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The Story Behind The Navy's Unofficial Motto: "Don't Give Up the Ship" Jan 15, 2025

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On this episode of Our American Stories, America’s Cup winner and entrepreneur Bill Koch tells the story of the intersection of America’s history with his own family’s.

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The Story of a Saxophone Playing Sasquash Named...SAXSquatch Jan 15, 2025

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On this episode of Our American Stories, he was a sax player for one of the world's great touring bands, The Marcus King Band. But he was called to do something different. Something that could allow him to pursue his own musical and creative ambitions. Many artists go by one name: Bono, Sting, Madonna, and Prince, to name a few. Here's Saxsquatch with his story.

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The 1946 Escape from Alcatraz That Turned into a Battle With... Marines? Jan 15, 2025

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On this episode of Our American Stories, The History Guy shares the story about an escape attempt in the infamous Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco, California, that led to a standoff. The penitentiary the inmates called "the Rock,” was supposed to be escape-proof, but that did not keep some prisoners from trying.

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The Great Emancipators: How The Civil War Openly Became About Slavery Jan 15, 2025

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Abraham Lincoln is often referred to as "the Great Emancipator"... but that's not the entire truth. Our regular contributor Jon Elfner and Dr. Kate Masur, author of "Until Justice Be Done," tell the rest of the story that begins with three runaway slaves.

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The Hairdresser Who Led Druglord/Dictator Manuel Noriega to God Jan 15, 2025

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On this episode of Our American Stories, she had no idea that her customer on that fateful day was the Panamanian dictator's daughter. Joe Garmen, founder of ARM Prison Ministries, tells the story.

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When People Sent Their Children Through the Mail Jan 14, 2025

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On this episode of Our American Stories, taking an interesting twist on our “Rule of Law” series, Christopher Warren shares the history of the U.S. Postal Service and a time when people mailed their children… and in one instance, an entire bank.

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Before There Was Rosa Parks There Was Elizabeth Jennings: The Story of America's First Freedom Rider Jan 14, 2025

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On this episode of Our American Stories, 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Elizabeth Jennings refused to leave hers in New York City. Jerry Mikorenda, author of America's First Freedom Rider, tells the remarkable story of the event desegregating NYC transportation before the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the abolition of slavery.

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The Patch and the Stream Where the American Fell: Finding POW Dave Dinan—Years After His Death in Vietnam Jan 14, 2025

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Ed Sykes tells the remarkable story of his unbreakable bond with his compatriot Dave Dinan and the unrelenting and ultimately successful task of recovering his remains from the jungles of Vietnam.

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The Green Beret That Other Green Berets Look Up To Jan 13, 2025

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On this episode of Our American Stories, in six hours, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez saved 8-plus men while enduring 7 major gunshot wounds, 28 shrapnel wounds, and major bayonet slash wounds. Hear his Medal of Honor story from President Reagan and the man himself.

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The Story of Bad and Boring History Has Been Taught in Our Schools—and the Cure For It (w/ David McCullough) Jan 13, 2025

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On this episode of Our American Stories, historian David McCullough brings generational talent to those studying the wild realities of America's independence. After all, no one has ever lived in the past, but in the present. At the National Archive, McCullough names and thanks his own teachers, and hands down the important right way to teach and study our history.

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