And people still of associate omaha with the. You still want to get an omaha steak when you visit and things like that. Find out where the cspan cities tour is going next online at www. Cspan. Org cities tour. You are watching American History tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan three. Each week on American History tvs american artifacts take you to museums and historic places. Up next in the second of the museum of the American Revolution, we visit the highland collection. I am scott stevenson. Im in charge of the team developing exhibitions and programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. This is about a century or fish a century old print we have been working on the project since five years. We expect to open in 2017. We want a place to show up these wonderful and amazing original object from the revolutionary era. For a general view where looking at firearms, they tend to look alike that this is a significant fees, one that really speaks to the power of the ideas tha
Us on facebook. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. In the second of the museum of the American Revolution, we visit the artifact collection. I am scott stevenson. I am the director of interpretations for the museum. Im in charge of the team developing exhibitions and programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. This is about a century old startup. We have been working on the project in philadelphia, the final stages, for about five years. We expect to open early in 2017 and have a place to show off all of these wonderful and amazing original objects from the revolutionary era. For a general view looking at 18thcentury firearms, they tend to look alike after a while. This is a significant piece that speaks to the power of the idea that we are animating the men and women who made the country and particularly the men who served under arms during the revolution. If you look at these pieces of continental currency, you wi
Programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. This is about a century old project. We have been working on the project since five years. We expect to open in 2017. We have a place to show up these wonderful and amazing original object from the revolutionary era. For general view, or sometimes looking at 18thcentury firearms they tend to look alike that this really speaks to the one power of the ideas that were made the country and particularly the men who served under arms. If you look at these pieces of continental currency, you will notice the designs. These have been selected under the direction of Benjamin Franklin from a book of ancient symbology. In the center, it is difficult to see, but there is an image of a beaver chewing a tree. Calling on persistence on the part of the beaver. The idea that this is not going to be a conflict that is one overnight. That persistence will be rewarded the fee so me and is the continental three dollar bill. It has a great connection t
30,000 people. We had a population of the first census of we had 106 members of 3. 70 5 million. The house would fit in this room and eventually from 16 states. The story of philadelphia as a capital, we are taking the story of a new constitution and doing things like adding a new state to the original 13. Also the bill of rights would become part of our constitution while philadelphia was the capital. Secretary of state Thomas Jefferson would formally announce the commitment to the constitution by coming to the amendments to the constitution by coming to congress in this building and officially announcing we have changed our constitution, which of course, the bill of rights is a huge part of our history. But also the amendment process itself. We are proving that part of the constitution works, that we can update and make changes to the constitution without having to start completely over from the beginning. But really this building, to a large degree, it is creating the american polit
Hes on the wall. So this flag and note were left on veterans day 1992, the tenyear anniversary of the wall. And it was left by john parks, who was a prisoner of war for five years in vietnam. He coincidentally has done an oral history project for the library of congress, which is very interesting. You can hear about his experience as a prisoner of war. But he left this flag, which was presented to him upon his return to the United States after he was released. On it is a crucifix, which he made out of a tooth paste tube, and the tie is from his prison uniform. And right here, theres a pin for the pow mia, which is prisoners of war missing in action. And the note is essentially saying hes dedicating his flag to all the other men who are missing in action or prisoners of war in vietnam. A lot of times veterans, if they want to come see the things that they left, we are always willing to give them a tour and show them around. It also really helps us, because we can connect specific names