Headquarters for the battle of lynchburg. This home was central to the battle of lynch bug and while t battle of lynchburg, and while the union was battling. And so this is named for Charles Johnson who grew up in the lynchburg area. He entered Business Life as a stockbroker, merchant and clerk. When he was a young man about 20 years old, he went to kentucky and this is the goal to accompany the boss through the ohio territory to the state of kentucky to survey some land that his boss had bought, and they went to the ohio river and bought a boat and picked up some passengers, and six in total and traveled down the ohio river with the goal of reaching kentucky and now, along the way, they had been warned about hostile native american indian, and they were careful to the stay in the middle of the ohio river, and however, at one point, two white men came to the banks of the river and screamed help us, help us, save us. They decided to go to bank the to try to aid the two white men, and it
Cspan is in lynchburg, virginia learning about local history. Next, historic sandusky during the battle of lynchburg. House was central to the 1864 civil war battle at lynchburg. While the battle raged, the union use this as its headquarters. Lets take a look at how it got its name. It was built by Charles Johnston, who grew up in the richmond a hand petersburg area. He entered Business Life as a merchant, stock worker, clerk. When he was about 20yearsold he went to kentucky to accompany his boss through the ohio territory through the state of kentucky to survey some land his boss bought. But went to the ohio river, a boat, picked up six passengers and traveled down the ohio river with the goal of reaching kentucky. They were warned about hostile native american indians. They were careful to stay in the middle of the ohio river. At one point to white men came to the banks of the river and us andhelp us, save they went to the bank to say them. It was a decoy. Byy were instantly attacked
Politics, which also included terms as a state senator, lieutenant governor, and richmond mayor. Lets see. All semester, we have been talking about richmond. The name of the class, uncovering richmond. Weve been talking about the history and that geology in the geography. About theld you dramatic events that have happened in the past 300 years. We also said we would have guest speakers it would bring to class something we cant bring, their personal experiences. Their personal experiences and richmond. I cannot imagine a better person to talk about his personal experiences in richmond, how it has changed, and what the future than ourd then our former governor and our former mayor of richmond. [applause] before we bring up the former governor, i just what to say couple words. As we have talked about many times, you have a great resource here at the Wilder School. As a graduate student here, i took advantage of the nature of this. We hope that you are getting some of that. We hope that yo
Despite the festivities its actually another topic on peoples minds. Thats right. Were here where behind me theres a statue dedicated to those who were killed in confederate wars. While some people have fought to take this statue down, many people are more concerned about the Confederate Flags that fly here twice a year. Reporter its a city of tradition and history. So who better to kick off alexandrias 266th birthday than a town crier . Over 30,000 people picnicked and showed off their dance moves as live bands rocked out for one of the citys biggest events. Its just a good neighborly celebration. Reporter but less than a mile away, cars drive pass the busy intersection of south prince and washington. This statue marked the spot where twice a year the city flies three Confederate Flags. They took it down in south carolina. So why should it be up here . Reporter the very question the mayor asked. Now theyre pushing to take the flag down. This is an opportunity to put that behind us, un
Provide useful services at the end. The services we provide are specific to the farmer. We are working with each one of them. Watch the communicators monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. American history tv is on cspan3 every weekend featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. It is a clip from a recent program here is a clip from a recent program. Oppression makes a wise man mad. Your fathers were wisemen. If they did not grow mad, they are restless under this treatment. They felt themselves the victims of grievous wrongs. It was at this time the idea of total separation of the colonies from the crown was born, resolved that these United Colonies ought to be free and theyendent states, that are absolved from all allegiance to the british crown, and that all political connection between the colonies and the state of Great Britain ought to be dissolved. Fathers made good that revolution. They loved their country better than they lo