The Museum of the Confederacy in downtown Richmond, Virginia has been in operation since 1896. Its collection of over 130,000 artifacts includes the personal belongings of well-known generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The museum's Sam Craghead took us on a tour of vintage battle flags, uniforms, photographs and weapons.

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Smithsonian political curators Harry Rubenstein and Larry Bird give a behind-the-scenes look at the buttons, signs, hats, and novelties in the presidential campaign memorabilia collection of the National Museum of American History.

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Granary Burying Ground in downtown Boston was established in the year 1660 and is the city’s third oldest cemetery. It’s also the burial site of several notable American Revolutionaries, including Paul Revere, John Hancock and Samuel Adams. American History TV visited the cemetery with Kelly Thomas, program manager for the City of Boston’s Historic Burying Grounds Initiative.

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Each week American Artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. The American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, is an independent research library founded in 1812 by Revolutionary War patriot and printer Isaiah Thomas. American History TV visited the library to look at their early American political collection, including ballots, cartoons and party newspapers.

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In the Fall of 2011, historian and author Richard Norton Smith led a week-long bus tour of New England. Here are three stops from that tour along Boston’s North Shore where we learn about maritime history. First, dating to 1644, Fort Sewall in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Then, the Salem Maritime National Historic Site to learn how Salem figured prominently in shipping, customs collection, and commerce in the early 19^th century. And last, the Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial, dedicated to the thousands of Gloucester fishermen lost at sea.

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American History TV takes a tour of historic neighborhoods and buildings in Milwaukee including the 1879 Grain Exchange, Walker's Point Historic District, and Menomonee Valley. Our tour guide is retired high school history teacher Kathy Kean, who has been organizing history & architecture tours for over 30 years. We also spoke with Laura Bray, Executive Director of Menomonee Valley Redevelopment.

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American Artifacts travels to Wisconsin to see two U.S. Government institutions built in the 19^th century. Constructed by the Treasury Department, the Milwaukee Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse was completed in 1899, and has recently been restored.  The Milwaukee National Soldiers Home, one of three authorized by Abraham Lincoln in March of 1865, is still an active Department of Veteran's Affairs Center, but many of the original historic buildings on the 90 acre grounds are vacant.

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In December, 2001, Congress designated the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History as the country’s official repository of September 11th collections.  American History TV toured the exhibit, “September 11: Remembrance and Reflection,” which displays more than 50 objects recovered from New York, the Pentagon, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and recent acquisitions from the Transportation Security Administration.

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In 1812, Joshua Barney, a retired naval hero of the Revolutionary War proposed a plan for a fleet of American barges to defend the Chesapeake Bay area against the British. In August, 1814, Barney was forced to destroy & sink his fleet of 15 vessels in Maryland's Patuxent River to prevent their capture. The suspected flagship "Scorpion" was discovered under the river mud in 1979 and partially excavated. Now, underwater archaeologist Robert Neyland of the Navy History and Heritage Command is leading a team to further study the wreck. American History TV visited the river with Mr. Neyland to learn about the project, and visited the Navy's Underwater Archaeology lab in the Washington Navy yard where the artifacts are studied.

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American History TV visits Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, a “living history” museum that depicts early New England life from 1790 to 1840. Now, we hear from costumed historians who present what is was like to live and work in 19th-century New England. Curator Tom Kelleher serves as our guide.
 

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