George Washington Bust. Mount Vernon & Washington County Museum
George Washington Bust, by Avard T Fairbanks. 89 Miles separate Mount
Vernon, VA & Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Hagerstown, MD City
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Fort Loudoun State Historic Park
Museum and reconstruction of a British fort, which played a role in the French & Indian War.
Capital Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in Washington, D.C.
Washington Brewery–the city’s first brewery–opened in 1796. Brewer barons like Christian Heurich and Albert Carry dominated the taps of city saloons until production ground to a halt with Prohibition. Only Heurich survived, and when the venerable institution closed in 1956, Washington, DC, was without a brewery for 55 years. Author and beer scholar Garrett Peck taps this history while introducing readers to the bold new brewers leading the capital’s recent craft beer revival. A book signing will follow the program.
Illinois in the Gilded Age, 1866-1896: War's Aftermath, 1866-1869
This video concerning the topic of the War's Aftermath, 1866-1869, comes from the Illinois in the Gilded Age, 1866-1896 website, which is a creation of Northern Illinois University Libraries' Digital Initiatives Unit: The Illinois in the Gilded Age ( site brings together primary source materials from a number of libraries, museums and archives, including the Newberry Library, the Chicago Historical Society and the Illinois State Library. While the site uses Illinois as its focal point, it also examines larger themes in the history of the United States during the Gilded Age, and can support the study of the period with rich materials details events of national significance.
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Living in Virginia: Winchester - Pen In Hand
Here's a heartfelt look at Winchester, Virginia's residents during the Civil War from the perspective of their letters, diaries and journals.It explores the reality of war as the community changed hands between the North and South more than 70 times. This special travels back in time to record the perseverance, the passion, and the pain of those who watched and lived during this turbulent time period.
Memphis, Tennessee | Wikipedia audio article
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Memphis is located along the Mississippi River in southwestern Tennessee. The estimated city population in 2017 was 652,236, with a 2017 metropolitan population of 1,348,260 including adjacent suburbs and counties as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The city is considered the anchor of West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas and Mississippi. Memphis is the seat of Shelby County, the most populous county in Tennessee. As one of the most historic and cultural cities of the southern United States, the city features a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods.
The land of present day Memphis was first discovered by Spanish conquistador Hernando DeSoto in 1541 with his expedition into the New World. The high bluffs protecting the location from the waters of the Mississippi would then be contested between the Spanish, French, and the English as Memphis took shape. Modern Memphis was founded in 1819 by three prominent Americans: John Overton, James Winchester, and future president Andrew Jackson.Memphis grew into one of the largest cities of the Antebellum South as a market for agricultural goods, natural resources like lumber, and the American slave trade. After the American Civil War and the end of slavery, the city experienced even faster growth into the 20th century as it became among the largest world markets for cotton and lumber.
Home to Tennessee's largest African-American population, Memphis played a prominent role in the American civil rights movement and was the site of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1968 assassination. The city now hosts the National Civil Rights Museum—a Smithsonian affiliate institution. Since the civil rights era, Memphis has grown to become one of the nation's leading commercial centers in transportation and logistics. The city's largest employer is the multinational courier corporation FedEx, which maintains its global air hub at Memphis International Airport, making it the second-busiest cargo airport in the world.
Today, Memphis is a regional center for commerce, education, media, art, and entertainment. The city has long had a prominent music scene, with historic blues clubs on Beale Street originating the unique Memphis blues sound during early 20th century. The city's music has continued to be shaped by a multi-cultural mix of influences across the blues, country, rock n' roll, soul, and hip-hop genres. Memphis barbecue has achieved international prominence, and the city hosts the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, which attracts over 100,000 visitors to the city annually.
Mary Surratt: Guilty or Not Guilty (Lecture)
In 1865, Mary Surratt became the first woman executed by the Federal Government. Join Ranger Karlton Smith and examine Mary Surratt's guilt or innocence in connection with the Lincoln Assassination conspiracy. Was she completely innocent or did she, as stated by President Andrew Johnson keep the nest that hatched the egg?
