This episode of The American Tapestry Project continues our exploration of how Americans weave the common objects of their love into the fabric of their national story through the things they celebrate, the games they play and sometimes the politics they forget. We’ll meet more Unsung American heroes – people who changed America who you might not know. Who was Ann Reeves Jarvis and her daughter Anna Maria Jarvis and what did they have to do with Mother’s Day? Who was Sonora Smart Dodd and Marian McQuade? Everyone knows Jackie Robinson, but who were Larry Doby, William Clarence Matthews and Moses “Fleetwood” Walker? Who was  Ed Abbaticchio? And, although he’s scarcely unsung, who was Henry Clay and what was his “The American System”?

We’ll begin with Henry Clay’s “The American System” which invented the business model upon which America was built. Then we’ll switch to Freedom’s Faultlines and The Immigrant’s Tale exploring baseball, segregation & immigration. And, since this program first airs on Mothers’ Day, we’ll conclude with a detailed look into the origins of those venerable American holidays – Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Grandparent’s Day.