so he only made it to williamsburg once. but what we begin to see as we move into the 1760s, an increasing level of activism on the part of george mason. it starts a little bit slowly, but it progressively builds. in the 1760s, he begins to write letters that are published in newspapers in england, decrying the acts of both parliament and the crown. but he doesn't do it under his name. he does it under the pseudonym of a virginia planter. but as we get a little further down the line, he again becomes much more active. and his first real moment of becoming more active is in 1774, when he goes to the good, the home of his very, very good friend business partner and neighbor, george washington. and they write the fairfax results. this was a document written at mount vernon collaboratively by washington and mason. many of you all familiar with this. but as you see, they write, we cannot be considered as a conquered country because we are descendants, not of the conquered, but of the conquerors. and this document goes on to make

also mentioned places like historic jamestown, plymouth plantation in massachusetts and colonial williamsburg. a few people mentioned the history of slavery. it was notably because of either the 16 19 project or black lives matter protests. there were a few omissions. no one mentioned individual women, i think, or any individual indigenous people by name. no one mentioned anything west of the appalachian mountains, much less the mississippi, rockies, or west coast. technically speaking, this course runs from before contact -- in the 15th century too 1763. the end of the seven years'war, french and indian war, in what is now the territory called the united states of america. this covers hundreds of years, millions of lives, half of which were women, coming together of people from africa, mostly enslaved, and not of their own volition. multiple countries and empires in europe, england is only one among, them not even the first to establish an early settlement. and as well indigenous people intermingling with africans on what is now -- the united states of america, but what was then indian terri

you viewed mention places like historic jamestown, the plantation of massachusetts in colonial williamsburg. a few people mention the history of slavery. but i thought was very interesting it was notably because the 1519 a project in the black lives matter protest. what's interesting was there a few omissions. no one mentioned individual women or any individual indigenous people by means. no one if i am recalling correctly mention anything west of the appalachian mountains much less western mississippi, the rockies of the west coast. typically speaking this course runs from the contact of the indigenous people in 15th century to 1763 the end of the seven years but is now the territory called the united states of america. obviously this hundreds hundreds of years, millions of lives, half of which were women. people from africa, mostly enslaved. and not of their own volition as well as multiple countries and empires in europe england being one among these but not the first to establish a permanent settlement as we discussed as well as indigenous people in durham mingling with africans on what

the james river runs 60 miles or so southeast by williamsburg. access to the chesapeake bay, which means the atlantic and so on. here's the water side of the prison. it was built in 1852 by a fellow named john enders, and he wanted it to be tobacco warehouses. of course, the tobacco in virginia, north carolina and this area of richmond today is known as tobacco row. so tobacco was a a rich export. so this would be warehouses for tobacco took enders years to finish it. right. when he was finishing it. he fell off of a ladder and fell to his death. so it passed these warehouses pass to the husband of his of his daughter. and then that man dies. mysterious and quickly. and then it passes to someone else who dies and someone else who dies. so it gets the image of being cursed or haunted. so nobody wants to use this facility, its curse. they're haunted. so they sold it to a fellow from maine. libby, george and luther is george and his son. so they came down and they operated it as a candle array. a chandler is like a warehouse for ships, so if you're

told them to go to williamsburg and hamilton is the first to arrive in williamsburg he runs for about a week hides by day runs by night now he and rose get separated. they turn a corner and there's several confederate guards. hamilton runs rose talks to the guards as, hey, who was that? yankee you to go get him? rose talks his way out of it. but there there are separated. hamilton makes it there. he's the one that warns the union. they're on their way. over a hundred men are on their way. so union sending men out on horseback to for the prisoners. hamilton makes it through this ordeal rose runs for a week. also on broken foot and ankle. at one point, he's almost captured. he jumps into a pond holding his breath. another point, he jumps into a hollowed out log, is almost caught a number of times rose gets to the outskirts of williamsburg and it's a long couple hundred yard open field. he's in the woods, the tree line and he can see the smoke from campfires in williamsburg. he can smell the bacon, he can hear the voices. but there's an open field. he knows the confederates have guards b

