Category: Alabama
Meeting Someone Famous
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/25Jul17-George-Lair-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Did you ever meet someone famous? Did you immediately recognize them, or did someone have to nudge you and point…
Just Right For the Radio
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/24Jul17-George-Lair-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We all listen to music, but we often don’t give much thought to where that music was recorded and the…
A Big Deal in the Music World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/21Jul17-George-Lair-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)You’ve perhaps heard of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but maybe you don’t know just how big a deal this place is…
A Who’s Who Kind of Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/20Jul17-Coon-Dog-Cemetery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Not just anyone gets to buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The same holds true for this little cemetery down some…
A Special Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/19Jul17-Coon-Dog-Cemetery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It looks like many cemeteries in the U.S. There are grave markers and flowers surrounding by many trees. But this…
A Ticket To Get Into Church
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/27Jun17-Selma-Church-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Did you ever think you might need a ticket to get into your church? It happens here, but that’s a…
A Bridge In American History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/26Jun17-Selma-Church-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today you can drive over this bridge and perhaps never know its important place in American history. But today we…
Find the Right To Vote Too Difficult
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/23Jun17-Selma-Church-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us take the right to vote for granted. It may be something we do when there is an…
Skipping School for Something Far More Important
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/22Jun17-Selma-Church-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most parents would not wanting their children skipping school. But in this case, there was something far more important –…
One of the Most Famous Churches in the Nation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/21Jun17-Selma-Church-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the most famous churches in the nation – a place that is about more than just a…
The George Washington Carver Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/12May17-George-Washington-Carver-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Garret Morgan, but you’ve been impacted by his inventions. But incredibly, there…
Two Doors To the Same Building
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/11May17-George-Washington-Carver-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When I went to this building to do today’s feature, I was a little confused. There were two front doors…
Taking School To the Students
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/10May17-George-Washington-Carver-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the days when it was difficult for some to come to school, the school went to the students. And…
Music That Still Resonates Today
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/13Mar17-Hank-Williams-Home-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)His life and career ended way too soon. A promising life in country music was cut short before he reached…
Hiram King Williams
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/10Mar17-Hank-Williams-Home-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we feature the story of Hiram King Williams. Not heard of him? You probably have, but you just know…
A Home With a Wraparound Porch in Georgiana, Alabama
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/09Mar17-Hank-Williams-Home-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Wind onto a side street in tiny Georgiana, Alabama and you’ll find a home with a broad covered wraparound porch. …
The Right to Vote
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/08Mar17-Dianne-Harris-Selma-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today, many Americans don’t think much about the right to vote. Yes, we do vote, and we should vote –…
One Young Woman’s Challenge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/07Mar17-Dianne-Harris-Selma-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today’s story is one that will stir your emotions. It is a story that can bring a tear but also…
Getting Arrested Three Times
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/06Mar17-Dianne-Harris-Selma-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Normally our parents would not like the idea of their children being arrested by the police. In this case, one…
Part of the Selma Civil Rights March
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/03Mar17-Dianne-Harris-Selma-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The year was 1965. Diane’s mother wanted to be a part of the civil rights marches in town, but her…
