Things that are uniquely ours. So, whether its our history, our cultural, the great beauty of this country, the diverse beauty of this country. Without it, in absent the federal support for it, i think much of it would be in a fragile state. I think my first exposure to a National Park was yellowstone. My family was traveling across this country in 1960. We stayed over in yellowstone. I can remember waking up and seeing a wolf out in the woods. Again, so, a beautiful, beautiful landscape. Ive been to yosemite in california. More than anything, the scale is just so different. But each park is so unique. I dont think one is like another. Is the tapestry of them all really a remarkable contribution to this country. This past thursday, the National Park service celebrated its centennial. We talked to members of congress about the parks and Historic Sites and their states. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. Monday on the communicators, author Malcolm Darpa isibes how working for ways for Wounded Soldiers and paraplegics to use thoughts to move prosthetic limbs and manipulate computers. This is really about trying le make hold these make who the soldiers coming back from iraq and afghanistan for much of the century who, because of notnces in body armor, were thatre suffering blows previously would have been fatal but now are just coming back with invitations. These are young men and co ming back with amuptations. These are young men and women with her whole life ahead of them. Missionaryrpa, had a zeal to say this is a program that will make these people whole because we owe it to them. Theuncer watch communicators, monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. The battlefield is 45 miles northwest of the u. S. Northwest of the u. S. Capital. The property includes the best family farm built by in the 1790s by caribbean immigrants. They owned about 90 slaves. Cspan met the Cultural ResourcesProgram Manager at the park to learn how remnants of the slave headquarters were discovered in 2003 and excavated in the summer of 2010. We are at the best farm, which is named the best farm after the tenant that occupied the farm during the civil war. What we know as the best farm forms the 274 acres of what was originally a 748 acre plantation. It was established by a family of french planters who came to maryland in 1793 from the colony known today as haiti. The family was called the Vincent Deere family. They came to maryland for unrest to escape civil unrest with the slave uprising that began in 1791 and also with the french revolution. It was acquired by the National Park service in 1993. Its a fairly recent acquisition. Beginning in 19981999 is when we started doing a substantial