We will get into that. Let me say a little bit about scott. Welcome, scott. Many of our viewers know scott from his very long and successful and productive tenure and engagement with the National Park. He has been retired for a little more than 10 years or a little less than 10 years, excuse me. Geez, actually six years. Peter one thing john and i have discussed with many of our guests is interpretation on Civil War Battlefield parks. We also talked about partnerships with academics. We have seen with many of our guests, including our guest on thursday, nina silver, one of the first historians who came to the park and had conversations about ways to broaden the interpretation of gettysburg. Time and time again, john have noticed these connections between academics and public historians. Cant then conclude there is this great gap or golf between the two sides. I thought we could open by howng you reflect upon battlefield interpretation has changed over time during your career. And then,
Wear a backpack and come back at the school hour. Reporter the blue mustang belongs to one of them. They say other teens sometimes came over. He had a girlfriend when he was going to high school. Reporter though he doesnt talk much, it doesnt mean that augustine was quiet. According to one neighbor, a penchant for mustangs seems to run in the family. I saw him in a mustang, a newer car screeching up and down the street. Reporter in addition to satellite dishes, the house has extra parking. There were a lot of cars parked in that driveway, they were actually parked up on the lawn. And where did they go . The Police Department came and got them all. Reporter and then came the movers. They were moving in and out and cars over there, big trucks, the weeds were like taller than me. Reporter now the house is clean, the lawn is only slightly overgrown and neighbors have questions. Its kind of creepy, like i say, its scary, that close to home, you expect that in the big cities, not in this lit
And learn about the history of philadelphia from the 18th century up to the 1840s. Im Scott Stevenson, vice at the museum of the American Revolution in philadelphia. I was the principal archaeologist of excavation of the site for the building itself. Scott we are actually standing surface feet below land if you are walking down Chestnut Street to Independence Hall toward the Delaware River and come to the corner of third and Chestnut Streets, we are about 20 or 30 feet underground right now. This is the site where the excavations were done for the new museum. Rebecca and i spent plenty of time in the dirt on this very same site, so its fascinating existsthis building that that we were out there with our shovels and trials and screens and the whole shebang. That is what archaeology is. Some shovels and trowels scott this is the earliest engraved map that shows the town for out by william penn philadelphia, the capital of pennsylvania, and this little is actually the footprint of the bui
Programming at the museum of the American Revolution in philadelphia. Rebecca i was the principal archaeologist of excavation of the site before the building was built. Scott we are actually standing about 25 feet below land surface if you are walking down Chestnut Street from Independence Hall toward the Delaware River and come to the corner of third and Chestnut Streets, we are about 20 or 30 feet underground right now. This is the site where the excavations were done for the new museum. Rebecca and i spent plenty of time in the dirt on this very same site, so its fascinating to be in this building that exists that we were out there with our shovels and hardhats and screens and the whole shebang. That is what urban archaeology is. Scott this is a map done in 1863. This is the earliest engraved map that shows the town laid out by william penn for philadelphia, the capital of pennsylvania. And this little square here is actually the footprint of the building were standing in here. As y
That is a great question. I think my advisor would hope would focus on this one but still interested in policy broadly, social, cultural, intellectual development around a host of issues. But taking more about social policy development. Thanks for being with us. You are watching American History tv, 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. Philadelphias museum of the American Revolution is scheduled to open on april 19. Before constructing the museum, a team of archaeologists excavated the site a few blocks from independence hall. And in the process, they eventually uncovered about 82,000 artifacts. Up next on american artifacts, we will see a selection of these objects and learn about the history of this block of philadelphia from the early 18th century up to the 1940s. Scott i am scott stephenson. Im the Vice President of collections, exhibitions, and programm