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Every one has a story! It is time we start telling them!
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Episode 11 – The White Rose
This story is about courageous young Germans who resisted the Nazi Regime in 1942. If you would like to keep the storytelling alive, please visit patreon.com/snazzy stories and donate to my storytelling journey. Thanks!...
Episode 10 – Brigham Young Boycotts
If you would like to keep the story telling alive please visit patreon.com/snazzystories and donate to my story telling journey. Brigham Young encouraged boycotts of non-LDS businesses in the Utah Territory. A History of Millard County by Edward Leo Lyman and Linda...
Episode 9 – Mormon Participation in the Native American Slave Trade
A quick look at the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' participation in the Native American Slave Trade when they arrive in the Utah Territory. Indian Depredations in Utah by Peter Gottfredson History of Utah by Hubert Howe Bancroft Journal of...
Episode 8 – History of the Christmas Tree Tradition
The tradition of bringing evergreens into homes began with ancient people and has become a tradition for many families at Christmas time. https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas-trees If you would like to help keep the story telling...
Episode 7 – Teddy Roosevelt: Above or Below, but never Around
A few quick stories of the unique Teddy Roosevelt.
Oval Office Oddities: An Irreverent Collection of Presidential Facts, Follies, and Foibles by Bill Fawcett
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/theodore-roosevelt
Episode 6 – Friendship of Billy Bates and Dick King
The story of Billy Bates and Dick King’s will to survive as prisoners of war.
We Were There Too: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
https://www.essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com/boys-of-the-civil-war.html
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/andersonville
Episode 5 Unexpected Gifts
My story today is a personal one from my own life of growing up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Episode 4 – Donner Party
www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-donner-party
www.lds.org/church/news/plaque-honoring-donner-party-at-emigration-canyon-has-been-restored?lang=eng
Episode 3 – Janusz Korczak
www.holocaustresearchproject.org/ghettos/korczak
www.yadvashem.org
Episode 2 – LDS Spiritualism
LDS Spiritualism
I Walked to Zion by Susan Arrington Madsen
Stand By My Servant Joseph: The Story of the Joseph Knight Family and the Restoration by William G. Hartley