“We were prepared for people to be unhappy, but we couldn't believe our eyes.”
Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams of radio station KJLH remember the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Read more…
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.
Category: Witness
“The school buses were already lined up to take the kids home.”
Kenneth Honeycutt tells his wife Gaye about witnessing the New London School Explosion of 1937. Read more…
Recorded in Knoxville, TN.
“What happened on that day is tattooed on your soul.”
88-year-old Frank Curre remembers serving on the U.S.S. Tennessee during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Read more…
Recorded in Waco, TX.
“Thomas woke me up and said that something was really wrong.”
Mary Morris remembers her husband, Thomas, one of two Washington D.C. postal workers who died from exposure to anthrax in October, 2001. Read more…
Recorded in Beach Park, IL.
“When Thomson hit the home run, my pals and I were in school.”
Harvey Sherman remembers October 3, 1951, when the Brooklyn Dodgers lost the pennant on a home run known as the "shot heard 'round the world." Read more…
Recorded in New York, NY.
“She died on an incident that I sent her on.”
Retired Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz remembers his wife, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Voelz, who died in Iraq while disarming an IED. Read more…
Recorded in Baltimore, MD.
“The next day, the police car pulled up and they said, 'We're taking y'all to jail.'”
James Hanover Thompson (L) tells his brother Dwight (R) about his involvement in the "Kissing Case" of 1958. Read more…
Recorded in Wilmington, NC.
“It was a really wonderful, amazing world that came crashing down.”
Stefan Lynch Strassfeld talks to his friend Beth Teper about growing up with gay parents in the 1980s.
To see a photo of Stefan's aunties, click here.
Recorded in San Francisco, CA.
