On this episode of Our American Stories historian John Steele Gordon tells the story of how the telegraph went from Samuel Morse to winning WWI and how one man spearheaded the effort to connect America to Great Britain and in doing so the rest of the world Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories historian John Steele Gordon tells the story of how the telegraph went from Samuel Morse to winning WWI and how one man spearheaded the effort to connect America to Great Britain and in doing so the rest of the world Former CEO of -Eleven Jim Keyes tells the story of how their company has led countless immigrants to the American Dream Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - The Transatlantic Cable How ONE Underwater Wire Changed the World - How -Eleven Has Helped People Pursue Their American DreamSee omnystudio [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories historian John Steele Gordon tells the story of how the telegraph went from Samuel Morse to winning WWI and how one man spearheaded the effort to connect America to Great Britain and in doing so the rest of the world Former CEO of -Eleven Jim Keyes tells the story of how their company has led countless immigrants to the American Dream Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes nbsp - The Transatlantic Cable The Thread that Connected the World - -Eleven's Commitment to the American DreamSee omnystudio com listener [... more]

If I were to ask you what you consider the most decisive battle or conflict in history what would you say Perhaps Constantine's victory at Milvian Bridge the colonists' triumph over Great Britain Hitler's defeat in World War II No matter what your opinion is you can put all the important battles in history together and they will still pale in comparison to a battle that is yet to be fought The Battle of Armageddon as Scripture calls it will change the face of the world literally [... more]

An article by Seventy Matthew S Holland in the August Liahona magazine Prophecy of War and how Joseph Smith correctly predicted the Civil War Bill and Eric go through the article and critique some of the assertions made by Holland [... more]

Which would you choose mdash a skiing holiday in Switzerland or rescuing children from danger in Prague Nicholas Winton just an ordinary man chose the latter In war between Czechoslovakia and Germany seemed on the horizon After Nicholas visited refugee camps in Prague where many Jewish citizens lived in horrible conditions he felt compelled to come up with a plan to help He raised money to transport hundreds of children safely out of Prague to Great Britain to be cared for by British families before the onset of World War II His actions exemplified those called for in Psalm ldquo [... more]

A judge has asked the parties in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit to develop a joint plan It would implement consultant's recommendations for major changes in the state's public education system including billion of new spending in the next eight years Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies assesses the latest developments in the Leandro court proceedings You've likely heard of Brexit Great Britain's well-publicized exit from the European Union Now North Carolina is dealing with BLEXIT a project of black Americans distancing themselves from the Democratic Party Danielle Robinson BLEXIT state [... more]