Freedom Museum - Honoring Our Local Heroes
Learn about this hidden gem honoring the residents of Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park who have given their lives for our freedom. Get up close and personal with their stories and artifacts.
A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation (Lecture)
The Emancipation Proclamation remains one of the most misunderstood and controversial events of the American Civil War. Many today still debate its legality and what it accomplished. Did Lincoln truly believe in the document, or was it simply a war measure meant to end the war quicker? What did the Emancipation Proclamation do and what did it mean? Join Ranger Dan Vermilya to address these questions and more, as we discuss what Lincoln called the central act of my administration, and the great event of the 19th century.
Grand Review Parade
Published on May 22, 2015
This Grand Review Parade took place on May 17, 2015, at the sesquicentennial of the Grand Review held in 1865, when United States Colored Troops (USCT) were not allowed to participate. In order to recognize and honor their service, reenactors and descendants of these USCTs were invited to march up Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to a reviewing stand that was set up at Freedom Plaza.
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Background
Welcome to the central information web-site for the Nation’s Closing Sesquicentennial events to be held in the spring of 2015 in Washington DC. These events have been designed to be educational and to honor those who gave their last full measure for what this nation is and could be.
This site has been provided by the African American Museum of the Civil War, located in Washington, DC. If you are interested in participating in . . . the Grand Review Parade down Pennsylvania Ave., the requirements of this site apply to all Reenactors (Military and Civilian) and to all USCT [Descendants] participating in the parade march. . . .
All military and all parade participants will be under the command of Maj. General Jake Jennette, the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV), acting as Sherman and /or Col. Dave Childs, the 1stRegiment, United States Volunteers. . . .
On May 10, 1865 Johnson had declared that the rebellion and armed resistance was virtually at an end, and had made plans with government authorities for a formal review to honor the troops. One of his side goals was to change the mood of the capital, which was still in mourning following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln the month before at Ford's Theater. On May 18, 1865 the army issued Special Order No. 239, calling for a Grand Review, a two day parade in Washington, D.C., of the main Union armies.
On May 23, 1865, the Army of the Potomac would march down Pennsylvania Avenue. Soldiers of the armies of Georgia and the Tennessee would take center stage the next day. In all, more than 150,000 soldiers would parade through the nation’s capital, filing past the President and his cabinet as well as Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant positioned on a special reviewing stand in front of the White House.
At 9:00 a.m. on May 23, a signal gun fired a single shot and Maj. Gen.George Gordon Meade, the victor of Gettysburg, led an estimated 80,000 men of Army of the Potomac down the streets of Washington from the Capitol down Pennsylvania Avenue past crowds that numbered into the thousands. The infantry marched with 12 men across the road, followed by the divisional and corps artillery, then an array of cavalry regiments that stretched for another seven miles. The mood was one of gaiety and celebration, and the crowds and soldiers frequently engaged in singing patriotic songs as the procession of victorious soldiers snaked its way towards the reviewing stand in front of the White House, where President Johnson, general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, senior military leaders, the Cabinet, and leading government officials awaited. At the head of his troops, Meade dismounted when he arrived at the reviewing stand and joined the dignitaries to salute his men, who passed for over six hours.
On the following day at 10:00 a.m., Sherman led the 65,000 men of the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of Georgia, with an uncharacteristic semblance of military precision, past the admiring celebrities, most of which had never seen him before. For six hours under bright sunshine, the men who had marched through Georgia and those who had defeated John Bell Hood's army in Tennessee now paraded in front of joyous throngs lining the sidewalks. People peered from windows and rooftops for their first glimpse of this western army. Unlike Meade's army, which had more military precision, Sherman's Georgia force was trailed by a vast crowd of people who had accompanied the army up from Savannah—freed blacks, laborers, adventurers, scavengers, etc. At the very end was a vast herd of cattle and other livestock that had been taken from Carolina farms.
Within a week after the celebrations, the two armies were disbanded and many of the volunteer regiments and batteries were sent home to be mustered out of the army.
The disbandment of the Union armies and the return home of fathers, brothers, and sons signaled to the population at large that they could begin their return to a normal life and that the end had come for the American Civil War.
American Revolutionary War project
This is the first draft of our Revolutionary War movie
Nine-O-Nine B-17G Flight over the Shenandoah Valley (Wings of Freedom Tour)
So today I found out they had some old WW2 aircraft down at my local airport, it was their last day in the area. Went down there, and found out that you could actually fly on them. Of course, I had to take advantage of it and managed to get myself on the last flight before they left for their next destination.
