he was a mariner on lake champlain. and when macdonough got to, you know, talk to this guy and see what he knew and see what his background was, he made him his pilot. and as his pilot in one of the accounts i read, they give him credit along with macdonough for arranging, knowing which way the wind was likely to blow and where to position the boats to get best advantage. he participated in that. he was the acting sailing master. and in the battle of lake champlain, in the naval battle, he was severely wounded and died days later. and he was from farrisburg, vermont. so i really want to acknowledge him. his name is joseph barenjs jr. i intend to learn more about him. we can read long lists of names or focus on the loss of a single person. the loss is real and it is why we really need to understand why we go to war and how we can do a lot less of it. yes, questions? right here? thank you for asking your questions. i appreciate it. >> wouldn't you say that macdonough's strategy was very similar to benedict arnold's strate

on lake champlain those are like of the bigger steam boats that were on lake champlain.ontario, built on lake lake erie had about similar sized large vessels. ontario they went nuts because they really felt, you if they are building a a-gun ship, we have to build 40-gun ship. well, if they are building a and they were aloued to continue this right up to the end of the war to where buildings were first-rate ships of the line cannons.over 100 i mean it was -- it was ridiculous. these were the biggest ships appeared onave ever the seas let alone the inland seas. so those -- that fleet never in decisive action. in fact, historians think -- you much rested on the outcome of that this each side reluctant to risk that sureture until they were they had some edge. so it never happened. yes? >> [inaudible] >> thank you. is a whole pretty standard freshwateror a object like that. tanic acid on the metal parts. you might also notice the metal in very different condition if it was above the mudline oxy dation and apectation corrosion.unt of when you saw the writing that looked like i

the battle of lake champlain was important.cohn isinion, arthur the best person to explain why that is so. you know him from his career at the lake champlain maritime museum. i am most pleased he accepted an invitation to speak to us on the exact 200th anniversary of the battle. and to include the battles shipwreck legacy as part of the program. i understand that art will take a few audience questions after his presentation. let's welcome art. [applause] >> thank you. thank you.

children can get killed swimming in lake champlain. number three, no more sewage in lake champlain. >> i would try to sneak in a line item veto for the governor. >> sounds like a great idea. >> did everybody get a shot? we're running short on time. we have seven candidates that we need to move along to closing statements. we will begin with you. >> this is probably the last time that i am going to be running, but i will leave my website up for anyone who wants to see the solutions i put up there. i want our people to think about what is more important to you. if you can have all the money in the world, or you could have all of the love in the world? which has more value? we have elevated money to a godlike status. it is just an accounting system. i urge the people of vermont to make your decision to improve the quality of loving in your life. the brotherhood and sisterhood, because it is the quality of the love in the community that gives a spiritual wealth. we are very spiritually wanting in this country. peace can be managed just as

part a, no motor boats on lake champlain. one-third of vermonters father drinking water from lake champlain, motorboats the oil and gas which contain lead. let's stop living for people to drinking water. number two, no natural gas pipeline underneath lake champlain. they leak. they have explosions. children will get killed swimming in lake champlain. number three, we've got to stop dumping treated sewage into lake champlain. >> moderator: all right. mr. milne. milne: i would try to sneak in a line item veto for the governor. >> moderator: mr. shumlin, how does that sound you? shumlin: sounds like a great idea now. >> moderator: everybody got a shot at that one. we are running short on time and we have seven candidates so we need to move along to closing statements. we will begin with you, ms. peyton. peyton: oh, thank you. this is probably the last time that i'm going to be running but i will leave my website up for anybody who wants to see the solutions that i put up there. and i want our people to think about what is more i

