The American Story

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Michael Patrick Murphy Mar 22, 2022

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This episode is about an American warrior and the warship that carries on his name. The ship and her crew operate in more than 48 million square miles of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The area is more than 14 times the size of the continental United States; it includes 36 maritime countries, 50% of the world's population, and the world's 5 largest foreign armed forces.

Uncle Tom's Cabin Mar 15, 2022

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Isabella Beecher was outraged like many of her Boston neighbors by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law 1850. The new law, part of the Compromise of 1850, required citizens in free states to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves under penalty of stiff fines or imprisonment. Isabella was fully occupied looking after her eleven children, but she knew someone who might be able to do something: her husband's sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Fingertip Memories Mar 08, 2022

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Helen Keller was 14 years old when she first met the world-famous Mark Twain in 1894. They became fast friends for life. Keller, who was deaf and blind, loved to listen to Twain tell his stories by putting her fingers to his lips. As she said of Twain, "He knew that we do not think with eyes and ears, and that our capacity for thought is not measured by five senses. He kept me always in mind while he talked, and he treated me like a competent human being. That is why I loved him."

The Great Depression and the Cowboy Philosopher Mar 01, 2022

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A little humor can help get a country through hard times.

Simple Truth Feb 22, 2022

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The Congress of the United States named him "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen"

War and Peace Feb 15, 2022

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Among the countless millions of human events postponed, rescheduled, or cancelled in the long hard year 2020, one was a gathering scheduled for an eight square mile volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean. The gathering was to be a "Reunion of Honor" commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.

O Captain, My Captain! Feb 08, 2022

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Young Abraham Lincoln does some good in the Blackhawk War.

Catching Excellence Feb 01, 2022

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The son of an Italian immigrant, Vincent Thomas Lombardi was born in Brooklyn on June 11, 1913. He played guard in the famed Seven Blocks of Granite offensive line of Fordham University in the 1930s before going on to become one of the greatest coaches of all time in any sport. His name is synonymous with winning. His steadfast spirit inspired the nation.

The American Dream Jan 25, 2022

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About the standard by which Americans judge the success and failure of their experiment in self-government

Proclamation: American New Year 1863 Jan 18, 2022

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On New Year's Day 1863, President Lincoln signed the proclamation he had promised a hundred days before. Lincoln understood better than anyone the constitutional challenges to emancipation. He took the greatest care to draft the proclamation in terms that could be defended before the highest court in the land. Then in the last weeks of his life, he "left no means unapplied" to getting the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery, approved by Congress.

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