I'm no pilot, and most of my flying experience has been limited to simulators, but this was the greatest experience I've ever had in a plane. I'm having a hard time finding the right words to describe it actually. It was a perfect day, and the scenery of my hometown is just great to look down upon. Just if you have a chance to fly on one, do it. You won't regret it.
Many thanks to the Collings Foundation, the Wings of Freedom Tour, and Winchester Regional Airport for putting this together. It was a blast.
EDIT: Unfortunately Nine-O-Nine crashed in October 2019 at KBDL in Connecticut. Clear Skies and Tailwinds to those lost in the crash, and this video is now dedicated to those affected.
Sorry for any quirks in the audio or video quality, all footage was shot using my cellphone. I really shouldn't need to say any more...
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Gettysburg July 1-3 1863 / 1864 Battle Of Atlanta And Sherman's March To The Sea !
Here's The Link To (Gettysburg July 1-3 1863 / 1864 Battle Of Atlanta And Sherman's March To The Sea ! ) Here's The Link To My Blog (Forgotten Founders ( The Iroquois , Benjamin Franklin , and the Rationale for the American Revolution ) Here's Link To My Blog ( Save The Honey Bees Save The World ) Here's The Link To My Blog ( Tecumseh: The Last Warrior ) Here's The Link To My Blog (Mind Control Subliminal Messages and The Dumbing Down of Society) Here's Link To My Blog (The Venus Flytrap Project ( The Elites Vision Of No People In Their Mad Science World ) Here's The Link To My Blog ( Gerald Celente: Osama Bin Bernanke And The Fed Are Public Enemy No. 1)My Name Is Terry Ronzio and My Web Site is This is The 4th Video Of 8 of walking 15 Miles For Our Troops And Patriotism On The Wind Ridge War Path In Greene County Pennsylvania On 6-26-12 (Part 4 ) 8,686 Miles Walking For The Troops And Patriotism ! Of All The Videos On Youtube I Feel That Every Freedom Fighter On The Planet Should Watch The Secret Societies and Biblical Prophecy Video) and Here Is The Link to That Amazing Video My Total Miles after This PATRIOTIC MARCH FOR FREEDOM is at 8,686 Miles in 5 and a half Years of Walking For The Troops and Patriotism ! Every 500 Miles that I walk I Present that Flag to a Military Unit or Soldier that has been over in The War and I'm Walking With Flag Number 18 ! Right now Flags 13 , 14 15 , 16 , and 17are waiting for their New Homes with 499 miles on each of them . Every Year My Goal is to do 3 legs of 500 miles a year so in order to reach this goal I try to average 30 to 40 miles a week ! As Always in these videos I Talk about Interesting Tales From My 5 Year Journey and I Bring Up Ideas on how Freedom Patriots Can Save The World From Slavery and Tyranny ! Be Brave , Be Strong , Stand Tall , Walk Proud and Most Of All Talk Loud Are My True Words Of Being FREE :) OBAMA and Company are like Freaking Termites eating away at The mighty Tree Of Liberty and they are making it very hard for any person to feel Free and live in FREEDOM ! Benedict Arnold Obama is Starting A New Civil War by Protesting State Power ! Arizona , Wisconsin , Ohio , Etc. Etc. and is Now Ignoring The Constitution and Following The Orders Of The United Nations ! The Patriots Are Working Hard to Unite Everyone , and Obama and Many Others in Washington DC Are Moving At Light Speed To Undo everything Patriotic Americans Do and have done through out OUR GREAT HISTORY !!! . The American Patriots Must Rise Up and Call their People in Washington to FIRE people One Day At A Time . Today We Impeach Obama and Fire Janet Napolitano and Hillary Clinton !! All People Have to Do starting today make One Phone Call ! Fire One Traitor Of Freedom A week . The Time To Make A Stand For Freedom Was Yesterday , Not Today , and We Must Fight by using Free Speech as Our Most Powerful Weapon To Win Now !! WE THE PEOPLE ARE HOME LAND SECURITY !! UNITED WE Can Exterminate The Termites Of Tyranny !! :) Keep The Faith My Friends :) The Time For The American Patriots To Organize A 3 Million Patriot March On Washington DC IS NOW !!! We Can Call it A TEXAS TEA PARTY AT THE WHITE HOUSE Because We Must Protest The High Price at The Gas Pumps and OBAMA MUST GO !! With This Unconstitutional Act Of War Against Libya and many other United Nation Ordered Acts Of War it is Now in Plain View That The NWO BANKER Pirates Have Control Of Our Boys And Girls Lives in Our Military and We The People Are The Voice Of Our Soldiers because They Have No Voice ! Thank You For Your Support My Friends :) It keeps My feet Moving in these Dark Times Of TYRANNY in America ! I Do Believe that Happy Days Of Liberty and Justice are Coming Back To The USA and The World ! Faith , Truth , Honor and Valor Will Be The Force that saves The World From this Corrupt , and Wicked Tyranny that has its Evil Grip On Our Lives like Chains of Involuntary Servitude ! Be Brave , Be Strong , , Stand Tall , Walk Proud and Gather Around The Liberty Tree On A Street in your Home Town to Sing Songs and Speak Words Of Truth and Freedom (Links to contact me ) ( Terry Ronzio Facebook Page ) ( My Facebook News Page ) (E-mail) chefronz@yahoo.com
