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Staycation Destinations – National Women’s Hall of Fame – 6/21/24

Staycation Destinations – National Women’s Hall of Fame – 6/21/24

It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life

We begin the Summer 2024 tour of Pennsylvania and New York in the Finger Lakes region, celebrating 300+ people who transformed medicine, culture, sports, politics, the arts and so much more.

Every one of these special people — a woman.

National Women's Hall of Fame

The National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls has used a nomination process through which the general public can nominate potential inductees.

The Hall marked its grand reopening in an expanded facility this spring, and debuts new exhibit space in July with interactive exhibits on loan from the Smithsonian. “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” will be paired with displays of fiber arts from local and regional crafters. A guest presenter is Hinda Mandell of the Rochester Institute of Technology who has explored a unique parallel between textiles and smartphones.

In this exclusive Family Life News podcast, Executive Director and CEO Jennifer Gabriel tells you about the Hall and its history, its mission and its summer schedule.

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The National Women’s Hall of Fame is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Details are at www.WomenOfTheHall.org.

 

“Staycation Destinations” is our weekly summer series, broadcast each Friday at noon on the radio and online, then posted to our News Podcasts page. Each offers a radio tour of a unique site in Pennsylvania or New York, fairly close to home, fairly inexpensive, and good for a potential day trip or longer visit by individuals, couples, families, friends or church groups.

 


Some weekends, we also give you a Sidetrip Suggestion -- another place in our two states which stands out in a unique, quirky, or enlivening way.
For this weekend, a completely different angle on what a Hall of Fame can celebrate:



The Bare Knuckles Boxing Hall of Fame celebrates John L. Sullivan. With none of those bulky boxing gloves, and 75 rounds later, Sullivan won the world championship.
It was in barns built in 1889 where Sullivan trained with a very original fitness guru. William Muldoon is celebrated as the "Father of the Modern Medicine Ball". Some of his other fitness innovations are still in use in that industry today.

The Bare Knuckles Boxing Hall of Fame [BKBHOF] is seven miles north of exit 30 on I-86, in the town of Belfast, NY.

 

Family Life Hometowns – Lewiston NY – 6/18/24

Family Life Hometowns – Lewiston NY – 6/18/24

Family Life Hometowns

Geologists say Lewiston, New York, is the original site of the world-famous Niagara Falls.

The first railroad in North America was built there too.

Tom Collister tells us about Lewiston’s history: pre-European settlers, power and transportation systems, and how today’s citizens are celebrating local history.

Family Life news anchor Mark Webster is your host for Family Life Hometowns, our news feature which helps you get to know the cities, towns, villages and burghs which make up the Family Life listening area.

 

Hometown Heroes – Remembering our heroic war dead – 5/21/24

Hometown Heroes – Remembering our heroic war dead – 5/21/24

Remembering the Heroes from Hometowns in the Family Life region

As we approach Memorial Day, this Family Life News Feature takes you to the Veterans Administration National Cemetery at Bath, New York.

You will hear the stories of the war dead who were laid to rest there, many dating back to America’s Civil War.

Our story-telling guide for this radio-tour is Dan Miller, a volunteer at the museum at the National Cemetery.  Miller himself is a decorated war veteran who served as a Navy medic during the Vietnam War.

 

 

Family Life Home Towns – Jefferson County PA – 2/06/24

Family Life Home Towns – Jefferson County PA – 2/06/24

The week of Ground Hog Day is an opportune time to visit Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

Punxatawney, Brookville, and the rest of the region have lots of natural wonder, ties to history, and at least two major sports figures who made claims to fame in their careers. Find out about Cook Forest and Clear Creek State Park, Sparky Lyle and Chuck Daly, and the unique history of a site called Scripture Rocks.

Our “Hometowns” series gives you a radio-tour of the communities which make up the Family Life listening area in Pennsylvania and New York.  Your tour guide is Family Life news anchor Mark Webster.

The History of the Nativity Scene – a Family Life Christmas Special – 12/21/23

The History of the Nativity Scene – a Family Life Christmas Special – 12/21/23

 

 

What we know as the traditional Christmas Nativity Scene turns 800 this year.

In December of the year 1223, Saint Francis of Assisi displayed the first creche in a cave in Italy.

 

Today on Family Life’s Noon Report, we hear some of the history of this display of the people — and animals — which were part of the original Christmas celebration a dozen centuries earlier. Reporter Lauren Guillen has studied the history of how the Nativity Scenes built upon some similar artwork of earlier years, but caught on to be a global aspect of how the birth of Jesus is commemorated — even with some localized varieties.

Guillen also authored the young-adult novel A Bellwether Christmas, set in medieval Italy, where her main character overlaps with Francis’ era. Her book speaks to the way the Christ Child’s arrival encourages love, honor and sacrifice.

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