California
From Jeff Brown | Part of the The American State Songbook series | 03:21
Do you know your state song?
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- California
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- Jeff Brown
The American State Songbook is a 50-part series. Each 3-5 minute program highlights a state and its official song or songs. The entire series is available free on 3 compact discs.
Thanksgiving story
From Holly Kernan | 05:51
A refugee remembers his first Thanksgiving
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- Thanksgiving story
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- Holly Kernan
Commentator Andrew Lam remembers his first Thanksgiving in America, when he was a teenage refugee, fleeing war in his native Vietnam.But it was neither American history lessons nor Puritan cuisine that taught him the meaning of the holiday....
(this is a debut piece)
A history built on hearsay: Tales of the early Chinese settlers
From KALW | 06:16
In the mid-1800s, the Gold Rush brought enthusiastic settlers westward, from across the United States. At the same time, another migration was flowing eastward. Over three decades, the country’s Chinese population grew from 4,000 to over 100,000. The immigrants who landed on California’s shores followed the Transcontinental Railroad across the state, building pockets of community along the way.
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- A history built on hearsay: Tales of the early ...
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In the mid-1800s, the Gold Rush brought enthusiastic settlers westward, from across the United States. At the same time, another migration was flowing eastward. Over three decades, the country’s Chinese population grew from 4,000 to over 100,000. The immigrants who landed on California’s shores followed the Transcontinental Railroad across the state, building pockets of community along the way.
Labor Day: It Began in San Francisco
From Dick Meister | 02:21
Despite what the official histories say, Labor Day actually was first observed in San Francisco.
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- Labor Day: It Began in San Francisco
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- Dick Meister
Most historians say the first Labor Day was observed in 1894, but it actually began a quarter-century earlier with a grand parade through San Francisco's downtown. The first official Labor Day was proclaimed by the state of California in 1886-- eight years before the Federal Government made it a national holiday and a year before Oregon proclaimed what's generally cited, incorrectly, as the first such state proclamation.