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Sep 2021
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EP85: Abraham Lincoln: Our First "Wired"...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, the story of how President Abraham Lincoln used a telegraph to secure the win of the Civil War; Ray Bubba Sorensen II shares why he decided to start painting rocks to honor our veterans across all 99 counties in Iowa; and Danny Mefford shares what made him think of creating The Baby Saver to prevent babies from being left inside overheated cars.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Abraham Lincoln: Our First "Wired" President

08:00 - The Man Who Paints Rocks For Our Veterans

27:30 - The Child Inventor Determined to Save Babies from Overheated Cars

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