The Grateful Nation Project

The Grateful Nation Project on “Our American Stories” podcast: Who Was the Oldest Man at D-Day? The Untold Story of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Listen online to Our American Stories (July 2, 2025): Who Was the Oldest Man at D-Day? The Untold Story of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (8 minutes), or on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

Hosted by Lee Habeeb, the Our American Stories podcast has invited The Grateful Nation Project to contribute recordings of our Heroes’ biographies! OAS is a highly-regarded and popular podcast—also heard on 400+ affiliate radio stations—whose purpose is “Telling the Story of America to Americans.”

This episode tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of the famous president and the oldest man to land on the beaches of Normandy. (Hero 181).

Previous Grateful Nation Project / Our American Story episodes:

Oliver Hazard Perry: The Hero of Lake Erie (8 minutes)
March 13, 2025: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of the Last Man to Die In WWI (9 minutes)
January 23, 2025: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of the Four Immortal Chaplains (9 minutes)
January 10, 2025: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of the Man the Mountain is Named After—Pike’s Peak (11 minutes)
December 3, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Native American Who Fought Alongside George Washington—Daniel Nimham (8 minutes)
October 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of The First Man To Die In an Airplane Crash (11 minutes)
September 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

GNP Board Member Krista Simpson Anderson featured at the PBS National Memorial Day Concert 2025

Gold Star Wife and Grateful Nation Project Board Member Krista Simpson Anderson is one of three Featured Stories for the 2025 National Memorial Day Concert aired on PBS - Sunday, May 25, (8:00 PM ET, 7:00 PM CT). Krista’s husband, SSG Michael H. Simpson (Hero 140) was lost on May 1, 2013 in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

We’re forever grateful to SSG Simpson for giving “the last full measure of devotion” for our freedom, and to Krista’s family for their example of courage and resilience for all who suffer loss.

The Grateful Nation Project on “Our American Stories” podcast: Oliver Hazard Perry—The Hero of Lake Erie

Listen online to Our American Stories (March 13, 2025): Oliver Hazard Perry: The Hero of Lake Erie (8 minutes), or on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

Hosted by Lee Habeeb, the Our American Stories podcast has invited The Grateful Nation Project to contribute recordings of our Heroes’ biographies! OAS is a highly-regarded and popular podcast—also heard on 400+ affiliate radio stations—whose purpose is “Telling the Story of America to Americans.”

This episode tells the story of Oliver Hazard Perry, who took on the world’s most powerful Navy, and penned the famous battle report, “We have met the enemy and they are ours.” (Hero 168).

Previous Grateful Nation Project / Our American Story episodes:

The Story of the Last Man to Die In WWI (9 minutes)
January 23, 2025: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of the Four Immortal Chaplains (9 minutes)
January 10, 2025: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of the Man the Mountain is Named After—Pike’s Peak (11 minutes)
December 3, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Native American Who Fought Alongside George Washington—Daniel Nimham (8 minutes)
October 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of The First Man To Die In an Airplane Crash (11 minutes)
September 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Grateful Nation Project on “Our American Stories” podcast: The Story of the Last Man to Die In WWI

Listen online to Our American Stories (January 23, 2025): The Story of the Last Man to Die In WWI (9 minutes), or on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

Hosted by Lee Habeeb, the Our American Stories podcast has invited The Grateful Nation Project to contribute recordings of our Heroes’ biographies! OAS is a highly-regarded and popular podcast—also heard on 400+ affiliate radio stations—whose purpose is “Telling the Story of America to Americans.”

This episode tells the story of Henry Gunther, a German-American who was lost one minute before hostilities ended—and is officially recorded as the last man to die in World War I (Hero 110).

