Memorial Day honors those who’ve died while serving in the military. In this episode of BackStory, Ed, Joanne and Brian look at the many reasons for joining the U.S. armed services - from a sense of patriotism, to escaping poverty, to earning American citizenship. They’ll discuss the struggles of the Continental Army to find enough soldiers during the Revolutionary War and how thousands of Filipinos became American citizens by enlisting in the US Navy after World War II.

VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Call To Arms: Enlistment In America

Exploring the Chaotic and Absurd dimensions of Industrial landscapes.

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BackStory with the American History Guys is a nationally syndicated, hour-long, weekly public radio show. We're based in Charlottesville, Virginia at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.

Each week we take a topic that people are talking about and explore its roots in American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversation with our listeners, we turn the things Americans take for granted inside out. And while we're at it, we have a lot of fun. Join us.

Yay. A bio.

- Love music; all types (except death metal)

- Like to sing acapella as I can sing it in my own time 

- Aim to discover new musicians every week

I’m not a triple threat*, but I used to be. (Memory, all alone in moonlight…)

Some non music stuff to know about me:

~ I love movies and TV shows. Animation to Horror = <3

~ Travelling is my best friend (who I don’t see often)

~ I’ve had a hella crazy life XD


*Triple Threat: Can act, sing and dance… anything you can do, they can probably do it better.

I am inspired by sessile spore distributed aeroplanktonic life. I study tree bark and stone clays in  both habitats wet and dry. the illumination of cryptogams is  the focus of my bipedal optical scanning and recognition by eyesight and life long passion with this mesmerising visual beauty of planet life.