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where i uncover the history of mardi gras and maybe we'll seese some beads throwing. but we begin tonight i b n duboise of ,wyoming, where i had the privilege of touring the incredible national museum of military vehicles. >> let'svehicl watches. it's not what you'd mightwhat y expect in thisou old logging town of dubois, wyoming. nestled along the wind river range, you'd find the museum that houses the largestcles collection of american military vehicles in the world, funded almost entirely by successful businessman dan starks. busithe national museum of miliy vehicles tells the story of stoy the courage, ingenuity and the manufacturing prowess that propelleatd america since the revolutionary war. we'll show you these immersive displaysow you t showcasing thes vehicles and weapons that weret' indispensable to america'sour gu survival. mr. starks is going to bine our guide. and along the way, will meet up with a few surprise guests.

>> dan , it's so great to see you again. , iti was able to come with my s this summer and i was able i wag to stop in and this museum. and i told you i was goingo have to come back . you sure did. it's wonderful. to have you here. laura , thank you for coming. i thought it was really the important for the nation to see what you and all your wonderfull leaf f have done here at this museum. so let's start at's stt the beg . how on earthth did you pull thii off?t this was inspirethis wasd by mye and me wanting to celebrate a couple oelebratef our favorite values, the value of our veterans and the value of our freedo m. this started just as a single purchase. ed t i wanted to restore a shermao n tank and drive in the dubois'f fourth of july parade. i didn't have any expectationjuy of buyin pg more vehicles. how many vehicles are in thisy e museum today? well vs brachi, altogether i har hundred eighty eight . they're not all in the museum right now, but my collection 48e

is four hundred eighty eight , almost entirely. us military vehicles. ng at th the cost oe f doing somethingin like this is prohibitive. most people would say you were amazingly successful in alsiness at st. jude medical and all the other endeavors. you are a lawyer came from buffalo, new york . i mean, you led m a verylate a interestinndg. but just give us a ballpark ofo how much it costs to build this. my wife and i have invested one hundred million dollars of our own money to make all this happen. all that tells you something and that tells you somethingmena about our commitment and passion and how valuablend t is to honor and remember our veterans as well as to honor and educate next generations on the history of american freedom. one reason our history is so important to us is the way it can inform our decisions thaton we're making today. wabig lesson learned from world war two is wr e had a lot of

disadvantages. we weren't ready to enter into world war two. disadvan the reason we were able to win as quickly as we did without losing more american lives is because of the domination off american manufacturing. the germans had superior aircraft. they ran out of aircraft.uf weac manufactured three hundred thousand aircraft in world war two. the japanese had effectiver aircraftii. they ran out of aircraftan carriers. we manufactured one hundred fort out o y aircraft carriers during world war two when world war two broke out. when about four hundred thousand americans in uniform. we put 16 millioericans n ameriw uniform during world war two.or we had to manufacturemanufa their uniformsct, their boots, a their gear, their small arms, their training facilities, the transportation form we manufactured for thirty six allies for equipment that we supplied under our lend lease program. we absolutely crushed nazi germany and imperial japan because of our overwhelmingel superiority in manufacturing and thatming sup difference i

manufacturing made in world war two. we nn d war ii, weo longer havet manufacturing capability. china does. it'sacturing a big national sec issue for the united states ands the americantate publicis is generally asleep at the switch. yeah, they're completely obliviou s to the fact that much wha of what we would need in anyld future conflict with chinaul would be made in china.d be >> we're creating awareness ofst that. this isn't just a questionhat pf american jobs. of a is s a question of american freedom. thismerica's s is freedom. our freedom is at stake. i know one of the most moving parts of this museum for you is to see the reaction ofreacti alteranson from all of our various conflicts. onceious conflicts they walk ths beautiful displays. how important is that?ho w impoit's the most important t about the museum.

