Author: Tom
Stories of Tragedy and Triumph at the Freedom House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Freedom-House-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It is called the Freedom House. This free museum is housed in what used to be the headquarters of one…
The Freedom House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Freedom-House-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)I always enjoy the chance to explore Alexandria, Virginia. It’s a historic city and I recently happened upon a new…
The Battle of New Market
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Battle-of-New-Market-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)There was nothing left to do. A group of 15-21 year old students would be forced into battle if there…
Gaining Control of the Breadbasket
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Battle-of-New-Market-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is one of the most scenic farming regions in the world. The fertile valley is flanked by…
Locked Up for Data
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/National-Ag-Statistics-Service-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Every month from spring to fall you can be guaranteed that Joe will get locked in his office. Others get…
Behind the Numbers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/National-Ag-Statistics-Service-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.4KB)A farmer may wonder how the United States Department of Agriculture comes up with their estimates for each month’s crop…
Jean Lafitte
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Zahn-Lafite.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.8KB)He’s still regarded as an important figure in New Orleans and American history. Although nearly two centuries have passed, this…
The USS Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Hawaii-USS-Missouri-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)On September 2nd, 1945 Japan officially surrendered, ending WW II. Douglas MacCarthur addressed the world that day at the event…
Preparing for a Japanese Surrender
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Hawaii-USS-Missouri-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)If you saw a sailor with a broomstick strapped to his leg ascending and descending stairs aboard a ship, you’d…
Moving the Official End of World War II
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Hawaii-USS-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 936.7KB)September 2nd, 1945. The Japanese were ready to sign documents officially ending World War II. That event took place aboard…
An Iowa Class Battleship
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Hawaii-USS-Missouri-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)For the next few days we’ll take a look at an event that took place 65 years ago this week–the…
Hawaii’s Kokee State Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/Hawaii-Kakee-State-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Most people head to Hawaii for the balmy weather, so it’s quite unexpected to find this place has beautiful ocean…
A Job with a Beautiful View
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/Hawaii-Kauai-Marriott.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.4KB)Pristine beaches, huge swimming pools, beautiful fish ponds all surround the place where Sally goes to work. We tag along…
A Hawaiin Luau
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/Hawaii-Laua.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 937.8KB)When visiting the Hawaiian Islands, there’s no better experience than a traditional Hawaiian luau–except that’s not what you’ll get here….
The Story Behind Little House on the Prairie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 937.3KB)It’s hard to imagine it happened by chance–8 books and a 10 year television series–all based on one young pioneer…
The Birthplace of Little House on the Prairie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.6KB)She never set out to become a famous author; she was simply writing down some stories from her childhood. But…
A 21st Century Soda Fountain with 1950s Prices
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/Ava-Drugstore-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.2KB)In 1950s America kids might have finished their school day with a trip by the drug store soda fountain where…
A Drugstore for Ava
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/23Aug10-Ava-Drug-Store-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Today many cities of a few thousand people or more have pharmacies from one of a number of large national…
A Collector of Pens and Pencils
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/Pencil-Collector-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Residents in Trenton, Missouri know that when they need a pen or pencil, there’s one man in town that can…
The Battle of the Hemp Bales
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/24Aug09-Battle-of-the-Hemp-Bales.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)The bullet holes still scar the inside and outside of this home–a place that was a hospital during a skirmish…
