First aired June 22, 2023:
Two sisters combined their love of historically accurate dioramas, the Civil War, and clay-making to pen an ode to the US in one of the most historically significant cities in the United States. They even purchased a building with deep roots in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg to bring the stories of the dead to life. But, the clay characters aren't human - they are a different species entirely telling the accurate tale of the bloodiest battle of the civil war.
A diorama of the Civil War Cat Museum: https://youtu.be/N1yc1UFnVYY
I got today’s information from my friend Lydia who sent a Tik Tok about the Civil War Cat’s museum, which is actually called Civil War Tails
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/gettysburg-address/
https://civilwartails.com/the-homestead/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1yc1UFnVYY
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/civil-war-tails-at-the-homestead-diorama-museum
https://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm
The full text of the Gettysburg Address, took up less space on a page than my 5th grader’s 5 paragraph essay, is at:
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.24404500/?st=text
Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz
Interstitial Music: MK2
Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org
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Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)
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