Hello. Welcome, everyone, to your National World war i museum and memorial. Im Camille Kulig Program Specialist and thrilled to have everyone joining us here this afternoon. Whether you have braved the rain, congratulations. You made it. Or if youre warm at home watching through our live stream. Today we have the pleasure of hosting dr. Rudy daniels who is going to present his lecture, the Great Railroad war, United States Railroad Operations in world war i. Today we also have the pleasure of being joined by one of the museum and memorials esteemed board members. He is going to speak more about his ample experiences with railways in the midwest. And his connection to the museum and memorial. Without further ado, please help me in welcoming dave everick. Thank you very much. Yeah, im really pleasured to join you today. We have a great guest and dr. Rudy daniels who is going to join us. Ive been with the Railroad Industry for about 23 years now. I have quite an experience with the milita
Its a campus of structures that sit on about 40 acres, and it is a village setting in many respects. But within that village, every structure houses an amazing collection. In 1947, amassed an amazing collection that the Shelburne Museum houses amongst 39 buildings. Its a plethora of objects and collections within collections, from impressionist art to weathervanes to Cigar Store Indians and one of the largest objects she collected, which was steamboat, which applied the waters of Lake Champlain from 19 61953. As i said, int, 1906, which you can look at as the cost or the changeover from spe steam era the cu from the steam era to the internal combustion engine. She was one of 29 steamers built on the lake and she was the last one. She basically operated on Lake Champlain as a day boat. Long,ke is over 125 miles but the ticonderoga ran from the vermont shoreline to the new new yorkne shoreline. Her homeport was burlington, vermont. The passages were about an hour or an hour and a half, b
Talked to local historian vince feeney about the life of ira allen and his influence on the city in vermont. Vince here we are in whats called College Green of the university of vermont. Probably one of the prettiest spots in burlington. Behind me we have a statue of ira allen. Was the youngest of the six allen brothers, the most famous of whom was ethan allen. The statue is here because some would say that ira allen was the founder of the university of vermont and as this inscription on the statue says, some claim he was the founder of the state of vermont. I think there would be a lot of people who would contend that is not exactly true, particularly his older brother ethan might have something to say about that and people like the first governor of the independent state of vermont. Allen, andthat ira about 1772, came up here to vermont from connecticut, where the allens live, and at the time for montt was a New Territory being opened up. It was a territory claimed by the governor of
Ethan allen was one of vermonts founding fathers. He was the first colonel commandant of the original Green Mountain boys, and the Green Mountain boys were at one time the Largest Paramilitary Force in north america, if not for the actions of ethan allen, and the other Green Mountain boys, vermont may very well have looked different than it does today. Announcer welcome to burlington, vermont on American History tv. Located on Lake Champlain, about 45 minutes south of the canadian border. It is home to the university of vermont, and it is the states most popular city with about 42,000 residents. Our comcastp of cable partners, over the next 75 minutes, we will explore the city and region. We begin on the waters of Lake Champlain. To hear how important it was to the citys origins. Welcome to Lake Champlain. We are out here today on the spirit of ethan allen interiors. Great opportunity to tip to talk about americas first great lake when it comes to historic significance. Lake champlain
Acres. And it is a village setting in many respects, but within that village every structure houses an amazing selection put together or collected by electr webb, who was our founder in 1947. She amassed an amazing collection, which the Shelburne Museum houses amongst its 39 or so pilgdinbuildings. Its just a plethora of objects and collections within collections to see here, from impressionist art to weathhethe weathervanes to cigar stores to the largest item she collected, which was the tikonderoga. Whats interesting about the ti, it was built in 1906. Which was really wi, as you loot it from hindsight, the cusp from the steamboat era to internal combustion engine. And when they built her, they didnt realize that this perhaps might be the last boats built for Lake Champlain, but she was one of 29 steamers built for the lake. And she was the last one. Basically operated on Lake Champlain as a day boat. The lake is over 125 miles long, but the ti ran from the vermont shoreline over to