True Stories Episodes
THE LEGEND OF BETSY ROSS
Betsy Ross is credited as being the seamstress who stitched our first "Stars and Stripes", but some historians say that there is no proof of it. The story was handed down through her family and shared by her grandson William Canby at a Philadephia...
BABE'S DREAM
A young boy growing up in turn of the century Baltimore gets send to reform school and finds friends, guidance, and baseball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
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1001 Stories For the Road
GOODNIGHT CHESTY, WHEREVER YOU ARE
"Goodnight Chesty, Wherever You Are" is the story of the most decorated American Marine that ever served, and includes a bried summary of his service and his legend. Credits: The Marine Corps Hymn by John Philip Sousa Learn more about your ad choices....
THE BUS DRIVER'S VACATION
"The Bus Driver's Vacation" is the true story of William Cimillo, who, working as a bus driver in the Bronx, and having his fill of 17 years of the same job, decided one spring morning in 1947 to take a left turn out of the garage instead of a right,...