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Picket’s Charge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/04Jul23-Gettysburg-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every Independence Day we remember those who have fought for our freedom. One well known battlefield still draws thousands of…
A Twenty Year Gettysburg National Battlefield Guide
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/03Jul23-Gettysburg-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He’s shared his knowledge with joint chiefs of staff, ambassadors and other high ranking government officials. But when you lead…
Lewis & Clark’s Montana Obstacle
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/30Jun23-Great-Falls.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Although sandbars and other river snags were a danger for Lewis and Clark on the way up the Missouri River…it…
Albany, Minnesota’s Pioneer Days
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/29Jun23-Albany-Pioneer-Days-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are lots of places you can go to see classic tractors. Most are well done and many have a…
The Small Town Event that Became a Big Time Attraction
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/28Jun23-Albany-Pioneer-Days-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One September weekend each year you can count on about 20,000 to 25,000 people to attend an event in central…
A Keen Eye for Undiscovered History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/27Jun23-Albany-Pioneer-Days-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)John had a job, but he also had a keen eye for what he saw while doing that job. For…
The Unique Signer of the Declaration of Independence
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/26Jun23-Charles-Carroll-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Of those who signed the declaration of independence, this man was the only one to sign more than just his…
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/23Jun23-Charles-Carroll-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He became one of the wealthiest men in a colony where he could not vote, hold office, or worship in…
Hitchhiking Your Way To College
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/22Jun23-Raymond-Hagan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It can be difficult to earn the money needed to get a college education. Raymond Hagan graduated high school in…
The Struggle Just to Get to School
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/21Jun23-Raymond-Hagan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we take things like a high school education for granted. If you want a diploma, you usually have access…
The Life of Father Kapaun
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/20Jun23-Farther-Emil-Kapaun-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Pilsen, Kansas is probably not on your way to most places you need to get. Yet many people go out…
Carrying The Wounded – Caring For Souls
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/19Jun23-Farther-Emil-Kapaun-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If someone needs help, we might say that others figuratively carried them to where they needed to be. In this…
Run to the Sound of the Battle
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/16Jun23-Farther-Emil-Kapaun-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The army needs brave soldiers. In this battle, it seemed the bravest of them all was a man in the…
Pilsen, Kansas’ Skyline
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/15Jun23-Farther-Emil-Kapaun-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Drive to the small town of Pilsen, Kansas and there’s one building that dominates the skyline. It’s the steeple of…
Many Nations – One Island
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/14Jun23-St-Croix-Alexander-Hamilton-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive here. Then the French rules the island, followed by the Danes. Finally…
An Amazing Route to the U.S. Treasury
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/13Jun23-St-Croix-Alexander-Hamilton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today a high school or college student might take an internship to learn the basics they need for a certain…
The Beginnings of Alexander Hamilton
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/12Jun23-St-Croix-Alexander-Hamilton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Historians don’t agree whether this U.S. founding father was born in 1755 or 1757. He never arrived in what is…
Easternmost Point in U.S. Territory
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/08Jun23-Wizard-of-Oz-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the easternmost point in U.S. territory…an island purchased by the United States in 1916. If you come here to…
The Most Watched Movie of All Time
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/08Jun23-Wizard-of-Oz-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1939 two major movies were released at the same time. One was “Gone with the Wind,” one of the…
Frank, the Great Storyteller
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/07Jun23-Wizard-of-Oz-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people can spin great stories. By all accounts, Frank was a great story teller, but his audience was just…
