It has very rich history. Illinois on booktv with the help of our comcast part nosers next 90 minutes well travel the city and talk with local authors about the history of the area. We start with a look at organized crime in peoria during first half of the 20th century. As we explore the life and times of the shelton brothers gang. A gang war, famous car war erupted for three or four months in 1926 and it was tweeng the shelton brothers and the burger gang. About 40 or 50 men were killed but the shelton this was a vicious gig where fought out and it included the first aerial bombing first and only one of american soil when the sheltons comen deered a biplane and flew other charlie burgers hideout which was a little state lodge called shady rust in illinois and dropped them down. One created only fatality in American Bombing history because this was the only airplane ride we have in american history. I wrote the book because first of all ive had a lifetime interest and ive been around a
It has very rich history. Illinois on booktv with the help of our comcast part nosers next 90 minutes well travel the city and talk with local authors about the history of the area. We start with a look at organized crime in peoria during first half of the 20th century. As we explore the life and times of the shelton brothers gang. A gang war, famous car war erupted for three or four months in 1926 and it was tweeng the shelton brothers and the burger gang. About 40 or 50 men were killed but the shelton this was a vicious gig where fought out and it included the first aerial bombing first and only one of american soil when the sheltons comen deered a biplane and flew other charlie burgers hideout which was a little state lodge called shady rust in illinois and dropped them down. One created only fatality in American Bombing history because this was the only airplane ride we have in american history. I wrote the book because first of all ive had a lifetime interest and ive been around a
Solid piece of writing across my until the first draft of the donnawn of victory. Chris will work on the history and stuff like that. Me theward sent dawn of victory, it was pristine. Seen writing that was more pristine, more magnificent, more readable. It was fantastic telling of a story that is often overlooked. About it. Get it is so overlooked and underrated. Edward does a magnificent job. Of the civil phase war. It iswill share with us, the breaking point that leads to the end. Without further ado, i will injuries my friend, mr. Edward alexander i will introduce my friend, mr. Edward alexander. [applause] chris, fornk you, that very kind introduction. On thisputting fantastic symposium that everyone has enjoyed so far. Talk oncerivilege to more. An empty room we get that way. It is great to have a wonderful turn out to explore the great civil war. S will be a very biased this is the greatest attack of the civil war. It is the most decisive, the most well executed, and has tremendo
It is now home to the Titan Missile museum. The mission of the titan 2 was peace through deterrence. Our job was to project the credible threat. Day, demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise first strike against us, we would be able to ride that out and withiate quickly and enough force that we could demonstrate to the soviet union, even if devastate the soviet union. Even if they launched first. We are about 85 miles south of Downtown Tucson. We are in the Launch Control center of the missile site. Essentially the nerve center of the missile site itself. From here, using all of this equipment, the crew has a birds eye view of the condition of the missile. It is also from here that the crew would launch the missile if they were ordered to do so. One, theder to launch crew needs a number of things. First of all, they have to receive a launch order that would tell them to execute their missile and what time they are going to do that. In order for them to do
Weekend here on American History tv. We are in special collections at the university of southern mississippi. Today we are looking at the Theodore Bilbo papers. His collection is very large. [laughter] we have over 2500 boxes of archival material relating to Theodore Bilbo. His career and his life. Theodore bilbo and this is one of his signed photos that he would distribute to fans was a mississippi politician in the first half of the 20th century. s career started around 1910, when he was doing a state congressman race. By the 1930s he had been elected governor. At the time in mississippi, you cannot serve consecutive terms as governor. He served one term into the 1920s, early 1930s, then skipped a term, then stroked another four years later. Then served another four years later. He was elected to the u. S. Senate in the mid1930s. He served until 1946 when he was removed from the senate. After being elected for a third term because of bribery charges. And because of his views regardin