How to participate in Steve Hartman's "Taps Across America"

Thousands of trumpet and bugle players will sound Taps from their porches on Memorial Day.

• May 22, 2020

Creating graduations to "remember for forever" for Class of 2020

A Minnesota band director played "Pomp and Circumstance" for his high school's virtual graduation — all 22 parts. It took Scott two full days to make this video for his students.

• May 15, 2020

Finding the world's greatest mom before Mother's Day

Steve Hartman's kids didn't know who the world's greatest mom was — so the family went on a search for answers.

• May 8, 2020

Kids are picking up their pitchforks for lockdown grievances

After you sew your mask, you may want to save a little fabric — for your white flag.

• May 1, 2020

Restaurateur says "how I can stop?" charity despite hard times

Twice a week in Anaheim, California, the cars line up by the hundreds. As one driver said, these meals mean "we can survive another day — that we can live another day longer."

• Apr 24, 2020

How a N.C. nurse ended up volunteering at a Queens hospital

"I believe it's our duty," Bevin Strickland said. "I believe we should be compelled to do something when we can."

• Apr 17, 2020

Newspaper delivery man turns into grocery lifeline

"I don't have enough adjectives. He is one of the finest people in the world," said an 85-year-old widow who Greg Dailey shops for.

• Apr 10, 2020

Finding love in the age of social distancing

A Brooklyn man fell for a woman he saw out his window.

• Apr 3, 2020

"Kindness 101": Children write letters to heroes

Some kids went straight to the phone to thank the pharmacists and the fire chiefs and the nurses tending to grandparents in memory care. Others used sidewalk chalk to thank their mail carriers.

• Mar 27, 2020

Steve Hartman's "Kindness 101," an online class to educate kids

We'll show some of my favorite "On the Road" stories and talk about the lessons within.

• Mar 20, 2020

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