Expanders. Continue the tour and learn more about world war ii battalion eight stations. Unday at 6 00. N american artifacts tv and American History tv on the road, with the support of the buckeye broadband cable partners. Visit notable locations. In about 15 minutes, the battle of Fallen Timbers and its native american removal in the west. Later, we learn how toledo became known as the glass capital of the world. We begin with the toledo war. The toledo war goes back to 1787 and a northwest ordinance that established the area that by state andcame establish in order that started at the bottom of Lake Michigan iran east to lake erie. The strip of land formed was called the toledo strip. It was formed by two different surveys and that was a wedgeshaped strip five miles knows theat we indiana border today. Eight miles wide by the time it reaches lake erie. It is a pie shaped, 454 square mile edge that became the toledo strip that ohio and michigan really started to wrangle over. Point bo
Including tenacity, early jamestown in virginia. Also the forgotten soldier, africanamericans and the revolution. Ate will present her topic please welcome my good friend kate gruber. Good afternoon. You have to get through me before we get to happy hour. I promise ill make that happen with as much alacrity as possible. Mark twain said it best, clothes make the man, naked people have little to no influence on society. Mark twain also said the more i learn about people, the more i like my dog, so maybe we shouldnt exactly take his word or it. Also he dressed like this. Why dont we go to the british author robert campbell, who wrote that no man is ignorant, the taelor is the one who makes our clothes. In some measure he makes himself. In short, the clothes make the man. In 18thcentury people had a relationship with their clothing. Role inrs who had a producing clothing, imprudent importing or selling. This is true for alexandria virginia on the eve of the revolution. They define themselv
Attention all units. Tear gas used in the area of 34th and prospect northwest. [whistles] any unit in the area. 607, you have it. 619. We have another large group. [sirens] [whistles] large group at 34th and prospect. The whole world is watching. The whole world is watching. The whole world is watching the whole world is watching. Narrator this was the spring offensive, the mobilization of masses of people at a given time and place attracts worldwide News Coverage and attention. For the protest organizer, it is a vital and necessary tactic. On april 24, 1971, the National Peace action coalition, supported by welfare rights groups, labor unions, and others, held a massive demonstration in washington dc. Some 175,000 people from all walks of life, with differing ideologies and purposes, marched from the white house to the capital. Washington has grown accustomed to this method of voicing dissent. Though larger than most, this was an organized demonstration with parade permits, marshalls,
We are standing in the glass pavilion. Thepurpose is to showcase glass collection, which is one of the significant parts of our collection. It is almost a third of the overall collection in toledo. It is one of the larger collections of glass in the u. S. The city has a wonderful history of glass in terms of the industrial contributions in toledo and in terms of what the museum presents. Edward libbey was our founder. The libby founder of Glass Company. It is through that he made his fortune. Because he and his wife had no children, he left that 14 to the museum. He also gave us a large glass collection and paintings collection. In 1854. Bbey was born the new england last company inch was a precursor started 1818. Forfather became the agent the new England Glass Company in 1872. He learned the glass business from his father. In 1883, his father passed away unexpectedly. He took over the business. Brought the libby Glass Company here to toledo. Sand was high silicon us available. The bu