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Find a link to the past
Compiled by Jill Zayszly and Mary Eileen O'Connor

Visit these Web sites to learn more about some of the stories featured in this month's Applause magazine:

Get a Historical Perspective

Time Machine: What it is like to live without electricity, running water and (gasp!) cell phones? On the living-history series Frontier House, three modern families got to know first hand just what it took to be a pioneer in the American wilderness.

Learn more about the families' six-month saga through individual video diaries, get facts on frontier life and take a quiz to see if you have what it takes to live on the frontier. www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse

Never Forget: Find out what's currently on exhibit at Philadelphia's National Museum of American Jewish History, the only museum in the nation dedicated exclusively to collecting, preserving and interpreting artifacts pertaining to the American Jewish experience.

Trace the progress of Jews throughout history on the Web site's timeline, check out the calendar of events and shop at the museum's online store. www.nmajh.org

War Letters: Headed by Andrew Carroll, author of the best-selling book War Letters, the Legacy Project is a national organization that works to honor and remember those who have served America in wartime by seeking out and saving their letters.

The site includes directions for submitting letters to the Legacy Project, information on preserving your own war letters as a way of honoring and remembering America's veterans and a War Letters reading group guide. www.warletters.com

Protecting Mother Earth

Empty Oceans, Empty Nets: Surf the official program Web site for an ocean of information on the issues presented in the documentary, postcards from the production crew and to learn what steps you can take to help alleviate a global crisis. www.habitatmedia.org

Greenpeace: This worldwide organization wants people to do more to protect our planet. Find out how to get involved in the site's Action Center, learn more about today's top environmental issues and read up on the state of global warming, the world's forests and oceans, genetic engineering, environmental toxins and the progress of nuclear disarmament. www.greenpeaceusa.org

Visit WHYY's online "MarketSpace"

Did you know you can buy books, music and videos, send flowers to a friend and even plan your next vacation, all while supporting WHYY?

Visit the WHYY online store and browse the special selection of online retailers in the WHYY "MarketSpace." When you click through to these retailers via www.whyy.org, a portion of your purchase goes to WHYY at no additional cost to you.

Would you like a copy of your favorite WHYY production for your collection or to give as a gift? The WHYY online store offers a wide selection of WHYY productions, including Philadelphia Performs!, Thomas Eakins: Scenes From Modern Life, City Hall 100, Things That Aren't There Anymore and many others.

Was there an interview on Fresh Air that you'd like to listen to again? The three-CD collection Fresh Air: On Stage and Screen Volume 2 features host Terry Gross' best interviews with celebrated actors. You can also give the gift of Fresh Air with the double audiocassette collections Fresh Air Laughs and Fresh Air: On Stage and Screen.

Each online purchase supports WHYY. To order WHYY products, go to the "WHYY Store" at www.whyy.org or call Member & Audience Services at (215) 351-0511.