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That year of the war. The interesting aspect of the exhibit is the fact that we are on location, that many of the events that took place with the b o railroad were in this exact area. We have the very equipment used by the railroad during the civil war, and we present a bottom up history of the railroad during the civil war by presenting the technologies and the people that were involved with riding, guarding, destroying, building, and operating the railroad during the civil war years. This would be an entire area of activity. There were paint shops. There were carpentry shops, car shops. They...

15 years. The flag had flown over the capitol dome for decades before that. Our Diane Eastabrook is live in columbia this morning. Diane, tell us what is happening there right now, and what the mood is. Reporter well stephanie there are several thousand people here right now, we estimate maybe between 5 and 7,000 people. Everyone is waiting for the honor guard and the governor to come out of the state house and begin the ceremony. We were supposed to start at 10 00, these things sometimes run a little bit behind. We dont know a whole lot about the ceremony. We know the flag is going to be take...

This is a volume that was owned by martha washington. It is a you can see her signature m. Washington. And its an Early Edition printed in england. It was known as a help and guide to christian families published in london in 1752. So quite likely a book she may well, you can imagine, have taken along with her to camp to spend the winter at valley forge. The top of the page is missing, almost certainly it was clipped by an autograph collector in the 19th century, presumably her name would have been written out there as well and it was probably clipped by a collector. And if any viewers have th...

Things like canteens that they could try to get a better handle on keeping on that material. One of the great treasures in our collection is a simple modest little flag, blue background, that bears 13 stars and it was general washingtons personal standard. So it really signified his presence. When you saw that flag, you knew general washington was in command. And its incredible that it has survived. So few flags from the revolution have. It kaem came to us from a desce of general washingtons sister betty. Her son was an officer in whats called the lifeguard. These were the men and officers per...

That housed him in every campaign of the revolution. It was acquired by the minister from the valley forge era and that launched a century of collecting and launched the idea of a museum to tell the entire story of the revolution. The collections of the museum are incomparable. They have no peer. We have objects related to washington which truly are unique. One of a kind. And they bring to life his leadership, his incredible role in keeping the Continental Army together and never waivvering fm his goal of success. At the same time, we have objects that represent the common foot soldier, the ca...