further to a settlement middle, renamed appropriately what williamsburg? that's right for king william the third. that's right. nicholson. nicholson out to develop that colony with an english model. williamsburg took the shape of england's protestant image with a physical that visually prioritized the role of royal government in the church england decades generations faded away. but by the end of the french indian war, those specters of the 17th century, the absolutist home of charles, the first taxation without representation and eventually a standing army policing british subjects. they just a thing of the past anymore. they were very much in the present parliament restricted. excuse me when parliament imposed duties on american colonies to help pay for that french and indian war, they not only levied new taxes but reinforced duties and laws have been in place since the 17th century. they restricted colonists trade with other european. the restrictions also dated to the 17th century when parliament and sometimes the stuart monarchs themselves were really

people love williamsburg. subjects. oh, there's most gracious majesty king george the third. hey he i stand before you of extinct troubled man. example before you will betrayed man. the trade as you have been betrayed. and his right good people. you have been betrayed. by the very men that you yourselves elected to be your voice in government. on the 16th night of december last 17 and 73 traitors men disguised as indians did in the dead of night and in the port of boston bought three ships of the east india company. once aboard they cast. read 42 chests of tea what some 10,000 pounds sterling into the sea. in order to prevent but such offense attacks upon price property. parliament with his majesty's blessing will of necessity close boston harbor until the tea is paid for to be affected on the first day of june but six days, hence. but the crimes of peace killed named. sons of liberty are of nobody to us here in virginia? from punishment for those crimes has been attended. the king's justice has been served. yet your burgesses. do not agree. d. yo burgesses have adopted a res

we have five shelters open with a population of 121 clients in jasper, orange, williamsburg and other counties. we have one general population shelter open in charleston county with a population of nine. this shelter probably will be closed around 4:00 today, and it takes a massive effort for many partners to make sure sheltering occurs. i want to thank the american red cross and other organizations, many state agencies and local state law enforcement. thank you. >> thank you, sir. director michael wise, department of insurance. >> thank you. once it is safe, we encourage anyone who has damage to take whatever step they can to secure their property, take photos and secure receipts for items needed to mitigate damage. unfortunately, bad actors may try to take advantage by posing as contractors, so make sure to ask for identification, appropriate licensing and written documentation. if you have damage from the storm, contact your insurance company and file a claim as soon as possible. if you cannot find your insurance company's phone number, visit our website or contact our office of co

one is near williamsburg santa are the worst. my gosh, denies your to move your revenues. it was before it's a my president written credit, those that, that it's team it on the phone vision. please kick quarter doris. very well. not for the boss lady. apparently at the accordable spot. these boys in the middle, one of them, russia is a major producer, but more importantly, a supplier, a great. it is exported nearly a quarter of it's $32000000.00 ton harvest. i would like to continue with european and us sanctions on black see ports and russian ships prevented. know what i to school because my poor now what, but some same year. i snuggling the post of ship crimea. yes, nothing the matter scheme importantly cut dory on the status of your ma fleetcor really a conditional transcript part of it, which it, it says yes. such as i knew as a menu to when the putin is weapon ising hunger. he's using feed security as a callous to of war and he's blocks ukrainian ports and is stopping 20000000 tons of grain being exported across the globe, holding the well to ransom at my cigna. it wa

we're also a part of the college of williams and mary in williamsburg.iscoveries and the re-interpretations, supported by the mountain foundation, is a great way for students of all backgrounds to come in and say, these places are alive. and they're live with new questions, they're live with new stories. i'm actually showing both uva students were local, william and mary students, and community members. and the community engage course from 100 miles away, from kansas. where they're looking at all the ways that our site is rich in research and reach in new stories. and played then receipts for future investigations and future change, really. so, don't expect what we are doing now to be the same next year when we are talking about it. >> i, mean it's such a powerful illustration. the historic site as a primary source, you keep reading, it you keep reading it, you keep studying and discovering new things. that's such a powerful idea. so, that's a lovely segue into a last question from me and then i'll open it up to the audience, looking around for timekeepe

you know, all the troops had moved down to yorktown and the the the french troops wintered in williamsburg that whenever i think maybe the the the navy had gone back to rhode island. but in any case, they published that. in addition to that, they published this voyage of newport to philadelphia. this is the first edition of france was marketed to shot to lose voyages to new of travels in america. the second edition is is a two volume set published as it does under the title travels in america in french and then english translations have been published in a number of other languages. so the press did not go out of business that year. in fact, this this issue of the press published 27 copies and the count de lauberdiere had had a copy because he makes mention of it in his in his diary. the next item that i want to talk about is a map. this is a map by which shows the the landing sites. you have a landing site here. and two landing sites down here. newport is and rhode islanders think that russia bore and the navy landed right here around the long wharf around here where kings park is. this m

