All weekend, American History tv is featuring portland, maine. 50s stephen king is a native of maine. Learn about portland all weekend long. Portland is an important part of maines economy. We struggle often because we have lost all of our manufacturing business. We used to make shoes and fabrics and paper, and it has been a struggle, but it has started to fill in with this resurgence in the world economy. Fishing, we are the largest fishing lobster fishing in the country. Hours taste the best. Change in thel sophistication of the farmer and the consumer, and it has raised demand to the point that organic food is a 40 billion business and our country. We are building an important market that did not used to west on the policy side, have to do a lot more to make this possible for other farmers, particularly ones that want to transition into it in places all over the country. We want to make it easier for them to get into this market. You are paid better. You dont have to handle toxic ch
Lobster boats going back and forth all the time, you see the islands, sailboats, all the activities that probably people think of a maine visit would be. We take a boat to fort gorgeous, a civil war era just off the portland kos. We are on hog island ledge. Where they built for gorgeous in 1858 to help defend portland harbor. We have completed an 18 6 it was completed in 1865 and was built with two sister forts off to the south. Its camel on how silent. They were designed to work in conjunction with each other to defend the harbor. Everyone thinks for gorgeous is a civil war fort when it was funded long before, and it was approved by congress. Things that occurred much earlier. We begin our feature on portlands history, talking about lobstering. In 2016, the Maine Lobster industry generated over 500 million. Next, we learn about its history and economic impact. Over here is my gps and radar. Here in the fog, it helps us figure out where we are. Traps with amy gps. I kind of do it by fe
Robert is a reporter with the Investigative Unit of the Washington Post who is focused on privacy, national security, federal contracting. He has won multiple journalism awards. The 2013 sigma delta chi award. A regional emmy. He previously won the top prize for investigative reporters and editors for exposing fraud, waste, and abuse in Homeland Security contracting. He has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice. Finalisten a fourtime for business writing. He is the author of no place to hide. Michelle is a civil war and reconstruction specialist at the library of congress. History atd a ba in berkeley. Severalhe author of articles and books on topics related to the civil war. At the Library Assistant at the Historical Society of washington, d. C. , an assistant presenter. Scholarlyember of our lecture. I would like to call out to connections between this place. Quartermaster Montgomery Meigs department was responsible for caring for the war dead. Remarkable that in choosing to live here
harrow discusses his book. Developed washington d. C. s infrastructure and expanded buildings and sites, such as the u. S. Capitol dome and the Arlington National cemetery. This is just over 50 minutes. Joining us tonight is robert oharrow, a reporter with the Investigative Unit of the Washington Post who is focused on privacy, national security, federal contracting, and the financial world. He has won multiple journalism awards. The 2013 sigma delta chi award. Regional emmy. , a he previously won the top prize for investigative reporters and editors for exposing fraud, waste, and abuse in Homeland Security contracting. He has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice. He is the author of no place to hide. Michelle krowl is a civil war and reconstruction specialist at the library of congress. She received a ba in history at berkeley. She is the author of several articles and books on topics related to the civil war. She has worked at the Library Assistant at the Historical Society of washin
Transportation and mail kacarri s to the jet age of the 1950s through today. Space operations and missiles, its all here. And i want to share an article that was in the Washington Post earlier this week on the spirit of st. Louis, one of the iconic planes that Charles Lindbergh had. Its been in the news because of some of the findings and notes on the plane when it was refurbished back in 1975. Jeremy kinney is joining us, the curator. Just saw you a moment ago in that taped piece. Talk to us about the spirit of st. Louis. And some interesting things you found in the last year or so. The spirit of st. Louis is a true milestone of flight. Charles lindbergh makes that epic transatlantic flight in may 1927 and its always been a signature artifact of the smithsonian, since the building opened in 1976. So this opportunity to redo this gallery, the milestones of flight gallery, looking at this airplane and seeing the elements that are left by the people who made the airplane, the people at R