System that relied on individual responsibility. In england, in the early 1600s, there was a tiny band of people who called themselves separatists. They wished only to worship in their own way. [ knocking ] open in the name of the king. Open up ye heretics. Open up. Silence. When we remember silence i say. We sat down and we want master brewster be warned that the king of england knows of your sins. And we of his, i warrant. Enough. You shall disburse to your homes. You shall meet no more secretly or in public to worship in this heretical way. So youll get to your so called priest wearing heretic guard, you object to kneeling during the holy sacrament, you object and object. Captain, you well know we desire above all to have the word of god freely preached. That you shall not have master brewster, mark me well, the king of england is a supreme authority, in matters of religion as well as matters of state. You shall conform to the kings religion. If you do not, he shall harry you out of
The largest stone fort in the United States its at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay near virginia. Up next fort monroe director robin read gives us a tour showcasing the history from the colonial era to its completion. In 1834 and its role in the seven civil war. Welcome to the very Pleasant Place that we call point comfort. Actually we call it all played comfort and its been named that for a long time. It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. In fact someone say even longer, some say even thousand or years. Youre actually inside a case mate. Case made is nothing more than a fault inside the fort wall xerox lean side the fault for wall. Kind of unique for a museum to this day in time we will walk you through the museum and talk to you about the interesting history that occurred here. Some of our stories will deal with the genie indians, they africans who first arrived here and there play during the civil war. Thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to mi
The president. Lectures in history every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lectures is history is also available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. The largest stone fort in the United States sits at the mouth of the chesapeake bay. Fort monroe Casemate Museum director gives us a tour showcasing its history and its role in the civil war. Were inside the casemate music because were inside a casemate. Its a vault inside of a wall. Kind of unique for museums in this day and time. Were going to walk you through the museum and talk about the interesting history that occurs here. Some of our stories will deal with the indians, the africans that first arrived here. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. They migrated as far as as far west as mexico and the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america and central america. They migrated all the way here to Point Comfort where fort monroe is located today. They w
If welcome, we are in this place called point comfort. Its been that way for a long time. It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. In fact some would say even longer, thousands of years. We are inside the case made museum, aptly named, because yours actually inside a case made. Its nothing more than a vault, its not afford ball. So you are actually inside the fort wall. Kind of unique for a museum in this day and time. Were gonna walk you through the case, museum we will talk about the very interesting thing that occurred here. Some of our stories will deal with the africans that first arrived here, and the American Civil War. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. The migrated as far as west as mexico. And the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america. They migrated all the way here to point comfort, where 40 monroe is located today. They were hunters, gatherers, and they lived a very successful an
Hampden, virginia. Up next, robin reed gives us a tour showcasing the forts history from a colonial era through its completion in 1834 and its role in the civil war. Welcome to fort monroe located on the Pleasant Place we call Point Comfort. Actually, oh, Point Comfort and that way for a long, long time. Here over 400 years of history occurred. In fact, some say even longer. Some say even thousands of years. Inside the museum aptly named, Casemate Museum. A vault made is inside a for the wall. Youre inside the fourt wall. Unique for museums this date in time. Well talk about the history that occurs here. Some of our stories deal with the virginia indians, the africans that first arrived here, and their plight during the American Civil War. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. They migrated as far as, far west as mexico and the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america, and central america. They migrated all the w