1862 pelham promotes to captain the first battle that he will fight leading the artillery is that williamsburg. he positions near port mcgruder and he holds that position until he is out of ammunition. the report says the fires three to 50 rounds. this becomes a hallmark of pelham on the battlefield tents to hold the position until he is out of ammunition whether he is supposed to or not. while on the peninsula someone else enters the scene who will become part of pelham story and part of how he is remembered mrs. general thomas jonathan jackson. stonewall jackson has a passion for artillery. he really likes it when he sees artillery well handled. the battle of gaines mill pelham comes in with two cannons on the left of jackson's line. one gun drakes according to reports so it could have been caused in battle. things are going on with this one gun. pelham dismounts and helps to fight the remaining cannons that are out there. he brought to field batteries to a hault. jackson saw that and was very impressed. jackson said three more batteries over to the position to help pelham asked who he is an

. >> ted williams from williamsburg in the life of pelham, when you consider consider his life chivalrous or ultimately doomed? a byproduct of a lost cause during the civil war? >> that is a good question, one i am addressing long term in my writings. i don't think, pelham was doomed from the start. i think what happened that kelly's ford, if he could have said something, you know, from the grave, which of course does not happen -- i think he would've been surprised that he died at kelly ford! it's not the place we would have thought he would have died. was he doomed by the mentality of his era? i don't believe so. and i will explain that further in writing. thank you. [laughs] [applause] american history tv, saturdays on c-span, to exploring the people on the fence that tell the american story. at 12:30 pm eastern, on the presidency, top speaker nancy pelosi, along with the missouri congressional -- reveal a statue of harry truman to the u.s. rotundum. -- marks the 50th anniversary of the return of american p.o.w.'s from vietnam, 1973 author alvin tao moye talks about their harrowing exp

. [ laughter ] this mission cost $325 million, right around the cost of a 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath in williamsburgot ] >> jimmy: thank you. [ cheers and applause ] i wanted to get focused back on brooklyn. you know, the brooklyn public library has a great program going on called "books unbanned" that provides online access to banned books. [ cheers and applause ] anyone between the ages of 13 and 21, including young people in other states where they're banning kids from reading great books because their parents are stupid. [ laughter ] some of these states are banning anything that isn't a cheesecake factory menu. in some of these states. [ laughter ] but this is why i love brooklyn. even the librarians are giving people. the brooklyn public library has had bookmobiles, some are now called "techmobiles," out in brooklyn neighborhoods for 70 years now. now i got my first library card here in brooklyn when i was 2. and so when i got a chance to take a ride around town in the bookmobile, i said, "yes." ♪ >> jimmy: hi, there. >> hi, jimmy. >> jimmy: could you give us a ride to the bookmobile? >> sure.

towards richmond, the federals were in hot pursuit and they laid land mines on the yn road and the williamsburg road. the idea was the federals would not march quickly or fast to pursue the retreating cavalry or the retreating confederates due to the land mines and it worked. who is responsible for this use of victim activated minds? it was general gabriel rains, his brother, george rains, you may know, was head of the augusta powered arsenal. the number one supplier of gun powder to the confederacy. they're born in new bern, north carolina. it's now a national, it is now a state marker, the reigns brothers are known as the bomb brothers. gabriel rain studied explosives, george rains, explosive agents. there is my pick up truck that i used to show that i'm actually doing research when i did that money off deductions, work stuck shuns to prove i was there. this is their house. general rains. he had experimented with explosive in the 1850s and the seminal war, and he applied his practice of sensitive uses for the minds in the peninsula campaign. so there is, let me just go back here. george, gabr

