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Latest Episodes:

The 6 Littleton Brothers: A Civil War Story of Bravery and Loss and He Found Out in His Teens that His Grandfather Was One of the 3 Stooges Jul 14, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, John Busbee of The Culture Buzz on KFMG 98.9 tells the story of the remarkable sacrifice made by one family in Iowa during the Civil War. Brad Server (aka “Curly G”) shares how he grew up watching the Three Stooges on TV not knowing he was related to one of the greatest comics of all time.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The 6 Littleton Brothers: A Civil War Story of Bravery and Loss

23:00 - He Found Out in His Teens that His Grandfather Was One of the 3 Stooges

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Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny, Uncle Bud's Last Days and The Man Who Milks Snakes for a Living Jul 13, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, English historian Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking With Destiny, tells the story of this remarkable leader. Our regular contributor from Delaware, Brent Timmons, shares the story of spending time with his Uncle Bud in his last days. Nathaniel Frank, CEO of MToxins Venom Lab, tells us how he produces high volumes of snake and scorpion venom for the production of antivenom, which saves lives.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny

23:00 - Uncle Bud's Last Days

35:00 - The Man Who Milks Snakes for a Living

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The USS Lexington, The Naval Juggernaut, The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring and How Piggly Wiggly Created the Modern Supermarket Jul 13, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, regular contributor, Anne Clare, tells the story of a unique aircraft carrier, the USS Lexington. Tom Zoellner purchased a diamond engagement ring and proposed. His girlfriend said, "yes" and then, suddenly, walked out of his life making Tom the owner of a used engagement ring. Instead of hitting the self-help shelves of his local bookstore, he hit the road to discover the true worth of this shining gem and then wrote The Heartless Stone. Mike Freeman, author of Clarence Saunders & the Founding of Piggly Wiggly: The Rise and Fall of a Memphis Maverick, tells us how Clarence Saunders revolutionized the way people shopped by developing “self-service” grocery shopping.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The USS Lexington, The Naval Juggernaut

10:00 - The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring

23:00 - How Piggly Wiggly Created the Modern Supermarket

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The Unlikely Pair Who Share A Liver and Homestead Laws Saving Women From Homelessness Jul 12, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Vic Billingsley shares how Kara French's organ transplant unexpectedly led to a unique friendship. Dr. Jean Stuntz from West Texas A&M University gives us some history on what it was like before women could own property or make any money of their own.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Unlikely Pair Who Share A Liver

35:00 - Homestead Laws Saving Women From Homelessness

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Hillsdale College Students' Roles in Preserving the Union Jul 12, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Hillsdale college professor, Peter Jennings, tells the history of Hillsdale College and its role during the civil war as an abolitionist college.

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Robert Todd Lincoln: In His Father's Shadow and Roane and Eva Hunter: A Story of Love Lost, Then Rediscovered Jul 11, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, the History Guy tells us about the 16th President’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln. Roane and Eva Hunter share how they came to realize that marriage is not the solution to a relationship and that they had to love themselves before they could love each other.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Robert Todd Lincoln: In His Father's Shadow

10:00 - Roane and Eva Hunter: A Story of Love Lost, Then Rediscovered

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The Glorious 25th of November, Evacuation Day and A Father Wanted A Clean Hotel For His Family ... So He Created Holiday Inn Jul 11, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill Bryk brings us the tale of the day British forces evacuated New York City after the Revolutionary War... a full 2 years after the British Army surrendered. Kemmons Wilson Jr. tells the story of how his father (Kemmons Wilson) created a hotel chain that established the modern hotel industry.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Glorious 25th of November, Evacuation Day

25:00 - A Father Wanted A Clean Hotel For His Family ... So He Created Holiday Inn

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Ilene Hall Joined the Army to Search for Her Husband During WWII and The 1st "Disneyland" on Lake Michigan's Shore, and The Man Behind It Jul 08, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Ilene Hall tells us the story of when her husband, to whom she was married in March 1943, finished his training in the Army and was about to be shipped overseas and she decided not to put an ocean between them. Chris Siriano of the House of David Museum in Saint Joe, MI, tells the story of how a band of religious misfits ended up in along the shores of Lake Michigan and used their massive amounts of wealth to invent everything from the waffle cone, to food taken up into outer space by astronauts—all while creating an amusement park that even Walt Disney would take inspiration from.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Ilene Hall Joined the Army to Search for Her Husband During WWII

25:00 - The 1st "Disneyland" on Lake Michigan's Shore, and The Man Behind It

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The First Real Time Tragedy: The Sinking of the RMS Titanic Jul 08, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, William Hazelgrove, author of One Hundred and Sixty Minutes: The Race to Save the RMS Titanic tells the story of Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of radio and founder of the Marconi Company, as well as his surviving wireless operator-Harold Bride and how both men and their technology helped save over 700 people.

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Two Funerals, One Steelers Legend: THE Art Rooney, Sr., Dreaded Diseases of the Great Depression and She Quit Her High Paying Job To Make Crafts Jul 07, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, sports journalist, Jim O'Brian, tells us the story of the founding owner of the Steelers, Legend Art Rooney, Sr. Joy Neal Kidney, author of Leora's Letters, tells us the story of the many diseases people contracted during the great depression and how they carried on. Keycap artist, known as Tiny Makes Things, shares her story of when she decided that she wanted to quit her job and start her own business making artisan keycaps for mechanical keyboards.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Two Funerals, One Steelers Legend: THE Art Rooney, Sr.

25:00 - Dreaded Diseases of the Great Depression

35:00 - She Quit Her High Paying Job To Make Crafts

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