Previous Grateful Nation Project / Our American Story episodes:

The Story of the Four Immortal Chaplains (9 minutes)
January 10, 2025: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of the Man the Mountain is Named After—Pike’s Peak (11 minutes)
December 3, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Native American Who Fought Alongside George Washington—Daniel Nimham (8 minutes)
October 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of The First Man To Die In an Airplane Crash (11 minutes)
September 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Grateful Nation Project on “Our American Stories” podcast: The Story of the Four Immortal Chaplains

Listen online to Our American Stories (January 10, 2025): The Story of the Four Immortal Chaplains (9 minutes), or on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

Hosted by Lee Habeeb, the Our American Stories podcast has invited The Grateful Nation Project to contribute recordings of our Heroes’ biographies! OAS is a highly-regarded and popular podcast—also heard on 400+ affiliate radio stations—whose purpose is “Telling the Story of America to Americans.”

This episode tells the story of the USAT Dorchester, torpedoed by a German U-boat in the frigid waters off the coast of Greenland. Four selfless heroes from that tragic event would gain lasting fame as “The Four Chaplains.” (Heroes 112, 113, 114, 115—Card Pack 10).

Previous Grateful Nation Project / Our American Story episodes:

The Story of the Man the Mountain is Named After—Pike’s Peak (11 minutes)
December 3, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Native American Who Fought Alongside George Washington—Daniel Nimham (8 minutes)
October 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of The First Man To Die In an Airplane Crash (11 minutes)
September 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Grateful Nation Project on “Our American Stories” podcast: Zebulon Montgomery Pike

Listen online to Our American Stories (December 3, 2024): The Story of the Man the Mountain is Named After—Pike’s Peak (11 minutes), or on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

Hosted by Lee Habeeb, the Our American Stories podcast has invited The Grateful Nation Project to contribute recordings of our Heroes’ biographies! OAS is a highly-regarded and popular podcast—also heard on 400+ affiliate radio stations—whose purpose is “Telling the Story of America to Americans.”

This episode tells the story of Zebulon Montgomery Pike (Hero 41, Card Pack 4). For two centuries, historians have argued whether he was an explorer…or, perhaps a spy!

Previous Grateful Nation Project / Our American Story episodes:

The Native American Who Fought Alongside George Washington—Daniel Nimham (8 minutes)
October 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Story of The First Man To Die In an Airplane Crash (11 minutes)
September 25, 2024: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

The Grateful Nation Project on “Our American Stories” podcast: Captain Daniel Nimham

Listen online to Our American Stories (October 25, 2024): The Native American Who Fought Alongside George Washington—Daniel Nimham (8 minutes), or on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

Hosted by Lee Habeeb, the Our American Stories podcast has invited The Grateful Nation Project to contribute recordings of our Heroes’ biographies! OAS is a highly-regarded and popular podcast—also heard on 400+ affiliate radio stations—whose purpose is “Telling the Story of America to Americans.”

This episode tells the story of Daniel Nimham (Hero 187, Card Pack 16), a diplomat, a warrior, and the last sachem (leader) of the Wappinger tribe in New York’s Hudson Valley. He fought alongside Gen. George Washington, joining the cause for freedom.

The Grateful Nation Project on “Our American Stories” podcast: Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge

Listen online to Our American Stories (September 25, 2024): The Story of The First Man To Die In an Airplane Crash (11 minutes), or on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | iHeart | Spotify

Hosted by Lee Habeeb, the Our American Stories podcast has invited The Grateful Nation Project to contribute recordings of our Heroes’ biographies! OAS is a highly-regarded and popular podcast—also heard on 400+ affiliate radio stations—whose purpose is “Telling the Story of America to Americans.”

Our first contribution tells the story of Thomas Etholen Selfridge (Hero 26, Card Pack 3), one of the pioneers of mechanized flight who—at age 26—was responsible for some significant “firsts.”

Armed Forces Bank’s “Militarily Speaking” podcast calls attention to The Grateful Nation Project

Hosts Tom McLean and Jodi Vickery discuss The Grateful Nation Project with President & Founder Craig Du Mez.

Listen to Militarily Speaking, Episode 61 (40 minutes) on the Armed Forces Bank website, or your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Audible | Blubrry | iHeart | Spotify | YouTube