018: The Aroostook War (Canadian Almost War 2)

America: Secret Wars is back with a five part series about the skirmishes between the US and Canada that almost led to a third war with the British Empire in the 1830s. In Part 2, Trevor is joined Bailey and Nic from Totalus Jeffianus (@jeffianus.bsky.social) to discuss the Aroostook War, a conflict between the United States, British New Brunswick, and the forces of nature.

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Aroostook War Songs:

Greenwood & Burns - Aroostook War Fighting Song

Wallace House - The Soldier Song (Aroostook War)

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Campbell and Campbell - The Aroostook War of 1839

Carroll - The Passionate Canadians: The Historical Debate about the Eastern Canadian-American Boundary

Maine Council - Aroostook War: HIstorical Sketch and Roster of Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men

Meander Maine - The Pork and Beans War

Paradis - John Baker and the Republic of Madawaska

Perry - “Maine and Her Soil or Blood!” Political Rhetoric and Spatial Identity During the Aroostook War in Maine