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Feb 2022

38m 17s

EP179: The Littleton Brothers, A Civil W...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, John Busbee of The Culture Buzz on KFMG 98.9 tells the story of the remarkable sacrifice made by one family in Iowa during the Civil War. Tammy Harris was born to be an artist... it just took a while for to figure out how to make some money doing it.

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00:00 - The Littleton Brothers, A Civil War story

23:00 - A Tattoo Shop with Heart

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