the history of american freedom is important as well. is it this tribute, this honorig this remembering this, validating the veterans that what they did was huge and deserves something like this museum to pasm s their stories along. that's a big part of what this museum is about. it's the most gratifying part of this museum for my wife and for me. the tributes to veterans. o every inch of this museum dan introduced me to one marinet corps vet, a man named scotttene tiziano, who was instrumentalhen entielping get this entireg operation off the ground. scott, first of all, thank youin for your service in the marine corps. why does thi s matter, this amazing place as a vet? >> it's just great to see people who are willing to give back and honor the service and sacrifice of our veterans. but i think most importantly, especially, somebody with little kids, it's about educating them on the history of america. >> educahe and specifically amen

freedom and making sure we carry that forward. awith our younger generation. given what you've seen and both a military and then civilian capacity, do young people understand what it takes? what >>it really, i don't think they do. and it really requiress our our younger generation to become informed on our history. ger ration to and making sure tg taught at home and is being taught in our schools. iis it being taught in our schools, from what you can gather? not from what i can gather. so what if parents do?>> h how do they takeow on the role l educator and child warrior and all of all of one opportun is to come here.to it's a great place to learnt about our history from starting at world war two all the wayou through vietnam. through vietnam. you could spend days, actually weeks getting lost here. the museum is home to some remarkable one of the kind artifacts like the gun that fire the very first shot at the battle of bunker hillrevolu

during the revolutionary war. >> how'dti you snag this weapon?ts was >> well, thi ts was the personal firearm of john simpson. he was a new hampshire militiaman. he brought his personal weapon from home to confront tyr the tyranny of the british aanna the battle of bunker hill. and so the symbolism of thisis musket is what just makes it son phenomenal. first shot, first battle, firsot american army. the birthday o f the american army is june 14th.my seventeen seventy five . three days later, the battle of bunker hill took place and hisrh musket in the hands ofat john simpson fired that very first shot it cymbeline is the very beginning of the united states . it symbolizes the reason that we have the second amendmentt at and it symbolizes the role of so the citizen soldielir in creatia and sustaining the freedom of the united states . freeeach person has a role a and indeed a dutndy to step up and the way he or she can.can. >> it's a wonderful example for all of us to follow. this isn't your grandfather's museum. this is an excerpt audience. a

caset's more than just looking at something in a glass case. dance created an environmentenvo that puts visitors rightnm into. the action. > dan , dan this is a very realistic feeling to havets the lights of the shadows of in the helicopters. thisthe shot the vietnam experi this part of the museum. what are we looking here?t well, here we're looking at tha a helicopter that actually was deployed to vietnam with thevisn 1st cavalry division in a the early years of the war, then deployes.d with the navy seals in the latter part of the vietnam war. but all together, the vietnam war portion of the museum is the most immersive, moste mue really meaningful part ofum the museum because we have so many vietnam war veterans still alive today who accomplished every single military mission that was assigned to them in vietnam. they sacrificed a tremendous amount accomplishing all those military missions. we sufferent, accoing ald aboutd casualties out of the three point four million americans who deployed to vietnam.

what we want to do in this museum is we want to make sure that forever americans are remise did of the valor,t the the stories, the sacrifice of the three point four million americans who served in vietnam. then cam serve back and were treated poorly. we had so many americansietnam w who came back from vietnam who is they came through theysan francisco or the denver sprporn t, were spit on . they were calledit baby killers when they had given up a yearth of their lives and tremendously traumatic circumstancelis. stane and so ws soe want to do our sml part to make it right and to really honor american vietnam war veterans. >> and coming up, i talk with a world war two hero in front of a higgins boat, just liketh tranone that transported him into the battle of iwo jima inou nineteen forty five . this i incredible story is one . you do not want to miss. you do not want to miss. >> stay with us. and thousands of jewish survivors an unthinkable took the lives of six million and thousands

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can it's so incredible to meetu, you, to see you, to have you here. yo here.u wrote a higgins. i'm walking into iwo jima.o iwo yes. yes. tell us about that experience.pe i think there were forty six of us in the boat coming in. i was actually near the ramp to get off because i wasbecaus scoring a high ranking officernc and on my boat he was a full commander in the navy. he was a division chaplain. and so i had to keep my eye on him. i was kind of his bodyguard. so we were up front and we were some of the first ones go off the boat.off so when the back flap fallths down, you're off. you're off. yeah. the japanese were sending mortar shells over and they hit one of the boats near two of ours. the men were in the water. faxton told our coxsone to let us help get them in and they sao said no.