. >> math -- from williamsburg, when you consider overall van dorn to be an asset or a liability to theonfederate cause? >> heat like anybody else. it depends on where you put him. i could say the same thing about myself. you would probably say the same thing about yourself. if you have to put somebody and you supervise him and you have to put them in a place to succeed, there are some people you cannot put in that position. in answer to the question, i think he was an excellent cavalrymen. but he needed somebody, he doesn't need to be in total control. he is too impetuous. he -- i don't know. you know? it's the peter principle. he also, in his defense, he is the quintessential southern type general. he is the type of confederate government wants. he is an offensive minded combat man, is what he is, and i think that comes from the indian fighting which he learned on the plains, when you attack and attack and attack before the indians can get set. you are constantly, it's moving, moving, moving. fast-paced in other words. but his larger battle, as i said, were pretty slow. his cavalry se

another book was, this was cochaired, jack camp and robert preceding the williamsburg g7 conference they put together a monetary agenda for world growth. but like thomas jefferson that that the american idea was so wonderful, and so blessed why not extend that to the world? then they had the economic policies to make it work for america. after i had worked for martin he recommended me for the national fellowship of the hoover institution. that would either be a very dry subject the impact of the western capitol of the soviet economy. as a started work about an 85 that is how the impact of this just a wildly turning around the economy in the united states, were we went being the losers to having the right message from the right mechanisms to turn into a growth machine. the impact of gorbachev became in, but gorbachev was the first one to recognize the soviet economy was going the opposite direction. the opposite. i could see that reagan by using our ability to invest in the strategic defense initiative was the maximum leverage and gorbachev was saying i don't even want to do research audi

heard in the county so these sort of mysterious battles the first deep autumn second a bottom williamsburgll these things that only summers has ever understood what it's all part of the petersburg store and there is lots of action going on north of the james. you could certainly argue i think without much of a stretch that the 1854 shenandoah valley campaign was also part of the petersburg store. that is a direct relation with what's going on the petersburg. if i understand your question is a combination of world war i tactics and civil war tactics, to some degree but i think that's really a stretch and i don't believe that petersburg was a precursor to world war i tactics. but thanks for chiming in. it's always good to hear from you. [laughter] >> i will go a little easier on you. you mentioned in your talk about the enlistments expiring. you have a rough number of how many troops that was and god bless them but. >> i don't have it off the top of my head but there were dozens of regiments, dozens, not scores, not several. there would be thousands of men, not tens of thousands but thousand

at least, of the church of england, but once you get out past the colonial cities, places like williamsburg and charleston and savannah, the rates of churchgoing and commitment to the church of england is pretty limited. and part of the reason for that, as you will remember going back to the founding of jamestown in 16 oh seven, these colonies are mostly being funded for business purposes. and it's a little difficult to set up churches in the back country where settlement is so scattered, and so people living in the rural south, in the early 1700s, i mean, they might have been christians for sure, i'm sure most of them would have considered themselves to be questions. if they were vigilant, they probably read the bible. maybe they had family devotions. but many, many of them did not go to church because maybe the nearest church is 50 miles away and, if that's the, case if you're going on a wagon you're not going to go to church, right? so the south and -- people in the north, in the northern colonies, recognized, just looking back as a historian, people in new england would talk about their

numerous pirates being killed in battle or hanged on land and well publicized trials in boston, williamsburg, charleston and charleston colonial officials condemned 68 men to the gallows and if you look at the broader atlantic more than 400 pirates were hanged. another critical determinant was britain's increased efforts to eliminate pirates throughout the atlantic using a combination of pardons stricter laws and force force executions and the eradication of the pirate strong hold at nasa on new in the bahamas. the last pirate to be hanged during this period was william fly and a few of his men fly had plundered a number of ships off the east coast, but he got too greedy. he had too many prisoners on board. they inspired rose up took over the ship put flying as men and chains sailed to boston where they were put on trial the pirates were executed on july 20 in july of 1726 at the edge of boston harbor after the execution their bodies were rode out to nix's mate a very small island. it's not an island today, but it was back then and flies to compatriots were buried but fly himself was hung up

