Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 hours 23 minutes
Today on the Rambling Boy, Lonn breaks down he history of President's Day, George Washington's infamous cherry tree story, and a big George Washington birthday bash that happens in Laredo, Texas.
Lonn Taylor reads lots of books about history, and recently read one about quilts -- Katherine Jean Adams' Comfort and Glory: Two Centuries of American Quilts. On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us about a few Texas quilts, and what they reveal about both their makers and the times in which they were made.
On this episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor lays out the ways in which he believes we can make America great again.
On this weeks's episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor talks of the rowdy sessions of The Congress of the Republic of Texas...
In this week’s episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor tells the story of an accidentally illegal international footbridge running from Candelaria to to San Antonio del Bravo. Though the bridge was originally crafted for convenience, connecting two towns across the Rio Grande, it was later seen as a threat to national security, raising questions of boarder control and wide line where Mexico and America meet.
In this week’s episode of Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor tells the story of an accidentally illegal international footbridge running from Candelaria to to San Antonio del Bravo. Though the bridge was originally crafted for convenience, connecting two towns across the Rio Grande, it was later seen as a threat to national security, raising questions of boarder control and wide line where Mexico and America meet.
Lonn Taylor loves Christmas cards -- for many reasons. But he suspects they're waning in popularity and is sometimes tempted to quit mailing them. On today's installment of the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us a bit of history about the first Christmas cards, why he hopes someone creates a Christmas card archive for future historians, and why he plans to keep sending them out.
Lonn Taylor loves Christmas cards -- for many reasons. But he suspects they're waning in popularity and is sometimes tempted to quit mailing them. On today's installment of the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us a bit of history about the first Christmas cards, why he hopes someone creates a Christmas card archive for future historians, and why he plans to keep sending them out.
The first adult book Lonn ever read was The Adventures of General Marbot. He was seven years old. This week on the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us about the book's author, John W. Thomason Jr -- a widely published Texan whose career in the Marines took him all over the globe and was the inspiration for both his stories and his professional drawings.
The first adult book Lonn ever read was The Adventures of General Marbot. He was seven years old. This week on the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us about the book's author, John W. Thomason Jr -- a widely published Texan whose career in the Marines took him all over the globe and was the inspiration for both his stories and his professional drawings.