Television mini series and best watch in the countrys history at the time. And he came back to tennessee in the early 80s, about the time i was governor. We were very good friends the last 12 years of his life. And ill never forget a threeweek cargo freighter trip i took with him in 1987. I was writing a book. He invited me to go with him. He always rode on cargo freighters because he was in the coast guard. He learned to ride there so he could isolate himself that way and ride. But he was a wonderful man. I was one of many speakers at miss funeral in memphis when he died in 1992. Senator alexander, thank you very much. Thank you. You can watch this and other american artifacts any time by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. With this month marking the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, president obama will meet residents. Thats live at 5 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Our look at Hurricane Katrina continues on fridays washington journal. Well hear from former mayor marc morial
Was difficult to find that information. You would have to the travel to archives and go through microfilm, stores. Now it is much easier to communicate with folks. Authenticity has increased immensely. Right down to the minute details that are produced and buttons. Many pieces would be difficult in time to tell them from the original. The great thing about living history is that when you read the books and you sort of try to picture the moment, even the best of information. But when you wear the uniforms and the sights, the sounds, the smells the same as they were then. You begin to realize all the small details you would have missed before. When i first began to reenact, thereenact, the haversack when i carried my rations i put it on the wrong side of my body and a soldier said thats the incorrect side. That will get in the way of getting to your cartridges in your cartridge box. Something that never would have occurred to me. Then when i have to follow the same actions and drill that
Building efforts in afghanistan. Here is where i hesitate and where i increasingly interrogate and question myself. We dont annoy you who it will end. And i think that is the moment that moment where things may collapse. But it is also possible that two, three, five years down the road we will be back in a civil war in afghanistan. Isis is now slowly emerging in the country. Terrifying prospect that it is. Much worse than the taliban. The taliban is deeply entrenched. If we end up five years down the road in a new civil war in afghanistan, a new safe havens for the taliban and isis, i will say it was not worth the price. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. To mark the 150th anniversary of the surrender of lee to grant april 9th, 1965, the National Parks service invited hundreds of experts to camp at the National Historic park in virginia. American history tv visited the park the learn about a reconstructed traveling blacksmith forge. When we stopped by, the black sm
My name is john. I live in springville, new york. This is a replica of the traveling for rajs that the artillery and cavalry would have with them. The ferriers would use the forge to reshoe the horses. I would like to tell people that our job back here is is very similar to a nascar pit crew. We were the nascar pit crew of the 1860s. Working with us would be carpenters that would repair the sides of the wagons. The wheelwrights would take care of the wheels. The coopers would work on fixing and repairing barrels. We have the leather workers and harness makers. And then of course the blacksmiths primary job is to repair items. The biggest job then again is the ferriers. In an artillery battery, we have approximately 140 horses. Theres actually more horses than there are men. So the james farrifai ferriers. I heated up this meat. Right now im just going to forge it to a point on the anvil using a threepound hammer. I look for a nice orange color. And we come underneath the shelter. You c
And we come underneath the shelter. You can see the orange color. I just want to bring this to a point. So i will hammer a few times on one side, and then a few times on the other. Im going to put a little smaller piece in so we can work a little faster. A good blacksmith always has a real good pair of tongs. Heat this back up. Now, this lever is operating at a pair of bellows in the back of the forge. And you can see the gray leather bag going up and down. Thats filling up with air. And then the air comes out of the top of the forge into the fire pit. In the forge is also youll notice it says forge l. This would be attached to an artillery battery, battery l. Down here are the three drawers for storage. Drawer number three has all our metal. Different sizes, different shapes. Drawer number one has all our tools in it. And our gloves, our files, our chisels. And then drawer number two would really have our tongs in it. And i do have modern day things here. Firstaid kit, et cetera. But