thanks for being with us on c-span3's american history tv. >> thank you steve. flood to be here. let's again with the origins of the national rifle association. how did the association come about and why? >> well, it came about after the civil war where there was poor marksmanship by the soldiers during the war. two soldiers decided to form the nra. one is to facilitate and grow long range rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state nascars in marksmanship. the nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization. the they grew to 1700 by 1929. they also are, just so you know, built on -- there was an english national rifle association, and they were -- that was the predecessor in 1859. the franchise model, you could start and build a rifle club locally or statewide and then you were nrr affiliate. >> would the early founders of the nra recognize the organization today in 2020? >> oh, not at all. the organization was not at all intended to be political in any way. i think you could even sa

thanks for being with us on c-span3's american history tv. >> thank you steve. flood to be here. let's again with the origins of the national rifle association. how did the association come about and why? >> well, it came about after the civil war where there was poor marksman

we thank you very much for being here with us on c-span and c-span3's american history tv. >> thank youvery good to be with you. >> the historical significance of the korean war, as we said often being viewed as the forgotten war, what is it 70 years later? >> well, i think we can see it simply in the tension that still exists on the korean peninsula, of course, and the nuclear crisis. but you mentioned, it was sometimes called the forgotten war, and it was because it was an indecisive conflict in a far off place, and it came just five years after the good war, the great war, world war ii. and then, eventually, it was overshadowed by the vietnam war. but when we look back, we can see this was a watershed moment in 20th century history because it militarized the cold war and the communist and capitalist worlds, and it also was the first undeclared war by the united states in its history, and of course, that's all we have had since. it remains the last conflict between great powers, in this case, america and china, and with soviet help on the chinese north korean side. and it really made

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