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Building your nest near the food.

In 1847, members of the Choctaw Nation - who just years before had traveled the Trail of Tears as they were forcibly relocated from their homelands in Mississippi and sent to Oklahoma raised and donated over $170 to the starving Irish people (more than $3,500 in today's dollars) when they learned about the Great Famine. The Irish have not forgotten the Choctaw's incredible generosity.

By 1846, large numbers of Irish people arrived in Liverpool as they fled the potato blight and growing famine in Ireland. Many went on to Canada, the United States, and elsewhere, but a large number stayed in the city. Dr. Christine Kinealy discusses the events and impact of the Great Hunger in Ireland on the port city of Liverpool in the mid 19th century.

Why did over a million people Irish people die of starvation and disease, and more than two million leave that country during roughly six years in the mid-1800s? The label "potato famine" doesn't begin to explain a crisis that was hundreds of years in the making, and one that happened in the midst of plenty. "Ireland's Great Hunger and The Irish Diaspora," narrated by actor Gabriel Byrne, explo...

The award-winning Morgan-Trueblood Kazoo Band marching in the 2010 Leland, Michigan Independence Day Parade, where it won for "Best Use of Music."

From the documentary "No Unwounded Soldiers." Vietnam veteran Lewis Mungo explains how war changed his life. www.nounwoundedsoldiers.com

From the documentary "No Unwounded Soldiers." Mike Steele explains how PTSD affected him for years after his return from Vietnam. www.nounwoundedsoldiers.com

Clip from the feature-length documentary "No Unwounded Soldiers." Veterans Frank Attruia and George LaBounty use drama therapy to develop a play at the West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the lasting effects of war. www.nounwoundedsoldiers.com