Hundreds of hobbyiests conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about the military. The theme this year was the dday 75th anniversary. Next on american artifacts we visit a living history camp to learn about the experiences of the armys 517th parachute infantry combat team. Those who fought in france 75 years ago in the autumn of 1944. My name is Matt Holmgren im part of a Group Representing the 517th parachute infantry, which was part of a unit called the 517th prtc. Its a world war ii unit in italy, Southern France, battle of the bulge and the hurkin forest. Its a smaller unit, numbered about 2,500 men throughout the war. It was comprised of three smaller units, the 517th parachute infantry regiment, the 576th engineer company, those units made the combat team which the higher command throughout the war, their campaigns would attach them to larger units, divisions where they were needed as they were needed throughout the war. Were representing them through their time of the Mari
Dr. Gregory d. Smithers, an associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university, specializes in native American History, hes the author of several books including the cherokee diaspora an indigenous history of migration, resettlement and identity, about which greg spoke here a few years ago. And his newest book on the subject of todays lecture, native southerners indigenous history from origins to remov removal. So please give a warm welcome to our friend, greg smithers. [ applause ] let me first begin by acknowledging the traditional landowners of this region. Members of the powotan chiefdom and the chicohomonie people. Thank you to Graham Dozier who organized todays lecture. Thank you very much. Its much appreciated and its lovely to be back here at the Virginia Museum of history and culture. I hope i got that right. Im going to begin today by talking just a little bit about the artwork on the cover of my new book. This is a piece by chief terry saul. Hes a was hes pas
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Book on political irrationality. The author is George Mason University professor bryan caplan. Professor kaplan, what are you trying to accomplish with this . Really . Im just trying to share 17 years worth of essays, political rationality. I at this point, people have started toccept that there is a lot of political rationality in their opponents, at least a lot of what im trying to say is youre youre all right. Both sides are correct. The other side is pretty crazy. But get a little more selfawareness and realize that the craziness actually is pretty universal. Give an of a voter whos irrational now lets i mean, the first one that comes to mind is someone who voted for hitler becae onal Socialism Means actual nazi slogan 1933, which i would just say would be pretty crazy. I mean, honestly, though, the main thing about iioas social st it is its hard to know for one person. Its much easier to have an idea about a General Group is rational because for one person, one person to just make
Is at the center of the debate over guns in the united so weapon associate ended with Mass Shootings but much beloved by many law abiding gun owners and gun rights advocates, the ar 15 was once banned in the states, but now is not only legal but is the bestselling rifle in america. Cameron let me start you and im if you can just provide some basic sort of biographical information about this weapon. What does what does a ar 15 stand for . What the term semiautomatic mean . And what are some of the other distinctive aspects of this weapon . Well, thats that is a ar 15 is a term that everyone about. But both sides of the gun debate dont really seem to understand. R stands for armalite and. It was the 15th. Armalite was the Small Company that invented this rifle and it was the 15th. It weapon that they had invented. The 15th device that they had invented. There is some debate as to whether it stood for armalite, the company, or armalite research. Thats thats thats been discussed. But it di