Im jamie colby, and today im in wilmington, North Carolina. Its known for its gorgeous beaches and its great surfing, but it was also the last confederate port city to fall during the civil war, so it is fitting that im here to meet an heir whose ancestor became famous in defeat at the Highwater Mark of the confederacy. My name is George Edward pickett v. Im the greatgreatgrandson of general george e. Pickett of gettysburg fame. And i never knew exactly what that would bring to my family fame, fortune, or dishonor. George who goes by his middle name, ed has invited me to his home. Hi, ed. Hi. You must be jamie. I am jamie. How are you today . Im good. When the 59yearold isnt working as a surfing instructor, ed enjoys doing yoga and playing guitar. Its a far cry from his famous greatgreatgrandfather who fought at gettysburg. Growing up, did your family ever discuss that you had a connection to that battle . Well, i knew about it. It was discussed briefly. I was not really that intereste
[ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby in houston, texas, the hub of the American Space program, to meet an heir whose strange inheritance is hundreds of bibles that went to the moon. My name is jonathan stout. My father made it his lifes mission to land the good book on the moon. Those lunar bibles are my rightful inheritance, but theyre locked up in a Judges Chamber because someone else is trying to claim them. Hi, jonathan. Im jamie. Its great to meet you. Thanks so much for writing and inviting me here. Jonathan brings me inside to show me a small sample of his strange inheritance this tiny piece of microfilm. Thats it . Its as small as a postage stamp. Whats on there . Thats the entire bible. On one little, tiny microfiche . On each sheet. When its magnified under a microscope, sure enough, theres the holy scripture. That was my dads dream to get the bibles to the moon. Wait. Your inheritance, these little teeny, tiny bibles, went to the moon . Yes, they d
Im in wilmington, North Carolina. Its known for its gorgeous beaches and its great surfing, but it was also the last confederate port city to fall during the civil war, so it is fitting that im here to meet an heir whose ancestor became famous in defeat at the Highwater Mark of the confederacy. My name is George Edward pickett v. Im the greatgreatgrandson of general george e. Pickett of gettysburg fame. And i never knew exactly what that would bring to my family fame, fortune, or dishonor. George who goes by his middle name, ed has invited me to his home. Hi, ed. Hi. You must be jamie. I am jamie. How are you today . Im good. When the 59yearold isnt working as a surfing instructor, ed enjoys doing yoga and playing guitar. Its a far cry from his famous greatgreatgrandfather who fought at gettysburg. Growing up, did your family ever discuss that you had a connection to that battle . Well, i knew about it. It was discussed briefly. I was not really that interested as a little kid. Its eas
Basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions. This impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british, to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Some would say, we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is and people asked me why do i do this impression. I think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front. If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. Now, for example, what i normally do is, on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine dated may, 1944. The first article in it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. The point being, the significance of that is that, of course, one month later, we had dday. And the point the relationship of the soviet contribut
Soldiers. Nazi American History tv is on cspan3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. Heres a clip from a recent program. But i want to tell you about him, because when he came to the home, he never stopped being involved in the community. He had a regular column. He wrote so frequently that the local paper started section where he would started a section where he would report on everything. Sometimes they were bible lessons. Sometimes they were on who came to the home and who left. Constantly engaged in the community with the home. Probably the most popular news were weddings, when veterans and widows would fall in love and get married. My favorite was one of the widows who i think had married eight times by the end. Her famous phrase when asked why she married so many times, well, if the lord keeps taking them, i figure i should, too. [laughter] so, they are isolated from the community. This is a very vibrant H