Against jack dempsey. It was a hot Independence Day at the toledo arena. 110 degrees. We are standing across from weber you park bayview park in toledo. Bayview is famous for hosting the july 4, 1919 World Championship heavyweight fight between jack dempsey and jess willard. It was difficult to find a place to hold this fight. In 1919, boxing had an awkward reputation for death in the ring recently. Also gambling, and organized crime that was involved in it. But toledo made an offer, and it was decided to host the fight here. Both fighters came to town a couple months before, they worked out and trained, and they built an 80,000 seat wooden stadium made of michigan pine. Right next to it, a replica of a stadium of the same design, built for the july 4, 2019 centennial celebration of the fight. The day of the fight was extremely hot. And the pine began to leach. The newspaper boys were making a fortune selling newspapers for people to sit on. If you look at the photographs, a lot of straw hats, people have towels over the back of their necks, really really warm. , dempsey was the underdog, he basically plummets willard in one of the most violent three rounds of boxing you will ever see. Willard did not even answer the bell for the fourth round. He went down multiple times in the first round. There was a lot of money gambled for that fight. Some of which was bet on a first round knockout. And so dempsey was doing his , best. There was a questionable bell at the end of the firstround that nobody heard, so willard was able to make it to the second round and continue getting a beating. One of the most interesting things of the fight is that Jimmy Breslin wrote that the oaring weres 20s born in toledo ohio on july 4, 1919. The people who came to the fight, the list is incredible. Its a whos who of the roaring 20s. Toledo was centrally located within all of the railroad systems. It was very easy for people to get here. Plenty of hotels and an 80,000 seat arena, it was the perfect venue. The biggest fight of the century. The first thing to notice is he is just barely up. Are cities tour staff travel to toledo, ohio, to learn about its rich history. To learn more about other stops on our tour visit cspan. Org, cities tour. You are watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Thinking about participating in cspans studentcam 2020 competition but you have never made a documentary film before . No problem. We have resources on our website for producing information and video links to footage in the cspan library. Teachers will find resources on the teachers materials page to help you introduce studentcam to your students. Who wantsce to anyone to compete this year is to find a topic you are passionate about. Create a Short Documentary on the issue that you would like the president ial candidates to address during the 2020 campaign. Cspan will award 100,000 dollars in total cash prizes plus a 5,000 grand prize. Go get a camera, go get a microphone, and produce the best video you can possibly produce. Visit studentcam. Org for more information today. And now, a session from a revolutionary war symposium. Describesegner gruber the significance of tailors in 18thcentury alexandria, virginia. She argues that Mens Clothing was important in reflecting meaningful moments in citizens lives and helped prepare the community for revolution. Waremerging revolutionary and, Gadsbys Tavern Museum lyceum of alexandria, virginia cohosted this event