The 10th Armored Division was activated at fort benning, georgia on the 15th of july in 1942. From the very beginning it was known as a hot outfit. Its nickname tiger division. The commanding general of the 10th, Major General paul gardener, was a superb leader. Carryout orders, march, maneuver and shoot where his by words. No journal was more revered by his men. I am john drew devereaux, a Company Commander in the 10th Armored Division in world war ii. We had a marvelous kind of spirit in our division. I think it was due to the training we got from the general newgarden, Division Commander in the states. He was killed in an airplane crash before we went overseas. He had a couple of very pet things that he liked. One that we had to wear the top button of our coveralls buttoned. This was uncomfortable, but we got so that we looked at other outfits that wore them unbuttoned and thought they look liked slobs. When you gave a salute in the 10th Armored Division, a tiger salute, you lifted
Tobi we are at the Michigan History Museum here in downtown lansing. We are part of state government, so our museum tells the story of michigan, all of michigan, including lansing. Today, we will walk through our galleries. The museum is set up, literally a walk through time. You come to the museum. It is at the end of the ice age. We talk about the first Indigenous Peoples that lived here in michigan and go to the end of the 20th century. We are standing in our exhibit it is one we just recently renovated. The focal point is this gigantic mural that is painted. It shows the story of the anishinaabek people through four seasons. One of the things it tells is the advanced society they had before europeans arrived. They had very sophisticated social structures. It was just a little different than the western civilization. They chose to live off of the land and not try to control the land. They spent a lot of their time really working in harmony with the lands to meet all their basic need
Nonnative americans. Stretching about 110 miles long and 70 miles wide, the black hills of south dakota rise up from the plains, just to the west of rapid city. The black hills are very important to the native American Community members. They are referred to as the heart. And thein pine trees elevations that we have that surround that area thinking of where rapid city is at, we are positioned at the gateway to the black hills, where it is kind of how we have always build ourselves, billed back to the earliest founders of rapid city. I am doniphan donovan sprague, i come from the lakota ise family and my tribal affiliation, from ,cion river sioux reservation , a veryacred bear butte spiritual place where not only lakota, but people of Many American Indian Tribes and nationalities visited. Aroundhe time period of 1800, we will say up to the wins as a time period, our henota and cheyenne are w lakota and cheyenne dominated this area. They moved with the buffalo and game, which supplied th
Announcer 1 next, in American History tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits lansing, michigan, where we learn more about its unique history and literary life. For eight is now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities bringing Historic Sites to our viewers. You can watch more of our visit at cspan. Org citiestour. He was a pioneer. State not until the legislature designated this area as the new capital that he came with these other folks and helped build the capital. They had a slightly more sensible approach. We had nothing here. There was no transportation. They had seven months to build a veryal city and that was a interesting and exciting and unique story of the beginning. Established the about 1836, about a year before it became a state. The designated detroit as the capital but they were told that detroit could be easily attacked and they should move the capital inland but couldnt decide where. Constitutionhe that the first session of the legislature of 1848 should be held in the new capi
Shes the librarian of congress been there since 2015. Before that she was the executive director at Dance Heritage Coalition where now she provides outreach to artists and national preservation. This is vitally important. Im a dancer in another part of my life and im excited about this. She advises organizations on how to find funding or assistance for records and coauthored with an attorney a book on copyright and fair use to navigate issues. She is also really interested in how the art next to other parts of history and culture and that is very much what we will see today. Im looking forward to it so i will say no more and offer libby smigel. [applause] thanks. I really am thrilled to see all of you here on this extremely muggy day and giving up your time to come to this presentation. I want to thank the staff for inviting me to come and talk about things that i really care about dearly. And also, i am looking forward to you offering comments and questions at the end. Because one thi