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StoryCorps Shorts: Silvia's Legacy

A California teenager gets sent to Louisiana for a summer with her great-grandmother.

Ellaraino experienced a common teenage reaction when she learned she’d have to leave Los Angeles to spend the summer in Louisiana with her great-grandmother, Silvia. Less common was Ellaraino’s realization that Silvia had lived through the Civil War, and had a lot to teach her great-granddaughter about the true meaning of freedom.

AIR DATE 2/22/18

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