Quarter Miles Travel
Travel and adventure stories inspired through the designs on the U.S. Mint Quarters and commemorative coins.
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Destination: The History of America’s Labor Force (opens the original)
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The History of America’s Labor Force “The Price of a Day’s Work: Labor, Jobs, and the Fight for Fairness in America” *Photos at the bottom SEGMENT ONE — approx. 9:00 The History of America’s Labor Force and How Labor Day Became a Holiday [SOUND: Show theme, warm, fades under welcome] ANNITA: I’m Annita with Travel With Annita, and this weekend, most of us will fire up a grill, maybe hit one last beach trip, and enjoy a day off work. Let’s talk about The History of America’s Labor Force. But Labo
Destination: America A Young Nation – The War Was Won — Now What? (opens the original)
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America A Young Nation – The War Was Won — Now What? I’m Annita with Travel With Annita, and today we’re picking up right where the story usually stops. We all know 1776. We all know Yorktown, 1781, when the war was effectively won. But here’s the question nobody asks enough: what happened the Monday morning after? In September of 1783, the Treaty of Paris made it official. Independence, recognized by the very king who’d refused to grant it. And here’s something that surprises a lot of people —
Episode 55: Togo The Alaskan Sled Dog (opens the original)
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Togo – The Alaskan Sled Dog “The Dog They Left Out of the Story” The Story of Togo In January of 1925, in the dead of an Alaskan winter, a twelve-year-old dog ran across frozen sea ice in the dark, in a blizzard, to save a town full of children he would never meet. History gave the credit to someone else. This is Quarter Miles Travel. I’m Annita. Today, we’re setting the record straight on Togo. Before there was Togo, there was Constance. She was a young Belgian woman who’d come to Nome in 1905,
Destination: Story of Alexander Hamilton and Nevis (opens the original)
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Destination: Story of Alexander Hamilton and Nevis Ever wonder how travel expert Anita Thomas chooses her next destination? Well, this year she’s just flipping a coin. For eight years, Anita has been hosting her award-winning podcast, Quarter Miles Travel. And this year on Travel with Anita, she is sharing those experiences with you. This season, Anita will take you to the states commemorated on the back of a quarter, revealing hidden hotspots and don’t-miss destinations that you might not have
Destination: Four Georgians Who Shaped America (opens the original)
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Destination: Four Georgians Who Shaped America Hello, hello, hello, and welcome aboard Travel with Anita and Friends. Now, Georgia has always produced more than its share of remarkable people, men and women whose ideas, courage, and craftsmanship reach far beyond our state lines and help shape the story of our entire country. We’re going to meet four of them: an industrialist who built a town from the ground up, a woman who started a movement that still shapes girls’ lives today, and a master br
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