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During the war. Two soldiers decided to form the nra. One is to facilitate and grow long range rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state nascars in marksmanship. The nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization. The they grew to 1700 by 1929. They also are, just so you know, built on there was an English National rifle association, and they were that was the predecessor in 1859. The franchise model, you could start and build a rifle club locally or statewide and then you were nrr affiliate. Wo...

Patrick charles is a former marine and now Senior Historian for the u. S. Air force and the author of the book armed in america a history of gun rights from colonial militias to conceal carries. Thank you for being with us. Thank you, steve. Glad to be here. Let me begin with the origins of the nra, the National Rifle association. How did the organization come about and why . Well, it came about after the civil war where theres poor marksmanship by the Union Solders during the war so two officers formed the nra with two purpose. One is to facilitate, build, and grow long range rifle ranges and...

Rights. From colonial militias to sealed carried. Thank you for being here on history tv. Thank you steve glad to be. Here let me begin with the origins of the nra. The National Rifle association, how does the organization come about and why . Well it came about after the civil war and where there is poor marksmanship by the union still soldiers and two officers start to form the nra. For two purposes, one is to facilitate build and grow long range rifle ranges. The other one too was assist the state National Guards and marksmanship. And the nra initially just so you know was kind of a working...

Beautiful, thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. It just lifts the spirits and prepares us for the learning ahead. We are so grateful and honored that you came tonight and grateful to cspan for covering this important discussion about womens suffrage and elizabeth stantons role in it. During these anxious times, as many people are avoiding leaving the home in large public gatherings, its so important to engage in Lifelong Learning and that is why watching cspan is so important. Please also, and friends here as well, use the National Constitution centers virtual online resources to learn abo...

Treaty conference that went on on the frontier of new york in the mohawk valley. You did a reading today that featured a fellow named william johnson, not a lot of contemporary American Students of history know much about him, but he was a very interesting figure in the 18th century. An irish immigrant, settled on the mohawk frontier of upstate new york in 1740, and became very friendly with mohawk indians, who were his neighbors. Ultimately, grained a great deal of influence among them and was appointed by the British Crown to serve as the agent to the iroquois nation. This painter in the ear...