Eighty years ago the first Olympic gold medal basketball match was played.  You can bet the scene back then is far different than anything you’ll find now.   It was all a surprise the to Americans when they arrived in Berlin back in 1936...

Eighty years ago the first Olympic gold medal basketball match was played.&nbsp; You can bet the scene back then is far different than anything you&rsquo;ll find now.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was all a surprise the to Americans when they arrived in Berlin back in 1936...

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American Countryside

Telling the stories behind the people, places and events from across the American countryside.

Telling the stories behind the people, places and events from across the American countryside.

American Countryside - An Amazing Journey

Andrew McCrea travels coast-to-coast to meet people you may have never heard of, with a story you'll never forget.  Hear from the people and places that have played important parts of our past and present.

Andrew McCrea travels coast-to-coast to meet people you may have never heard of, with a story you'll never forget.&nbsp; Hear from the people and places that have played important parts of our past and present.

1936 Olympic Basketball

Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran…there are many labels that may be placed on churches.  However, during the early years of this church, the label was either “British” or “Revolutionary” and those who stepped inside the building were most likely not going to hear a sermon...

Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran&hellip;there are many labels that may be placed on churches.&nbsp; However, during the early years of this church, the label was either &ldquo;British&rdquo; or &ldquo;Revolutionary&rdquo; and those who stepped inside the building were most likely not going to hear a sermon...

St Paul's Church

Just outside of New York City proper, yet well within the urban corridor, there sits a church in the suburb of Mt. Vernon, New York.  It looks out of place as business and industry surrounds it.  However, the reason it remains is because it is a symbol of the struggle for freedom that took place here...

Just outside of New York City proper, yet well within the urban corridor, there sits a church in the suburb of Mt. Vernon, New York.&nbsp; It looks out of place as business and industry surrounds it.&nbsp; However, the reason it remains is because it is a symbol of the struggle for freedom that took place here...

A Church That Looks Out of Place

What would the game of basketball be without the dunk?  You have some unlikely folks in central Kansas and one New York sports writer to thank for the rim bending slam that is commonplace today...

What would the game of basketball be without the dunk?&nbsp; You have some unlikely folks in central Kansas and one New York sports writer to thank for the rim bending slam that is commonplace today...

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