n tofrom williamsburg. and n i worry about them even if they don't worry about themselves. >> i mean, when you ca n pick each one of these, each of these videos is a subject inedyu itself is just kennedy. you have childree n when you loe the one that just really just stands out to me. , e r anthe grandmother in the , when you just it just it just s seems like there's just so muchs there's no empathy orer compassion. it just seems like we have a very selfish society right now. yeah. and that's a really good pointy and i wonder how we got to t the point where human beingsat lives are utterly disposable. and i keep coming back to that. you know, we have a lot ofations conversations about abortion in ways that we haven't for a long time. and you also seeti video.s like this where people mowing a vulnerable grandmother and her toddler and a stroller down just indiscriminatelythere' and there really is no respects for life. and how do we get back to thats ?a how do we reconnect with people? there has to be a way.

alicia, there really is the dictates of this western russia, of course, will never accessories with williamsburg. we have tried to build relations with both leading western countries and nato. the message was the same hero. let's stop being enemies. let's live amicably. let's have a dialogue strength and trust and therefore peace. they were absolutely sincere. i want to emphasize this to me and clearly understood the complexity of such a reproach more, but we went for it. and what did we get to mr. ponce when you receive? in short, no, the, all the main areas of possible corporation we are facing ever increasing pressure on us and the creation of hot beds of tension near our boulders ga. what is the purpose for my ask of this treasure? well, what is it? is it just to practice funk? of course not sort of the goal is to meet russia more vulnerable if the goal is to turn russia into a tool for achieving his old geopolitical goals. strictly speaking, this is a universal rule and they tried to turn every one into a tool in order to use these tools for their own purposes. and those who do not submit t

. >> from williamsburg, virginia twins turning 50 today woo!brating 50? >> i like that. >> good to see you thanks for being with us. >>> hoda, you have a powerful story for us tomorrow. >> looking forward to this civil rights protests in iran i had a chance to sit down with a group of women of iran descent in new york. they have a very unique eye-opening perspective on the movement that's unfolding. i look forward to sharing it with you that young lady was in iran five years ago. moved here they have a very interesting perspective. they are asking for people 's help and assistance. >>> let's get to the news. 8:00 from raking leaves to shoveling snow, parts of the midwest waking up to serious snowfall this morning and the deep freeze that came with it. it reaches well into the south al has the forecast in a moment. first, the latest from nbc's maggie vespa in michigan where it is snowing. hi, maggie, good morning >> yeah, savannah, the proof is definitely still in the live shot you see it coming down parts of upper michigan, northern wisconsin g

i went to see linda baumgarten, who was head clothing curator at, colonial williamsburg, and the key expert on this matter. and she said, yeah, you're kind of in between 1790. it would be clearly one thing, 1795, it would clearly be another. but then we walked around the pins. the pins mean that the bodice was fitted and it was seen around the center. you could pull it off over the shoulders very armholes. so it's this is the very hard to get on and off, but you get it on and then you pin it down the center pins are the common method of fastening because you had a shift on under that and a whalebone course or wooden corset on under that so you were going to get stabbed and the gown the bodice had to be fitted but it didn't have to support a lot of stress because of corset underneath it took the straps and then the gown had some kind of drawstring around the waist because you had to the skirt was attached to the bodice and you had to. pull it closed in front. so you could get it up over your hips and the most so we decided that the nurse she while the most likely thing is that it was

these mysterious battles that no one knows anything, first the bottom, second deep bottom, williamsburg wrote, second derby town road, things that only dick summers has ever understood. >> [laughs] >> it's all part of the petersburg story. there's a lot of action going north -- going on north of the change. and you can certainly argue, i think without much of the stretch, that the 1864 shenandoah valley campaign was also part of the petersburg story. that's a direct relation to what is going on at petersburg. so if i understand your question, i mean was there a combination of world war tactics and civil war tactics here? to some degree, but i think that's really a stretch. i don't believe petersburg as a precursor to world war i tactics. but thank you for chiming in, pete. it's always good to hear from you. >> i will go a little easier on you. you mentioned in your talk about elizabeth expiring. do you have a rough number of how many troops that was, that actually walked away from the fight? i mean god bless them, they had done their service. >> i don't have it off the top of my head, b