this in tenniel of the civil war in the 1960's was also a big celebration. around that time, 1950's and early 1960's, he started collecting artifacts and rifles, weapons from the civil war. the collection consists of approximately hundred pieces total. as i said, dr. murphy originally loaned the collection to the greensboro historical museum, and it was his intention to give it to the museum on his death. it was willed to the museum in 2003 and now it's part of our permanent collection. we are starting with a piece that was made by tarpley. this is a pace piece that was manufactured here. it was one of the most rare and unique pieces in the collection. you can see stamped on here jeremiah tarpley was the gentleman who applied and received a patent for this design. it was his idea for the sign of the rifle -- the design of the rifle in combination with an existing firm was making sewing machines in greensboro that also resulted in the manufacture of this piece. this is number 380, the serial number. it is unusual and its appearance. it is missing a wooden for

he has been a member of the tennessee civil war sus when tenniel commission and has made numerous appearances on television and documentaries and was a model of a civil war soldier in a national cemetery. please join me in welcoming both of our speakers. [applause] >> i am sorry, y'all. i was outside in the cold today, so now my allergies are kicking my tail. good afternoon, everyone, how are you doing? great. what i am going to do is probably going to be different than what you expect. when i do interpretation, i usually do third person and not first, so if you were looking an exact portrayal, i am sorry. however, this allows me to speak directly to you in a way that you will understand, and this works well with audiences, is -- because when you are in first person a lot of times come you cannot break your character to engage your audience, and you can see that there would be a question on their face, and you cannot answer it, because that is not your time period, so what i'm going to do is real talk and kind of go over in its patient and freedom and what that probably would have felt like,