The harleydavidson story is a unique blend. Its a microcosm of the american industry. The company was born at the dawn of the 20th century when so many things were happening and the company has actually been in continuous operation, making motorcycles for 116 years now. For me, as a curator, its wonderful because the story is so great. Ups and downs through the depression, world war ii, triumph and tribulation, and they saved everything. You will see as we walk through the museum, they had, for whatever reason, you know, these young guys starting this company from almost nothing, began saving stuff from the first years of their operation, generations of employees have continued that throughout the history of the company and its just given us so much stuff to help tell all of these stories. Were here in front of serial number 1, at the beginnings of the Harleydavidson Motor Company story. This is the oldest harleydavidson in existence. It was restored during the 1990s which means it was
She is the author of they were her property white women as slave owners in the american south. This video is courtesy of the National Archives. Many of their programs can be found on the National Archives youtube channel. Assumptions about history gives us a fresh questioning assumptions gives us a fresh understanding, egging into primary sources and listening to the voices of those not usually heard. Todays guest author, Stephanie Jones rogers has done this in her new book, they were her property, white women as slaveowners in the american south. She uses an impressive assortment to piece together the stories of the slaveholders and the enslaved with the oral histories of formally enslaved people, news paper advertisements, slave records sells records, court doctrines and more. Two weeks ago we displayed the d. C. Emancipation act ended slavery in the district of columbia in 1860 two. Among the records generated as a result of this you will find several references to women owners. To
Now lets see on this little model of their quarter acre garden the plan they work out. Heres the early garden. Here, four rows of early potatoes. Then, two double rows of peas early, medium, and late. One row of cabbage. Double row of carrots and beets. Half a row of each. One double row of greens, spinach, mustard and chard. Late, wiltarly and resistant. Peppers, half a roll. Radishes, lettuces and on onions next to the house. Asparagus and rhubarb beds at the side. Four rows of sweet corn along the fence. And finally, two rows of lima beans complete the early garden. Now for the late garden. After each of the early crops is harvested, a planting of another crop is to be made so as to have a succession. For convenience of illustration, all early crops except tomatoes and chard are removed from the model. Here are the later crops. Four rows of u. S. Number five beans. Two rows of squash along the fence. Three rows of late potatoes. Late cabbage. Carrots and beets, half double rows each
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A marathon in under two hours, Kenyas Brigid Kosgei shatters Paula Radcliffes 16 year old world record, quick stepping up the leaderboard, well catch up with mike after his highest strictly score. Good morning from the wellington downs whether king street by getting ready for the procession later on at parliament. The weather is not looking so great. Rain and showers in the forecast today. We will see some dry conditions. More details in 15 minutes. Its monday the 14th of october. Our top story. The first queens speech of Boris Johnsons premiership will be unveiled today with promises to introduce tougher sentences for foreign offenders, tackle violent crime, and invest more in the nhs. But events in brussels could still overshadow the Prime Ministers parliamentary plans with significant work still to do in brexit labour has called todays speech an uncosted wish list, which the government has no intention of delivering. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Today, there wil