. >> september 2014 marked the 200th anniversary of the battle of lake champlain. british forces attempted to invade new york, but were defeated by the newly established american naval fleet. coming up next on american history tv, the cofounder of the lake champlain maritime museum. he tells the story of the battle and explores how underwater archaeology reveals more about the events. crown point state historic site in new york hosted this event. it's an hour and 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome hi

he was an explorer sent by champlain to look for the northwest passage to the orient.that never was to be. he did run into the winnebago tribe. john nicollet already knew the value of a helped -- a pelt. he had already been working for a fur trade company earlier. when he came to this area and met a winnebagos, they gave him a feast. said, sixst, they core beavers were in the feast. he knew there were a lot of beavers in the area. ,hen he got back and reported and people were interested in that said, here is a place we could go. only the native americans were doing the trapping. there were hardly any europeans at all doing the trapping. the french set up outposts right in the indians' backyard. the bird trade -- fur trade cabin was used as a business and a residence for the traders. the french called their traders the bhuj law. he would set up his life in this wilderness, and the indians would come to him in the spring of the year to do the trading. thatwould bring their furs they had been trapping and hunting all winter long, bring them into the cabin, and this is whe

he was an explorer sent here by champlain to look for the northwest passage to the orient and of course that never was to be, but he did run into the winnebago tribe. he already knew the value of a pelt because the fur trade was just starting up. he had already been working for a fur trade company earlier. when he came to this area and met the winnebagos they actually gave him a feast. in one feast, they say six score beavers were in the feast. so 120 beavers. he knew right away there were a lot of beavers in the area so when he got back and reported people interested in that said here is a place we could go. in this area, only the native americans were doing the trapping. there was not many europeans. there were hardly any europeans at all doing the trapping. the french set up outposts right in the indians' back yard. the fur trade cabin during the fur trade was used as a business and a residence for the fur traders. the french called the fur traders bourgeois. they would live here, set up his life in this wilderness, and indians would come to him in the spring of the year to do the tr

he was an explorer sent here by champlain to look for the northwest passage to the orient and of course that never was to be, but he did run into the winnebago tribe. jean nicolet already knew the value of a pelt because the fur trade was just starting up. he had already been working for a fur trade company earlier. when he came to this area and met the winnebagos they actually gave him a feast. in one feast they say six score beavers were in the feast. so 120 beavers. he knew right away there were a lot of beavers in the area so when he got back and reported people interested in that said here is a place we could go. in this air only the native americans were doing the trapping. there was not many europeans. there were hardly any europeans at all. the french set up outposts right in the indians' back yard. the fur trade cabin during the fur trade was used as a business and a residence for the fur traders. the french called the fur traders bourgeois. he would live here, set up his life in this wilderness, and indians would come to him in the spring of the year to do the trading. they wo

your kids could get killed swimming in lake champlain and i want you to go out and protest f-35 fightercause we've got to stop nuclear proliferation. thank you. >> thank you very much. >>> governor, i checked and we saw in 19 98, you did not have to debate. did you miss out in that? >> i actually did have to. on public television, they asked everybody to come. so whoever was on the ballot, and there were at least three of us, to do that. the three i had were fairly respectable candidates. the republican nominee and the progressive nominee at the time who's now a state senator. but i have to agree. we're a democracy with a small d and everybody gets a chance to have their say in vermont. even though they said some pretty unusual things, i think it's a good thing for the state. >> i completely agree. i'm not joking here. it's amazing to watch a debate in which such a wide range of views are aired. important question here, where do you stand on the rest stops? >> he's not taking away anybody's rest stops. i tried to close a couple and we ended up fixing them all up over the last three gove

natural gas pipeline under lake champlains. three, we've got to stop dumping treated sue sapblg into reroot it ain and elsewhere. >> all right. >> i would try to sneak in a item veto for the governor. sound to you? t >> it sounds like a great idea now. everybody got a shot at that one. we're running short on time and candidates so we eed to move along to closing statements tonight and we'll begin with you ms. peyton. you.hank this is probably the last time that i'm going to be running, i'll leave my website up for everybody who wants to see the olutions that i put up there and i want our people to think important to more you is if could you have all the money in the world or you could all the love in the world. which has more value? money to a ated god-like status and it is just an accounting system. the people of vermont to make our -- your decisions to improve the quality of loving in and life of the brotherhood sister hood because it is a uality of love in a community that gives us spiritual wealth spiritually ry wanting thi

