that particular nation it was coast-to-coast, but it’s not to the scale of a continent.

@khadrtrudeau1662 4 жыл бұрын

@@neomonk5668 " not to the scale of a continent." The first USA choice for the canal was Nicaragua. Would that make your definition for transcontinental. It's not distance. Transnational only if you consider we threw the Columbia off their land. The Canal Zone was classified as an American territory. Country of Panama was on both sides. They had to have a pass to get in.

@kjk7611 4 жыл бұрын

Neo Monk Well...it does transport one from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. Via several other countries, however.

@willreid8240 4 жыл бұрын

I love the history guy. Most of these stories are obscure and entertaining

@staciehart75 Жыл бұрын

All history teachers should have this channel’s library. He makes history so interesting.

@chrisperry7538 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. It reminds me of the coup of 1987 when I was in Panama. Gen. Noriega’s daughter & son-in-law were having a great time in Colon, and they were driving home. The road went through the US Air Force Base on the North side of the Canal. The MPs arrested the son-in-law & did not believe his claims that he should not be arrested because of who he was. He made threats saying that he would get even for arresting him, and he was let go when it was determined he was who he claimed to be. The next morning Gen Noriega had the PDF Man a roadblock on the Bridge of the Americas and everyone riding a motorcycle with an American Military sticker on it was locked up. The Americans went to the Panamanian President who decided to fire Noriega. The streets were filled with celebrations “Pineapple Head is gone” was the cheer & my men onboard the USS RACINE (LST-1191) asked for early liberty to join the party. Noriega had no intention of leaving and had the PDF gather up the Panamanian legislators and held an impeachment vote against the President. Upon a successful vote under duress Noriega directed the seizure of the President. The party stopped & everyone cleared the streets fearing reprisals from the PDF. And that is how a drunk driving changed the government of Panama & put a drug smuggling dictator in charge.

@robrosen7291 5 жыл бұрын

My woman said "Hey,Pedro,You're acting crazy like a clown". Nobody feels like working,Panama Red is back in town.

@jesussalvador8495 5 жыл бұрын

@@willg4802may i remind you of the empires of messopatamia, the ottoman empire , the aztec and mayan empires and also the inca and more over the moor empire the very empire that conqures parts pf europe

@trevormiles5852 5 жыл бұрын

@@willg4802 that is ok, we handle your women pretty good.

@__prometheus__ 5 жыл бұрын

Will G To put it nicely, you’re quite wrong.

@waterandafter 5 жыл бұрын

Chris Perry You left out "drunk driving" at the start of the story. The whole time I'm trying to figure out why they were arrested.

@matthewpoplawski8740 2 жыл бұрын

Although this is an older episode, AS ALWAYS THE HISTORY GUY, AN EXCELLENT VIDEO VIDEO!!! When he was a young officer, Ulysses Grant had to go through the Panimanian jungle on his way to the West Coast. His description of that adventure was, to him, A HORRIFIC NIGHTMARE!!! After he became President, he was asked to about that experience, and, refused to talk about it. To NOT talk about what he had seen,after having been in the Civil War, tells one quite a lot. I've mentioned this in a previous text: For an EXCELLENT ACCOUNT about the building of the Panama Canal, read THE PATHWAY TO THE SEA by David McCullough. 👏👏👏✌✌✌✌

@andrewm4564 2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather helped build the Panama Canal. He moved there while it was still a French project, not long before the US took over. My dad grew up there and was working in the US Canal Zone when I was born in Panama City in 1955. I only lived there two years. My parents were Americans, but my mom went to the Panamanian hospital, so I had dual citizenship until I was 18. I had to choose my citizenship then. I was told I would be drafted immediately into the Panamanian army. I didn't speak any Spanish, and I had lived in the US since I was two years old, so I chose US citizenship. Members of my dad's family lived in the Canal Zone longer than we did, but they moved to the US as a result of the Anti-American rioting in 1964. In 1971, we went to Panama for a visit and rode on the more modern version of the train in this story. Most of the trip was through the green, flowery Panamanian jungle. On the train it was beautiful. Walking would have been lethal. My dad and I walked a short distance on cobblestones remaining from the old road across Panama. My basic knowledge is of the history of the building and use of the canal in the 20th century. I did not know about the Watermelon War. Thanks, History Guy!

@michaelsmith1094 4 жыл бұрын

That was great, as an American I had never heard any of the details of how the Panama canal came about. It was and still is a terribly important shipping route for many countries, but I had never learned the details in school. I must have been sick on that day.

