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Recently Posted American Stories

Planting Poems

by | Mar 26, 2026 | ,

Planting Poems

In 1915, Robert Frost brought his wife and four children to a small farm in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He was a terrible farmer. He used to milk the cows at midnight, so he could sleep late. Townsfolk figured he’d be on their welfare rolls by Christmas. Then, they read something he wrote. It inspired them to do something very special for poets.

Home Plate Wedding

by | Mar 25, 2026 | ,

Some folks do not see limits, only opportunities.  Ed Lucas decided he wanted to broadcast baseball games, after watching the first nationally televised playoff. He ran outside to celebrate his decision.  The twelve year old fired a fastball to a boyfriend...

1929 or Bust

by | Mar 24, 2026 | ,

Aren’t we all dreaming of breaking out? Seeing something besides the place where we live? Sometimes in life you have to get lost — to find yourself. Roy and Anna Williams set out from their home in Florence, Kentucky, to circle the west in a car that ran on dreams.

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