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The American Record

Patriot Compass

A daily history podcast from Patriot Compass. Each episode explores the events that shaped America on this day in history, told through expert narration and grounded in primary sources.

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6:35

October 11: San Francisco Orders Japanese and Korean...

The American Record ·

2026/10/11

In 1906, San Francisco orders Japanese and Korean children into a single segregated school, igniting a diplomatic crisis that lands on Theodore Roosevelt's desk and reshapes American immigration policy for a generation.

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6:16

October 10: Eagle's Crew Fights On From a Long Island...

The American Record ·

2026/10/10

On a Long Island beach in 1814, the crew of a wrecked revenue cutter dragged their cannon up a bluff and kept fighting the Royal Navy for three days straight.

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5:48

October 9: Two British Ships Seized on Lake Erie

The American Record ·

2026/10/09

Two months after Detroit fell, Lieutenant Jesse Elliott leads a hundred men in open boats against two anchored British warships on Lake Erie — and gives America its first naval win of the War of 1812.

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6:06

October 8: Confederates Win the Field at Perryville...

The American Record ·

2026/10/08

On a drought-stricken Kentucky battlefield in 1862, two armies stumbled into the bloodiest fight the state would ever see — over nothing more than a few pools of stagnant water.

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6:04

October 7: U.S. and British Strikes Open the War in...

The American Record ·

2026/10/07

Four weeks after September 11, the Taliban refuses to give up Osama bin Laden. American and British warplanes open the skies over Afghanistan on a war that would last twenty years.

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6:12

October 6: British Storm Forts Clinton and...

The American Record ·

2026/10/06

On October 6, 1777, a British force storms two half-finished forts guarding the Hudson River — and learns that breaking a chain is easier than winning a war.

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5:59

October 5: Harrison Breaks the British-Tecumseh Line...

The American Record ·

2026/10/05

On October 5, 1813, William Henry Harrison's cavalry shattered a thinning British line on the Thames River, and Tecumseh fell defending a confederacy he'd spent ten years building.

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6:06

October 4: Fog Routs Washington's Four-Column Attack...

The American Record ·

2026/10/04

On this day in 1777, George Washington launched a daring four-column dawn assault on British-held Germantown — and watched a wall of fog turn his own army against itself.

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5:39

October 3: Schirra Flies Six Orbits Aboard Sigma 7

The American Record ·

2026/10/03

On October 3, 1962, astronaut Walter Schirra rode Sigma 7 through six orbits of the Earth, a quiet, nearly flawless flight that gave NASA the confidence to aim for a full day in space.

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7:09

October 2: Washington Sends the Bill of Rights to the...

The American Record ·

2026/10/02

On October 2, 1789, George Washington sent twelve proposed amendments to the states for ratification. Ten would become the Bill of Rights — though one waited two centuries to take effect.

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5:43

October 1: Harrison Signs It - Yosemite is a National...

The American Record ·

2026/10/01

A magazine editor's shock at a trampled meadow, a naturalist's two essays, and a president's signature combine to create Yosemite National Park in 1890 — but not quite the park John Muir wanted.

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6:11

September 30: Berlin Airlift Ends After Fifteen...

The American Record ·

2026/09/30

On September 30, 1949, the Berlin Airlift officially ended — fifteen months and over two million tons of supplies after it began, having proven American power could win a Cold War standoff without firing a shot.

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5:41

September 29: Discovery Launches on STS-26, NASA's...

The American Record ·

2026/09/29

Thirty-two months after Challenger, five veteran astronauts strap into Discovery to find out if America can still fly. This is the story of NASA's Return to Flight.

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5:34

September 28: Washington Marches Out of Williamsburg...

The American Record ·

2026/09/28

On September 28, 1781, George Washington led the combined American and French army out of Williamsburg to encircle a trapped British force at Yorktown — the last great maneuver of the Revolutionary War.

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6:06

September 27: Tripartite Pact is Signed in Berlin

The American Record ·

2026/09/27

In Berlin, three foreign ministers sign a pact aimed less at each other than at a still-neutral America. The Tripartite Pact of 1940 drew the lines that would define the next five years of world war.

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5:45

September 26: A Soviet Screen Shows Five U.S....

The American Record ·

2026/09/26

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6:18

September 25: Congress Sends Bill of Rights to the...

The American Record ·

2026/09/25

On September 25, 1789, Congress sent twelve amendments to the states, ten of which became the Bill of Rights. One forgotten amendment in that package would wait two centuries for its ratification.

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5:49

September 24: Warren Commission Determines Oswald...

The American Record ·

2026/09/24

Ten months after Dallas, a chief justice who never wanted the job hands a president a report meant to close the case — and instead opens a debate that's still running.

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6:21

September 23: John Paul Jones Captures HMS Serapis...

The American Record ·

2026/09/23

Off Flamborough Head in 1779, John Paul Jones lashes his sinking ship to a British frigate and refuses to surrender, forging the founding legend of the American Navy.

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5:50

September 22: Lincoln Warns the South - Free the...

The American Record ·

2026/09/22

On September 22, 1862, five days after Antietam, Lincoln issued a legal notice that quietly turned the Civil War into a fight over slavery itself.

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