The campus of the University of Delaware is a little gem in the town of Newark, Delaware. In this podcast you'll learn about its architecture and history. The noontime bells of Memorial Hall were mixed in as the background music of this podcast.

Tucked away along the route 40 corridor in Maryland is the quaint little town of Havre De Grace. In this podcast you will learn the historical significance of this town during the war of 1812.

Here is the second half of the Jersey City podcast. In this podcast you will hear a lot of information about transportation: ferries, railroads; and I encourage you to think about how it parallels the development of our information superhighway and what we can learn from it going forward.

In honor of Martin Luthur King's birthday, I am presenting this special podcast from Wilmington Delaware. I will resume the Jersey City - Part 2 podcast next week. On New Years eve I attended First Night in Wilmington. The spirit of community shown during First Night, where art and music is shared across cultures, is one manifestation of Martin Luthur King's dream. We can never forget the hardship endured by those who fought for our civil rights, and must remain vigilant in order to protect them for ourselves and future generations.

We often do not realize the historic significance of many places in our cities. As I read the markers in this podcast, I was grateful that they had been placed there so people like me can appreciate the hard work of the people that blazed the trail for the freedoms we often take for granted today.

Topics:

Louis L. Redding - Delaware's first African American attorney

Holocaust Memorial

Gravesite of Bishop Peter Spencer and Annes Spencer

Cesar Rodney

The Liberty Tree

Thomas C. Maloney

Happy New year to all my listeners. I'm very excited about this upcoming year and hope you all are motivated to give the best of yourself to the world each day. In celebration of the new year and our 10th podcast I have a new intro with a song I dug up from my Band-in-a-box archives. I think it is important to occasionally change things around and keep your listeners excited. People learn in many different ways, and I personally learn best through audio, which is why I love podcasts. They are an opportunity to bring back the excitement that my parents told me about when they listened to the radio and had to use their imagination. I intend to keep my future podcasts under 15 minutes so you can digest the material in reasonable chunks.

In this podcast you will experience several Jersey City landmarks. The photos shown here are as follows:

Merchant Ship Propeller, Newport

Mariner's Fountain, Newport

Memorial for the Katyn massacre

Memorial for Sept. 11

Girder from World Trade Center

Sculpture commemorating the Morris Canal

Close-up of sculpture: slaves escaping via the underground railroad

Photo of a lock in the Morris Canal

Korean War Memorial

Close-up of sculpture at Korean War Memorial