Welcome to the National Civil war museum in harrisburg, pennsylvania. We opened in 2001. We were one of the first museums to talk about the entire civil war under one roof. The mission of the museum is to educate on the civil war, the causes leading up to the civil war, the war years, and the years after the war, including reconstruction and the lives of the veterans who far during the civil war, including the fraternal organizations that they belonged to. When you first come into the museum, the first galleries he addresses the causes of the war. Just beyond that, you have an exhibit gallery that talks about slavery during the war. The on that, we have galleries the talk about the first shots of the war am a down in fort sumter in north carolina. And the making of the armies. This museum talks about the entire war come all the various battles, the politics behind the war. So it really gives a really good general overview of what happened prior to the civil war, during the civil war, a
Nuclear power today. Cspan is visiting harrisburg, pennsylvania, to learn about its history. Right behind me is the rockville bridge. Built in 1902, at one point, it was the longest known arch bridge in the world. Up next, we take you to the Pennsylvania State museum and show you some of the states most historic treasures. Will come the state museum of pennsylvania. To the state museum of pennsylvania. Of it is devoted to a connection between Early American History and pennsylvania history. If you know your American History, you know a lot of the early part of colonial america took place in pennsylvania. The four we focus on this particular component of the exhibit, let me tell you a little bit about the overall exhibit. Day icons exhibit was put together for the 50th anniversary of the state museum building. Its purpose was to bring out a story that we thought most people would expect a find in the Pennsylvania State museum. For example, we have a section about william penn in the fou
Welcome to the National Civil war museum in harrisburg, pennsylvania. We opened in 2001. We were one of the first museums to talk about the entire civil war under one roof. The mission of the museum is to educate on the civil war, the causes leading up to the civil war, the war years, and the years after the war, including reconstruction and the lives of the veterans who far during the civil war, including the fraternal organizations that they belonged to. When you first come into the museum, the first galleries he addresses the causes of the war. Just beyond that, you have an exhibit gallery that talks about slavery during the war. The on that, we have galleries the talk about the first shots of the war am a down in fort sumter in north carolina. And the making of the armies. This museum talks about the entire war come all the various battles, the politics behind the war. So it really gives a really good general overview of what happened prior to the civil war, during the civil war, a
Association hosted this hourlong talk. Mr. Burden wayne motz has been a licensed guide at the Gettysburg Park for 13 years. He is had 25 years of service there. He is the narrator of the popular gettysburg audio field guide driving tour of the battlefield that was reduced produced where he was a senior historian. An ohio native, he received his degree in military history from ohio state and his masters in American History from shippensburg university. He was appointed chief executive officer of the National Civil war exam located in harrisburg, pennsylvania in 2012. He was selected to that position from a field of over 100 candidates. The National Civil war museum is a 65,000 squarefoot building housing a renowned collection of artifacts and historical interpretations. The mission of the institution is to serve as a National Center to inspire the Lifelong Learning of the American Civil War through preservation and balanced presentation. Before becoming the ceo there, he was the executi
Welcome. Im director of the state library of pennsylvania. You are sitting currently in the library which is in the process of being restored back to its original grandeur from when the building opened in 1931 and lets look at the beautiful murals. They are falling apart. The existence in 1745 and purchased the first set of the books and they are still in the folks downstairs. At some point if you would like to take a tour we do ask its done when you have an open house. One basic housekeeping thing what you put your cell phone at least on silence or preferably turned off. We all know that if youre taking when you hear a cell phone ringing in the middle of a speech. Today we are welcoming the author of a narrative Nonfiction Book called capital murder which was released may 12 this year. Hes currently an Investigative Reporter for abc news affiliate in washington, d. C. Before that he spent four years in harrisburg covering the extraordinary financial collapse. Now he has released a boo