That has a great history. Even before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated here. This house was built in the early 1850s by german immigrant to America William peterson, and he used this house as a boarding house up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. And so this is really a relic of 19th century civil war boarding house culture once upon a time everybody lived in boarding houses here congressman senators, even Vice President s of the United States lived in group homes. So this house aside from its history of being the place where Abraham Lincoln died is an important part of antebellum civil and civil war washington dc history aside from this being the lincoln death house. This house is also great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boarding house life in washington dc. Ive been coming here for years making pilgrimages here. I started coming here in 1986 when i joined the Reagan Administration and ive been coming here for years and very excited that this year for the 150th a
Each week American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and Historic Places youre looking at Petersen House here in washington dc where president Abraham Lincoln passed away at 7 22. Am on april 15th of 1865. Up next a tour of the former boarding house located across the street from fords theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot 150 years ago. This is an interesting house that has a great history. Even before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated here. This house was built in the early 1850s by german immigrant to America William peterson, and he used this house as a boarding house up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. And so this is really a relic of 19th century civil war boarding house culture once upon a time everybody lived in boarding houses here congressman senators, even Vice President s of the United States lived in group homes. So this house aside from its history of being the place where Abraham Lincoln died is an important part of antebellum civil and civil war wash
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19th century civil war boarding house culture once upon a time everybody lived in boarding houses here congressman senators, even Vice President s of the United States lived in group homes. So this house aside from its history of being the place for Abraham Lincoln died is an important part of antebellum civil and civil war washington dc history aside from this being the lincoln death house. This house is also great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boarding house life in washington dc. Ive been coming here for years making pilgrimages here. I started coming here in 1986 when i joined the Reagan Administration and ive been coming here for years and very excited that this year for the 150th anniversary. Theres going to be a big commemoration for Abraham Lincoln because in past years, im usually here alone. No one comes to this house on the night of this assassination. No one comes to honor lincoln. I might find one or two people here when i sit on the steps of the Petersen H
Its a yes or no question. Yes. I want to ask you a question about putting pressure on someones neck. That is, if youre on a persons back and you are applying pressure to the neck. Doctor, do you agree that if pressure is applied to somebodys neck in the prone position and the person is squeezed until they become responsive and that pressure is maintained for a minimum of four minutes, that can cause irreversible brain damage, because the brain may be starved of oxygen. Is that true . Once cessation of oxygen to the brain starts dr. Fowler, my question was, is it true . Would you please restate the question . Yes, sir. If you apply pressure to someones neck and squeeze until the person becomes unresponsive and maintain that pressure for at least four minutes, you will cause irreversible brain damage because you will have starved the brain of oxygen. Is that true . Correct. It takes four minutes of no supply of oxygen to the brain to cause irreversible brain damage. Now if somebody dies