The most popular programs for the American Artifacts Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=5414 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 09:47:36 GMT Gary Silversmith gave a tour of the USS Sequoia, the yacht that served U.S. presidents from Herbert Hoover to Jimmy Carter. Mr. Silversmith, who purchased the National Historic Landmark in 2000, has collected stories about the 104 foot wooden vessel from former captains, crew members, and Secret Service agents. In this part of the program he talked about how he acquired the yacht and gave a tour of the upper deck. Pictures and a clip were also shown. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296296-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296296-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Franklin Noll talked about the history of United States currency. He showed various artifacts in the Historical Resource Center of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to tell the story of American paper money, which was introduced nationally as "greenbacks" during the Civil War as a means to pay for the expenses related to the conflict. Photographs and clips from a Bureau of Engraving and Printing video and a 1933 Universal newsreel were also shown in the background. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297234-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297234-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Del Quentin Wilber, author of [Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan], recreated the afternoon of March 30, 1981. On that day, John Hinckley, Jr., fired six bullets at President Reagan, who had just completed a speech to the AFL-CIO at the Washington Hilton. He used archival photographs and video, recently declassified audio from the U.S. Secret Service, and he followed the route of the presidential motorcade from the hotel to the George Washington University Hospital. He discussed President Reagan's reactions, his recovery, and its effect on his presidency as well as on the Secret Service. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298497-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298497-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Scenes and interviews from a centennial celebration marking the March 3, 1913 Women's Suffrage Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in the nation's capitol were shown. The original parade in 1913 included about 5,000 women and was halted by an unruly mob of thousands. Over 200 participants were taken to the hospital, and the secretary of war called the U.S. Calvary from Fort Myer to restore order. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311606-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311606-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Kamal McClarin, an interpretive ranger with the National Park Service, gave a tour of Cedar Hill, the Washington, D.C., home of Frederick Douglass. He displayed artifacts as he talked about the ex-slave who wrote the influential [Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass], spoke out for women's rights, and pressed President Abraham Lincoln for the Emancipation Proclamation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297500-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297500-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Archivist Greg Bradsher talked about the 1935 Nuremberg Laws that created the official blueprint of racial policies against Jews in Nazi Germany. He displayed the original documents signed by Adolf Hitler and talked about their history and significance. Additionally, numerous historical photographs and video clips from Universal newsreels and Department of Defense films were shown. Mr. Bradsher talked about how the National Archives acquired the documents and their initial display from October 6-18, 2010, in the East Rotunda Gallery of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295816-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295816-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Tom Liljenquist and his sons, Jason, Brandon, and Christian began collecting Civil War ambrotype and tintype photographs of ordinary soldiers in the mid-1990s. In 2010, the family donated more than 700 photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers to the Library of Congress. "The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" is a Library of Congress exhibit of 379 of the images. Tom Liljenquist and two of his sons showed some of their favorites at the exhibit. They were joined by library representatives in talking about the photographic processes, the images, and the exhibit. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300344-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300344-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT President George Washington's personal copy of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights was recently auctioned at Christie's in New York City for $9.8 million, the most ever paid for an American printed book or manuscript. The 1789 book contains brackets and notes in the margins written by Washington himself to mark the powers of the executive branch. American History TV recorded the auction, took a close look at the book, and interviewed specialists at Christie's and at George Washington's Mount Vernon, the successful bidder at the auction. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306894-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306894-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Assistant Director Jennifer Krafchik, the director of collections, gave a tour of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, displaying artifacts as she talked about Alice Paul, the Women's Suffrage Movement, and the the protests that helped lead to the 19th Amendment. The final necessary state ratified the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920, and the secretary of state certified the amendment's adoption on August 26, 1920. The museum is the headquarters of the historic National Woman's Party and was the Washington home of its founder and Equal Rights Amendment author Alice Paul from 1929 until 1972. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296811-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296811-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT When President Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, he was wearing a black "Great Coat", or overcoat, inscribed with the words "One Country, One Destiny." The coat was made especially for his second inauguration by Brooks Brothers. The coat is cared for by the National Park Service and periodically displayed in the Ford's Theatre Museum. American History TV documented the process of removing a replica coat that is usually displayed and placing the original coat on display for the public and learned how the artifact is preserved for future generations. