another, it might be the famed actor edward bowes, brother of john wilkes booth, who came to galveston a few times for performances. the next object i would like to show you is fascinating. it ties in with the revolutionary period and galveston history. these are a pair of dueling pistols that belonged to general sam houston. very ornate. they were never used for any duels. but still a wonderful piece. they were given to sam houston by his friends in cincinnati. at the time of the revolution, many in ohio, especially cincinnati, supported the cause of texas independence. so those who chose to, came down to fight. and the remaining people raised funds to send cannons here. two twin sisters came and were involved in the decisive battle of san jacinto which saw texas winning independence from mexico. the instruction says general sam houston, from your sin see friends -- cinnci friends. that's an abbreviation for cincinnati. >> what i would like people to take away from here is a connection to history. so many people come to galveston looking for a piece of family history or a connection.

here with the song "if i were free," edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ if i were free i would run into battle with flowers and hugs and bowing our reflections at the bottom of the sea ♪ ♪ what did you see i saw that you and i forever have been free ♪ ♪ the light became too heavy and i fell into a dream ♪ what did you dream ♪ ♪ i dreamed a wind that would sweep every castle made of sand out across the old ♪ ♪ far holy land oh, if this were free if this were free we'd be free of the ♪ ♪ terror of the graves and fear masquerading as the brave oh, if this were free ♪ ♪ ♪ i woke upon a of red white and blue the circus got too heavy so we fell into the zoo ♪ ♪ what did you feel i felt the fear that every queer does in his head ♪ ♪ first thing to starting over i made sure i was dead what did you dream ♪ ♪ ♪ swimming with ancients ♪ laughing tired of getting lost we took our left remember ♪ ♪ when we leaned upon the cross what did you see i saw that you and i ♪ ♪ forever have been free the light became too heavy and we fell into a dream ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> this is a song called "all wash out the rain." here's the thing

edward teller agreed to talk to him even though the father of the hydrogen bomb told him he hadn't seen the movie since "dumb bowe you ever intimidated by anybody? >> that's a good question. i've been intimidated, yes. i've been intimidated. >> by? >> the first one that comes to mind is george w. bush. i was little intimidated. >> not every conversation has a hollywood ending. grazer flew across the country to talk to isaac as move the science fiction writer hand his wife. >> they ordered two ginger ales. by the time they hit their lips they were saying we're leaving. how could you leave? well, we can see you don't know enough about robotics or the subjects that live inside science fiction. >> were they right? >> i thought they were. i don't think i knew enough about his work. >> in 2001 grazer and a few friends visited cuba and had a conversation with fidel castro. >> he just speaks kind of nonstop about -- without a breath. when did he take his first breath after about three and a half hours he said, how do you do your hair? >> over the years grazer's electroshock of hair has become like castro's cigar a perso