My name is carter bertone. I portray a luke first lieutenant in the 18th infantry regimen french army the circa 1917 1918. Were sitting here and Carlisle Barracks at the army historical Education Center, and were giving a were giving presentations on the on the french army in its role in World War ii and its links to the american forces if you take a look here that this Trench System Youll see it so its reverted with with wood. This is actually this was actually taken off these us Army Manual dated 1917 of how to build a Trench System. It was copied from the british manual, but you could see that this is very well built. Its very well constructed you probably not have seen a Trench System this good in in europe unless it was in the rear area a very rear area in a quiet sector you can imagine that if you had all the wood in the world all the labor in the world and all the and and nobody was shelling at you you could you could you could build something like this, but this isnt the case i
Several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. Next on american artifacts. We visit a mock World War I trench to hear from two us army veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. This is about 20 minutes. Good morning. My name is carter bertone. I portray a luke first lieutenant in the 18th infantry regimen french army the circa 1917 1918. Were sitting here and Carlisle Barracks at the army historical education center, and were giving a were giving presentations on the on the french army in its role in World War Ii and its links to the american forces if you take a look here that this Trench System Youll see it so its reverted with with wood. This is actually this was actually taken off these us Army Manual dated 1917 of how to build a Trench System. It was copied from the british manual, but you could see that this is very well built. Its very well constructed you probably not have seen a Trench System this good in in europe unless it was in
Trench to hear from two us army veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. This is about 20 minutes. Good morning. My name is carter bertone. I portray a luke first lieutenant in the 18th infantry regimen french army the circa 1917 1918. Were sitting here and Carlisle Barracks at the army historical education center, and were giving a were giving presentations on the on the french army in its role in World War ii and its links to the american forces if you take a look here that this Trench System Youll see it so its reverted with with wood. This is actually this was actually taken off these us Army Manual dated 1917 of how to build a Trench System. It was copied from the british manual, but you could see that this is very well built. Its very well constructed you probably not have seen a Trench System this good in in europe unless it was in the rear area a very rear area in a quiet sector you can imagine that if you had all the wood in the world all the lab
Im crosby camper. We are grateful to have you here on valentines day at the Kansas City Public Library. When i was a boy my father took me on his ankle trips to the west and southwest and as we called on the banks, kettle customers, not infrequently road with the cattle rain ranchers on the range. I was introduced to the choice of the prairie oyster. For those of you who dont know with a prairie oyster is we will see later. I remember calling on a bank in a spin with my father when i was eight or nine years old and that is a long long time ago, from 67 and the streets were not paved. The restaurant next door to the hotel was swimming in dust left over from the gold rush days. Gold dust, not gold dust. Obviously. The three largest banks and one point the largest bank west of the mississippi and 1900 in the First National bank, the oldest thank, financed the growth of the west in the mid southwest, the cattle ranchers, hardware suppliers, dry goods importante, the railroads, the downstre
American history and culture curator rex ellis. Good evening. My name is beth kelly. Im the Vice President of the Education Research and historical interpretation division. Its my honor to offer you a warm and personal welcome. The word welcome has a great deal of meaning for Colonial Williamsburg. We have been welcoming guests to come and learn about our 18th Century Community since 1932. 40 years ago, the foundation recognized we were only telling half of the story. And so, with determination and courage and perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th Century Community. Blending social history with public history to tell the African American story had never been done before, and quite literally, they were making history. This is the first of three panelists discussions we will have this year, and i would welcome you to come back on july 5th, where we will look at current programming that focuses on African American