Since were doing toasts tonight, i did i already planned this and thought a toast might be in order but when i was going through my personal history mentioning important dates, i neglected to mention that this half of this week happens to be the 16th anniversary of my marriage to my lovely wife, tracy lee. Which occurred just across the street in Buffalo Bills poker church. Yeah. I take this western stuff seriously. [applause] talk about longsuffering women. If i might, ladies and gentlemen, as we bring this fabulous conference to a close, i would like to offer a toast to and i hate to drink it in water because like bill would just slap me. I would like to offer a toast to the founder of the feast, ladies and gentlemen, to william f. Cody, to buffalo bill. All right. Thank you. Are watching American History tv, 48 hours of programming on American History, every weekend on the spent three. Follow us on twitter at cspan history for tonight on q a come up with take a look at anthony clark
Ceo of the resume of the American Revolution and i am standing on the plaza at the corner of third and chestnut streets in old city philadelphia. Philadelphia was the headquarters of the revolution, where delegates came and protests first mounted, where the declaration of independence was written 200 yards away at Independence Hall. This really is the most central element of the American Revolution, the birth of our nation, which is why this museum is located here. Just down the street from me is the first bank of the United States. That is Alexander Hamiltons branch bank when he launched our nations banking system. It is also the first building constructed by the United States of america. So we have truly are or the our where the nation began and it is the right place to tell the entire story of the American Revolution, which is our mission in the museum. Behind me, you see canons from the era, these are part of the city of philadelphias collection. Everyone of these canons are old en
We visit the old mans in concord, massachusetts, to learn about Ralph Waldo Emersons home. Is really aans house of two revolutions. The American Revolution, and secondhe section revolution of intellectualism and thought. It is such a charming house. Newy year i find some graffiti in the corner. I pull visitors and say hey, come look at this thing we just found. Its a house that keeps on giving like i have never seen in my career. It is a house full of places to be discovered and for inspiration as well. It was built in 1760 by William Everson and his family, one of the first occupants of the house and a minister. William emerson is the grandfather of the emerson, the writer we know and love. He and his wife phoebe had several children, the last of which was 10 years before he left to be part of the revolution, for a short time period. While he was here, he was one of the town leaders and like many reverends of the time, he not only led in church, they but he would have gatherings here
The old man is a house of two revolutions. It stood in the American Revolution, through its windows down the hill and later the second American Revolution, intellectualism and thought and such a charming house with so many discoveries. I love working here and every week i am finding new graffiti, a similar object in the corner. It keeps on giving in a way that has never seen in my career so it is a house full of places to be discovered and for inspiration as well. In 1760 by William Everson and his family, one of the first occupants of the house and a minister. William emerson is the grandfather of the emerson, the writer we know and love. He and his wife phoebe had several children, the last of which was 10 years before he left to be part of the revolution, for a short time period. One of the town leaders and like many reverends of the time, he not only led in church, they talked about the American Revolution. He started this amazing book collection, the collection contains 3000 volum
Women. Here we are in concorde, massachusetts, where the redcoats marched into the northbridge on april 19, 1775, starting the american revolution. This house, eventually much later than that becomes the home of Amos Bronson Alcott and his family. One of the daughters, Louisa May Alcott, in this house, writes a book the changes a lot of the way people think about children, the way they think about young women and mature women. It was a very progressive book for its day and in many ways today it still remains this because it is just a simple true to life story of four young women and their parents. Mister alcott was an educator in the early days. A very progressive thinker who was deeply in love with Mister Alcott. They were in boston when Mister Alcott met Ralph Waldo Emerson and struck up a deep friendship. He was well ensconced, he thought Bronson Alcott belongs here and the town had Something Special to offer, a Political Revolution in 1775 and a literary revolution in the 1800s but