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Up next on American History tv a Community College class about civil war weaponry, such as muskets, carbines and revolvers and advances that allowed soldiers to fire faster and with more accuracy. All right. Guys. How are you all doing today . Welcomes to class. Today as i talked about earlier this week, we have a special lecturer here. Dr. Jeff kinard. You may have a class with him. He is the chair of our history and Political Science program here at guilford technical Community College. What you may not know about dr. Kinard is that he is a military historian. Hes an expert in military histo...

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...

College. What you may not know about him, is he is a military historian, and he is an expert in military history, and he has published at least four books on anything from weaponry, and weaponry from the civil war and he collects a host of artifacts, which he has brought and will share with us today. He is a ph. D. And has earned his doctorate from texas christian university, what year was that im not sure. It was a while ago but he is an expert so if you get an opportunity to take a class with, them take a class with them. We are going to continue to discuss the civil war faithfully and thank...

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...

[the Army Goes Rolling along plays] [anchors aweigh plays] [the u. S. Air force plays] [marines hymn plays] [applause] as you were downstairs getting ready to start the ceremony, captain yellen was asking if i stand for the army or if i stand for the air force, because he was in both appeared and i said sir, you are 93 years old. You can stand for anybody that you want to. [applause] captain jerry yellin is an Army Air Forces veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 in 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday, just two months after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating as a Fighte...