B&O Railroad Museum TV Network: Olive Dennis' Blue China (March 2016)
We present to you this month's episode of the B&O Railroad Museum Television Network hosted by Michael Gross. This month we focus on Olive Dennis, the extraordinary B&O civil engineer, whose innovations in passenger service and comfort, and creation of the iconic B&O Centenary china pattern are integral parts of the B&O's legacy.
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.
125th Anniversary First Bull Run Re-enactment 1986 - Re-enacting Retro
Re-enacting Retro - One of the most incredible and well-produced 125th Anniversary Re-enactment events and videos - July 1986 in Centerville, VA. The first event of the 125th anniversary era produced by the American Civil War Commemorative Committee (ACWCC). A truly outstanding event and great effort by the participants.
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We hope you enjoy. This is another in a series of postings on our YouTube channel of a cool New series of Old videos -- featured only on here -- taken from a personal collection of re-enacting films and videos from the 1980s that can't be found anywhere else, or else we've tried to find them for nostalgia's sake, but did our own digging and presenting the results of our treasure hunt here. Some are taken from VHS originals or DVD transfers from those VHS copies. Originals were in Standard Def or Videotaped off of TV when they first aired. Some shot professionally and others by individuals with portable home video cameras on their shoulders.
Some Classic Re-enacting videos are already searchable on YouTube, but we wanted to start a new series of some rarely or never before seen classics that either only aired once or where short lived and available only to a select few at the time. We hope you enjoy. These programs presented in this RE-ENACTING RETRO series are presented for the enjoyment of all and we don't claim them for ourselves.
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The Battle of Antietam
Antietam National Battlefield rangers describe how 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
American Freedom train steam engines
Two national Freedom Trains have toured the United States: the 1947–49 special exhibit Freedom Train and the 1975–76 American Freedom Train which celebrated the United States Bicentennial. Each train had its own special red, white and blue paint scheme and its own itinerary and route around the 48 contiguous states, stopping to display Americana and related historical artifacts.
The 1940s Freedom Train exhibit was integrated—black and white viewers were allowed to mingle freely. When town officials in Birmingham, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee, refused to allow blacks and whites to see the exhibits at the same time, the Freedom Train skipped the planned visits, amid significant controversy.
A second freedom train, the American Freedom Train, toured the country in 1975–76 to commemorate the United States Bicentennial. This 26-car train was powered by three newly restored steam locomotives. The first to pull the train was former Reading Company T-1 class 4-8-4 #2101. The second was former Southern Pacific 4449, a large 4-8-4 steam locomotive that is still operating in special excursion service today. The third was former Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 #610, which pulled the train in Texas. Due to light rail loadings and track conditions on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, diesels hauled the train from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama. Diesels were also required in Chicago after the steam locomotive derailed attempting to negotiate tracks by the Chicago lakefront.
The train itself consisted of 10 display cars, converted from New York Central and Penn Central baggage cars. They carried more than 500 treasures of Americana, including George Washington's copy of the Constitution, the original Louisiana Purchase, Judy Garland's dress from The Wizard of Oz, Joe Frazier's boxing trunks, Martin Luther King's pulpit and robes, replicas of Jesse Owens' four Olympic gold medals from 1936[28] (one of which was stolen somewhere along the way), and even a rock from the moon.
