Twopart lecture. Ok, here is where we are going today. Were going to take a look at the courtship of abigail and our first chance to talk about the correspondence which is the basis of our course and historical understanding of the relationship. There is about 1200 letters between them. That is a lot. It, willu think about we ever know as much about modernday american political leaders as we know about those people in the late 18th century question mar it seem . It seems weird. I think we want no less. Unless all the emails between way and bill find our not get a raise, if you will [laughter] and it is distinctive in its candor and intimacy. Dolly and James Madison had a great relationship, they are together all the time. And because of the paradox of proximity, because abigail and john are apart, we know the most about them when they are apart. Record that isa really unprecedented. I have made the case and will repeated here that this is the most fully revealed marriage and partnershi
His mansion in Richmond Virginia , now referred to as the white house of the confederacy. The residence was saved from demolition, and since 1988 has been retorts since death to its wartime appearance. These two flags are replicas of the first and Second National flags of the confederacy. Flag,s the First National called the stars and bars, march 18 61 adopted as the National Flag of the confederacy. That is before the war started. When the war did start, they use this on the battlefield, but that proved to be ready confusing on a battlefield with smoke, fire, and other confusion. It looked like the United States flag. After the first big battle of the war, they stop using this on the battlefield. However, they kept it as the National Flag for almost two ofe years, and in the wake the failure of this one on the battlefield, they came up with other designs for battlefield use. May 1863, they completely did away with this one, and they came up with this one to replace it. This is the Sec
The graphic scenes of traumatized, hungry, and partly closed children recorded by the u. S. Signal corps, helped raise millions of dollars for relief efforts. This Academy Awardwinning film includes scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers. Children, the human raw material of each shattered nations tomorrow. Each nations preview in flesh and blood of its future. Pillars of the brave new world, pillars of the brave new world, ages from three to six and not able to stand. Rickets. Age nine, mother tortured, father burned alive. Age 10, lost her senses when shells swept her dutch village. Age eight, mother, father, sister, brother killed in the deliberate shell fire because they refused to leave the shelter of a ravine. Himself wounded. Age 8, she did not know her strange new toy was a grenade. Ages 10 to 14. Age three, stunted and warped by nutritional deficiencies. Pillars of the brave new world, separated from parents whose names they do not remember. Roaming like wolf packs, stea
And hear historical interpreters describe daily life. We visit two farmhouses and a schoolhouse to hear how life changed over the course of the century and learn how National Politics impacted this area before the civil war. This is the second of a twopart series. Joe i am the director of marketing here in stanton, virginia. We are a Living History Museum with a mission focus on education. Our objective here is teach people how a unique folk culture was created through blending of european, african, and Indigenous Peoples cultures. Today we are going to be on the american side and will be looking at two farms and the early american schoolhouse. My name is stephen gallagher. My title here is interpreter those of us who are in costume, interpreting exhibits are referred to as interpreters. And i work on the 1820s farm. These folks were farmers, primarily wheat farmers. Like most folks in the valley, mixed grain and livestock, and they raised beef cattle for sale. They made butter and che
Takes you to museums and Historic Places to learn about American History. The Frontier Culture Museum tells the story of the early american frontier. We visit original 19thcentury houses from the shenandoah to the museumed and here historical interpreters described daily life. Visited to School Houses farmhouses and the schoolhouse to hear how life changed over the course of the century and learn how National Politics impacted this area before the civil war. This is the second of a twopart series. I am the director of marketing here in stanton, virginia. We are a Living History Museum with a mission focus on education. Our objective here is teach people how a unique folk culture was created through blending of european, african, and Indigenous Peoples cultures. Today we are going to be on the american side and will be looking at two farms and the schoolhouse. Steven my name is stephen gallagher. Costume,us who are in and iing exhibits work on the 1820s farm. These folks were farmers, p