During the Second World War two extraordinary radio broadcasts served to bridge that gap between soldiers overseas and their families in ways not previously possible. They would serve as a precursor to a beloved tradition.
During the civil war, the manufacture of powder and explosives was often handled by the most vulnerable, young women and children, whose labor was needed when so many men had been sent off to war. On March 13, 1863, the confederacy experienced a munitions disaster, in the confederate capitol of Richmond.