@appletelly5081 4 жыл бұрын

One riot, one ranger. Amazing story, thank you!

@darrellbaxley9315 5 жыл бұрын

"One riot? One Ranger!"

@coltonregal1797 4 жыл бұрын

"Cause the eyes of the ranger are upon you. Any wrong you do he's gonna see. When you're in *Panama* look behind you. Cause that's where the rangers gonna be."

@bforman1300 5 жыл бұрын

Hanged. A picture is hung. A human being executed is hanged - 'hanged by the neck until dead, dead, dead.' Love these snippets of history. When the History Guy tells me a bedtime story I can convince myself I've resurrected some of the brain cells that died at work :-)

@josephrogers1282 Жыл бұрын

This is fascinating incident, I think what I find most amazing is that even given all the dangers you listed, it was still preferable to go via Panama or even around Cape Horn rather than attempt to go across the central US at the time. I love your videos, just the right length and level for a lunchtime watch.

@gondolacrescent5 5 жыл бұрын

The Dutch Tulip bulb speculation and crash of the 1600’s is well worth a moment of history.

@Zaphod771 4 жыл бұрын

It is often blown out of proportion.

@troyvanbeek7264 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a historical explanation of the pig war.. This is as close as I'm going to get to Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story. Thanks!

@dubyah8824 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I miss Paul Harvey. This is a good substitute.

@BobbyIronsights 5 жыл бұрын

I think it's a testament to the breadth and depth of youtube that this is the second telling of the watermelon war I've seen.

@JSCRocketScientist 3 жыл бұрын

This has been my favorite of your episodes because of the insightful commentary. I’d like to ask for an episode on the Boxer Rebellion. One of my favorite books is an old one called The Good Years by Walter Lord. In the section about the Boxer rebellion, he concentrates on the incredible bravery and self sacrifice of the defenders of the foreign quarter. So few against so many. It is of course only one viewpoint. I’d love to hear yours.

@shadowjack8 5 жыл бұрын

And once again history asserts itself.

@quinnjohnson3327 4 жыл бұрын

“The trouble was all started by a drunk American...” As are most troubles and memorable stories 😂

@kayhoww 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds more like an Aussie lol

@AlohaChips 4 жыл бұрын

@@kayhoww Nah you know it's an American because they pulled out a gun in response, instead of another knife 😛

@osco4311 4 жыл бұрын

Hold my beer!

@LuckyBaldwin777 4 жыл бұрын

Happened on April 15, 1856, big trouble started by a drunk American in a beach town. I think this was the birth of spring break

@howardhart5141 4 жыл бұрын

I have the memoir of my 4th greatgrand father, Loring Lombard. In it he complains about no Synchronization of the east coast and west coast steamers. He had an express company specializing in east to west coast mail. Burford Express. His first trip to Cali, as he called it was around the horn. Six months to get to San Fransisco, 2 months to get to the gold fields, and then 2 days to figure out that panning for gold was not for him. He got into the Dry Goods business and did very well.

@1953Johnnyp 5 жыл бұрын

I was stationed at Howard AFB in the Canal Zone in 1974 for 6 weeks. Bugs, rain, heat and humidity (blah). It did have one good thing about it.....It had one of the top 3 chow halls in the world at the time. At least the food was great!

@outdoorsmanderek2 5 жыл бұрын

This is probably the most underrated/undiscovered KZfaqr I have come across yet. I love your videos, thank you for putting such well made, interesting, and to the point videos up for us to watch!

@joshgeiger9090 7 жыл бұрын

LOL! This whole story is a riot.

@davidvenegas6401 5 жыл бұрын

I don't listen to stories unless they contain the phrase "a shot rang out". Good job.

@theresawilson2647 5 жыл бұрын

My uncle helped to build the Panama canal. Thanks so much for the video.

@stevenbaker470 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for reminding me about this little event. My father was stationed at Ft. Clayton in Panama and told me this story when I was young. I guess he heard it while there. I truly enjoyed your interpretation of this event. Could you please do a video on the war of pork and beans ( since you are talking about food fights)

@DavidS-iw4ei 6 жыл бұрын

I can't wait for the time I get to say. "Its the watermelon war all over again."

@trevormiles5852 5 жыл бұрын

go watch Mr. Majestyk ; watermelon massacre great movie with Charles bronson.