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298682-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298682-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Delphine Hirasuna talked about her book [The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946] and the exhibit based on it held at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery March 5, 2010" January 30, 2011. Ms. Hirasuna's parents were interred in a camp during World War II and her discovery of a carved wooden bird pin led her to seek other objects made in the camps by internees. "Gaman" is a Japanese word for endurance with grace and dignity in the face of what seems unbearable. Objects in the exhibit were shown as well as photographs and video clips of the internment camps from the 1944 United States War Relocation Authority film [A Challenge to Democracy]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296162-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296162-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Rebecca Roberts gave a tour of Washington's Congressional Cemetery as she talked about its history and some of the people buried there. Located 18 blocks from the U.S. Capitol, for much of the 19th century it was the traditional burial site for members of Congress who died in office. It is the final resting place for many military and government officials and other prominent Americans as well as the local residents. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301813-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301813-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, recently opened a new exhibit about Watergate. Library Director Timothy Naftali gave American History TV a tour of the exhibit, which chronicles events beginning in 1971 that led up to the break-in at the Watergate offices of the Democratic National Committee on June 17, 1972. Mr. Naftali also discussed the aftermath of the scandal, the resignation of President Nixon on August 9, 1974, and the lasting impact that Watergate made on our system of government. Extensive samples of Watergate evidence, including documents, oral histories, audio recordings and vintage television clips are available to explore online at nixonlibrary.gov http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299926-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299926-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing showed their work and talked about the craft of engraving and the process of creating currency. James Brent, chief of the Office of Engraving, talked about the overall operations of the bureau; plate printer Joseph Bongiorno demonstrated intaglio printing; letter and script engraver Gary Slaght talked about the process of engraving and inspecting plates; and historical consultant Franklin Noll talked about employment practices, including the historic ethnic and gender diversity of employees. Photographs and a clip from a Bureau of Engraving and Printing video were also shown in the background. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297269-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297269-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Dennis Pogue and Susan Schoelwer gave a tour of newly re-interpreted slave quarters at George Washington's Mount Vernon that show a more historically accurate and nuanced depiction of slave life in 18th century Virginia. They talked about what archaeological research has revealed about the lives of the slaves who worked the plantation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301057-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301057-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT In December, 2001, Congress designated the Smithsonian American History Museum as the national repository of September 11 collections. The exhibit "September 11: Remembrance and Reflection" displayed more than 50 objects recovered from New York, the Pentagon, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and recent acquisitions from the Transportation Security Administration in a nine-day open exhibit program. At a news conference at a donation ceremony for the TSA artifacts, officials gave the press a preview of the artifacts. Also shown was a video clip of an interview with Rear Admiral Dave Thomas, whose uniform is in the exhibit. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301401-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301401-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Travel back to April 15, 1865-and the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln s assassin. We visit the Center for Education and Leadership which opened this month across from Ford s Theatre in Washington, DC. It was there that John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln as he enjoyed the play Our American Cousin. We see the 35-foot tower of Lincoln books symbolizing one of the most documented lives in human history, and walk through exhibits that contemplate Lincoln s life, death and legacy. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304329-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304329-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The 3rd U.S. Infantry, or "Old Guard," founded in 1784 is the oldest active unit of infantry in the Army. Stationed in Fort Myer, Virginia, near Arlington Cemetery, the unit conducts about 8 full honors military funerals each day, and has participated in presidential and state funerals since 1948. Kirk Heflin, curator of the Old Guard Museum, talked about the history of the unit and the use of artillery caissons for funerals. Historic photographs and video clips were shown, focusing on President Kennedy's funeral. Members of the Caisson Platoon demonstrated their duties. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299614-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299614-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT In 1994 archaeologist and historian Bill Kelso discovered the original 1607 English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Since the find, the Jamestown Rediscovery archeological project has unearthed some 1.5 million artifacts, including many skeletons of the settlers. Mr. Kelso, who is director of research and interpretation for the private, non-profit project, gave an "in the trenches" tour of the digging sites as he talked about the history of James Fort and the archeological project. