Known as the Battle of Athens, and the only armed “Revolution“ in America since 1776, citizens of Athens Tennessee grew weary of corruption, infringement of guaranteed rights and denial of their liberties, while suffering under a despotic corrupt machine. When soldiers returning from WWII realized that elections were being stolen and the constitution was being kicked on its tail they decided that freedom in America was the whole purpose of their military training.
This book by Chris DeRose should not only enlighten most readers but strengthen the resolve of Americans everywhere to never let tyrants steal honest elections. The soldiers returning home from the war had vowed to defend our constitution against tyrants both foreign and domestic, which included our electoral system and to make the votes of every citizen Count!
The book is published by St. Martin’s press and is in book stores around $28.99 for 352pages. ISBN 978-1-250-26619-4. Chris DeRose is a New York Times best selling author.
The description of our featured book was originally in Publishers Weekly, and describes the book well.
In this dramatic account, historian DeRose (Star Spangled Scandal) details how corrupt officials who had seized and held power in McMinn County, Tenn., from 1936 until 1946 were overthrown by a group of WWII veterans. Drawing on press accounts, private letters, and interviews with descendants of those involved, DeRose vividly describes ballot boxes stuffed with fraudulent votes, poll watchers forced out of precincts at gunpoint, and armed deputies intimidating voters. Orchestrated by sheriff and state senator Paul Cantrell, these voter suppression techniques ensured that his network of judges, deputies, and county officials won reelection year after year. In 1946, Navy veteran and lawyer Ralph Duggan led an effort to replace Cantrell and his cronies with a “GI ticket” split between Democrats and Republicans who had served in the military. When Cantrell’s men confiscated ballot boxes on election day and took them to a jail in Athens, Tenn., a group of armed veterans laid siege to the building and a gunfight broke out. Cantrell’s cronies were eventually forced to flee town, and every candidate on the GI ticket won. Doggedly researched and briskly narrated, this rousing chronicle testifies to the importance of free and fair elections.
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The book is available and worth reading! The midterm 2022 elections are literally upon us and this book is a good reminder of what we could potentially face if our elections are not honest. This publication encourages all those who have not yet registered to vote and exercise your right! At this writing you still have a little over 30 days to register if you have not. Voting is a right many around the world don’t have and American men and soldiers have sacrificed their lives to assure we have honest elections, and representatives elected by the people, not stooges of power brokers.
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