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Life of escaped slave, abolitionist, civil war spy and suffragist Harriet Tubman. Welcome to Harriet Tubman underground state park. My name is ranger crenshaw. She was born three miles east of here in the town of madison and she spent time in this area as well as in bucktown a few miles west of here. It was in this area of Dorchester County she learned the skills that were vital to make her a successful conductor of the underground railroad such as reading the landscape, reading the stars, foraging for food, walking outdoors and being comfortable by herself. This building is lined in cedar whi...

A functional government building. I would say theres not a lot of awareness about what happens behind the scenes and the fact that we have this collection and were definitely working to promote the awareness of these materials. We are standing in the House Chamber of the old state capitol. This building was built in 1830, began construction in 1827 and it was used as a Capitol Building from 1830 to 1909. For 79 years, this is where all of kentucky State Government met. The reason why frankfurt was chosen, its one of the four smallest buildings in the united states. The citizens of frankford we...

One person can make a big difference, that is why i am here. People took a chance and they spoke out. Thank you. [applause] we hav questio from peter, he says are there any Historical Resources on the people who died in detroit . You can be featured during our last life program. Join the conversation on facebook on facebook cspan history. At twitter cspan history. You will be a voter forever, you will be a citizen forever. High school tuesday night, they discuss how Current Events affect their lessons on history, politics, and government. This is a chance for them to learn about their story. T...

We are actually standing in front of a series of president ial limousines, which tell the story of the development of president ial transportation over the last 117 years or so. Right behind me is the 1902 carriage used by theodore roosevelt. The automobile really becomes a force in the United States starting in the 1890s. But by the time of roosevelts administration, it is a common occurrence to see cars moving on public streets. Roosevelt, interestingly enough, for all the reputation he has as a real forwardlooking progressive, really never cared much for automobiles. He wanted to remain in ...

The president of this fine organization. We are very blessed to be in a community where we have a lot of educated individuals who know a lot about the battle at gettysburg. Our first speaker for the day is a battlefield guide. He is one of those folks with a wealth of knowledge. He is a coauthor of the book top 10 at gettysburg. Guide heretlefield at the park and has been one since 2004. He has conducted hundreds of doers for all kinds of visitors. From across the states. He has done anniversary battle walks for the Gettysburg National park as well as the gettysburg foundation. Some of his top...