John Brown: The Radical Abolitionist Who Launched a Holy War Against Slavery

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James Madison: The Lawgiver Who Gave Us the Constitution

On this episode of Our American Stories, James Madison may not have been America's greatest president, but his understanding of the Constitution helped shape the nation long before he entered the White House. A Virginia legislator, author of the Federalist Papers, architect of th ...  Show more

How Catholics Gave Us the McDonald's Filet-O-Fish

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1960, McDonald's franchise owner Lou Groen had a problem. His Cincinnati, Ohio, restaurant sat in a neighborhood that was 87 percent Catholic, and on Fridays, when many Catholics abstained from eating meat, his hamburger sales collapsed ...  Show more

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