he said no. his orders were to get us to weo shore without stopping for any occasion. so that's what they did. so we just had to go offggling and leave those men . so you saw men struggling? yes. i don't know how many have made it this year.e how ol but we were sorry we couldn't yu help. how old were you? i wa >> i wass twenty .der i was one of the older ones. the average age of men was nineteen years of age. so and so they were just kids out s of high school. of more than 6000 marines died on iwo jima before americans were able to raise the flag ove over mount suribachir . iest bas it was one of the bloodiest battles in u.s. marine corps history. how afraid were you?? uh, afraid. we have been so conditioned in allotraining that we we weren't allowed to be afraid. >> we just did what we're is th supposed to do. is there a day that goes by ? can or you don't think of the men who were left behind as haja?

i saw a couple of things inould the war that i think if people could have been with mei and seen it, i don't think we would have any wars. ring a hearing a man almost a centurycr old put the cost of war in such stark terms. we see how importantterm it is o learn the lessons of history and to try to better understand our veterans sacrifices. dan starks, as a civilian, never served in uniform, but essentially funding this entire museum. i mean, how great of an american story to yours as an unbelievable american made a great. but so is this a different type of story? absolutely. absolutely. he's making a great contribution, i think, to our history of warfare. the and the price of freedom. again, everyone has a role a ro to play in other. >> they do indeed in america today in this incredible museum . for key is it for folks who didn't serve to see this

and understand this? >> i think it'ans just tremendously important, you know, to do the understanding i thory of what happened. and i think a lot of people don't realize we could haveouldh lost that war. it was not aavn easy victory. we could lost it had things just turned a little bit different in different places. st turneit's a great privilege. >> a great honor to meet you, sir. well, it's an honor to meet you. . uh, i feel very privilegedi fe to be here. o grea just glad we had this opportunity to be together. absolutely. and , uh , you made it you made off it off that boat. ninety years . ible. yeah.an incredible.k you, oh, my goodness. incredible. thank you, sir. securing america's freedom since our founding requiredd enormous personal sacrifice, solienormod patriotism and steat us manufacturing. a all these stories aresmall- on display here in small town america.to it took the imaginationth and significant resources of one man to make it all happen.

this is the quintessential american story and another hidden gem. i just don't think people know d this and this is such a national treasure. your vision made thi s happen. you and your wife, you love wyoming. you love dubois' . they are lucky to have this,ou but we're lucky to have this in our country. dan , thank you for helping to bring awareness to what we're doin whag. >> all right. you've seen all that beadwing throwing that could hit you in streface, by the way. you've heard about bourbon street, but what's the real mardi gras magic that you might not know about? well, what do locals want you to know? o i went all over new orleans to find out. and yes, we're going to showsho you a little bit of the big party at the end as well. we're local. >> raymond arroyo even makes an appearance. so stay there. nobody celebrates christmas like fox nation. tis the season for giving. so here's a special offer for just one fifty a month. then unwrap christmas movie

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well, i . this orlando, this is mardi gras. the festival season that beginsi around the epiphany after rie christmas season wraps up and rolls right intogh the beginnin bg plant where that period of sacrifice begins for so many american s. and look at this. when you think of mardi gras, you think of parades, beads and all the beads that get tossed and all the fun that's had maybe a little too much drinking on bourbonin street. but this hiddeking on.n gem of a includes the family that makes so much of this possible.ible this is what, th makes new orlep new orleans, the people, the spirit, the food, the sense of community and all the goodgo that comes out oodf one big pary . one of the oldest paradingne organizations of mardi gras is rex. now, rex emerged to draworgani touriszatiricks m back to the cr the civil war. and rex, which means kinge of

