If youve had the chance to walk around particularly out at the mule shoe, you know what a beautiful landscape it is, easily one of the best preserved civil war landscapes that we have available to us. Its pristine. There are a few monuments out there, but youre seeing what the soldiers saw in 1864 when they first arrived. The tree lines are pretty accurate. The fields are pretty accurate. Then over course of two years like a swarm of locusts they transformed that landscape so dramatically that the traces of it are still there today. If you want to after our program this afternoon, ill be happy to show you some of those traces here at stevenson ridge. But i hope over the course of my talk, ill be able to help you understand some of those traces that still exist so the next time you go out there, you can see for yourself the story still written on had most beautiful of landscapes. To understand how the armies got here, we pick up where chris left off where theyre fighting in the wilderne
[ applause ] youre watching American History tv on cspan 3 every weekend, during congressional breaks and on holidays, too. Follow us on twitter, like us on facebook, and find our programings and schedule on our website. Cspan. Org history. Between 1892 and 1954, about 12 million i am grants seeking new life in america were taken to ellis island. Today millions of americans take ferry boats each year to visit ellis ivory and the statue of liberty. Up next, we visit to learn about the immigrant experience. Good morning. My name is peter urban and im a park ranger for the National Park service here at ellis island. This island, for many americans, is the place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to being given the ok to go out and spark their lifes in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Let me talk to you briefly about the island itself. Were 27 acres in size today. In the original form, it was three acres. Small isla
If youve had the chance to walk around particularly out at the mule shoe, you know what a beautiful landscape it is, easily one of the best preserved civil war landscapes that we have available to us. Its pristine. There are a few monuments out there, but youre seeing what the soldiers saw in 1864 when they first arrived. The tree lines are pretty accurate. The fields are pretty accurate. Then over course of two years like a swarm of locusts they transformed that landscape so dramatically that the traces of it are still there today. If you want to after our program this afternoon, ill be happy to show you some of those traces here at stevenson ridge. But i hope over the course of my talk, ill be able to help you understand some of those traces that still exist so the next time you go out there, you can see for yourself the story still written on had most beautiful of landscapes. To understand how the armies got here, we pick up where chris left off where theyre fighting in the wilderne
[ applause ] youre watching American History tv on cspan 3 every weekend, during congressional breaks and on holidays, too. Follow us on twitter, like us on facebook, and find our programings and schedule on our website. Cspan. Org history. Between 1892 and 1954, about 12 million i am grants seeking new life in america were taken to ellis island. Today millions of americans take ferry boats each year to visit ellis ivory and the statue of liberty. Up next, we visit to learn about the immigrant experience. Good morning. My name is peter urban and im a park ranger for the National Park service here at ellis island. This island, for many americans, is the place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to being given the ok to go out and spark their lifes in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Let me talk to you briefly about the island itself. Were 27 acres in size today. In the original form, it was three acres. Small isla
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