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Reconstruction eras. American history tv this weekend every weekend on cspan three. Each week, american artifact visits museums, archives, and historic places. Up next, we travel about 45 miles west of the Nations Capital to tour a u. S. Army can indications base in warrenton, virginia, which now houses a Museum Dedicated to remembering the cold war. Is is just under an hour. Welcome, my name is francie Francis Gary Powers junior, i go by gary, i am the founder of the Cold War Museum at vince hill virginia, about 45 miles northwest of washington dc. I founded the Cold War Museum in 1996, to honor cold war veterans, preserve cold war history, and educate future generations about this time period. What i realized when i was giving lectures to High School Students in this area, nine times out of 10, the students would not know anything about the cold war or the u2 incident. They would think the u2 incident would have something to do do with the rock band. A the cold war period. In 1996 we