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303357-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303357-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The work of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Paper Conservation Laboratory project to preserve the "Jefferson Bible" was shown. In his retirement years Thomas Jefferson compiled his own version of the four gospels, which he called [The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth], by cutting and pasting passages from six bibles in four languages. The Smithsonian acquired the bible in 1895. Former President Jefferson's creation of the bible and the conservation project were discussed. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299420-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299420-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Joy Beasley gave a tour as she described the recent efforts to excavate a 200 year-old slave quarters on the Monocacy National Battlefield. The discovery in 2003 took place on the National Park Service property near the site of the Best Family Farm, built in the 1790s by a family of French Caribbean immigrants who owned about ninety slaves. As Ms. Beasley talked about the history of the site and the excavation additional photographs were shown. She also gave a tour of the on-site laboratory, including some recovered artifacts. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297112-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297112-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Michael Quinn gave a tour of the home of James and Dolley Madison and talked about why the fourth president of the United States is often called "the father of the U.S. Constitution." Montpelier, the home of President James Madison, is located ninety miles south of the nation's capital. The 2,650 acre estate in Orange County, Virginia, is a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that is managed by the Montpelier Foundation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303879-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303879-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Valerie Neal tours the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., where she visits the the Space Shuttle Discovery and looks at some of the earliest capsules from the beginning of the Space Age. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311115-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311115-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT In the Fall of 2011, American History TV visited Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, a "living history" museum that depicts early New England life from 1790 to 1840. Now, on American Artifacts, we hear from costumed historians who present what is was like to live and work in 19th-century New England. Curator Tom Kelleher serves as our guide. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304833-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304833-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT During the Civil War, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family lived in a Richmond, Virginia mansion. Now referred to as "the White House of the Confederacy," the residence was saved from demolition in 1896 and since 1988 has been restored to it's wartime appearance. American History TV visited to learn about the Mexican War veteran and U.S. Senator who became leader of the Confederate States of America. This is part one of a two part program. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306591-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306591-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Members of the Archival Recovery Team from the Office of the Inspector General of the National Archives were shown traveling to a Civil War and antiques show in Richmond, Virginia. There, the team worked to enlist the help of dealers and collectors in locating historical documents that are missing from the National Archives. The annual National Civil War & Antique Arms Show was held at the Showplace in Richmond, Virginia, August 21-22, 2010. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295654-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295654-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, owned about a hundred slaves at Montpelier, his forty-six-hundred-acre estate in Orange County, Virginia, 90 miles south of the nation's capital. Matthew Reeves gave a tour of an archaeological project investigating the slave quarters at James Madison's Montpelier. The three year archaeology project was jointly funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Montpelier Foundation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304765-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304765-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Each week American Artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. USS Constitution was launched in Boston in 1797 and named by President George Washington for the Constitution of the United States. The ship gained fame during the War of 1812, defeating British warships in three sea battles and earning the nickname "Old Ironsides. American History TV visited the USS Constitution Museum, located at the same pier in Boston where the ship is docked today. The museum's president, Anne Grimes Rand, gave us a tour of some of the museum's exhibits and artifacts, which trace the history of the ship from its construction, to its role in the in the War of 1812, to the present day. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306478-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306478-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Clara Barton - known as the "Angel of the Battlefield'' and founder of the American Red Cross - converted rooms in a Washington, DC boarding house into what she called the Missing Soldiers Office. She employed 12 clerks who worked with families searching for lost sons, brothers, husbands and fathers who did not return from the Civil War. The office closed in 1868, but was rediscovered in 1996 by carpenter Richard Lyons as he readied the building for demolition. Now, as preparations are underway to restore Clara Barton's rooms to their 19th century appearance, we hear Lyons' story and tour the third-floor office that historians call a time capsule. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305140-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305140-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT We take you behind-the-scenes at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History for a look at presidential campaign memorabilia dating from the time of George Washington's inauguration up to the 2012 campaign. Our tour guides are political curators Harry Rubenstein and Larry Bird who scout the Democratic and Republican national conventions every four years, looking for just the right buttons, signs and novelty hats that will someday open a window for future historians into our times and politics. