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in their community from the storytelling. people do help these the work they are already doing. , we the folklife program document, preserve, present, and support traditional artists, cultural heritage fish in her's cultural communities across the state. basically i travel across the state and do oral history and documentation of banjo players, makers,, neon sign independent wrestlers, ramadan fast breaking dinners, serbian chicken roasts. any kind of aspect of cultural heritage or someone who form or someart

practice of folklife in the state. in thinking about how we choose stories for the west virginia folklife program, there is so much to document, so many people to talk to. sometimes when i hear about a singer in her 90's, that will be a priority. someone who is old and has a lot of stories to tell, that will push something to the top of the list. also stories that complicate the narrative of west virginia, either internally or outside. and stories that show real community cohesion. i have done a lot of work in the swiss community. i worked for over a year documenting their foodways tradition in the swiss version of mardi gras with paper push a

-- papier-mache masks where they from onen -- dance town hall to another. and then midnight they cut him down from the rafters and burn him on the bonfire. how can you not document a story like that? region, weide the often think about white scott irish. doing the work i do, people think these are the old tiny ways of white folks in the actually there is a lot of diversity here, maybe not statistically, but when you are looking at who is preserving and maintaining cultural heritage, their own cultural heritage, we have serbian communities, lebanese, muslim,

african-american, italian, swiss, it runs the gamut. i think some of the narrative of this place is being homogenous -- of this place being homogenously white, we have internalized. when we lose -- when we use the term appalachian, we have to think about what that may be a codeword for and how we could shifted so it is an inclusive term that includes everyone who lives here and is engaged in the place. goal is not necessarily the world outside but for the communities themselves. i really want the community to say you got this right. not necessarily this romantic perception of the place, but that you got it right in all its complexity.

was blind, but now i see. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to charleston west virginia to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from charleston and other stops, visit c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american weekend every weekend on c-span three. >> next, on american history tv, university of new hampshire professor delivers an address called making peace in britain, ireland and america, 1778 to

1783. he describes the efforts of several peace commissions to end the revolutionary war, and the events leading up to the 1783 treaty of paris. this keynote talk was part of a three-day conference cohosted by the museum of the american revolution. and the richard c yvonne has foundation. >> welcome to the museum of the in america'slution founding neighborhood in philadelphia. we are two blocks from independence hall. you are in the headquarters of the american revolution. some of the oldest founding era documents, surviving objects and buildings are within a couple blocks of what we are -- of where we are sitting. culturalerica's newest