william brewster, bradford and get them to explain their stories. william brewster, bradford, a woman who gave birth during the transit. also john hoglund was a servant of the governor across -- on board the ship and he has amazing stories. he fell overboard during the 66 day crossing of the atlantic, but managed miraculously to grab a robe and pulled himself back on board. -- grab a rope and pulled himself back on board. if he had not done that, george w bush and george bush would never have existed because they are descendents of john howland. the relatives and descendents, if we can make avatars tell their story, how fantastic that would be? so we are going into the stern of the ship. that structure was designed to pull in wires and rope and secure secure the ship and various pieces of cargo coming onto the ship. the main deck here is where you have the steerage office. that is called a capstan. you can see the stick on the left. that was the tiller, a very small stick that controlled the rudder, the steerage of the ship. then you have the captain

king and were chastised, but then they managed to get away to leyden where people like william brewster, william bradford, guys who were very staunch practitioners of the puritan faith. they were led back into england by james i, who then gave them his bless lging to get them out of the country. he said they could go to the new world, they could go to the americas. he was actually glad to see the back of them. but they were in and out of england and then down to the ships. fortunately, not being chased or executed by the king, but gently encouraged to go somewhere else. >> bob stone, thank you very much. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight milton jones recalls his experience in the vietnam war. he talked about his reluctance to serve in the vietnam war. part of vietnam war oral histories for the veterans history project. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the america

away to life and for a few years after that where people like come people like william brewster and people like william bradford and another other guys who were very very passionate very and staunch practices practice practices or practitioners. i should say of the of the puritan faith. and so they they were allowed back into england by by james the first who then gave them his blessing to get them out of the country that he said that they could go to the new world. they could go to the americas and providing. i think he said something that providing me they they carried himself respectively. so he was he was actually glad to see the back of them. but but they were in and out of england and then down to the the ships. fortunately not being chased or executed by the king but gently encouraged to go somewhere else. professor bob stem. thank you so much great. great, pleasure. thank you, jen. weeknights this month. we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span 3 friday night milton jones recalls his experiences as a us marine during the vietnam war. he talks

william bradford's hands. the gardens are based on inventories and lists of seeds as you find in "the brewster book" from the william brewster family. the idea is to help our guests walk into an accurate recreation of the past and to feel they've been physically transported and mentally transported as well. >> my name is elizabeth how land. i've been here now for seven years. my family and i decided -- i suppose more so my parents decided we were going to come to the new world. 1620 or so. a ship called "mayflower" that brought us here. i feel at 13 years it was more so their decision than mine. it was two months we were at sea. seven months i lived aboard the ship because there were no houses built when we arrived here so it was men that would get off during the day, they would build houses and get back on a ship at night. so, it was tedious. and being that i was 13, i was caring for younger children but also caring for my parents. i was seasick for the journey. as we were in the harbor, people started getting sick with coughs and colds, and took care of them as well as best i could. you sing songs, pray a lot, try