is always one of the most influential resident moss and te group is involved in civicd ic o organizations philanthropy. it'srganns not just a party for, but the grand marshals identity of the rex crew is kept secret until the monday before mardin gras. and then traditionally the mayor of new orleans handst rex, a symbolic key to the city. it's filled with lots ofmbol o pageantrciy, an enormous histor on the one hundred and fiftieth anniversar y of rex.to i'm about to meet somebody all who knows all about the king of carnival. dr. stephen hales is an archivist at rex. is histor he knows its history better than anyone. ng it is the most important thing v that americans who've never maybnever e been in new orleansy and they think of mardi gras as a bunch of drunks on bourbon street throwing up in trash cans. what do they nee whad to undersd about the spirit that goes beyond allbe the bacchanalian>>c and partying? >> the celebration bringelebons

our city? did you ever, in a unique way, across zip codes, across color, across means people come together in this very special the other legacy of rex and the carnival celebration is art and all the art forms here.s it's not beautiful floats, but it's what costumers do and what the paper are doing. look anywhere and you'll see unique art forms that we preserve here as part of our our celebration that's understood . i don' well, i don't t think the artistic prowess and commitment that i seealking walking in the small shops downtown, whether festive clothing that's made here in many cases or jewelry that is crafted here with the uniquee colors of this place.. again, tha t is somethingk pe i think people don't realizeop until they actually come to be part of this in sanity. a good insanity over weeksand and weeks and weeks. this is not just about a weekend or a night. this goes on for weeks and weeks. oyear round.not only susta

and it not only sustainsin the economy, but it'y,s sustain the life of artists that hav e these and keep these unique. >> when you walk through the relaxium and you see these beautiful floats ready to go, g our artists are working this,o. then this weird artist's studio for a whole year to prepare those floats. they'll be on the street forwe a few hours, then they'll comek back in. we'll take them apar t. it'll be like it's a crazy business model. bu itt it's what we've done here for 150 years. there is no otheyearr placs e, only in america, but this is a s hidden gem of a world. we'll continue to build on it. i hope we'ref doing for another hundred fifty years. >> that would be something to celebrate. that w. stephen hales, thank yoo much. >> pleasure to be with you. what many may not realize is that mardi gras isn't just a time to party, but also a time of religious reflectionfn and alms giving. monsignor christopher nalty broke it all down for us . great to see you. we just heard a lot aboutth

the history of rex and the origins of rex. but you're here in part as an member of rex and you bless the crew before it rolls on mardi gras morning. tell us what we actually call it. the blessing of the fleet. these are all floats. and if you've ever been a mardi gras and particularly if you'ves ever been on a float, you know, it can be a little precariousis there. you're standing up on somethingd that's movining. so we ask god's protection the on all of our members and on all of the people of the city. we ask that we have a safe,fe happy, joyful celebration ofcelt mardi gras. >> d go the timing oras.f mardis is directly influenced by certain parts of the bible. >> one is the celebration ofion o holy week, the last supper, cri the passion crucifixion of our lord and easter sunday. fi overlthey modeled it after the fourth chapter of matthew's gospel, where went 40 days and 40 nights fasting ing in t the desert in preparation for his public ministry. that forty days starts on ash wednesda oy. ?

so what is that? tuesday before all the period of sacrifice, you leave it all behind and leave it all by night. behind of mardi gras.the of course, if people think, oh, it's the end of myself. no, it's the beginning. the beginning at midnight boom. now it's the time of fasting. when people think of mardi t gras, they're not thinking on senior of spiritual disciplines. okay, that is not like reallyy, part of what everyone thinks.e but again, we're introducing americans to the hidden gem, nge including the knowledge of what this is all groundedowledge . so explain those three spiritual disciplines. well, we begin, we mardi gras, we feast. we begin on ash wednesday, wherp the season of fasting whereiv people receive ashese as a sig of penitence. and we beginli the threenes spiritual disciplines which are prayer, fasting and alms giving. the organization also supportssr one of those disciplinests, whie is also giving, which is t to convince the members not juste to provide a great party for