Its tour of all 48 contiguous states lasted from April 1, 1975, until December 31, 1976. More than 7 million Americans visited the train during its tour, while millions more stood trackside to see it go by.
The tour began in Wilmington, Delaware, and headed northeast to New England, west through Pennsylvania, Ohio to Michigan, then around Lake Michigan to Illinois and Wisconsin. From the Midwest, the tour continued westward, zigzagging across the plains to Utah and then up to the Pacific Northwest. From Seattle, Washington, the tour then traveled south along the Pacific coast to southern California. The train and crew spent Christmas 1975 in Pomona, California, decorating the locomotive with a large profile of Santa Claus on the front of the smokebox above the front coupler. For 1976, the tour continued from southern California eastward through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, then turned north to visit Kansas and Missouri before traveling through the Gulf Coast states and then north again to Pennsylvania. The tour continued southeast to New Jersey then south along the Atlantic coast before finally ending December 26, 1976 in Miami, Florida. The last visitor went through the train on December 31, 1976.
In early 1977 National Museums of Canada bought 15 of the cars and from 1978 to 1980 toured across Canada as Discovery Train, a mobile museum focusing on that country's history.
N&W 611 Memorial Day Special: Roanoke to Walton/Radford
Here it is, folks! The GRANDE FINALE we had all been eagerly anticipating... TWO trips to Walton on this wonderful Memorial Monday proved to be highly significant and a special treat! The original plan at the beginning of Lady J's 2017 excursion season was to do another typical morning run to Lynchburg, then a final Walton trip in the afternoon. Due to loss of appeal for the Lynchburg runs and the resulting poor ticket sales throughout April and May, VMT decided to approach Norfolk Southern Corporation with a big, bold idea: Run TWO Walton trips on Memorial Day, and maybe more people would want to ride.
Norfolk Southern Corporation remained SUPER GRACIOUS and agreed to let the trips run. As a result, for the very first time since 611's second career with the Norfolk Southern Steam Program in the 80s and 90s, we have a MORNING run to Walton! You are sure to enjoy watching the Queen Of Steam do what she does best... Be amazed as you witness her 70 inch driving wheels pounding down the rails through breathtaking countryside! Be mesmerized as you see her running wide open, thundering a consist of 20 cars full of excited passengers over the famed Christiansburg Grade.
In addition to these two final excursions for the season, yet another few scenes from Mill Mountain Overlook in Roanoke are included in the middle of this video... BUT, DO NOT be tempted to skip through it! There is a gorgeous sunset, AND some special BONUS footage of 611 we decided to include at the very end.
However, all this wonderful activity described above would not be possible AT ALL if it were not for our HEROES... The countless United States military service members who are either active personnel, surviving war veterans, or those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom by giving their very lives! We all owe them an ENORMOUS debt of gratitude and remembrance. Let us never forget them, and let us never forget what Memorial Day is truly about!
*VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAMMING NOTE*: At 27:27 in the video, You will see a mention of the time elapsed between 611's homecoming to Roanoke and the end of the 2017 excursion season. What I really meant to say was TWO years to the day, NOT THREE years! During the editing process, my mind seemed to be more focused on counting the excursion seasons rather than actual time passed! I deeply apologize for this production error. Just so y'all are not confused anymore: From May 30th, 2015 to May 30th, 2017 is a TWO year period... AND, as of May 30th, 2017, 611 will have completed her THIRD EXCURSION SEASON. Hope this clears it up!
*NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED with our late, great Al Jarreau's song Moonlighting, at the end of this video!*
MOOC | Bull Run and its Impact | The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1865 | 2.2.5
Learn about the political, social, and economic changes in the Union and the Confederacy and the Civil War’s long-term economic and intellectual impact.
A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War, 1861-1865 narrates the history of the American Civil War. While the course examines individual engagements and the overall nature of the military conflict, the focus is less on the battlefield than on political, social, and economic change in the Union and the Confederacy. Central to the account are the road to emancipation, the role of black soldiers, the nature of Abraham Lincoln’s wartime leadership, internal dissent in both the North and South, the changing position of women in both societies, and the war’s long-term economic and intellectual impact. We end with a look at the beginnings of Reconstruction during the conflict.
