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Up next, a walking tour through the Historic Navy yard organized by the national ms. Him of the united the navy. This program is about 75 minutes. Welcome to the Washington Navy yard. Im the director of education here at the National Museum of and this tour will take us throughout the history of the Washington Navy yard, which is a very extensive one. The yard itself is seen a lot of different historical events. Some happy, some, some every day events. The yard itself has changed dramatic he ove...

This is a very extensive yard. The yard itself has seen a lot of different historical event. Events. The yard itself has changed dramatically over the many years. It was first founded in 1798 and it was around that time that the United States realized that we needed a Standing Military force. It was after the American Revolution that all the military was disbanded because of the sentiments from before the American Revolution. Who had a Standing Army stationed in the United States . The british. ...

And cold war veteran. That about covers it all. Thats pretty cool. He has cover the wars in iraq and afghanistan, as well as baseball, International Soccer and international piracy. He worked in washington, d. C. , lives in annapolis with his two dogs, and is known for his wellreceived book, intrepid sailors. Int was named a notable book 2012 by Naval Institute proceedings magazine. Ets welcome chip reid [applause] mr. Reid thank you everybody. It is a pleasure to be back here again. Its a real ...

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>> nicole eustace. the book is "1812, war and the passions of patriotism." we want to thank you for joining us on american history tv. >> thank you so much for having me. thanks. youre watching american history tv which you can see every weekend here on c-span 3. this july 4th were highlighting the war of 1812 bicentennial, taking an in-depth look at the causes and course of the little-known war that bolstered americas international credibility, fostered a new sense of patriotism and...

youre looking at a dress belonging to first lady dolley madison that is out that have been made from the red velvet curtains she saved from the white house as british troops advanced on washington. this is "american history tv" on c-span3, where we are taking your calls and comments on the war of 1812. i want to open up the phone lines with a remind the numbers for those on the east coast and central time zones is 202-737-0001. in the mountain and pacific time zones its 0002. make sure...

of 1814." thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >> you have brought along not only your book but an artifact. we saw an artifact of dolley madison. this is an artifact of james madison. tell us what your viewers will see here in a minute. >> this check came up for auction five years ago, and the auctioneer had misread the name of the person it was made out to. they wrote weightman. i knew it was roger ch chu weightman, dragged into the white house by the admiral a...

studied. >> this is the patuxent river, flows into the chesapeake bay. well go up river of the highway 4 bridge, and highway 4 is the actually very end of pennsylvania avenue. same pennsylvania avenue that runs from d.c. and runs up to the patuxent river. the scorpion is believed to be one mile, two miles up river from that bridge. so were about 30 minutes from washington, d.c., 20, 25 minutes from a23457 police, maryland, and probably about 40 minutes from baltimore. in 1814, the rive...

flows into the chesapeake bay. well go up river of the highway 4 bridge, and highway 4 is the actually very end of pennsylvania avenue. same pennsylvania avenue that runs from d.c. and runs up to the patuxent river. the scorpion is believed to be one mile, two miles up river from that bridge. so were about 30 minutes from washington, d.c., 20, 25 minutes from a23457 police, maryland, and probably about 40 minutes from baltimore. in 1814, the river was deeper, perhaps wider as well. the...