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For example in january 1865, ab maryland has abolished slavery. Bn. The confederates are talking about offering limited emancipation in order for talk service in the army. Things have changed. This was not a debate they woult have in the cabinet in the way that Tony Horowitz or steven in spielberg portrayed. Such its such a wonderful thing to see, a film addressing such a fm complicated issues, but the timing is all wrong. Timi ecti from ave dramatic perspective, frostbite an Artistic License pe...

The lieutenant and commanded the first Nato Training Mission in afghanistan before retiring. He was a very animated and energetic speaker. He always made it interesting. He was first person who ever actually make history something that i wanted to go sit down and talk to because he didnt really teach history nearly as much as he told stories. Isnt that what history really is . Its a story. Its our story. Its the story of what got us here today. So we commemorate the battle crater which is just o...

Theres a scene on the day of the vote where Fernando Wood is waving papers saying i have affidavits. Thats not 19th century congress. Thats what you realize when you see a movie like lincoln. Or think about mr. Smith goes to washington, almost all of what we think we know about past politics comes from movies. And popular culture, and we absorb it so much, we think its real. Thats why its so important to try to sort it out. I dont want to be one of those scholar squirrels that gore vidal used to...

Climactic scene on the floor of the house on the day of the vote, january 1st, 1865, they have james spader and john hay running to the white house to get the note from lincoln. None of that happened. The note, we think, is real, though we dont have the original of it. Its a recollection from james ashley, but James Spaders character, william bilbo, was in new york at the time, at the st. Nicolas hotel. The lobbyists were in new york in the final weeks of the fight working the press. The race sc...

Guns within the fort. They started building it very early and kept working on it and changing it to the place where it was eventually the fifth largest. You had basically during the war green guns and black guns with bronze and the iron. Usually the bronze was smooth ore and the black guns were rifled guns. And the rifled guns, of course, had a better range and actually fired better. But a gun like this was a good antipersonnel weapon. There were various types of ammunition you could use in this...

Rogramming on American History every weekend on cspan 3. Cspan s on twitter at history for information on our schedule with the latest history news. Each week american artifacts takes viewers into Historic Sites around the country. Baltimores fort mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the starspangled banner, where American Forces withstood an allnight bombardment by the british navy and turned the tide of the war of 1812. But the fort continue to make history for years playing an Important...

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War it self. That shapes what we are looking at. If you view the onset of civil instead oftively, seeing all of the differences between north and south, you tend to spot the similarities. Think about it. , a two sides in the conflict war of rather against brother in some cases, literally so. The two sides shared a common language. They had similar cultures and religion. They shared a similar political philosophy. The north and south employed virtually the same weapons, used the same tactics, the...

Sites around the country. Baltimores portman can meet is celebrated as the birthplace of the starspangled banner, where American Forces withstood an allnight bombardment and turned the tide of the war of 1812, but the place continued to make history for years to come, playing an Important Role in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. Next, American History tv explores the history of fort mchenry after the starspangled banner. My name is vince vaise. Im chief of interpretation at fort mchenry h...

Styles of the times in which they lived. And then at 10 00, tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. Thats this Christmas Day on the cspan networks. For a complete schedule, go to cspan. Org. Each week, american artifacts takes viewers around the country. Baltimores ft. Mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the starspangled banner. And turned the tide of the war of 1812. But the fort continued to make history for years to come playing an Important Role in the civil...