PRX - Pieces for Topic: Holidays

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

57 results


What's the Word? Images of the American Self
From: Modern Language Association
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the "American self," from Puritans to successful businessmen to changing roles for women.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDUR and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2006
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 6
Abe's Light - from Mistakes to Making It
From: Ellen Weber
Piece image
When we light a candle for Lincoln's day we rekindle ours

  • Added: Jan 23, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
Russian: Alona on St Nicholas
From: Alona Suvórova
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Piece on this famous children's saint

  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:40
Labor Day: It Began in San Francisco
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Despite what the official histories say, Labor Day actually was first observed in San Francisco.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, WTJU, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 4
The Lost Colonies :How Jamestown Beat the Odds
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Piece image
The United States celebrates its 229th birthday on July 4th. But how close we came to flying the flag of a different country...

Bought by KENW, WEZU, KPIK-LP, KPVL, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 15
Flag Day: Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy
From: Melissa Ingells
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy Remembered on Flag Day

Bought by WTIP, KISU, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
Unquiet Graves
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Piece image
Special essay on living in Flanders

Bought by KMXT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, KMSU, Public Radio East and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2005
  • Length: 29:21
  • Purchases: 11