@trevormiles5852 5 жыл бұрын

@@wmcbarker4155 Actually you are very wrong. We as a human race are naturally hot wired for hate for those that are different and or better. By "better" I mean in a Malthusian way. And by the way, the response to bigotry and or denial to opportunities to succeed in life is not hate, it is survival instincts. I hope there will be more people like you, who voice their fear and purge it out of themselves and the rest of us. The Nouveau Rich are the scariest sub group in America, they fear they will be downgraded and learn that they themselves are not accepted as wealthy merely by saying they have fancy car , house or money in the bank. The true wealthy people are the ones that are secure enough to help others. I am quite sure you will grind your boot into the food you feed "us" . Do not feel bad, many who help do so with your spirit , you are not unique.

@trevormiles5852 5 жыл бұрын

But more importantly WM barker, watch Mr. Manestyk great action movie.

@trevormiles5852 3 жыл бұрын

@Sultan of Sieg I happen to be a melon man myself , so I fully understand. Wait!... What are we talking about here?

@seanharlow3091 3 жыл бұрын

Dude this channel is so good if people put half the effort and passion into stuff as this guy the world would be so much better

@MrNelan72 4 жыл бұрын

Love the info. My great grandfather, anouther man, and a donkey,. Hiked across the narrow part of Panama. The other man and donkey got yellow fever. Great grandfather made it to other side caught a steamer to California gold rush. Sweden to California. Adventually became successful and decided to go back to sweden. Adventually sailed back on schooner. Decided to come back joined the union for civil war, indian wars. Info is not just passed on but in books. The ended up in cattle trade and modern farming steam thrashers. College start up Gustavus. First Lutheran charch. Thorson @ Nelson.

@natemiller448 5 жыл бұрын

Big fan of the Panama canal and the trade deals around it....this lecture is the first I've heard detailing this particular motivation....thank you. Dont stop!

@orangelion03 5 жыл бұрын

That must have been one spectacular train ride! Great segment! Thanks!!

@pty_foto 5 жыл бұрын

orangelion03 you can take the same ride from Atlantic to pacific on the same railway if you ever visit

@sailelerosewarrior2145 5 жыл бұрын

Great story! If we don’t know even our own history, what’s that old saying “ “those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it” George Santayana.

@rvasquez8057 5 жыл бұрын

How the flap of a butterfly's wing across the ocean affects the events here. Another amazing tale of history from the History Guy.....

@jessemarcus 5 жыл бұрын

Should do a video on the little Canadian Jet that could....but never would....the Avro Arrow

@captfjparks 5 жыл бұрын

My Great Uncle was, at one time in charge of all commissaries in the Canal Zone.

@1gumbah 3 жыл бұрын

Again you are the cats meow of history , keep up the marvelous work my friend

@phalynwilliams4119 4 жыл бұрын

Please do a story on the Hatfields and the McCoys feud. Several years ago I read that the popular game show Family Feud was inspired by them. I remember that Richard Dawson did an episode in which the Hatfield and McCoys’ descendants/families competed against each other. At the end of the show, if memory serves me right, one of the families won a pig. An argument over a pig is what started the feud in the first place. I think that you would do a great job reviewing this famous family feud and it’s aftermath.

@Attercop47 5 жыл бұрын

the Price of Progress VS the Price of a Piece of Watermelon

@spacecatboy2962 5 жыл бұрын

watermelon war is hell

@g0679 5 жыл бұрын

Dances with Kitty Cats Seed-spitting can cause dreadful wounds.

@ericnortan9012 3 жыл бұрын

I was a marine in the early nineties. We went to panama on deployment. We went through the canal and stopped in port for liberty. We did some jungle training there, it was the most miserable kind of hot. So humid you could cut donuts out of the air like in Scooby doo. I've been all over the tropics and desert, from south America to Africa and the middle east to the Mohave . I would say at least 50% of my time deployed was within a couple hundred miles N/S of the equator, and I've never been in more miserable conditions than Panama. Maybe it was the time of year, but it just seemed like heat followed by hot rain followed by more heat. Beautiful though and the canal is amazing. We have the Sault Locks here in Michigan, which are impressive, but the Panama Canal is a truly remarkable thing considering the conditions and the period it was built. Another cool/informative video, thanks.

@frankgreezy7998 3 жыл бұрын

The channel is great fella!!! I love history too and these little " forgotten" moments are very interesting. Thanks for your time and energy! Also I'd be interested in what your channel makes per year because of the type of content.

