Today’s storyOnward, MS
Before the teddy bear was tucked into cribs or propped on Valentine’s Day shelves, it was tied to a tree in the Mississippi woods.
Loveland, CO
The envelopes came for the name first: Loveland. Before ink pads and special verses, people were already sending valentines to a Colorado town because the postmark sounded like a wink.
Seligman, AZ
Before children knew Radiator Springs, there was the smell of aftershave in Seligman, Arizona, and the soft snip-snip of scissors near a highway that never seemed to stop moving.
Centreville, VA
On a hillside near Natural Bridge, Virginia, Stonehenge appeared with a wink: huge gray “stones” that looked ancient from the road, but were actually carved from Styrofoam.
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Tupelo, MS
A boy walked into a hardware store hoping for a rifle and walked out with a guitar. That’s the funny little hinge in the story: the louder future came from the safer present.
Newport, RI
By the time Duke Ellington called the tune, the night air at Freebody Park had the sleepy feel of a party running out of coffee. Then a tenor saxophone began to climb, and climb, and climb.
Salt Lake City, UT
Before the choir’s music could reach homes beyond Utah, a 19-year-old had to climb a ladder. Not for decoration, not for drama, but because the microphone was up there.
Augusta, GA
The famous picture from that Masters was all green jacket and champion’s grin. Just beside it was a quieter Georgia story: a man who knew that golf course like a kitchen floor that creaks in all the…
Colorado Springs, CO
A military phone rang inside a serious room in Colorado Springs, and the voice on the line was very small. It wasn’t warning of aircraft in the sky. It was asking for Santa Claus. Col. Harry W.
Watertown, WI
Before kindergarten had cubbies, gluey fingers, and chairs small enough to make adults look ridiculous, the word meant “children’s garden.” And in Watertown, that garden began with one very real…
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