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{\an7}IT‘S KNOWN AS THE MOTHER
\h\h\h\h\hOF ALL STATES,
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{\an7}AND WITH GOOD REASON--
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{\an7}\hTHE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA
IS THE HISTORY OF AMERICA.
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{\an7}VIRGINIA WAS HOME
\hTO MANY LEADERS
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{\an7}OF A FLEDGLING YOUNG NATION--
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{\an7}AND THE STRUCTURES THEY BUILT
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{\an7}STAND TRIBUTE TO THEIR INGENUITY
AND THEIR VISION.
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{\an7}\hITS LUSH FIELDS HAVE BEEN
THE SITE OF BLOODY BATTLES,
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{\an7}AS WELL AS MOMENTS
OF GREAT TRIUMPH.
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{\an7}IT‘S THE SITE OF WHAT MAY BE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE MOST AMBITIOUS
HISTORY LESSON IN AMERICA...
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{\an7}AS WELL AS A SCHOOL
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{\an7}\hTHAT CHARTED THE PATH
FOR AMERICAN EDUCATION.
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{\an7}FROM ANCIENT NATURAL WONDERS
\h\h\hTO MODERN CURIOSITIES,
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{\an7}\hAERIAL VIRGINIA TRAVELS ACROSS
A DIVERSE AND RUGGED LANDSCAPE.
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{\an7}IT IS THE REALM OF PIRATES,
\h\h\hTHE SOURCE OF LEGENDS,
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{\an7}\hAND THE LAUNCHING PAD
FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
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{\an7}THE JAMES RIVER.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIT‘S A VITAL WATERWAY THAT
HANDLES MORE THAN 25,000 BARGES
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{\an7}FULL OF GRAVEL AND GRAIN
\h\h\h\h\h\hEVERY YEAR.
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{\an7}\h\hAND IT‘S THE ARTERY THAT
FIRST LED EUROPEAN SETTLERS
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{\an7}TO THE NEW AMERICAN CONTINENT.
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{\an7}LINED WITH MASSIVE ESTATES
AND POCKETS OF WILDERNESS,
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{\an7}THE JAMES CUTS A WIDE SWATH
\h\h\h\h\hTHROUGH THE STATE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT IT‘S HERE
AT JAMESTOWN ISLAND
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{\an7}WHERE THE STORY OF VIRGINIA--
\h\h\h\hAND A NATION--BEGINS.
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{\an7}SETTLERS ARRIVED HERE IN 1607.
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{\an7}AND LOW WALLS MARK THE OUTLINES
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{\an7}OF THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH
\hSETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA.
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{\an7}THE COMMUNITY WAS ANCHORED
\h\h\h\h\hBY AN OLD FORT,
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{\an7}WHICH MOST PEOPLE BELIEVED
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{\an7}\h\h\hHAD BEEN WASHED
INTO THE JAMES RIVER.
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{\an7}BUT IN 1994, ARCHAEOLOGISTS
\h\h\h\h\h\hBEGAN TO UNCOVER
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{\an7}REMNANTS OF THE FORT,
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{\an7}INCLUDING MORE THAN
\h150,000 ARTIFACTS.
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{\an7}\h\hALL OF THIS LAND
WAS ONCE CONTROLLED
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBY A COLLECTION
OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES.
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{\an7}THEY WERE OFTEN AT WAR
\h\hWITH THE SETTLERS
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{\an7}LED BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN DECEMBER 1607,
SMITH AND SOME OF HIS MEN
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{\an7}WERE CAPTURED BY THE ALGONQUINS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hACCORDING TO SMITH,
THE TRIBE‘S CHIEF, POWHATAN,
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{\an7}WAS ON THE VERGE OF KILLING HIM
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{\an7}UNTIL THE CHIEF‘S DAUGHTER,
\h\hPOCAHONTAS, INTERVENED--
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{\an7}AND SAVED HIS LIFE.
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{\an7}MODERN HISTORIANS BELIEVE
THIS SCENARIO IS UNLIKELY.
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{\an7}THEY ARGUE THAT SMITH‘S ACCOUNT
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS PROBABLY BASED
ON A CULTURAL MISUNDERSTANDING.
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{\an7}THE EARLY HISTORY OF THIS AREA
\h\h\h\h\hIS FURTHER EXPLORED
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAT THE NEARBY
JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE SHIPS WE SEE
IN THE HARBOR BELOW
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{\an7}ARE RECREATIONS OF THE VESSELS
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{\an7}THAT EARLY SETTLERS WOULD HAVE
\h\h\hTAKEN OVER FROM ENGLAND.
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{\an7}THE BIGGEST OF THESE,
\hTHE SUSAN CONSTANT,
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{\an7}PROBABLY CARRIED 105 PASSENGERS
AND 40 CREW MEMBERS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hON THE ARDUOUS
FOUR-MONTH-LONG JOURNEY.
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{\an7}THE JAMES FORT AREA
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hFEATURES REPLICAS
OF THATCHED-ROOF BUILDINGS
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{\an7}INCLUDING A CHURCH,
\h\h\hA GUARDHOUSE,
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{\an7}AND THE GOVERNOR‘S HOUSE.
