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Lindsey Graham (1:07)
It's January 19, 1915, and World War I is raging in Europe. But in the town of Great Yarmouth on the east coast of England, all is quiet. Cliff Temple, an 8 year old boy, sits at the kitchen table playing with a set of tin soldiers. The clock on the wall reads 7pm it's nearing Cliff's bedtime, but he's waiting up for his father, who's on leave from the Western Front and should be home soon. Cliff's mother busies herself at the kitchen sink, and occasionally she glances anxiously through the window, hoping to see her husband strolling up the garden path any minute. As Cliff plays with his soldiers, he gradually becomes aware of a strange noise, a low and distant humming, like a swarm of far off bees. Cliff stops playing and looks up at his mother. It's clear she's heard the sound too. She's staring up at the sky, her face etched with confusion and fear. Cliff listens intently as the noise gets louder and louder. He jumps down from his chair and goes to the window. He peers around his mother and squints up at the darkening sky, and there, drifting menacingly over the roof of the houses across the street, is a giant aircraft, like a balloon, but longer and more sinister. Awestruck, Cliff runs for the door to get a better look. Concerned, his mother follows, and outside Cliff notices that the streets are filled with other residents who had the same impulse and now stare into the sky. Amazed, Cliff cuts his eyes up at the strange aircraft. It looks like a huge fat cigar, but with spinning propellers on either end and fins running the length of its side. As he studies it, a trap door in the fuselage opens and then small objects drop from the underbelly, falling out of sight. Beyond the houses to the south, the quiet evening is shattered by deafening explosions. Cliff reaches for his mother, who scoops the boy into her arms. As more bombs drop, Cliff and his mother run for cover, desperate to escape this new and terrifying weapon of war that targets civilians not from the sea or land, but from the sky. On January 19, 1915, Germany begins an aerial campaign against Britain with a bombing raid on the towns of Great Yarmouth and and King's Lynn. The attack, which leaves four dead, marks the start of a new chapter of the war, one in which the skies over England are darkened by vast airships named after their German inventor, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. But these zeppelins will meet plenty of resistance from the British armed forces. As the war rages on, many brave British pilots will risk their lives to bring down these hydrogen filled airships and to prevent further death and destruction like that which took place over the sleepy towns of Southeast England on this day, January 19, 1915. When I first began thinking about a live show, I knew I wanted it to be a little more special than just a podcast episode on stage. Something with a bit of theater to it, because after all, I'll be live on stage in a theater. So I put together a band to accompany the stories live. And because I can't resist, I'll be joining in on guitar. I mean, I wrote the History History Daily theme song, you know. So come out to see me live. For information on tickets and upcoming dates, go to historydailylive.com that's historydailylive.com and if you're in the North Texas area, buy your tickets now@historydailylive.com I didn't even realize.