Provides background on America's involvement in the Vietnam War, describes Vietnam veteran Jan Scruggs's vision of creating a memorial to the soldiers who served and died in the conflict, and discusses how the Wall came to be built, and its impact on visitors.
Presents historical information about the Civil War interspersed with a story about Daniel Mayfield and his parents who prepare to leave their home in Tennessee for the safety of Kentucky in order to avoid the boy's conscription into the Confederate army.
Provides practical advice on building a baseball card collection, covering such topics as trading cards, preserving them, and finding rookie cards, error cards, and other specialities.