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Scenic Route: Inside the ER After the JFK Assassination
Phyllis Hall was a nurse at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, and she was on duty on November 22, 1963, the day JFK was assassinated. Her…
A Dallas Emergency Room Nurse
For the next few features we’ll be visiting with Phyllis Hall, nurse at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital. She was in the emergency room fifty years ago…
The 150th Annivesary of the Gettysburg Address
Just four months after the Battle of Gettysburg, over 50,000 people came to that town for the dedication of a cemetery to honor the war…
The Saugus Iron Works
It is a factory that began operation over a century before England’s colonies became the United State of America. We go to a place where…
Levee High Pie
The flood of 1993 almost washed away this restaurant. The levee saved the building and provided the inspiration behind their best selling item. Now, they’re…
Baking At the Blue Owl
1983 was the best of times and worst of times for Mary. She was going through a divorce, but it’s also the year she began…
The Decatur House
This was the first home, other than the White House, built on Lafayette Square. It is a place rich with history…a home that has been…
The Survivor Tree
When the twin towers collapsed on September 11th, 2001, emergency responders raced to the scene to save lives. Interestingly, there was life found at the…
Mystic Seaport
Long before the birth of this nation, this seaport was building the ships that would create a stream of commerce from Englands new colonies to…
The Rendevous Theatre
When hunters and trappers would gather once each season, it was often called a rendezvous. In Alaska and the Yukon Territory, there is still a…