Category: Virginia
Farmer First, President Second
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/13Feb23-Thomas-Jefferson-Agriculture-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thousands of visitors tour this famous presidential home each year and although most know of this man’s important role in…
Presidential Farming
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/10Feb23-Thomas-Jefferson-Agriculture-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His face is one of four carved into Mt. Rushmore…but few know the story of how this well known president…
National D-Day Memorial
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/06Jun22-D-Day-Memorial-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been several decades since allied troops landed at Normandy on D-day. Over four thousand men gave their lives that…
The Boys from Bedford
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/05/03Jun22-D-Day-Memorial-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of those who served in World War II actually joined the armed forces before the tradgedy at Pearl Harbor. …
Remembering Those Who Served
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/05/02Jun22-Bob-Garst-D-Day-Memorial.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s estimated that over three million military men and women served in Vietnam and neighboring nations during the Vietnam War. …
The Wise FFA Owl
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/25Feb22-FFA-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You have to give Henry Groseclose a lot of credit. Not only did he use his hospital stay to write…
Where FFA Began
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/24Feb22-FFA-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The week of George Washington’s birthday is annually celebrated as National FFA week. Today we trace the history of the…
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/08Feb22-Patrick-Henry-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It may be one of the most famous speeches ever delivered. Even if you know nothing else of about the…
Who Lived at Red Hill?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/07Feb22-Patrick-Henry-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His leadership skills rivaled those of Washington and Jefferson…and his speaking skills were superior…yet when you mention his home of…
The Arlington Ladies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/01Oct21-Arlington-Ladies.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On Memorial Day we remember our loved ones, but these ladies recognize our fallen soldiers this weekend and every day…
Getting an Opportunity for Education
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/08/11Aug20-Booker-T-Washington-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this man was born, he was barred from getting an education. Remarkably, much of his life was spent making…
One of the Great Leaders
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/08/10Aug20-Booker-T-Washington-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of the great leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and when you consider he…
The Story of Thomas Jackson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/15Apr20-Stonewall-Jackson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If I told you that today’s feature is about Thomas Jackson, you probably wouldn’t have a very good idea of…
George Washington’s Birthplace
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/21Feb20-George-Washington-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Washington’s birth date was always clear–February 22, 1732. The location of his birth though was difficult to pinpoint. It’s…
Thomas Jefferson’s Neighbor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/20Feb20-James-Monroe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson’s home is one of the best known and most visited in the United States. However, just drive down…
An Impact Still Felt Today
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/09/16Sep19-Maggie-Walker-2019.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Her name may not be as prominent as Martin Luther King or Booker T. Washington, yet her impact is still…
Famous Words From the American Revolution
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/13May19-Patrick-Henry-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)They are perhaps the most famous words of the American revolution – and arguably the most important speech delivered in…
Bringing About Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/10May19-Patrick-Henry-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When Virginians colonial leaders gathered in the Spring of 1775, they were considering actions that could provoke war with their…
Attending the State Church
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/09May19-Patrick-Henry-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Before the colony of Virginia became one of thirteen states in a new country, its citizens were required to regularly…
A Museum of Slave History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/23Oct18-Freedom-House-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It is called the Freedom House. This free museum is housed in what used to be the headquarters of one…