This course is part of the series, The Civil War and Reconstruction, which introduces students to the most pivotal era in American history. The Civil War transformed the nation by eliminating the threat of secession and destroying the institution of slavery. It raised questions that remain central to our understanding of ourselves as a people and a nation — the balance of power between local and national authority, the boundaries of citizenship, and the meanings of freedom and equality. The series will examine the causes of the war, the road to secession, the conduct of the Civil War, the coming of emancipation, and the struggle after the war to breathe meaning into the promise of freedom for four million emancipated slaves. One theme throughout the series is what might be called the politics of history — how the world in which a historian lives affects his or her view of the past, and how historical interpretations reinforce or challenge the social order of the present.
Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, is one of the most prominent historians in the United States. Professor Foner is the author or editor of over twenty books concentrating on the intersections of intellectual, political and social history and the history of American race relations. His recent book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Lincoln Prize. He is the author of Give Me Liberty!: An American History, a widely-used survey textbook of U. S. history published by W. W. Norton. Additionally, he is the recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching from Columbia University. He is one of only two persons ever to serve as president of the three major professional organizations: the American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, and Society of American Historians. As co-curator of two award-winning historical exhibitions, and through frequent appearances in newspapers and magazines and on radio and television discussion programs, he has also endeavored to bring historical knowledge to a broad public outside the university.
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Dressing the Past: Historical Reenactors & Exploring American Identity Through Costume
The periods of the American Revolution and the Civil War remain topics of pride and contention, subjects of popular writing, and inspiration for costumed performance. In 18th-century garments at Colonial Williamsburg and in 19th-century uniforms on Civil War battlefields, modern Americans celebrate the nation's history, and at the same time take the opportunity to air their political and cultural opinions while exploring significant aspects of their identities. Their costumes, differing from their daily dress, help them fulfill personal desires while they join with others in collective public performance.
Speaker Biography: Pravina Shukla is an associate professor of folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University. Shukla received her B.A. in anthropology from the University of California Berkeley, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in folklore and mythology with a minor in art history from UCLA. Her research interests are wide ranging, but she is best known for her studies of material culture, specifically dress and costume, folk art, museum studies and foodways in India, Brazil and the United States. She is the author of The Grace of Four Moons: Dress, Adornment and the Art of the Body in Modern India.
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Northern Virginia Community College Mural.Nicolàs De Jesùs. Nahua Artist.Oct-2012.
Roots of Segregation in Virginia: A Community Conversation with Ed Ayers
On June 9, 2017 History United hosted a community event exploring Virginia history of segregation, disfranchisement, and resistance from emancipation into the early 20th century. The talk took place at Danville's historic High Street Baptist Church where, in July of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to a crowd of Civil Rights activists. The 2017 talk featured Ed Ayers, recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2013 and historian of the American South.
About History United: A program of Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, History United uses local history to encourage investment in the future of the Dan River Region and to build a strong collaborative network of organizations and individuals committed to positive change. For more information, visit HistoryUnited.org.
About Virginia Foundation for the Humanities: The mission of Virginia Foundation for the Humanities is to connect people and ideas to explore the human experience and inspire cultural engagement. VFH reaches an estimated annual audience of 23 million through Community Programs, Digital Initiatives, Scholarship, and the Virginia Center for the Book. For more information, visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
Freedom, the Civil War, and Its Complicated Legacy (Lecture)
More so than any other era of the nation’s history, Americans have grappled with the meaning and legacy of the Civil War. Join John Hennessey, Chief Historian of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, for an examination of the continued relevance and the complex, controversial, and often contested legacies of the American Civil War
Hispanics and the Civil War: From Battlefield to Homefront
A recent National Park Service publication explores the lives of Hispanic people who were swept into the conflict that severed the nation in 1861. Carol Shively Civil War Sesquicentennial Communications Coordinator for the Southeast Region examines the varied motives of the 20,000 men who chose to fight, as well as the countless Hispanic civilians who lent hearts and hands on the homefront.
Encouraging Hearts, Strengthening Hands: Women Support the Confederate War Effort
This segment outlines some of the many roles women faced during the Civil War, including flag-making, nursing, fundraising and spying. Artifacts featured in this segment include an apron and bowl used by nurses at Confederate hospitals, the flags of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Co. C, and the 21st North Carolina Infantry, Co. D, a shell jacket worn by Private George Greer of the 58th Virginia Infantry, and assorted letters and documents produced by women, including a letter written by spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow.