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Hometown Hero Stories

Stories that feature people, who serve other people, their community, or take pride in honoring, restoring, preserving, or celebrating and aspect of American hometown life. In addition to articles that originally appeared in American Profile, there are also original stories and other materials shared by readers."

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Purdue students freely praise passersby read more
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A real-life Rosie portrays an American icon read more
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Are You Drinking Your Neighbor's Birth Control Medicine? user story
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A Special Teacher Who Helped to Change My Life Forever user story
I separated from the United States Air Force on April 30, 1983, and began college classes at the College of Saint Mary in Omaha, Nebraska, that summer of 1983. I pursued my nursing degree with vengea read more
Tribute for my Uncle Roy user story images
"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." This maxim bombarded me as I recently visited my Uncle Roy & Aunt Miriam in Westminster, MD. I've meant to write a tribute to read more
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Linda McMahan is an eighth grade science teacher here in Shawnee, Oklahoma, To see her on the street you might wonder about her because she has a dog with her 99% of the time. Linda is paying it forw read more
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