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François Clemmons Recalls the Day Mister Rogers Invited Him to Soak His Feet in a Kiddie Pool Together
In a neighborly interview with StoryCorps, performer François Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, recalls with great fondness, that beautiful day in…

Police Detective Is Fondly Remembered by Daughter and Grandson for Standing Up for What’s Right
In the animated “Detective Simmons” by StoryCorps, the amazing oral history project that provides recording booths for people to tell their own life stories, a…

The Touching Story of Military Men Who Fell in Love 25 Years Ago and Got Married at a Veteran’s Home
In a touching love story that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day, StoryCorps interviewed John Banvard and Jerry Nadeau, both of whom served during wartime. Banvard, who…

A Proud WWII Veteran Shares His Most Vividly Indelible Memory of the 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack
Frank Curre, a proud WWII veteran who was serving on the USS Tennessee in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the day of the infamous attack in…

A Heartbreaking Story About an Arkansas Town That Buried Their Pre-Integration Black School
In the animated StoryCorps essay School’s Out, the Reverend James L. Seawood shared a heartbreaking story about the day the pre-integration school that his mother…

The Son of the First African-American NASCAR Hall of Famer Recalls His Father’s Driving Determination
When it’s too tough for everybody else, it’s just right for me. In a wonderful StoryCorps animation “Driven“, Frank Scott, the son of NASCAR Hall…

A Grateful Son Recalls a Valuable Lesson His Father Taught Him About Being True to Oneself
StoryCorps, the amazing oral history project that provides recording booths for people to tell their own life stories, has animated “The Saint of Dry Creek“,…

StoryCorps Develops a Free App That Lets People Record, Share & Preserve the Stories of Their Lives
StoryCorps (previously), the wonderful oral history project that provides recording booths for people to tell their own life stories and make them available to the…

NYC Sanitation Workers Fondly Recall Their Years Working Together on the Same West Village Route
In “Clean Streets“, the most recent short animated film by StoryCorps, two New York City sanitation workers named Angelo Bruno and Nieves fondly recall the…