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306974-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306974-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Each week American Artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. At the outbreak of the Civil War in the spring of 1861, Washington, D.C., was lightly defended and vulnerable to attack, with only one fort located 12 miles south of the city and the Confederate state of Virginia just across the Potomac River. By 1865, the nation's capital arguably had become the most fortified city in the world, with about 70 armed forts and batteries encircling the city. We visited three of the surviving forts with Dale Floyd, author of a study on the Civil War Defenses of Washington for the National Park Service. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305822-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305822-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Associate Curator Laura Simo showed the Museum Storage area of Mount Vernon's Collections, Conservation, and Volunteer Center where artifacts are kept when not on public display. She talked about curatorship and the 150-year quest to find objects from George and Martha Washington for the estate. She showed a selection of George Washington's personal belongings and talked about what they reveal about him as a military leader, a leading Virginia land owner, and as a citizen of the new United States of America. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295393-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295393-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT In 1812, Joshua Barney, a retired Revolutionary War naval hero, proposed creating a fleet of American barges to defend the Chesapeake Bay against British ships. In August 1814, Commodore Barney was forced to destroy and sink his fleet of 15 vessels in Maryland's Patuxent River to prevent their capture. One of these barges was discovered in 1979 under the river mud and partially excavated. Now, underwater archaeologist Robert Neyland of the Navy History and Heritage Command is leading a team to further study the wreck. American History TV traveled up the river to learn about the project and visited the Navy's Underwater Archaeology lab in the Washington Navy Yard where artifacts from the ship are studied. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306325-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306325-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT In March of 1921 President Woodrow Wilson and his wife Edith left the White House at the conclusion of his second term and moved into a home on S Street near Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. Operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Woodrow Wilson House is now a museum. Frank Aucella gave a tour of the 28-room home and discussed the life and presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This is part one of a two-part program. In this portion the lower floors of the home were toured. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298164-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298164-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT St. John's Church on Lafayette Square near the White House was built in 1816 and designed by U.S. Capitol architect Benjamin Latrobe. St. John's is known as the "Church of the Presidents," because every president since James Madison has attended at least one service there. Historian and church member Richard Grimmett gave a tour of the national historic landmark. He talked about the history and traditions of the church, including the pews where U.S. presidents have sat and the prayer book signed by many presidents. Historical photographs and film clips were shown. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298414-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298414-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT During the Great Depression and World War II, photographers working for the U.S. Government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) created about 1,600 color photographs depicting life in the United States and war production activities. Collection Curator Beverly Brannan of the Library of Congress talked about the photographers and the images. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309557-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309557-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Between 1861 and 1868, Clara Barton lived in a Washington, DC boarding house and employed as many as twelve clerks in her "Missing Soldiers Office." In 1996 the General Services Administration was preparing the building for demolition when they discovered artifacts eventually proving that this was the lost office of the founder of the American Red Cross. American History TV visited the building on Seventh Street to learn more about the life and work of humanitarian Clara Barton. Our tourguide is Susan Rosenvold, Superintendent and Historian of Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305142-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305142-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Civil War Battle of Shiloh took place April 6th and 7th, 1862 in Hardin County, Tennessee, and resulted in a Union victory over Confederate forces. We visited Shiloh National Military Park, where Stacy Allen, the Park's Chief Ranger, talked about some of the artifacts on display in the Visitor Center, including battle flags, arms and munitions. He also took us behind the scenes to the Park s storage facility, where he showed us two rare Civil War tents. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305480-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305480-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Mike Sampson gave a tour of the U.S. Secret Service Museum in Washington, D.C. and gave a history of the service and the evolution of its duties of combating counterfeiting and of presidential protection. Various exhibits were viewed and film clips were shown. The museum is not open to the general public but only to employees and their guests. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296689-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296689-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Kelly Thomas, program manager for the City of Boston's Historic Burying Grounds Initiative, toured the Granary Burying Ground in downtown Boston. Established in the year 1660, the Granary Burying Ground is the city's third oldest cemetery, and the burial site of several notable American Revolutionaries, including Paul Revere, John Hancock and Samuel Adams. This is part one of two of the program. