Im jamie colby. Today im in picturesque roanoke, virginia. The name roanoke is believed to come from an algonquin word that means shell money, which is very appropriate to the story of this strange inheritance. My name is ryan givens. In 1992, my mother, melva givens, died at the age of 79. As executor of her estate, i found a lock box in her closet which contained a strange envelope. Ryan, this is the box . This is the box that she kept it in in her bedroom closet, and she kept it along with other things in this envelope right here. So, it says, this is a changed date, and what else does it not real . Not the real one. Changed date, not real, 1913. Melvas terse note reflects what shed been told about the coin inside that its a clever fake of one of the rarest and most valuable coins ever minted the 1913 liberty head 5cent piece. Coin expert and auctioneer Paul Montgomery wrote a book about the nickels. From 1883 to 1912, the liberty head nickel was the design that the u. S. Was using
i m jamie colby. today i m in picturesque roanoke, virginia. the name roanoke is believed to come from an algonquin word that means shell money, which is very appropriate to the story of this strange inheritance. my name is ryan givens. in 1992, my mother, melva givens, died at the age of 79. as executor of her estate, i found a lock box in her closet which contained a strange envelope. ryan, this is the box? this is the box that she kept it in in her bedroom closet, and she kept it along with other things in this envelope right here. so, it says, this is a changed date, and what else does it not real ? not the real one. changed date, not real, 1913. melva s terse note reflects what she d been told about the coin inside that it s a clever fake of one of the rarest and most valuable coins ever minted the 1913 liberty head 5-cent piece. coin expert and auctioneer paul montgomery wrote a book about the nickels. from 1883 to 1912, the liberty he
Retitle meant program. Sunday at three, thoughts on islamic extremism. Sunday morning at 10 00 eastern we commemorate the 50th anniversary of president Lyndon Johnsons signing of the 1955 voting act. It includes conversations between johnson and his aides dr. Martin luther king jr. , and strategies on how to enforce the law. Also this weekend, tonight at 7 10, university of california berkeley professor brian go lay looks at the production of arms. Get a complete collection at cspan. Org. All weekend, the history American History tv celebrates the city of augusta, georgia. The home is the home of george walton, one of the youngest signers of the declaration of independence. Cspan passat cspans staff visited many places. Learn more about augustine on cspan tv. I feel good i knew that i would, now i feel good i knew that i would now so good so good i got you we are in the Augustine Museum of history in augusta ga. We call this exhibit james brown , the godfather of soul. It gives a diffe
Coming up next Howard University history professor discusses the experiences of free to slaves following the civil war. She discusses education and Political Rights. She talks about their struggle to achieve them. This program was part of a symposium of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. You may wonder why we have this pulpit here. This pulpit is one that the pastor would have used when preaching and lincoln would have seen the pastor from this hope it. It was in the old era. That is when you have this heirloom. I would like to bring up the editor of our lincolnian journal lindy swanson. Having heard that, i am very honored to be standing at this pulpit and to introduce our next speaker, edna greene medford, who many of you know. She is a very treasured friend of the Lincoln Group and one of our members. She always provides us with wellcrafted, meaningful remarks. She is an author, much published. The chair of the History Department at howard and coauthor of the publication
In the backwoods. So far that there was no courthouse, no church and no record of his birth. This is important because he was a very young man when he signed the declaration. We dont know if he was the youngest because we do not know his exact birthday. There was a signer rutledge, and they know, but they cannot claim he was the youngest because we do not know when george was born. He was born in a period between 1749 and 1750. His father had made provisions for his education. His father died very close to his birth and his mother died when he was seven years old. He was taken in to the family of his aunt and uncle. When he turned of age, he was apprenticed to a carpenter. Either he wasnt a good carpenter or he wanted to use his mind. But he left that apprenticeship in his late teens and came to study law. He came to study with a prominent lawyer and savannah named henry young junior. He was an excellent clerk. He did very well and passed the bar. When you pass the bar you have to swea