Episode 500 - Friday with Friends (Freedomland)

On this week's Friday with Friends listener interaction show, one of our listeners Latesha recently intrigued me with an article on the All About the Mouse Disney podcast Facebook group about a theme park located in New York City in the early 1960's called "Freedomland" that was inspired by and even had connections with Disneyland. I was so fascinated by the story of Freedomland, that I invited Mike Virgintino, author of "Freedomland U.S.A.: The Definitive History" to join me for a more detailed look at this park and it's 7 themed lands based on the historical aspects of the United States of America. Mike will walk us through from before the beginning with a developer by the name of C.V. Wood who was Disneyland's first employee to the inevitable demise and bankruptcy of the park.