On his grave he wanted written, ''Here was buried Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Virginia Law for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.'' Transcript of radio broadcast: 23 July 2...
''For a time, I think the embargo is less evil than war,'' the outgoing president said. Finally he accepted a compromise -- trade, except with Britain and France. Transcript of radio broadcast: 16 July 2008 ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATI...
Burr went on trial in 1807 for a secret plot to seize Mexico from Spain. The plan could have divided the Union. But was he guilty as charged? Transcript of radio broadcast: 02 July 2008 Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Speci...
The French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte needed money for his war with Britain. He sold all the land drained by the Mississippi River and all its many streams for 80 million francs. Transcript of radio broadcast: 18 June 2008 Welcome to THE MAKING OF A N...
The opposition Federalist Party warned that Thomas Jeffersons financial program would crush the nation. Transcript of radio broadcast: 11 June 2008 ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION an American history series in VOA Special English. By ei...
....leftovers from an era gone-by. In the mid to late 1800s, logging was a way of life in the Pacific Northwest. Loggers made vast fortunes chopping the virgin forest filled with giant trees that were thousands of years old. Few old-growth trees are...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 05 June 2006 June 6 is the anniversary of D-Day, when, in 1944, a massive Allied armada landed in Normandy to fight a battle that turned the course of the Second World W...
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 01 March 2006 watch Black History report Frederick Douglass Over the last 80 years millions of people have observed African-American History Month in the United States...
By Jim Malone Washington 25 January 2006 President Bush delivers the 2005 State of the Union address President Bush's annual State of the Union address to Congress and the American people Tuesday is t...
EXPLORATIONS - Isaac Newton: One of History's Greatest Scientists By Marilyn Christiano and Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TW...