Category: Presidents
An Iconic Moment in Presidential Election History
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/08Nov24-Harry-Truman-Election-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the most iconic pictures in presidential election history. A picture of President Harry Truman holding up a…
Harry Truman’s Hopeful Campaign
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/07Nov24-Harry-Truman-Election-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the summer of 1948 Harry Truman was losing the race to return for a second term as president. But…
Expecting a Different Election Outcome
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/06Nov24-Harry-Truman-Election-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was the day after the voting had ended and people woke up to find a different person was elected…
Lincoln’s 81 Bottle of Champagne
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/20Jul23-Lincoln-Vandalia-Illinois-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What was Abraham Lincoln doing with 81 bottles of champagne and 14 pounds of raisins? Thankfully he didn’t consume them…
Lincoln’s Start in Politics
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/19Jul23-Lincoln-Vandalia-Illinois-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You can go to Springfield, IL and learn plenty about president Abraham Lincoln. His home and presidential library are there. …
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…
Lincoln Says Goodbye to Mother and Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/09Feb23-Lincoln-Log-Cabin-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We may remember that President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is February 12th. But we often forget the important role of his…
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/08Feb23-Lincoln-Log-Cabin-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln lost his mother to a sudden illness when he was just nine years old. Within a year his…
President Lincoln’s Servant and Friend
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/09/28Sep20-Lincoln-Servant-William-Johnson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Few people know that on Abraham Lincoln’s return to D.C. from delivering the Gettysburg Address, he contracted a mild case…
Bookends To a Presidency
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/09/22Sep20-Lincoln-Inauguration-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On the surface, this old train station in Springfield, IL may not seem to be that important. However, when you…
A President Elect’s Moving Sale
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/09/21Sep20-Lincoln-Inauguration-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When people move, they often put some items up for sale and place others in the trash. Now imagine it…
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…
Sandwiched Between Two Notable Presidents
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/17Feb20-John-Adams.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His presidency was sandwiched between presidential greats George Washington and Thomas Jefferson…and unfortunately, much of his work in helping form…
A Decisive Role in History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/14Feb20-Andrew-Johnson-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When John F Kennedy wrote the book, “Profiles in Courage,” he wrote about several people who had decisive roles in…
One of Lincoln’s Worst Calls
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/13Feb20-Andrew-Johnson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln’s face is on Mt. Rushmore because of the leadership he showed during the American Civil War. However, in…
A President Mostly Forgotten
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/12Feb20-Andrew-Johnson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During February we remember the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Today we take a look at a man who held the…
President’s Week 2017: Calvin Coolidge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/24Feb17-Presidents-Week-Calvin-Coolidge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all happened in the middle of the night. The citizens of the United States went to bed on August…
President’s Week 2017: Herbert Hoover
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/23Feb17-Presidents-Week-Herbert-Hoover-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s Presidents Week on the and today’s feature focuses on a graduate of Stanford who used his engineering degree to…
