On this episode of Our American Stories our audience loved Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's wonderful story from her historical fiction book John Lincoln Clem Civil War Drummer Boy So we asked if she would share another story with us Here she is telling the story of the family that lived in the New York Public Library Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories our audience loved Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's wonderful story from her historical fiction book John Lincoln Clem Civil War Drummer Boy So we asked if she would share another story with us Here she is telling the story of the family that lived in the New York Public Library Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories our audience loved Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's wonderful story from her historical fiction book John Lincoln Clem Civil War Drummer Boy So we asked if she would share another story with us Here she is telling the story of the family that lived in the New York Public Library Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories our audience loved Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's wonderful story from her historical fiction book John Lincoln Clem Civil War Drummer Boy So we asked if she would share another story with us Here she is telling the story of the family that lived in the New York Public Library Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Kristin O'Donnell Tubb author of nbsp John Lincoln Clem Civil War Drummer Boy tells the story of the family that lived in the New York Public Library Heather McPherson tells us how her Great Uncle inspired her to become the Curator of History at the South Carolina Military Museum Sarah Wells author of nbsp American Honey A Field Guide to Resisting Temptation shares her experience overcoming temptation nbsp nbsp Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes - nbsp A Family Lived in the New York Public Library - Her [... more]

Two stately stone lions watch over the entrance to the New York Public Library Hewn from marble they rsquo ve stood there proudly since the library rsquo s dedication in They were first nicknamed Leo Lenox and Leo Astor to honor the library rsquo s founders But during the Great Depression New York rsquo s Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia renamed them Fortitude and Patience virtues he thought New Yorkers should demonstrate in those challenging years The lions are still called Fortitude and Patience today The Bible describes a living powerful Lion who also gives encouragement in trouble and is known by [... more]