@juanvaldo666 5 жыл бұрын

This is the second video that I watched and I gotta admit I enjoy the way in you tell history. You got a new subscriber!!!

@PNurmi 5 жыл бұрын

I like how you link a small incident in history to how it lead to today's situations like in this story. Based on my historical knowledge, I only have had occasional comments on some minor details and understand your main points you are making. So, I will continue to work my way through all of your past postings.

@WarHorsesRising 2 жыл бұрын

The History Guy is amazing. The Great Lebowski would call Him The History Dude or The Duke of Historic Dude's .... Here Here. Nailed it.

@RobertWoodman 5 жыл бұрын

That slice of history was worth much more than 5 cents. :-) I love this channel! I hope you have many more years of retelling history for us.

@em1osmurf 5 жыл бұрын

i had read CIA documents that referred to "Panama" as a result of meddling. i wasn't aware of just how massive it was.

@khadrtrudeau1662 4 жыл бұрын

CIA was not around in the 1800's. Best they could do was the Texas Rangers.

@asherdie 4 жыл бұрын

@@khadrtrudeau1662 derp

@juanch6936 5 жыл бұрын

You should an exclusive story about El Verdugo!!

@Kyle-ww9le 4 жыл бұрын

The boat on the shelf was turned to face the opposite side from the last vid, this man likes to play with his toys and i can respect that

@bryantsemenza9703 3 жыл бұрын

Great Pieces of history. Things that need to be remembered and extremely interesting. There is a piece of history that is forgotten going back to World War II, prior to the D day invasion. It was kept secret that a group of Coast Guard personnel were tasked by General Eisenhower to secretly land on the beach, I believe Normandy and reconfigure the beach head because of recent storms which would impact the invasion. It is a piece of history lost and forgotten because it was held as top-secret and those personnel reported directly to General Eisenhower to give the final analysis prior to the invasion.

@TheGoldeyFamily 4 жыл бұрын

Love this channel! I have my kids watch along on the big screen so they aren't consumed with all the nonsense in this world!

@ZPositive 5 жыл бұрын

Hey History Guy! I discovered your channel a few days ago and I've been bingewatching. Love your delivery and obscure topics! My suggestion for content is WWII-era spy stories, like Operation Mincemeat. Cheers!

@panamatreasurehunter1642 11 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm Panamanian and I love History as well, thank you for dedicating this video to a little part of the history of our nations wich have a past in common and will be always related. A curious thing. I have read and consult so many sources about "El incidente de la sandía", but you are the first to ever mention Randolf Runnels. He was there by that time but official reports presents the Mayor of the city of Panama as the one how calmed down the situation, wich might be also false because some withnesess says he was involved in the shooting as well. Thank you for time!

@avvocato5543 4 жыл бұрын

One small correction. By the time of Panamanian independence, the Republic of Granada was well into the dustbin of history. In 1863 it became the United States of Colombia, and then in 1886 the Republic of Colombia.

@maxsmodels 6 жыл бұрын

I trained at Fort Sherman near Colon Panama 3 times when I was in the army from 1979-1983.

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!

@davidgreen5099 6 жыл бұрын

God I admire your ability to handle the heat!

@Delgen1951 5 жыл бұрын

Not much different than Alabama in the summer tho we only get about 70 inches of rain per year, 90 degree and 90% humidity outside , bout the same.

@wmcbarker4155 5 жыл бұрын

Jungle school 1969-70

@khadrtrudeau1662 4 жыл бұрын

@@Delgen1951 Same in Fla. but add another 3 months.

@mohzaybek 4 жыл бұрын

I love history so much I’m so glad I found your channel, this is everything I ever wanted 😂I’m 100% serious

@chuckdavinci9044 2 жыл бұрын

5 cents was a good amount of money to pay for a small amount of food in South America back then. My grandparents were paying 5 cents for a whole loaf of sliced bread a hundred years later in the United States.

@brianbrewster6532 4 жыл бұрын

Man, what a wild story! You couldn't even make this crap up if you tried. I only wish my late father was alive to watch your highly entertaining and thoroughly researched material, Mr. History Guy. He wouldn't loved them and this led to many wonderful conversations. May Jesse Brewser R.I.P.

@CompilationExtraordinaire 6 жыл бұрын

Great video, love hearing about these less discussed historic events!

@bootlegboo 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another interesting snippet of history. I just can’t get enough of these and you are able to make the topic so interesting.