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308891-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308891-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Archivist David Ferreiro held a press conference to announce the return to public display of a copy of the 1297 version of the Magna Carta after a year of conservation treatments. One of only four known 1297 originals, the document is on permanent loan by its owner David Rubenstein. They unveiled the restored document to the press. Mr. Rubenstein responded to questions about how he came to own a copy of the Magna Carta, the history of the Magna Carta, and how his early work on Capitol Hill as chief counsel to the Senate subcommittee on constitutional amendments influenced his interests. Video was shown as Kitty Nicholson talked about the conservation process and Jay Brandenburg described the process of encasing the Magna Carta. Then Marvin Pinkert showed reporters the spot in the rotunda where the document would be displayed and its new interactive exhibit. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304222-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304222-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Curators and conservators at Mount Vernon talked about how they care for historic items and prepare them for display. They showed objects used by George Washington including a blue wool coat, a shaving kit, a leather canteen, fire buckets, and some Mount Vernon china. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295968-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295968-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT In May 2011, historian Richard Norton Smith led a 10-day bus tour from Asheville, North Carolina to Austin, Texas. The group stopped at several presidential and historic sites along the route. One of the stops was the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The museum is on the site of the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968. It opened as the National Civil Rights Museum in 1991; and 2011 marks its 20th anniversary. The museum's director of governmental and community affairs, Gwen Harmon, led the group on a tour of the museum, which starts with the year 1619 through the death of the Reverend King, and reflects on his legacy. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302469-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302469-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Eighty-three year-old Ray Loomis, who has worked in the printing industry since he was 15 years old, gave a tour of the Baltimore Museum of Industry, where he is a volunteer. The tour included a demonstration of historic printing methods and machines, including the linotype, a revolutionary typesetting machine that was invented in Baltimore. Carole Baker, deputy director of the museum, also spoke. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309403-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309403-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, is an independent research library founded in 1812 by Revolutionary War patriot and printer Isaiah Thomas. American History TV visited the library to look at their early American political collection, including ballots, cartoons and party newspapers. This program contains language which some people may find offensive. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307756-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307756-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Bob Damon toured Boston's Christ Church, better known as Old North Church. The church, built in 1723, is best-known for its steeple, where in 1775 patriots hung two lanterns to signal that British troops were moving by water out of Boston, leading to the first shots of the American Revolutionary War. This is the first of a two-part program on the Old North Church. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310706-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310706-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia was given a tour of the Old Naval Observatory, which is not open to the public. Located near the Lincoln Memorial, the former observatory was built in 1844 and operated until 1893. It once housed the largest telescope in the world; gaining fame in 1877 when it was used to discover the moons of Mars. Curator Jan Herman displayed artifacts and talked about the building's significance in local, national, and scientific history. The tour was given by Navy Medical Department historian Jan Herman, curator of the observatory, which was then on the grounds of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297676-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297676-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Smithsonian Curator Eleanor Jones Harvey revealed how the Civil War can be seen in seemingly unrelated works such as landscape paintings, and also examines the work of several soldier artists. An exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum explores how artists depicted the crisis of conflict as it was happening. This is part one of a two part program. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310523-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310523-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT An authentic working replica of George Washington's distillery and gristmill were reconstructed on the original foundations at Mount Vernon. Whiskey and other spirits are made there as it was done two centuries ago. Dennis Pogue, author of [Founding Spirits: George Washington and the Beginnings of the American Whiskey Industry], Steve Boshare, and consultant David Pickerell gave a tour as an apple brandy was being made. They talked about the archeological reconstruction process, distillery operations, and the role of the distillery in George Washington's life. He was the only Founding Father to commercially operate a whiskey distillery and, one of the largest of its time, it was one of the most successful economic components of Mount Vernon. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302740-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302740-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The history of the transition from slavery to freedom for African Americans is told at the Gilmore Cabin on the grounds of James Madison's Montpelier in Virginia. Born a slave for President Madison in 1810, George Gilmore and his wife Polly raised five children on a small sharecroppers farm after emancipation. Built by George Gilmore and his sons, the cabin is one of only a few existing freedman's homes left standing in the United States. In this program, we also visit a reconstructed Jim Crow train station near the cabin, where segregated "white" and "colored" waiting rooms were once the law of Virginia. Our tour guide is Christian Cotz, Montpelier director of visitor engagement. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305738-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305738-1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT