Fire. My name is john. I live in springville, new york. This is a replica of the traveling forges that the artillery and call vary would have with them. Our basic purpose is to repair items that break. Such as handles and chains. Also the feriers would use the forge to reshoe the horses. I like to tell people that our jock back here is very similar to a nascar pit crew. We were the the nascar pit crews of the 1860s. Working here with us would be carpenters that would repair the sides of the wagons. The wheels that would take care of all the cannon wheels and wagon wheels. The coopers, who are the people that would work on barrels, fixing and repairing barrels. We also have the leather workers and harness makers and then, of course, the blacksmith, whose primary job, as i said, is to repair items. Being an educator i think for the Younger Generation coming up, its the most important thing for them is to get involved with your community. Get involved with some type of hobby that you can learn you know ive been doing this for over ten years, and every day i learn something new about the civil war. But our young people cant forget our history. I know a lot of kids, especially in high school, they have trouble with history and then after high school when theyre past college age or whatever they just start to get into it because they can come places like this battlefield and park and learn about what happened sitting back is one thing and watching. But if you can actually do it and experience it and immerse yourself in it thats really important for the young generation to not forget. Youre watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. To join the the conversation, like us on facebook at krstspan history. Each week American History tvs reel america brings you archival films that helped to tell the story of the 20th century. We delay the start of the tonight show starring Johnny Carson to bring you the following nbc news special report. At 12 00 noon on april 30th a north vietnamese broke the gate of the palace in saigon. A communist soldier ran the flag across the lawn. The shooting was not in a battle battle, but in a celebration. Saigon had already surrendered. The palace guard. There was no resistance from the palace guard. They were disarmed quietly and then lined up on the grass, their weapons taken away. The new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress with color photos of every house senator member. Plus bio an Contact Information and twitter handles. Also district maps. A foldout map of capitol hill and a look at congressional committees, the president s cabinet, federal agencies and state governors. Order your copy today. Its 13. 95 plus shipping and handling. In 1945, 70 years ago allied forces liberated the nazi concentration camps. For the next several weeks here on American History tv, well hear holocaust stories from those who lived them. These interviews are part of the oral History Collection at the United NationsHolocaust Memorial museum in washington, d. C. In about ten minutes kirk klein recalls his early life in history, his escape to the United States and his familys efforts to rescue his parents who all theultimately perished at the auschwitz interrogation camps. And he questioned hitlers driver, who described hitlers final days. First, leslie swift discusses the purposes of their collection. My name is leslie swift. I am the director of the sound branch at the museum. Thats a newly formed branch since october of 2014. And what is the purpose of this branch . The branch is intended to collect similar types of media together. Audiovisual types of media so recorded sound archival films and oral histories. How long have the histories been collected by the museum . We have been conducts oral histories on