war, and describes pro-confederate sympathizers who sabotages union vessels. exploring the american story, watch american history tv, saturdays on c-span2. and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online any time at c-span.org/history. the study of history explores the questions of why and how things happened. sometimes what seems to be familiar is revealed to possess many facets. in his new book liberty is sweet woody holton seeks out the hidden history of the american revolution. holton used more than 1,000 eyewitness accounts to construct this history. many of those are freely available online for you to read for yourselves. the original words of leading figures of the revolution may be found on founders online, a website hosted by the national archives through the national historical publications and records commission. children in elementary schools across america learned of the declaration of independence and the battles led by george washington, look
ladies and gentlemen, please recognize the color guards from each of the original 13 states as they are introduced in the order in which each state ratified the u.s. constitution and entered the union. delaware, first delaware regiment. [ applause ] pennsylvania, first troop philadelphia city cal valerie. new jersey, old barracks museum. georgia, sons of the revolution in the state of georgia. connecticut, the governors foot and horse guard. massachusetts, 54th massachusetts volunteer regiment. maryland, maryland society, sons of the american revolution. south carolina, south carolina national guard. new hampshire, first new hampshire regiment. virginia, the virginia military institute regimentel color guard. new york, ninth new york field artillery, veteran corps of artillery of the state of new york. north carolina, the over mountain men. rhode island, united train of artillery. and presenting the flag of the united states, the color guard of the third u.s. infantry r
1934. the mission to collect, protect and preserve the records of the united states government 234d h and make those records available so every american citizen can hold its government accountable and learn from our past. today, that collection is over 13 billion documents, 43 million photographs, miles and miles of film and video and more than 5 billion electronic records. the fastest growing format. these records start with the documents signed at valley forge and go up to the tweets being created as i am speaking in the white house. and the national archives is more than just this building. we are a nationwide network of facilities. one of the busiest places is the national personnel records center in st. louis which houses more than 56 million veterans records. the center responds to over a million requests each year in the documents preserved are evidence required veterans to obtain a wide variety of benefits, including military honors, v.a. medical treatment and securit
On Wednesday May 22nd, the Big Spring Athletic Boosters Club held their annual All Sports Banquet at the high school. The event is the recognition of the Bulldog athletic achievements