Something to Stand For by Mike Rowe

 

Well done. Fascinating. Moving. Riveting.
Mike Rowe is always interesting to watch and listen to; this is no exception even though it's a little different from what we're used to seeing him do. Interesting stories about people that you know who they are, but you never knew this about them. In places you'll cheer, places you'll tear up. Sometimes you think you know who it is, but you probably don't. Well worth your time to watch. We can't recommend it enough. And yes, we'd like to see more Mike. Patriots will love it. Everyone will learn something.

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If you love true stories, you’ll love this collection of real-life tales of American Heroes, all narrated by Mike Rowe! 

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Synopsis: Join America’s favorite storyteller on an epic journey to the heart of Washington DC. Drawing from his blockbuster podcast “The Way I Heard It,” this cinematic tour de force will take viewers to the frontlines of the American Revolution, World War II, the Civil Rights movement, and more. 

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The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner

"We do not become different people as we age; we just add layers of experience onto who we already are."

Deeply interesting story of a young girl of German descent who is sent with her family to an internment camp in Texas when WW2 starts. She meets a Japanese girl there who is the same age, and it's fascinating to learn about them both. They are now both many years older, having lived separate lives, not connecting again until now. Elise recounts her life as it unfolded, in incredible detail.

More than eleven thousand German American and German Latin American legal residents and citizens were interned during World War II at the camp in Crystal City, Texas, and in other similar detention facilities. They were encouraged and sometimes forced to repatriate to their country - used in exchange for Americans. The thing is though, people like Elise were born here and Americans too, their parents living as Americans, but it didn't matter that they were innocent of any crime. I can identify a little bit, as my Grandmother's parents came over from Belgium in 1905, but that was well before WW1. My Grandmother was born here. I'm sure their German heritage and accents stood out. This story has very real accounts of bombing in Germany and what it was like to live there even if you didn't agree with what Hitler did and didn't want to be there. Fabulous read, gently woven with present day.

". . . the past is nothing you can make friends or enemies of. It just is what it is. Or was. It is this day you are living right now, this very day, that is yours to make of it what you will. So make it beautiful, if you can."

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