the whole city to say, but also to help those who are most underprivileged and most in need in our community. nd in now that we've learned the historical and religious aspectned the s, let's get to tt eye catching part of this entire celebration. >> the floats, i understand weha have some former royaltyme >> y us from we have two forme r wrex right over here. come on overhe here, boyre. story charbonnet story for fauci groundball. nice to see you guys. so are you going to give meat a little tour of this shabby place? >> are these incredible floats?> absolutely. all right. abs olchrissy, you were telling me as pastorek that the colors ofa mardi gras have been the represented in the floats float and then translating into these values. explain that we're right atighta the justice float here, which couluite somethingt . so the original colors of mardi gras were actually rexes colors, purple, gold and green.g

and so along the way, meaning were given to those colors. faith, justice and power just justice.. the color purple, we're goingov back over one hundred anerdtory fifty years of historyar and we're actually telling the story of thosee actual origh colors and the meanings.e so the history is represented in the floats. are they're incredibly beautiful, but the history is in it.au as part oftiful, this hidden gem that people don't otherwise understand. exactly. now, storys that peopl what makh the writing such an experience ? because i know you do it with friends and family members and all ages are represented. i've>> written on the royal bare for quite a long time. royal barge. and we'll be writing thi s year, as i've done for so many years with my brother, my brother in law and a couple of our our children and then some of our bestends friends. wow. so each year it's a different set of memories and a different set of experience. and very often we'll have guest writers from around the country that join us and that makes it especially nice. >> when do they start working

on next year's mardi gras ash wednesday, the day after mardi gras? ate taken off alls ar the floats are painted whitee , and then they start all overan again with next year's theme. t do they reuse the only the original seven ? >> everything else gets taken apart. what is the butterfly kicking ?h the whole ideaat of that? it's like a butterfly. it's made in a cocoon. incom and then it comes out just forw a brief time.th well, the same image lasts for mardi gras is that we've been ti working in this cocoon. they'll comes cking out one day and shine and then they'll go back and neve go backr be se >> unbelievable. it might seem like the floats that you see at mardi gras just magically appear without a second thought as to how they got there in the first place. tf irwell, we're here at mardi gras world, and it's the birthplacedt to some of the most astonishing and intricate floats that youin setrice on the streets of new orleans. this whole operation was operati founde

d back in nineteen thirty two by the kern family. and while they're now fourin generations in, they have notth lost their specialsp touch. the craftsmanship in all the grandeur that goes along with this, it's here very this is go time for you. tell us what this whole process is like. this hidden gem of america.of >> it all starts with new orleans right. this city is one of the only places in the world to makebout this happen. you talk about the amount of people here in new orleans thatn participate. >> new orleans has a population about four thousand people,pe maybe a million in the surrounding areas. and you've got sixty thousand600 people that are members of00 these organizations and they pay for this to put on this show. no corporate sponsors of the floats, their own corporate sponsors. >> look at all the things we've got. these people o come together, these families, and it'sam generationilies s of families. i'm the third generations. my sons have fought to build in

ion thesmy se floods. and the great thing about it is , is mardi gras brings everybod y in new orleans thatther in a way that other not es don't do. what was it like last year? having no mardi gras all this time, not having mardi gras is the worst. but literally everybody in orlean new orleans decorated their homes. house floats we think all house floats thatd went around the worlthd. it was amazing. and it's such a part of their lives in the culture that they just become part of it evd they make it into theirs. >> and everyone has their ownn little traditions. but one thing i loveitions f abt this, and we don't have this in other cities, certainlthy as muh is the young coming togetherrnir with the older generations and learning from each other. >> i saw it out on the streets. i saw it on the balconies overlooking the parade. that is wonderful. s wond >>er and that's on these floats. the young ages, a young little kids with the lieutenants and the captains, the most successful crews.e club and these are carnival cruise, these clubs, the most successful organizations in

mardi gras and carnival are the ones that can attracten the very young because a lot of these guys, they want to be outs there. the grandfather wants to have t his son and his grandchildre andn. >> they put on events with something that will attract everybodyll. that's the things that people from outside of new orleans don't understand, is that this is a family thing. >> in the 1870, the way the floats were made, incorporated into the celebration, was horse drawn. hafe real grass and wagons right. with beautiful costumes. right.t this isuper high-t but this is super high tech stuff.ech . i mean t that i mean, this is still artistry, but it's also it really pops out of you. when>> my dad started in the business carnival in small t wa ,there's maybe, you know, less than a dozen cruise the floats would carry six or eight men. have floats that are literally a football field long. so the way that they're built, the lighting, the technology, the animatiotechnolon, it's ama.

