Stories of American character — the people, communities, and moments where grit, perseverance, and resilience shaped who we are. From forgotten heroes to the disasters we rebuilt from.
September 8, 1900. No one saw it coming. In a single night, the deadliest natural disaster in American history wiped an entire city off the Texas coast and killed as many as 12,000 people. Galveston would never be the same.
1882. A 19-month-old girl in Tuscumbia, Alabama loses her sight and hearing overnight. She would go on to attend Radcliffe, co-found the ACLU, and meet every president from Cleveland to LBJ.
