Learned about the role firearms have played during the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum. Were going to go through the museum and take a look at the history of americans and their firearms. Well start with the earliest precolonial days, go up through current time. Well look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america, the goal firearms have played in military and sporting and personal shooting roles. Well see the guns of champions, the guns of president s and heroes, and well see some great pieces of art, firearms engraving on a steel canvas. The National Firearms museum is at nra headquarters in fairfax, virginia. Weve been in this location for about 15. Were custodians of about 7,000 firearms. We have about 3,000 on display here and about a thousand more that the nra National Sporting arms museum in springfield, missouri. What i want people to come away from the museum with beyond the wow, thats a lot of c
Podcasts. Now, on american artifacts, a visit to the nras National Firearms museum in fairfax, virginia to see the collection of guns and learn about the role firearms have played over the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum. Im gypsumica, Museum Director, weve going to go through the museum and look at the history and their firearms. Well start with the earliest precolonial play and look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america and the role firearms played in military and the sporting and personal shooting roles. Well see the guns of champions and president s and heroes and great pieces of heart firearms engraving on a steel canvas. It is at nra headquarters in fairfax, virginia. Now the museum has existed for nearly 80 years and weve been in this location for about 15. Were custodians about 7,000 firearms donated to us or lent to us over the past 75 years. We have about 3,000 on display here. And about a
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Remember what we said about our speakers and their commitment to mentorship and education. Shes the author of essays published in 2018 and 2019 in the civil war and transformation of american citizenship. And new perspectives on the union war. As i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in the flagship journal civil war history, part of a roundtable discussion about new civil war revisionism. Her book manuscript, mentioned in your program, women, slavery and the boundaries of freedom in washington, d. C. Is now under contract, i am pleased to say. With u. N. C. Press. It explains how black women in the Nations Capital made claims to liberty during the civil war. It is from that work that the program today is derived, free women, mobilizing emancipation, citizenship and self making in wartime washington, d. C. Ladies and gentlemen, tamika unley. [applause] prof. Nunley thank you. Good afternoon. Should thank you extra, because it is after lunch, late in the afternoon and you a