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America's Story
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America's Story
(part 1)
- The Speech that redefined us,
November 19, 1963
(On
November 19, 1863 - almost 150 years ago - Abraham Lincoln read a
few words at the dedication of the
Soldiers'
National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
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America's Story
(part 2)
America's Story (part 2) - Savages!
(November, many of us Americans may
reflect on Thanksgiving
...
But
13 years before the Mayflower ...)
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America's Story
(part 3) -
Over There - 1917, 1941
(The
importance of music, especially in arousing passions and lifting
spirits, is keenly felt during troubled times such as war ...
especially a world war.)
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America's Story
(part 4) -
Christmas 1944,
when we said NUTS to the enemy
(On
December 22, 1944, the German commander sent the following ultimatum
for immediate surrender to General McAuliffe at Bastogne. That
morning, General McAuliffe delivered his written answer -)
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America's Story
(part 5)
- Amazing Grace
(The
Amazing Grace story and America's struggle for civil rights can be
summed up here: American
Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights: A Timeline in Context)
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America's Story
(part 6) -
GI Joe Tuskegee Airmen
(My
African American lead also had his personal stuff - a collection of
GI Joe dolls ... er ... I should say 'action figure.')
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America's Story
(part 7)
- When Reagan was shot
(Rawhide Down fills in
the minute by minute details of the timeline and the key players
leading up to the day President Reagan was shot and its ensuing
events.)
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Culture 101
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Culture 101
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Reagan's Challenge
"We've got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom -- freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. And freedom is special and rare. It's fragile; it needs [protection]."
Ronald Reagan
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Culture 101
(part 2) -
Easter Eucatastrophe
"The Resurrection is the Greatest Eucastrophe in history."
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Culture
101
(part 3) -
Paul Revere's Ride
"The shot heard around the world!"
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Pray4America
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Pray4America
(part 1) -
National Day of Prayer
America needs a declaration of dependence"
S. K. Smith
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