A sampling of folklore definitions through the years: 2007AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY:Folklore is the traditional art, literature, knowledge, and practice that is disseminated largely through oral communication and behavioral example.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama â You may not recognize him when you see him on the street, but you might remember a desperate helicopter pilot shouting, Mike Durant, we won't leave you behind, in the Oscar-winning 2001 film Black Hawk Down..
Captain Karen Walden flies a rescue chopper in the military, and dies -- just before the crew was rescued during Desert Storm. Early indications suggest she made a daring rescue of the crew they were in to rescue, then managed to keep the Iraqi Army at bay until she and her crew were rescued. Walden is nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor, and Lt. Col. Serling is in to investigate her worthiness.