Andrew Jackson | Wikipedia audio article
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Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress. As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the common man against a corrupt aristocracy and to preserve the Union.
Born in the colonial Carolinas to a Scotch-Irish family in the decade before the American Revolutionary War, Jackson became a frontier lawyer and married Rachel Donelson Robards. He served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate representing Tennessee. After resigning, he served as a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1798 until 1804. Jackson purchased a property later known as The Hermitage, and became a wealthy, slaveowning planter. In 1801, he was appointed colonel of the Tennessee militia and was elected its commander the following year. He led troops during the Creek War of 1813–1814, winning the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The subsequent Treaty of Fort Jackson required the Creek surrender of vast lands in present-day Alabama and Georgia. In the concurrent war against the British, Jackson's victory in 1815 at the Battle of New Orleans made him a national hero. Jackson then led U.S. forces in the First Seminole War, which led to the annexation of Florida from Spain. Jackson briefly served as Florida's first territorial governor before returning to the Senate. He ran for president in 1824, winning a plurality of the popular and electoral vote. As no candidate won an electoral majority, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams in a contingent election. In reaction to the alleged corrupt bargain between Adams and Henry Clay and the ambitious agenda of President Adams, Jackson's supporters founded the Democratic Party.
Jackson ran again in 1828, defeating Adams in a landslide. Jackson faced the threat of secession by South Carolina over what opponents called the Tariff of Abominations. The crisis was defused when the tariff was amended, and Jackson threatened the use of military force if South Carolina attempted to secede. In Congress, Henry Clay led the effort to reauthorize the Second Bank of the United States. Jackson, regarding the Bank as a corrupt institution, vetoed the renewal of its charter. After a lengthy struggle, Jackson and his allies thoroughly dismantled the Bank. In 1835, Jackson became the only president to completely pay off the national debt, fulfilling a longtime goal. His presidency marked the beginning of the ascendancy of the party spoils system in American politics. In 1830, Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which forcibly relocated most members of the Native American tribes in the South to Indian Territory. In foreign affairs, Jackson's administration concluded a most favored nation treaty with Great Britain, settled claims of damages against France from the Napoleonic Wars, and recognized the Republic of Texas. In January 1835, he survived the first assassination attempt on a sitting president.
In his retirement, Jackson remained active in Democratic Party politics, supporting the presidencies of Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk. Though fearful of its effects on the slavery debate, Jackson advocated the annexation of Texas, which was accomplished shortly before his death. Jackson has been widely revered in the United States as an advocate for democracy and the common man. Many of his actions, such as those during the Bank War, proved divisive, garnering both fervent support and strong opposition from many in the country. His reputation has suffered since the 1970s, largely due to his role in Indian removal. Surveys of historians and scholars have ranked Jackson favorably among United States presidents.
Bobby Seale @ the Barbara Lee & Elihu Harris Lecture Series
Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, speaks on The future of human liberation: From the Black Panther Party forward and beyond current conditions at Merritt College on February 27, 2016
This is the fourteenth lecture in the Barbara Lee & Elihu Harris lecture series, produced by the Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Center and Merritt College
Chesapeake & Ohio #2716 Clinchfield #800
Chesapeake & Ohio #2716 & Clinchfield #800
RAVENNA, Ky. — The move of a historic steam engine this summer across Central Kentucky will now be a reunion 40 years in the making between two famed locomotives.
Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., announced today that Clinchfield Railroad F7 No. 800 will lead Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 Kanawha No. 2716 as the steam locomotive is towed from Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Ky., to its new home at Kentucky Steam’s Ravenna, Ky., headquarters in July. The use of No. 800 to move No. 2716 harkens back to the last time the two locomotives were paired together. In 1979, CRR Fs Nos. 200 and 800 pulled No. 2716 to Marion, N.C., for a restoration project that never came to pass. “This is a rare opportunity at a second chance,” Kentucky Steam President Chris Campbell said. The steam locomotive will be restored to operation at Ravenna.
