Category: Maryland
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,…
Volunteers Helping Others in Tragedies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/22May17-Clara-Barton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we see these volunteers helping others around the world after natural disasters and other tragedies. It all began with…
One of the Most Recognized Organizations
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/19May17-Clara-Barton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today it is one of the most recognized organizations helping those in need…and its story began with one women helping…
The Sailing Capitol of the United States
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/14Mar14-Annapolis.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It is known as the sailing capitol of the United States. It also happens to be a state capitol, a…
Five Places to Find Columbus in the New World Today
In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety Two, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue. And ever since, people have been building monuments to him. In fact, one Internet…
Charles Carroll
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Charles-Carroll-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 945.9KB)Of those who signed the Declaration of Independence, this man was the only one to sign more than just his…
Annapolis, Maryland
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Annapolis.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.9KB)It is known as the sailing capitol of the United States. It also happens to be a state capitol, a…
Catoctin Mountain Park (Part 2)
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Catoctin Mountain Park (Part 1)
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Antietam Battle
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/09/Antietam-Battle-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Even by today’s standards, the cost of this battle was staggering. It was a 12 hour conflict that saw a…
Chad Hymas: From Salt Lake to Las Vegas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/09/Chad-Hymas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 960.2KB)You can make a quick drive from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas or an even shorter flight if you…
Antietam Battle’s Blood Lane
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/09/Antietam-Battle-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.1KB)The fields were filled with ears of corn nearing harvest during September, but the kernels would never be shelled. In…
Knowing Someone Else’s Battle Plan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/09/Antietam-Battle-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 950.0KB)Imagine going into a battle and having the enemy’s plan of attach in your hands. It sounds like it would…
Battle at Antietam
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/09/Antietam-Battle-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.7KB)You may have heard stories of family members fighting against one another during the Civil War. At this famous battlefield,…
