American history tv this week and every weekend on cspan three. Are we heritage days is an annual event held in may at the American Heritage event in carlile, pennsylvania. Hundreds of living history hobbyists are selected by the center to conduct demonstrations and talk about the public. About military subjects, ranging from the American Revolution to the war on terror. The theme this year was the 75th anniversary of dday. Next, on american artifacts, we visit an exhibit about world war ii, soviet soldiers. My name is craig hall, i basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions, this impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british to helping them when world war ii we have to give them equal credits to our allies, some would say we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is, people asked me why do i do this impression. And i think its because, the reason is that we need to
Thank you peter so much. It has been a journey of love for me. I grew up in southwest iowa, a very rural part of the state and the perseverance, the dedication, the hard work that my parents taught me really has carried me through so many different challenges in my lifetime. Opportunities in my lifetime and i wanted to tell the story that could be uplifting. Certainly people will face challenges throughout their lifetime but we all should understand that those challenges dont necessarily have to define us. Im just blessed that we live in a great United States of america and have these opportunities and i thats what i hope to share in this story with other people. The book is relatively revealing and we will goes through some of those things but was not tough to expose yourself like that . It was very hard. Ive been through a number of significant challenges inmy lifetime. I was raped when i was a young woman. With my first boyfriend and really suffered from that but then moving on goin
His time in wyoming. The library of congress is the host of this event. Welcome to the eskin family. To all of you, the eskins who are so generous to make this program possible. Marsha, barney, and lee. Welcome to all of you. Thank you for being here. And welcome to all our young visitors from Washington Area schools. So nice to have you here. And welcome, of course, to the cspan audience that is will be watching this in the future. Who among you has never been in this library . Okay. Quite a few of you. Well, in the event you havent been in this building before, welcome to the Worlds Largest library. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. The nations very own, your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed as it carried out its duties of representing all of us. Initially the library was
Craig my name is craig hall. I basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions. This impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british, to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Some would say, we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is people ask me why do i do this impression. I think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front. If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. Now, for example, what i normally do is, on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine dated may, 1944. The first article in it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. The point being, the significance of that is that, of course, one month later, we had dday. And the point the relationshi
Next, on american artifacts, we visit an exhibit about world war ii soviet soldiers. My name is craig hall. I basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions. This impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british, to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Some would say, we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is and people asked me why do i do this impression. I think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front. If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that w ar. Now, for example, what i normally do is, on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine dated may, 1944. The first article in it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. The point being, the significance o