Category: Washington, DC
Burning the White House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/22Aug14-White-House-1812-War-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was an act that seemed unthinkable. Another nation’s army marched into the United States capital and burned its most important government…
The Most Famous Lady to Occupy the White House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/21Aug14-White-House-1812-War-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps the most famous first lady to ever occupy the White House was Dolly Madison. She was known to host parties…
George Washington’s Influence on the White House Design
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/20Aug14-White-House-1812-War-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Although George Washington was the nation’s first president, he never got to live inside the presidential mansion that was being constructed in…
The Affect of Farming on Building the White House and Capitol
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/19Aug14-White-House-1812-War-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a long and tedious process to build the U.S. Capitol and what we know as the White House. The…
Honoring America’s Heroes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/04Jul14-Tomb-Guard.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Every independence day we celebrate our freedom. This soldier is reminded of the cost of that freedom as he protects…
Standing Your Ground
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/10/07Nov13-Octagon-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)When the British entered the Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812, they burned many of the government’s buildings, including…
The Octagon in Washington, DC
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/10/06Nov13-Octagon-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Everyone knows the Pentagon is in Washington. But did you know the city is home to an Octagon as well? …
The Thing
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/09/17Oct13-Spy-Museum-The-Thing.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It’s often referred to as simply, “The Thing.” That “thing” was a piece of equipment used to acquire secrets from…
The Spy Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/09/16Oct13-Spy-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)What’s it take to become a word class spy? The answers and the job description may just surprise you. Today…
A Veteran of the CIA
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/09/15Oct13-Spy-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today we spent time with a veteran of the CIA. In fact, he spent over two decades in clandestine operations…
Six D.C. Sites to Visit During a Government Shutdown
I was just in the nation’s capital gathering audio for our daily broadcasts. For tourists, the government shutdown means many of the sites they planned…
The Willard Hotel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/16Sep13-Willard-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The round bar at the Willard Hotel has been the places where generations of politicians, celebrities and power brokers have…
A Place For the President To Stay
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/13Sep13-Willard-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The President, of course, lives in the White House. But over the decades, when a president or president-elect has needed…
Pioneers of Flight: Stratosphere Balloons
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Pioneers-of-Flight-Stratosphere-Balloons.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Before men could go into outer space, they first had to make it into the stratosphere. Many people don’t know…
Pioneers of Flight: Cal Rodgers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Pioneers-of-Flight-Cal-Rodgers.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Today a transcontinental flight from New York to L.A. might take about five hours. But do you know how long…
Pioneers of Flight: Charles Lindbergh
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Pioneers-of-Flight-The-Lindberghs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)You may recall that it was Charles Lindbergh who flew the Spirit of 76 on the world?s first transatlantic flight….
Lincoln’s Aide – William Johnson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Lincoln-Servant-William-Johnson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Few people know that on Abraham Lincoln’s return to the District of Columbia from delivering the Gettysburg Address, he contracted…
The Women’s Astronaut Program
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Mercury-Women-Program-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 1.8MB)In the early 1980’s, the United States put its first woman into space, a full two decades after space travel…
The Mercury Training Program for Women
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Mercury-Women-Program-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)The first man in space? The first man to orbit the earth? The first man to walk on the moon?…
Election Day 2010
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Voting-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we may not think much about the way we vote, unless a close contest causes us to have to…
