2002-08-19 Ravinia and Tanglewood Music Parks
Every summer, millions of Americans enjoy listening to musicconcerts at parks in the open air. They can hear some of…
2002-08-12 Sports Halls of Fame
VOICE ONE: Baseball, football and basketball are popular sports in theUnited States. All three have museums that tell about the…
2002-08-05 Presidential Medal of Freedom
VOICE ONE: President Bush recognized twelve people at a White House ceremonylast month. The twelve were officially honored with the…
2002-07-22 US World Cup Team
VOICE ONE: The United States soccer team did very well in the World CupChampionship in South Korea and Japan last…
2002-07-15 Medical Education
VOICE ONE: Students must study and work for many years to become a doctor inthe United States. Working conditions are…
2002-07-08 The Catholic Church in America
VOICE ONE: Almost sixty-four-million Christians in the United States belongto the Roman Catholic Church. Sexual wrongdoing by clergymen againstchildren has…
2002-07-01 Songs that Celebrate America
VOICE ONE: July Fourth is America’s most important national holiday:Independence Day. Americans will celebrate the anniversary of theirdeclaration of independence…
2002-06-24 Women Spies
VOICE ONE: Throughout American history, women have aided the United Statesand its allies by spying. A show organized by the…
2002-06-17 Reform of the FBI
VOICE ONE: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the main investigatingagency of the United States Department of Justice. The JusticeDepartment…
2002-06-10 Biltmore Estate
It was built more than one-hundredyears ago near the mountains of North Carolina. It is still thelargest private home in…
2002-06-03 Weddings
VOICE ONE: Almost two-and-one-half million marriages are performed each yearin the United States. June is one of the most popular…
2002-05-27 Memorial Day
VOICE ONE: Monday is Memorial Day in the United States. It is the nationalholiday when Americans honor the military men…
2002-05-20 B&O Railroad Museum
VOICE ONE: The American city of Baltimore, Maryland is home to the Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad Museum. Museum officials have organized…
2002-05-13 Sondheim Celebration
VOICE ONE: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,D.C currently is honoring the work of one…
2002-05-06 Memphis, Tennessee
VOICE ONE: The music called blues was born in this southern American city.Rock and roll music also began here. This…