The move, scheduled for July 26-28, will be a combined effort of CSX Transportation, RJ Corman Railroad Group, Kentucky Steam and Kentucky Railway Museum. The special train will travel through Louisville, Midway, Frankfort, Lexington, and Winchester en route to Ravenna.
As part of the 2716’s move, Kentucky Steam and Kentucky Railway Museum will hold a 2.5-hour, 24-mile round trip public excursion, dubbed the “Heritage Highball,” as part of the locomotive’s send off. Riders on the excursion train will follow behind Nos. 800 and 2716 as they travel toward Lebanon Junction where KRM connects with CSX’s Mainline Subdivision. At the junction, the historic locomotives will uncouple from the excursion and continue on over CSX toward Louisville while the excursion returns back to the museum.
As part of Kentucky Steam’s announcement about No. 800, the group also revealed more ticketing information, including the prices and availability for cab ride tickets for both the 2716 and the 800, during the excursion toward Lebanon. Seats in No. 2716’s cab start at $1,000 for the jump seat, with two seats being available, and go up to $2,716 for the engineer or fireman’s seats, limit of one each. Cab rides in No. 800 will be $800 per ticket, with a limit of two.
Kentucky Steam’s recently restored caboose, C&O 3203, will also be part of the consist for the move and tickets are available for the caboose, as well. General seats start at $500 with a limit of eight tickets available, and cupola seats are $770 with two seats available.
Coach seats for the excursion will be $43 each, with approximately 200 seats anticipated to be available in KRM coaches. All tickets go on sale Thursday at 9 a.m. EST.
In 1979, No. 2716’s restoration came to a stop after a management shakeup at the Clinchfield, and the engine was returned to Kentucky Railway Museum. Southern Railway leased it for excursions.
Charlie Poling, museum director at Southern Appalachia Railway Museum and home to No. 800, complimented CSX for allowing No. 800 to lead the move of No. 2716. “SARM could not ask for a better partner in preservation than CSX Transportation,” Poling said. “Their ongoing commitment to preserving their proud corporate heritage is to be commended. Clinchfield 800 is a shining example of this commitment.”
No. 800 last led a train on CSX trackage when it commanded the 2017 Santa Train, commemorating the 75th running of train through Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. “SARM was honored and humbled to be asked to participate in the 75th anniversary Santa Train and is again honored to be involved in C&O 2716's trip to a new home in Ravenna,” Poling said.
Since leading the 75th Santa Train, No. 800 has been on lease to the Royal Palm Railway in Florida, operating three days per week in passenger service on the tourist rail line.
For more information and ticketing, visit kentuckysteam.org.
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WashCo Commissioners Meeting: October 22, 2019
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Nashville 101: A brief history (3/4)
Coverage from April 18, 2019 Dr. Carole Bucy covers the period from 1812-1846 in part three of her four part series Nashville 101
Living in Virginia: Route 11
Arising from the dust of Indian ponies, wagon wheels, and SUVs, Route 11 is more than just a highway. Route 11 carries a story that predates the arrival of European settlers. Once called The Indian Trail and The Wagon Road, early settlers followed the Indian path as they forged their way into the valley. This presentation features interviews with tourists, entrepreneurs, and historians about life along the single-lane roadway and also visits historic sites, institutions of higher learning, and communities by the side of the historic road.
End of the Civil War Book Fair, Part 2: Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War
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Civil War historian Brian Matthew Jordan describes how veterans—left tending rotting wounds, battling alcoholism, and campaigning for paltry pensions—realized that they stood as unwelcome reminders to a new America eager to heal and forget.
A book signing follows the discussion.
