Im jamie colby, and today im in wilmington, North Carolina. Its known for its gorgeous beaches and its great surfing, but it was also the last confederate port city to fall during the civil war, so it is fitting that im here to meet an heir whose ancestor became famous in defeat at the Highwater Mark of the confederacy. My name is George Edward pickett v. Im the greatgreatgrandson of general george e. Pickett of gettysburg fame. And i never knew exactly what that would bring to my family fame, fortune, or dishonor. George who goes by his middle name, ed has invited me to his home. Hi, ed. Hi. You must be jamie. I am jamie. How are you today . Im good. When the 59yearold isnt working as a surfing instructor, ed enjoys doing yoga and playing guitar. Its a far cry from his famous greatgreatgrandfather who fought at gettysburg. Growing up, did your family ever discuss that you had a connection to that battle . Well, i knew about it. It was discussed briefly. I was not really that intereste
Im jamie colby, and today im in wilmington, North Carolina. Its known for its gorgeous beaches and its great surfing, but it was also the last confederate port city to fall during the civil war, so it is fitting that im here to meet an heir whose ancestor became famous in defeat at the Highwater Mark of the confederacy. My name is George Edward pickett v. Im the greatgreatgrandson of general george e. Pickett of gettysburg fame. And i never knew exactly what that would bring to my family fame, fortune, or dishonor. George who goes by his middle name, ed has invited me to his home. Hi, ed. Hi. You must be jamie. I am jamie. How are you today . Im good. When the 59yearold isnt working as a surfing instructor, ed enjoys doing yoga and playing guitar. Its a far cry from his famous greatgreatgrandfather who fought at gettysburg. Growing up, did your family ever discuss that you had a connection to that battle . Well, i knew about it. It was discussed briefly. I was not really that intereste
Im jamie colby, and today, im visiting townshend, vermont. Classic Norman Rockwell america. Its the kind of place where neighbors can still leave their doors unlocked and where a country lawyer can let clients pay him with food from their farm or dinners at a restaurant or gifts of some kind. In fact, thats how this strange inheritance story begins. My name is paul weber. My father was a lawyer in smalltown vermont, who was always willing to help a client out. And thats how i ended up inheriting a really cool and really old chinese relic and a pretty strange story to tell. Im jamie. I meet paul, a local math teacher, and his wife, sarah, at their home. Come on in. Thank you so much. The residence doubles as a bedandbreakfast the couple have run for almost 30 years. I couldnt help but noticing, as i came in, you have a lot of exotic art. My father was always interested in asian art and he dabbled in painting a little bit. And so thats why we have lots of things around the house. When pa
I want to spend a quick thank you to our sponsor bowling. Today we have a really great talk. Im hoping all you are as excited as i am, as someone who watches a lot of things on television about space, tranfive is a familiar face to me certainly. He is the editor at large for Time Magazine and is also a local big he grew up in baltimore and went university of maryland. He is author of multiple books everything from narcissism to polio. But notably for today at least in the context of this museum he is the author of two books that will bring up i think over the course of the time. First walkman lost men. The inspiration for the movie and today he will be not on talk but his new book but sign the book afterwards just outside the gallery if youre interested. We will give apollo 8 the thrilling story of the First Mission to the moon evolution in welcoming Jeffrey Kluger. [applause] i mentioned the book lost men. You wrote in 1994. You do write about space in time i see quite a bit but what
I want to spend a quick thank you to our sponsor bowling. Today we have a really great talk. Im hoping all you are as excited as i am, as someone who watches a lot of things on television about space, tranfive is a familiar face to me certainly. He is the editor at large for Time Magazine and is also a local big he grew up in baltimore and went university of maryland. He is author of multiple books everything from narcissism to polio. But notably for today at least in the context of this museum he is the author of two books that will bring up i think over the course of the time. First walkman lost men. The inspiration for the movie and today he will be not on talk but his new book but sign the book afterwards just outside the gallery if youre interested. We will give apollo 8 the thrilling story of the First Mission to the moon evolution in welcoming Jeffrey Kluger. [applause] i mentioned the book lost men. You wrote in 1994. You do write about space in time i see quite a bit but what