the city of greensboro is named for nathanael greene. we have this wonderful statue behind me of general green on the horse at the time of the revolutionary war. general green was one of the major heroes of the revolutionary war. and his conduct in the war wa s exemplary. he was able to put men into the field and keep them in the field, and to the militia saw that general greene was not going to sacrifice their lives needlessly. so following the war green had not only the respect of the generals and the politicians but he had the respect of all the common militia soldiers that were involved in the war. general greene stopped what would have been a total british victory in the south. general greene was the one man that

the city of greensboro is named fort nathanael greene. we have this wonderful statue behind the of general greene on the horse at the time of the revolutionary war. general greene was one of the major heroes of the revolutionary war. his conduct in the war was exemplary. he was able to put men into the field and keep them into the field. the militia saw that general greene was not going to sacrifice their lives needlessly. so, following the war greene had not only the respect of the generals and >> general green stop the total british victory in the south. he was the one who could get the army alive and in the field and had washington's confidence. he proved his worth in the southern campaign. >> american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina. our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about greensboro on c-span's city tour at c-span's

the city of greensboro is a name for nathanael greene. of course, we had this wonderful statue behind me of general greene on the horse at the time of the revolutionary war. general greene was one of the major heroes of the revolutionary war. his conduct in the war was exemplary. he was able to put men into the field and keep them into the field, and the militia saw that general greene was not going to sacrifice their lives needlessly. following the war, greene had not only the respect of the general and the politicians, but he had the respect of all of the common militia soldiers that were involved in the war. general greene thought what would have been a total british victory -- fought what would have been a total victory. he was the one man washington could trust to keep men alive in the field and had washington's confidence. he proved that his work in the southern campaign -- his worth in the southern campaign. >> all weekend long, american history tv is draining our time warner cable partners to showcase the history of greensboro, nor

it was named after nathanael greene, who led forces against the reddish during the american revolutionary war. hosted by time warner cable partners, c-span's city tours visited many sites. learn more about greensboro all weekend here on american history tv. >> the international civil rights center and museum opened in greensboro february 1, 2010. the museum tells the story of the citizens that happened in the story -- and the city which launched a wave of -- >> what happened here in 1960, february 1, four young men from north carolina, n. c. state university chose that day to make a stand, really to take a seat so that the rest of us would be able to do that. so they took a stand against jim crow, against segregation, against whites-only access to public accommodations and to being seen as a first-class citizen. they came here to this woolworth building and this lunch counter to sit down and be treated like a first-class citizen and be served against their policies and practices. this is the actual lunch counter area that's been preserved. some seats have been taken out in other areas tha

the city of greensboro is named for nathanael greene. we have this wonderful statue behind me of general green on the horse at the time of the revolutionary war. general green was one of the major heroes of the revolutionary war. and his conduct in the war wa s exemplary. he was able to put men into the field and keep them in the field, and to the militia saw that general greene was not going to sacrifice their lives needlessly. so following the war green had not only the respect of the generals and the politicians but he had the respect of all the common militia soldiers that were involved in the war. general greene stopped what would have been a total british victory in the south. general greene was the one man that washington could trust that could keep the army a live, keep it in the field, and had washington's confidence. and he proved his work - his worth. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina. our staff recently traveled there. learn more about greensboro and other stops on c-span's

nathanael greene was george washington's most trusted general. he was picked by general washington to come south and save the southern army. the southern army had lost two major battles at charleston and camden, south carolina. last many men. there were few soldiers left. general washington sent general greene south to stop general cornwallis. charles cornwallis was the commander of the british army in the southern department. at guilford courthouse, he commanded the army made of veteran british soldiers. this was the first battle in which cornwallis and greene met each other on the battlefield. both of the generals were