lake champlain was perfect and clear and beautiful. during my married years i lived in los angeles. one time i was riding the bus across los angeles, a 12 mile trip from santa monica to downtown l.a., and an old lady set next to me and said, look out the window. fieldsed to be all wheat and orange groves. when my husband died and i moved back to vermont in 1995, i was determined that would not happen to vermont. and we have got to stop things. stop the f35 strike fighter jets from being based year, and stop the natural gas pipeline from being built underneath lake champlain. thank you. >> mr. feliciano? >> i am dan feliciano. a father, a husband, a veteran. i have three children. and i wase in essex, determined to get into the debate because my wife and i were having a conversation. 16, wet our son is have to think about what to do differently, because he will be leaving and never coming back. the prospects for a young person in vermont are horrible. and i thought i needed to do something about this. i have a background in health care and a background turning around and fixing large

blake champlain was perfectly clear and beautiful. during my married years i lived in los angeles and the one time that i was riding the bus across los angeles, but to the 12-mile trip from santa monica to downtown la and an old lady sat next to me and she said look out the window. it used to be all the fields of orange groves. when my husband died and i moved back to vermont in 1995, i was determined that the foot and happened to vermont. and we have to stop things, we have to stop the fighter jets from being based here and we have to stop a natural gas pipeline from being built underneath lake champlain. thank you. >> moderator: mr. feliciano? feliciano: i'm a father, husband, veteran. i lived here and have three children and i was determined to get into the debate because my wife and i were having a conversation and she said now that i that our son is 16 we need to start thinking about what we are going to do differently because he will be leaving and never coming back. at the prospects for a young person in vermont are horrible an

ag revival in champlain valley, the repurposing of some of our heritage to provide cutting-edge energyor fort drum. i have such faith in the future of our economy in upstate new york. dysfunction and inaction and partisan extremism in washington has been a major block. it has been a stall in our economy, and they have been a paralysis on our progress as a nation. i'm the only candidate on the stage and not beholden to a conservative or liberal ideology. legislationfor good and i don't care if it comes from a republican or democrat or green. i'm proud to be standing here today and would be incredibly proud to serve you as your next congressional representative. >> ms. stefanik? >> first, i want to thank congressman owens. in all of the discussions today, it's important to acknowledge his service to the district at his track record of working on a bipartisan basis. i hope to be able to fill those big shoes and work on a bipartisan basis on so many of the issues we are facing. it is clear to me that president obama's economic policies have failed this district. what my opponent supports i

locally there is a lot of talk about the high-speed rail in central illinois and especially through champlainnd urban anna. how could such an expensive project be in today's federal transportation revenues? davis: it's become financed and it is a reality on the chicago st. louis koror. i'm somebody that worked on that project from its infancy in a bipartisan manner in the springfield area. and we are seeing the improvements and what we need to do is make sure that we put good policies in place and make sure that we get the portfolio. it's going to go beyond -- >> moderator: id property tax to 20? is it possible for the cost of that? davis: i don't like to say that anything is impossible when it comes to infrastructure. we just have to make sure when we had the policies in place and the mechanisms to make sure that america is able to afford that infrastructure so that champaign can be the beneficiary of the high-speed rail corridor that's going through champaign. i am proud to work with the meir gerrard and all of the officials who have come to me and talked to me about this project. we are go

small scale manufacturing in warren county, the ag revival in champlain valley, the cutting edge energyvided for fort drum. i have such faith in the future of our economy in upstate new york. but dysfunction and inaction and partisan extremism in washington have been a major, major block. they have been a stall on our economy, and they have been a paralysis on our progress as a nation. i'm the only candidate on this stage that is not beholden to a conservative ideology or a liberal ideology, and i will work for good legislation for the new york 21st district, and i don't care if it comes from are a republican, democrat or green. i am incredibly proud to be standing here today and would be incredibly proud to serve you as your next congressional representative. >> moderator: thank you. stefanik: i want to thank congressman owens. i think it's very important to acknowledge his service to the district and his track record of working on a bipartisan basis. i hope to be able to fill those big shoes and work on a bipartisan basis on so many of the issues that we're facing. it's clear to me th