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
[ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby in houston, texas, the hub of the American Space program, to meet an heir whose strange inheritance is hundreds of bibles that went to the moon. My name is jonathan stout. My father made it his lifes mission to land the good book on the moon. Those lunar bibles are my rightful inheritance, but theyre locked up in a Judges Chamber because someone else is trying to claim them. Hi, jonathan. Im jamie. Its great to meet you. Thanks so much for writing and inviting me here. Jonathan brings me inside to show me a small sample of his strange inheritance this tiny piece of microfilm. Thats it . Its as small as a postage stamp. Whats on there . Thats the entire bible. On one little, tiny microfiche . On each sheet. When its magnified under a microscope, sure enough, theres the holy scripture. That was my dads dream to get the bibles to the moon. Wait. Your inheritance, these little teeny, tiny bibles, went to the moon . Yes, they d
The World War Ii Alliance between Winston Churchills Great Britain and the leaders of european nations who fled to london following the nazi occupation of their countries. She details how the british and their exiled allies helped one another to combat the germans prior to u. S. Entry into the war. The National World War Ii Museum hosted and recorded this event in may 2017. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here. I am president and ceo of the National Civil war museum. I think a lot of familiar people are out there. Fors great to see you all our distinguished speaker. Share her latest work with us. Before we get started, is always our tradition to recognize any world war ii veterans who may be with us. If there are, stand or wave. Anyone from working on the home front . Dont be bashful. [applause] i saw them earlier. Any survivors of the holocaust to might be here . We like to recognize them as well. Veterans of any time, will you still stand. [applause] thank you
Next on American History tv, the black image makers who reimagined African American citizenship which focuses on University Hosts thisemory event. I am the director of the institute. On behalf of the visiting fellows and our staff i would like to welcome you to todays installment of the colloquium series. We do this every week. We are glad for those who come regularly. We hope you come back same place next week. We will have another interesting speaker. It is our pleasure to do this with emory library. We hope you can come back. Today it is my pleasure to welcome dr. Brenna greer. Is an associate suppressor at wellesley college. Historian of race, gender and culture in the 20th century United States. She explores connections between capitalism, social movement and culture. She will be speaking on her first book, represented the black imagemakers who reimagined African American citizenship. Examines the work of black media makers and marketers in the world war ii era who garnered Media
American history of the civil war. She has published numerous books and articles, including the heart of the eagle, irishamerican volunteers in the union army, and the soldiers of most celebrated unit. This book will be on sale. She will sign it for you and after this presentation. You can get a copy at the gift shop and there will be an opportunity for her to sign. Shes a past president of the Mississippi Historical society, a member of the board of trustees for the society of military history and serves on the Editorial Board of civil war times magazine and the Advisory Board of the National Civil war museum. Her most recent research involves civil war governors of mississippi project, which she directs, this is a Collaborative Partnership between the Mississippi Department of archives and history, the Mississippi Digital Library and the university of southern mississippi, which will scan, stateribe, annotate and civil war era governors papers. About 50,000 documents spanning nine ad