Episode 020: "They Were There"

Tawny and JDK discuss a not-as-well-known-as-perhaps-it-should-be episode in American history, known to some as the "North Platte Canteen," an effort taken during World War II by citizens of North Platte, Nebraska, to bring gifts of food, cheer, hugs, and support to US troops who stopped in their town on troop trains, all on their way to serve around the world fighting the war. The North Platte Canteen became legendary among the nearly 6 million service members who passed through the canteen during the war; one soldier, asked later why it was so meaningful to him, with tears in his eyes, simply said, "because they were there." It is a story of resilience from a number of different directions in a number of different ways, with a number of lessons for us to consider and draw on for our own lives and communities.

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