Podcasts. Now, on american artifacts, a visit to the nras National Firearms museum in fairfax, virginia to see the collection of guns and learn about the role firearms have played over the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum. Im gypsumica, Museum Director, weve going to go through the museum and look at the history and their firearms. Well start with the earliest precolonial play and look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america and the role firearms played in military and the sporting and personal shooting roles. Well see the guns of champions and president s and heroes and great pieces of heart firearms engraving on a steel canvas. It is at nra headquarters in fairfax, virginia. Now the museum has existed for nearly 80 years and weve been in this location for about 15. Were custodians about 7,000 firearms donated to us or lent to us over the past 75 years. We have about 3,000 on display here. And about a
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Were here on the Army Heritage trail. And one can find reenactors or living historians from all different time periods ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group, though, is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer. And we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. And us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation of what the greatest generation went through. And if we can impart even a small inkling of that to passersby and families who come visit this place, then we feel that weve done a fairly good job. The unit that we portray is the 4th Infantry Division. And its a unit thats sometimes overshadowed in the realm of world war ii history. But nonetheless it was one of the spearhead units that was involved in the normandy invasion. It was some of the first amphibious troops who were ashore. And they waded ashore on utah
Pam pment encampment at the group. We talked to him in carlisle, pennsylvania, hosted by the Army Heritage and Education Center. My name is jarrod frederic. Im an instructor of history at Penn State Altoona and im also a reenactor with the furious fourth world war ii living history group. And we are here at Army Heritage days at the u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlisle, pennsylvania. And at this event it is a major complex. Were here on the Army Heritage trail. And one can find reenactor or living historians from all different time periods. Ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group here is to discuss the normandie ib sahratian which is taking place this summer. We thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. D us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation of what the greatest generation went through. If he we can impart even a small inkling of that to passers by and people
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