Category: Presidents
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…
President’s Week 2017: Woodrow Wilson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/22Feb17-Presidents-Week-Woodrow-Wilson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)He was the son of a Presbyterian minister who went on to teach school and lead the nation during a…
President’s Week 2017: Theodore Roosevelt
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/21Feb17-Presidents-Week-Theodore-Roosevelt.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)To date, no U.S. president has been born in North Dakota…but this commander-in-chief’s experiences there may be the reason he…
President’s Week 2017: William McKinley
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/20Feb17-Presidents-Week-William-McKinley.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some history students will remember the slogan “Remember the Maine”, a war cry that sent the U.S. into battle against…
