On this episode of Our American Stories at a m on August rd Calvin Coolidge was administered the oath of office by his father in the light of a kerosene lamp in the small town in which he was born Plymoth Notch Vermont It was the culmination of a life well lived Here to tell the story of our th President is Matthew Denhart and Tracy Messer the world's greatest Coolidge impersonator with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Our American Stories listener Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of what her family ate during the Great Depression Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Greg McDonald got his start in show business as a teenager after meeting Elvis Presley and his manager Colonel Tom Parker shortly after Parker began managing Elvis in the ' s Here's Greg with a Colonel and Elvis Christmas story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories more than any other sports figure Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience Our guest David Maraniss author of When Pride Still Mattered captures all of Lombardi the myth the man his game and his God Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the CSS Hunley's sinking of the Housatonic was only a partial success but represents the first time a submarine managed to sink an enemy vessel and it happened in Charleston Harbor during the Civil War Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Kimberly McCullough explains the beauty and difficulties of going through the foster care and adoption process Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories on the day Pearl Harbor was attacked FDR's speechwriting team wasn't in Washington Roosevelt with the help of a few aides penned the most important speech of his presidency and one of the most important speeches in American history Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the curator of the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum in Baltimore Maryland just outside Camden Yards explains Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories The History Guy shares the story about an escape attempt in the infamous Alcatraz Federal penitentiary in San Francisco California that led to a standoff The penitentiary the inmates called the Rock was supposed to be escape-proof but that did not keep some prisoners from trying Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories discrimination in all the basics of life could not deter Curt Flood from excellence in professional baseball - and ultimately bringing justice to the business of sports Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the Old Dominick Distillery story starts back in with an Italian immigrant and a fruit cart that grew to be one of the largest distribution companies in the South Add in a Kentucky woman who didn't drink until she was Alex Castle and you get the first whiskey distillery in Memphis as well as the first female head distiller in the state of Tennessee since Prohibition Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]