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Scenic Route: Witness to an Assassination
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/ScenicRoute-012.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 19:52 — 18.2MB)You may think you know all there is to know about the JFK assassination. But there was one man wounded…
Share The American Countryside
We’ve been pretty busy lately trying to bring you The American Countryside however you want it, whenever you want it, and wherever you want it….
Moments After an Assassination…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/16Jul13-Tague-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)The city of Dallas was abuzz with excitement on November 22, 1963 as President Kennedy made a visit to the…
James Tague – Eyewitness and Researcher
James Tague was not only an unexpected eyewitness to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, he also has become a dedicated historical researcher. Tague’s…
Accidental Eyewitness to History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/15Jul13-Tague-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)This week we resume our series on the coming 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. We visit with…
Restoring Our Airborne Past
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/12Jul13-Strategic-Air-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)Restoring old aircraft perhaps sounds like a peaceful and fun way to spend one’s working or volunteer hours. Mark Hamilton…
America’s Strategic Air Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/11Jul13-Strageic-Air-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)It’s the largest and fastest Blackbird you’ll ever see. But it’s just one of many intriguing items associated with America’s…
More Important than Kitty Hawk?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/10Jul13-Wright-Brothers-Dayton.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)The Wright Brothers first took flight in 1903 and that plane is in the Smithsonian. But the brothers said there…
Up, Up, and Away…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/09Jul13-Stratosphere-Balloons.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Before men could go into outer space, they first had to make it into the stratosphere. Many people don’t know…
The Truth About Paul Revere’s Famous Ride
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/08Jul13-Paul-Revere.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. On the eighteenth of April, in…
Gettysburg Week: Supporting the Soldiers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/05Jul13-Gettysburg-Christian-Commission.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)When a soldier heads to battle, there are many organizations that volunteer their services to help he or she and…
Gettysburg Week: Guiding Us Through History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/04Jul13-Gettysburg-Guide.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)He’s shared his knowledge with joint chiefs of staff, ambassadors and other high ranking government officials. But when you lead…
Scenic Route: Supporting the Troops Before the USO
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/ScenicRoute-011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 14:09 — 13.0MB)Before the USO was sending Bob Hope overseas, a little-known organization went to the war front to support soldiers in…
Scenic Route: Gettysburg Remembered
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/ScenicRoute-010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 16:25 — 15.0MB)As America celebrates the anniversary of its founding, it also celebrates the 150th anniversary of one of its most important…
Gettysburg Week: The Man Behind the “Charge”
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/03Jul13-Gettysburg-Pickett.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)He is perhaps the most famous name to fight at the battle of Gettysburg. His leadership on the battlefield has…
Gettysburg Week: What a Way to Spend Retirement
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/02Jul13-Gettysburg-Burns.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)Imagine hitting the age to retire and then deciding to go volunteer for the army. That is what John Burns…
Gettysburg Week: The General (Most of) America Forgot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/01Jul13-Gettysburg-Meade.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)In the three days leading up to Indpendence Day, 1863, Americans waged the greatest of battles against one another at…
Some Abraham Lincoln Stories You Won’t Get from Hollywood
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/28Jun13-Vandalia-Lincoln.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)What was Abraham Lincoln doing with 81 bottles of champagne and 14 pounds of raisins? Thankfully he didn’t consume them…
A Deadly Trip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/27Jun13-De-Soto-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.8MB)Imagine walking all the way from Arkansas to Mexico City. That’s what this expedition attempted to do. When they finally…
Transforming Florida Forever
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/26Jun13-De-Soto-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)It’s hard to imagine the changes that took place in the American southeast during the 16th Century. The Spanish came…