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i want to talk about old cemeteries, why they are important and what you can learn from them. say as a caveat, a lot of the rationale behind finding researchs, mine is that is focused on old african-american cemeteries, very often it pertains to other cemeteries of various backgrounds, but i focused on the virginia piedmont, specifically areas in central virginia, nelson county, it has to do with where i lived and the counties i commuted through to go to work. [laughter] so, it means that if you are asking about counties not on that route, take a good guess. within those counties, most of them are in amherst county, that is where the 150 cemeteries are that i visited and studied for this research. on the map in the lower right-hand corner, don t worry there will not be a quiz but the numbers you are looking at seem to be the founding of these counties by european americans. i would also point out that if your interests are in native american burial grounds, those of c ....
neglected and have few archival records regarding the burial. ms. rainville talks about how people can contribute to documenting these. [applause] ms. rainville: welcome today and thank you for coming on a lovely day. what i want to do in today s talk is take you through the process of locating old cemeteries, what you do when you find him, why they are important and what you can learn from , them. very much a guidebook to these historic sites. i should say as a caveat, a lot of the rationale behind finding old cemeteries, while my research is focused on african-american cemeteries, very often pertains to white cemeteries and other cemeteries of the area s backgrounds. in terms of my research i , focused on the virginia piedmont, specifically areas in virginia, amherst county, nelson county. these are scientifically chosen. it had to do with where i lived and the counties i commuted to to go to work. [laughter] ms. rainville: it means if you are asking on counties not o ....
the howitzer fired. you can see the smoke. this is where it began. inspiring start under the averages at arlington national cemetery. that was the chute at route 110. moments before that people took pictures of the parachutes coming down. members of the elite parachute team descending on the start line delivering giant american flags. 7,000 feet for one of those flags. and one of those making that special entrance, kyle carpenter, a medal of honor recipient. he was one of the parachuters. that repep went saved a fellow marine during a grenade attack in afghanistan. here s what he had to say. to fly over the capital and look at the reflecting pool and the lincoln memorial and just the white house and just everything our country stands for, democracy and freedom, to see the sun coming up over those historic places, it s what we fought for, happy to do. reporter: kyle carpenter is also running the full marathon right now. he s shooting for 12:30 to cross this finish li ....
declared. good morning, everyone, welcome to early start, i m christine romans. headed over 20 it looks like. i m dave briggs. a new national champ, from embarrassment to champion, the virginia cavaliers putting the final touches on a remarkable turn around, beating texas tech in overtime to win their first ncaa title. one year ago they became the only one seed ever to lose to a 16 seed in the first round. they exercised those demons last night in minneapolis thanks in large part to deandre hunter. he scored 27 points and drained a critical three-pointer with under 13 seconds left to second this into ot. it was hunter s three-pointer with just over two minutes left in overtime that put the cavs ahead for good. hunter missed last year s tournament with a broken wrist making this title so much sweeter. the joy is in competition. a great win for our program, great win for our coach. we worked for this all season, and all that work just paid off. they are still part ....