>> i'll tell youto what hasn't changed. perry is getting hit with beads in the streets. >>st got to be careful. wear goggles. that's what i exactly. no doubt if your legacy is what you leave behindbe with this continuing to the next the generation and then the next generation after that, how importange aftert is it for to learn from each mardi gras? what we got right?r. >> what we might be able to do better the next year? more rob is constantly evolvingl and that's the reason why it's successful. this is not a stale thing. it changes every year. the h >> now we have the historytherer and the traditions and there's certain organizations thaton they rarely we were at risk. all of these ideas of carnival mardi gras came from rocks and the very beginning. and then these other organizations came in and they changed things. everybodthingsy has a place. every crew has its ownlity personality. every one of these clubs has a personality, does their ownan thing and contributes to what this is , is carnival. >> well, now that you've gras, l

learned about the history of mardi gras, let's check outou the parade. our own raymond arroyo served as this year's grand marshal grr the crew of endymion, the largest one in the city. i've got the grand marshal outfit. i'm in the tux. i got the tooutf tp haopt. oing come on . this is going to be quite a day for every year from the timeme s i was that big, we would gather here for endymion. so to be namedn, grand marshal f this parade is to me like fullik circle moment and really coming back to family. i love you guys. so the wonder of mardi grasratin and to family celebration, we got to let the whole nation know. , and i love that you're here. a i love that we're comingre together again. happy mardi gras.ming t hailog jimmy .

we salute you. on behalf of all of our residents all along. officials. councilman oliver thomas, please. ketanji you. i said thank you. and to talk about how greatliene and special and resilient i see you write a book a a about helen keller, eric . oh, well, i am privileged thats you decided to join us foral ths all access. look at mardi grasexcess. this you know what i love most about this entire season? is it's a moment ofment o togetherness. it's peoplf e from different cultures, different races, different religions coming togetherraces, in unity, in lovo and enjoy. and if we could takee wo a little of that spirit as aul

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what is and who defines what makes something a masterpiece. and what qualifies someone to be called an artist. in this episode of america'sepis hidden gems, we confront these questions as we introduce youod to the dazzlinyog works of artit campbellsville diagnosed with autism as a child, campbell's life story toggleds e between unexplained rage and undiscovered artistic genius , undiscovered, that is , until his father, lonnie, realized his son was trying to communicate through his art. now, to almost twenty years la, that channeled emotion in the form. architectural sculpture hastura taken the art world by storm. scfrom a young age. lonnie smith knew his son campbell was different. he started having difficultieshw at school and his behavioral problems were a constant issue.

lonnie tried to get his camphelp, but they had no idea what campbell was going through. eventually, campbell was diagnosed with autism and lonnie was still struggling on communicate with campbell until one day he discovered something that would change the relationship and campbell's life forever. tell me about the first times ue you noticed campbell's unique >> tnt. >> first timhee i noticed his town would be living in montgomery county. >> we were moving out of any an apartment and i noticed a ventnv hanging off of the wall. >> and i went to adjust the vent and pieces of paper came out. when i took the vent offd to be the wall, it had to be over one hundred pieces of paper hide that he had hidden in the vent. and as i started to unravelthe the papers, i saw they were images of superhero character that he had drawn.at it was only one hero and it waso a whole bunch of villains. and the thing that struck me the most is that one of the villains looked like me