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Vacant Lots, Rehabilitating a City | Henry Rollins' Capitalism: Hartford, Connecticut | TakePart TV
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Henry Rollins traverses 50 states with a politically-themed talk show, culminating with an election-eve performance in Washington D.C. on November 5th. This two-month tour will stop in each state capital -- starting September 6 at Hawaiian Brian's in Honolulu, HI, venturing through places like the Diamond Ball Room in Oklahoma City, T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre, South Dakota and ending up in Washington, D.C., Henry's hometown. Henry's latest tour offers not so much a voting guide, but an unveiling of Henry's very own political viewpoint -- an unflinching quest for truth.
About Henry Rollins
For better than a quarter century, Henry Rollins has toured the world as a spoken word artist, as frontman for both Rollins Band and Black Flag and -- without a microphone -- as a solitary traveler with insatiable curiosity. When he's not living out of a suitcase, Rollins is constantly at work as an actor, radio DJ, author of more than 20 books, and running his publishing company and record label 2.13.61. Henry currently hosts a weekly radio show on L.A.'s renowned NPR affiliate KCRW, and is a regular contributor to VanityFair.com with his Straight Talk Espresso blog.
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The 52nd Annual City of Fairfax Independence Day Parade
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Comfort Inn Stephens City, VA Hotel Coupon & Discount
Comfort Inn, a Stephens City hotel near Shenandoah University
The Comfort Inn® hotel in Stephens City is conveniently located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, minutes from:
•Shenandoah University
•Belle Grove Plantation historic grain and livestock farm
•Skyline Caverns cave tour
•Skyline Drive
•Cedar Creek
This Stephens City, Virginia hotel is also near:
•George Washington's Office Museum
•Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum
•Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
•Historic city of Winchester
•Belle Grove National Historical Park
Many outdoor activity options, restaurants, lounges and shops are located in the area around the Comfort Inn hotel.
Enjoy our many amenities:
•Free coffee and local calls
•Free weekday newspaper
•Free high-speed Internet access
•Seasonal outdoor pool
•Fitness center
Your Morning Breakfast is full of hot and delicious options, making breakfast at the Comfort Inn the perfect way to start your day. Enjoy our free hot breakfast featuring eggs, meat, yogurt, fresh fruit, cereal and more, including your choice of hot waffle flavors!
Travelers can use the on-site business center, copy and fax services, valet cleaning services, newsstand and a laundry facility.
All rooms feature coffee makers, hair dryers and cable television. Some rooms include microwaves, refrigerators and whirlpool bathtubs. Non-smoking rooms are available.
Pets are welcome with a nightly fee.
The Comfort Inn hotel provides friendly service, relaxing accommodations and affordable rates to all guests in the Stephens City, Virginia area.
Jubal Early | Wikipedia audio article
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Jubal Early
00:01:18 1 Early and family life
00:05:26 2 Early military, legal and political careers
00:09:42 3 American Civil War
00:11:55 3.1 Serving under Stonewall Jackson
00:15:33 3.2 Gettysburg and the Overland Campaign
00:19:49 3.3 Shenandoah Valley, 1864-1865
00:28:35 4 Postbellum career
00:33:52 5 Death and legacy
00:36:57 5.1 Honors
00:37:57 5.2 Streets named after him
00:38:37 5.3 In popular culture
00:39:38 6 See also
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Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who became a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Trained at the United States Military Academy, Early resigned his U.S. Army commission after the Second Seminole War and his Virginia military commission after the Mexican-American War, in both cases to practice law and participate in politics. Accepting a Virginia and later Confederate military commission as the American Civil War began, Early fought in the Eastern Theater throughout the conflict. He commanded a division under Generals Stonewall Jackson and Richard Ewell, and later commanded a corps. A key Confederate defender of the Shenandoah Valley, during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, Early made daring raids to the outskirts of Washington, D.C. as well as far as York, Pennsylvania, securing money and supplies which delayed the Confederate surrender for several months. After the war, Early fled to Mexico, then Cuba and Canada, and upon returning to the United States took pride as unrepentant rebel. Particularly after the death of Gen. Robert E. Lee in 1870, Early delivered speeches establishing the Lost Cause, as well as helped found the Southern Historical Society and memorial associations.