Maybe it was painted white. Maybe it was barbed wire. Maybe it stood behind a Little League ball field or along a gravel road that led home.
This isn't really a story about fences.
It's a story about the ordinary places where Americans learned the habits that make self-government possible—responsibility, stewardship, neighborliness, and citizenship.
The American Front Porch is a new storytelling series exploring the objects, places, and memories that quietly shaped generations of Americans.
Because sometimes the most important lessons weren't taught in classrooms or courtrooms.
Sometimes they were learned beside an old fence.
If this story meant something to you, share it with someone who remembers a fence of their own.
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