Category: Maryland
The Unique Signer of the Declaration of Independence
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/26Jun23-Charles-Carroll-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Of those who signed the declaration of independence, this man was the only one to sign more than just his…
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/23Jun23-Charles-Carroll-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He became one of the wealthiest men in a colony where he could not vote, hold office, or worship in…
Serving from the Civil War to WWII
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/11/05Dec22-USS-Constellation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)She was built in 1854 and one hundred years later she was still serving in the U.S. navy. We get…
USS Constellation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/11/02Dec22-USS-Constellation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A trip to the Baltimore harbor will provide you a glimpse of many ships. But it is perhaps the oldest…
The Sailing Capital of the United States
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/15Oct20-Annapolis-Maryland-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is known as the sailing capital of the U.S. It also happens to be a state capital…a former national…
Preserving a City’s History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/14Oct20-Annapolis-Maryland-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about any place you visit in this nation can spin quite a tale about it’s history…but this east coast…
Lessons from Gettysburg That Save Lives Today
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/08/07Sep20-Civil-War-Medicine-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is a place that uses the lessons of Gettysburg to save lives in places like Iraq and Afghanistan –…
The Civil War Medicine Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/08/04Sep20-Civil-War-Medicine-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are many museums dedicated to the Civil War, but this one covers a unique aspect that fascinates many visitors. …
Biting a Bullet to East the Pain
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/08/03Sep20-Civil-War-Medicine-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people think Civil War medicine involved a saw and a patient biting a bullet to ease the pain. The…
A Presidential Retreat
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/12Jun20-Catoctin-Mountain-Park-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)People have long recognized this place as a prime spot to get away from it all. During the term of…
A One-time Disaster Area
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/11Jun20-Catoctin-Mountain-Park-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was a time when these hills were a seeming disaster area. Fires and erosion had driven farmers from the…
The Aftermath of Antietam
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/03Feb20-Antietam-National-Battlefield-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Even by today’s standards the cost of this battle was staggering. It was a twelve hour conflict that saw a…
From Harvest Fields to Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/31Jan20-Antietam-National-Battlefield-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)These fields were filled with ears of corn nearing the harvest during September. The kernels would never be shelled though. …
Holding the Enemy’s Plan of Attack
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/30Jan20-Antietam-National-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine going into battle and having the enemy’s plan of attack in your hands. It sounds like it would not…
The Hominy Club
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/22Nov19-William-Paca-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a country with opposing sides that struggled to understand one another, let alone get along. It’s not a new…
The Origins of William Paca
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/20Nov19-Unionville-Plane-Crash-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His name is William Paca, and although most American can’t tell you much about this signer of the Declaration of…
The Phoenix Shot Tower
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/21Mar19-Phoenix-Shot-Tower-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When the Phoenix Shot Tower was constructed in 1828, it was the tallest building in the nation. It still stands…
The Tallest Building In America (in 1828)
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/20Mar19-Phoenix-Shot-Tower-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was the tallest building in the country in 1828…a skyscraper of its day. We’ll go there and take a…
One of the Youngest to Sign the Declaration of Independence
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/05Dec18-Thomas-Stone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)He was one of the youngest men to the sign the Declaration of Independence. He was also the first to…
A Man Named Thomas Stone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/04Dec18-Thomas-Stone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When you think of the men behind the Declaration of Indpendence you don’t think of people like Thomas Stone. However,…
