. >> later today on "american history tv" tour the jamestown colony dig with william kel sew. the colony has yielded more than 1.5 million unique

it was rediscovered in 1994 by william kel so. we'll hear his story and take a tour of the dig. he describes life in the kol any while showing some of the 1.5 million art facts collected at the site. join us beginning at 1:30 p.m. eastern. located near orange, virginia. in addition to the fourth it includes the gill mother cabin. american history tv visited the restored freedman's farm to learn what life was like for an emancipated slave and his family. >> welcome to this the gilmore cabin. freedom's farm here at james madison's montpelier. my name is christian cotz. this farm was built in the 1870s after the civil war and if you follow me inside i'll show you around. george cotz was a slave for james madison born in 1810 from the family's oral tradition. what happens to georgia after dolly madison had to sell montpelier we're not sure. the slaves were broken into three distinct groups at that time. one group was sold with the plantation to henry moncure, first group after the madisons, one group of slaves was sold outside to other owners all over and one group of slaves accompa

join in the conversation with william kel sew and bly straw answering your questions live at 2:30 eastern. part of "american history tv" this weekend on c-span3. >>> next on american history tv, we hear from women veterans of the persian gulf war. over 40,000 women were deployed as part of operations desert shield and desert storm from 1990 to '91. the veterans here discuss their army, navy and air force service in the persian gulf and reflect on the attention they received from the press and disrespect they experienced due to their gender. the library of congress veteran's history project hosted this event. it's about an hour. >> this is great. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the library of congress. my name is bob patrick. i'm the director of the veterans history project, a special collection of the library's american folk life center. the veteran's history project is a congressionally mandated effort to collected and preserve the wartime memories of america's veterans. we're in our 12th year of doing just that. it's a very important effort. it's thanks to the efforts o