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George Washington

February 22nd, 2010

Sometimes a person gains so much fame, they become bigger than life. So is that the case when we hear the story of George Washington telling the truth about a cherry tree he chopped to the ground?

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Categories: American Countryside, Podcast, Presidents, Virginia

Frederick Douglass

January 18th, 2010

frederickdouglassMartin Luther King Jr. Day is a national holiday, but this man is noted by some to be the grandfather of the civil right movement…

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Categories: American Countryside, Podcast, Virginia, Washington, DC