and from that i kind of saw our relationship through a different lens. >> you know, i'm trying to helpi him.me but at the same time, he thinks i'm his enemy because i was doing in the wrong way.niña t >>ha lonnie knew that campbellan was trying to speak but speakghs through his art. >> whe an i found those drawing, i pretty much knew that this is what he wanted to do. >>what so i started creating stories about those charactersht and i would have to come up with a story during the day. and it was really difficult. i'd have little notesd everyt and everything that i would use to create a storcry. and i would come home and hed fh would listen to the stories and for the first time i hadteno his attention. he would sit there and he would look at me and listenme with interest. this and lis is when we startedd more . >> eventually, lonnistare and campbell started creating characters in stories together . >> so you found your ownw la new language, right? y getting inwangua

touch with him and figuring out what he actually wanted to do. >> campbell had been drawing on canvas, but when lonnie waso unable to afford it anymore, campbell started working with cardboard. sometimeardboards even taking im the garbage. he moved seamlessly from twotwoi dimensional drawings to three dimensional sculptures. cardboar what do you get your cardboard? oh, from the neighbors. from your neighbors.your yo nu get itei, your neighbors to live in cardboard. campbell, is there any building that you want? sculptor create that you haven't yet? that's you're thinking about. yes. what what building? oh, i always think by making something taller, campbell was workin g just like this in hisa front yard one day when p a neighbor posted a picture

on social media, the post went viral and quickly drewt dealer the attention of art dealer and galleries. chris byrne, he was immediatelyl impressed by campbell, not becausy e of his autism story, but because of the art he was creating. did you know much about campbell's background, his diagnosi s of autism, any of his real family dynamic before you met him? no, we had just been introduced as images on social media. so the art just spoke to you? yeah, i mean, via reproduction ,they were interesting enough and we wanted to go see them. ge and that was the impetus.ly and then obviously learningmpbel more about campell in his a background was all very important part. but we look at a lot of stuffs and they definitely stood out. >> we had the pleasure of visiting the fleisher olman gallery that had an ongoing exhibition of campbell's sculptures. the vialex baker is the gallery director . >> alex , tell me aboutut the >>e first time you sawyou sa

campbell's work. >> well, it was in 2019 at the outsider art fair. i was totally blown away and i found out he is from philadelphia. and then i wasco like,me come o' i'm a philadelphian. i don't even knoand i w this gus work. and i should. it was fantastic.tast itic was buildings based on iconic philly architecture. there was the divine lorrained i hotecol. philadelphia museu there was a philadelphia museum of art. there was a betsy ross house. j it was just unbelievable, the attention to detail. buetait the rawness at the samet time, like if you look closely, the can really see the materials that campbell uses, which is found, objects like cardboard, all kinds off different paint spray paints, glues., but when you stand back , it lop looks perfect in some of the most prestigious collections in the united states . he's i t n some of the mostnowned u renowned museums in the unitedid states . does he understand that how significant that is as an artist?

forget as someone with a disability that as an artistso e comprehend that no, his artfocu takes the focus away from his rage. he turned his rage intocardbo creating cardboard paintings. he's jusart constantly movingju with his cardboard. he would move his hands. constantly. and that was one of the things that i saw in him as far as maybe being, you know, being able to help him. in those let's put something in those hands. we put the the tools he needed to create in his hands and hee p is a master ater what he does. >> now, campbell's journeyould wouldn't have been possible without the devotion and love >> a father who refuseand d to e up on him. lonnie saw the way forward when the educational system hadd pretty much given up on campbell. so this is another reason to honor what art can do. art has empowered campbell. it's empowered from what i can tell the whole family, it seemsn

like it's only goingg ow to continue to grow like a juggernaut of sorts. and it's a lot of love, love at the core. it all comes from a position of love. >> the story o af lonnie campbel smith shows us what's possiblepb when a parent commits a finding and then fostering the unique gifts that every t childe possesses, especially those who may not fit intofit into the traditional box thatls schools and sometimes society wants to put them in . campbell smith's story is stillt being written. ends >>up i can't wait to see where t all ends up. and final thoughts when we return. venture where's take a wild with a wildly adhesive by denture seals. get 75% stronger all day. hold thanks to gradual release technology. go wild bond wildly adhesive. >> hello, i'm mike lindell and i'm excited to bring you my geyser dream bed sheets for the best offer ever.

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