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Podcast: History Teachers Talking
Episode: HTTP Lecture: Smokey the Bear
Description: Did you know that the ad campaign that spawned the cartoonish bear, and a fire prevention legend, was only made possible by wartime paranoia about the possibility of a Japanese invasion of the continental United States? Join us for a "Short Lecture" on Smokey the Bear!Â
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