@1948Geoff 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the articles on this channel, Thank you for your research! Unless you have already covered it; I would love to see one on the relationship of Father Chiniquy and Abraham Lincoln.

@ludwigfan3013 5 жыл бұрын

I don't mean to brag but I finally donated to the Patreon link for The History Guy, I love this channel

@tripwire5812 6 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel, I love your knawledge keep it up

@personx8009 5 жыл бұрын

Love your stuff History Guy, As they say in Hollywood, "Don't ever change"

@Mayaandskylee. 4 жыл бұрын

I love this Channel. Can’t get enough

@jeffphillips4936 3 жыл бұрын

I swam across the Chagres river while stationed in Panama during my Jungle Expert training. And I cant believe a Watermelon War didnt happen in Muscatine LOL

@Johnnyreem 4 жыл бұрын

Your delivery is excellent, really enjoy your videos well done!

@johnwilliamson2276 5 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your telling! Thanks so much, I can't get enough. I have learned so much since I found your channel.

@wrobinson1702 5 жыл бұрын

Great story! Reminds me of the old "One riot, One Ranger" motto of the Texas Rangers

@Skywalker8562 5 жыл бұрын

This is the way History should be taught, with a presentation of facts, known at the time from the writings of the people present, where things actually happened, what occurred, who was involved, and the outcome of the events without the interjection of today's college revisionist off center interpretation that is inserted into the topics, leaving the listener to draw their own conclusion of the events, with faulty if any basis of fact. Kudos. This is the way teaching should be done at the university level without the interjection of a KGB 1st department, First Directorate of disinformation formula thrown into the mix.

@michaelattick1231 4 жыл бұрын

The History Guy is awesome, watched alot of his history and so much I didn't know. Very informative and interesting, keep it up History Guy! Love this channel.

@garybelcher8259 5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding!! Hope you continue producing these informative videos.

@daveaaron8209 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting story, I never knew of this. This is the kind of thing that they don’t teach you about in school. Thank You.

@lilybati3884 4 жыл бұрын

I was born in Panama, who knew. Thank you.

@algorerhythm7663 5 жыл бұрын

Great story! My house could have been on fire, I would not have left until the end.

@countteddy 5 жыл бұрын

another great video..thankyou

@dinohudson1432 4 жыл бұрын

Live 35 miles south of the Watermelon Capital .. "Cordele Georgia". A farmer friend sells 90% of his crop to Virginia.

@freddyflintstoned913 5 жыл бұрын

I hope many History Teachers use your material in class. I fee confident many would enjoy it.

@Lavonne1 4 жыл бұрын

Popeye's chicken sandwich wars of 2019

@daleslover2771 5 жыл бұрын

Holy Moly Andy,, this was so good I had to watch it twice.!!! I did too short tours of Panama. I could see this happening so easily.

@danhillman4523 5 жыл бұрын

5 cents for a slice of watermelon? No wonder he didn't pay it.

@1gumbah 5 жыл бұрын

Again another eye opening lesson in history

@bboxx069 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! That was a good one. Keep up the good work.

@morg52 5 жыл бұрын

Do one about the pig war up in the San Juan islands of Puget Sound.

@constancemiller3753 2 жыл бұрын

Battle of the Old Woman's Cannon is my vote. Los Angeles is lit.

@johnhouser8461 5 жыл бұрын

Great show. Talks about historical events which are important but not well known.

@quietdignityandgrace 5 жыл бұрын

I get that you are a professional historian, but where in the hell do you find these wonderful tales?

@davidcoles1888 6 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear your take on the Pig War.

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 6 жыл бұрын

David Coles actually it has been on my list for a while. I am sure there will be an episode on it.

@kevingee4294 5 жыл бұрын

David Coles Or the war of Jenkins Ear.

@jamesbarca7229 6 жыл бұрын

I was eating watermelon while watching this. I don't think the seedless ones are as sweet as the old seeded ones. Just saying.

@rogerk2049 5 жыл бұрын

Add some salt then becomes sweet.

@coolworx 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe that's a good thing... not worth fighting for.

@lordgarion514 5 жыл бұрын

James Barca None of our fruits and veggies are as good as the old varieties. Our system of distribution needs them to ripen as close to all at once as possible and last as long as possible after being harvested. Therefore those traits have been selected for over flavor to a major extent.

@agent9809 5 жыл бұрын

Amen

@agent9809 5 жыл бұрын

That is done in poor countries and some rich countries also.