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Lou Fowler | Generations of Heroes
Lou Fowler | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

World War II Meet Lou Fowler and was a World War II POW. Interview by Ryan Riordan from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
Ramon Guitard | Generations of Heroes
Ramon Guitard | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Iraq War *** Please Note: This video contains detailed information about a soldier's experience with an IED. The soldier's description of these events is very disturbing and will not be appropriate...
Robert Mills | Generations of Heroes
Robert Mills | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

World War II Meet Robert Mills. He served in World War II. Interview by Perry McLeod from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. ​ Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Artopia
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

High Voltage Theater A Closer Look In the scene from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in our video clip, the main character, the pretentious schoolteacher Ichabod Crane, is engaged in a swordfight with...
Danny Brazzel | Generations of Heroes
Danny Brazzel | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vietnam War Meet Danny Brazzel. He served in the Vietnam War. Interview by London Knight from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
David Hill | Generations of Heroes
David Hill | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vietnam War David Hill was a Vietnam Medic. Hill describes his training and the conditions in Vietnam. Interview by Ryan Riordan. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
South Carolina Honor Flight | Generations of Heroes
South Carolina Honor Flight | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Inaugural Flight - November 15, 2008. Recorded by Perry McLeod, a history teacher at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, S.C. ​ Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
Buddy Sturgis
Buddy Sturgis

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vietnam War Ewell Gilbert "Buddy" Sturgis Jr. — During the Vietnam War, Buddy Sturgis volunteered and served with the Navy's elite River Patrol Force special warfare group, where he earned his "Black...
Buddy Sturgis
Buddy Sturgis

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vietnam War Ewell Gilbert "Buddy" Sturgis Jr. — During the Vietnam War, Buddy Sturgis volunteered and served with the Navy's elite River Patrol Force special warfare group, where he earned his "Black...
Jack Bush | Generations of Heroes
Jack Bush | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

World War II Jack Bush was a tail gunner in World War II. A tail gunner is a crewman on a military aircraft who defends against enemy fighter attacks from the rear, or "tail", of the plane. Listen to...
Col. Gordon Johnson | Generations of Heroes
Col. Gordon Johnson | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

War in Afghanistan Meet Col. Gordon Johnson. He served in Afghanistan. Interview by Anne Baudette from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered...
Irving Levine | Generations of Heroes
Irving Levine | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

World War II Irving Levine was a CBI Pilot in World War II. CBI stands for the China-Burma-India Theater. This area was where many pilots flew bombing and transport missions. Interview by Kristen...
Juneteenth Celebration | Palmetto Scene
Juneteenth Celebration | Palmetto Scene

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, or Emancipation Day, is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. During Rock Hill's...
Exhibit 2: Air Force History | Tuskegee Airmen 7
Exhibit 2: Air Force History | Tuskegee Airmen
Episode 7

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

During the Celebrate Freedom - Tuskegee Airmen 60th Anniversary, Ralph Parks shares the history from Freedom through Flight: African Americans in the United States Air Force.
Exhibit 1: P-51C Mustang | Tuskegee Airmen 6
Exhibit 1: P-51C Mustang | Tuskegee Airmen
Episode 6

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

During the Celebrate Freedom - Tuskegee Airmen 60th Anniversary, Jim Prater shares the history of the P-51C Mustang airplane. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single...
Karen Rutherford, Daughter of a Tuskegee Airman 5
Karen Rutherford, Daughter of a Tuskegee Airman
Episode 5

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

Karen Rutherford is the director of Career Services at Benedict College in Columbia, SC. Karen's father and two of her uncles were all Tuskegee Airmen. In this interview, she shares the story of their...
Colonel Herbert E. Carter | Tuskegee Airmen 3
Colonel Herbert E. Carter | Tuskegee Airmen
Episode 3

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

Herbert E. Carter (1919 - 2012) Colonel Herbert E. Carter was one of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. In this interview, Wood talks about his missions. Additional Information: Carter was a...
Major Carrol S. Woods | Tuskegee Airmen 4
Major Carrol S. Woods | Tuskegee Airmen
Episode 4

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

Carrol S. Woods (1919-2007) Major Carroll S. Woods was one of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. In this interview, Wood talks about his graduating class, medals received and the type of planes...
First Step en Français 109: Celebrating Holidays 109
First Step en Français 109: Celebrating Holidays
Episode 109

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Teaches the days of the week and the seasons, as well as some holidays and customs. Vocabulary used in this episode: Week / La semaine Monday / lundi Tuesday / mardi Wednesday / mercredi Thursday /...
Charles Rodgers | Road Trip
Charles Rodgers | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

Disabled veteran, Charles Edward Rodgers, attended Varner Indian School, Berkeley Elementary, and Berkeley High School. He is proud of his Native American Heritage as a Varner Town Indian and speaks...
John Rutledge | S.C. Hall of Fame
John Rutledge | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 4 8

5-minute historical profile of the life of statesman John Rutledge, South Carolina’s first Governor and delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
Pierce Butler | S.C. Hall of Fame
Pierce Butler | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Biography of statesman Pierce Butler, who was an American Revolutionary War leader, South Carolina delegate to both the Continental Congress and Constitutional Conventions, as well as a United States...
Septima Clark | S.C. Hall of Fame
Septima Clark | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

A pioneer in grassroots citizenship education, Septima Clark was called the ‘‘Mother of the Civil Rights Movement’’ by Martin Luther King. Clark was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1898...