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{\an7}TO THE SOUTHEAST IS NORFOLK,
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{\an7}THE WORLD‘S LARGEST
\h\hNATURAL HARBOR,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND A CITY WITH
A PROUD MILITARY TRADITION.
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{\an7}MANY WORLD WAR II VETERANS
\h\h\h\h\h\hSERVED HERE--
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{\an7}AND IT‘S STILL A STOP FOR MANY
\hSEAFARING MILITARY OFFICERS.
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{\an7}ON THE NORTHERN EDGE
\h\h\h\hOF THE CITY,
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{\an7}\h\h\hNORFOLK HOUSES THE LARGEST
NAVAL INSTALLATION IN THE WORLD.
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{\an7}THE SEVEN MILES OF WHARF
\h\h\h\h\hAND PIER SPACE
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{\an7}ARE HOME TO 75 SHIPS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hANOTHER 3,000 SHIPS
PASS THROUGH HERE EVERY YEAR.
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{\an7}\h\hONE SHIP THAT‘S NOT GOING
ANYWHERE IS THE USS WISCONSIN,
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{\an7}WHICH HAS BEEN DECOMMISSIONED
\h\hAND TURNED INTO A MUSEUM.
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{\an7}ONE OF THE LARGEST BATTLESHIPS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE WORLD,
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{\an7}IT‘S ALSO ONE OF THE TOUGHEST.
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{\an7}COMMISSIONED IN APRIL 1944,
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE WISCONSIN
WAS PART OF A FLEET
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{\an7}\h\hTHAT DESTROYED HUNDREDS
OF JAPANESE SHIPS AND PLANES
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{\an7}IN THE PHILIPPINES.
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{\an7}\hBUT AFTER SEVERAL
SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS,
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{\an7}A FURIOUS TYPHOON SWEPT THROUGH,
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{\an7}SINKING THREE SUPPORTING
\h\h\h\h\h\hDESTROYERS.
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{\an7}THE WISCONSIN WAS UNHARMED.
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{\an7}THE VESSEL‘S DURABILITY WOULD BE
TESTED AGAIN AND AGAIN,
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{\an7}AS IT LATER HELD OFF
\h\h\h\hENEMY FORCES
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{\an7}IN THE KOREAN WAR
AND THE GULF WAR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE OLD BATTLESHIP
WAS FINALLY DECOMMISSIONED
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{\an7}AFTER 47 YEARS OF SERVICE
\h\h\h\hIN SEPTEMBER 1991.
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{\an7}NORFOLK‘S MacARTHUR SQUARE
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{\an7}IS NAMED IN HONOR OF
\hDOUGLAS MacARTHUR,
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{\an7}THE LARGER THAN LIFE
\hFIVE-STAR GENERAL.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE CENTERPIECE
IS THE MacARTHUR MUSEUM,
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{\an7}FORMERLY THE NORFOLK COURTHOUSE.
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{\an7}WHEN IT ORIGINALLY OPENED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1850,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHIS CUPOLA WAS
THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE CITY--
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{\an7}AND VISITORS USED TO
\h\h\hCLIMB INTO IT
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{\an7}TO GET A BIRD‘S EYE VIEW
\h\h\h\h\hOF THE HARBOR.
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{\an7}JUST NORTH OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
LIES HAMPTON ROADS.
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{\an7}IT‘S THE SITE OF THE OLDEST
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{\an7}CONTINUALLY ENGLISH-SPEAKING
\h\hSETTLEMENT IN AMERICA--
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND AN AERONAUTICS
AND COMMERCIAL FISHING HUB.
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{\an7}BUT IT ORIGINALLY MADE ITS NAME
AS A HAVEN FOR PIRATES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hEVERY SUMMER,
A FESTIVAL IS HELD HERE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN HONOR OF ONE
OF THE LEGENDARY FIGURES
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{\an7}WHO TERRORIZED THE HIGH SEAS--
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBLACKBEARD.
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{\an7}\h\h\hWHEN BLACKBEARD
WAS FINALLY CAPTURED,
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{\an7}\hHIS SEVERED HEAD
WAS PUT ON A PIKE
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{\an7}\h\hAT THE ENTRANCE
TO THE HAMPTON RIVER
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{\an7}TO DETER OTHERS FROM ENTERING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA LIFE OF CRIME.
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{\an7}HAMPTON HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN THE WORLD
OF MODERN AIRCRAFT--
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{\an7}AND IN THE SPACE PROGRAM.
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{\an7}\h\h\hAIR WARFARE AS WE KNOW IT
BEGAN AT LANGLEY FIELD IN 1921.
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{\an7}THIS IS WHERE BRIGADIER GENERAL
WILLIAM MITCHELL
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{\an7}LED THE FIRST TRIALS
\h\h\h\hON AIRPLANES
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{\an7}DESIGNED TO ATTACK BATTLESHIPS--
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAN EXPERIMENT
THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD
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{\an7}\hTO THE CREATION
OF THE AIR FORCE.
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{\an7}AROUND THE SAME TIME,
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{\an7}SOME OF THE EARLIEST EXPERIMENTS
IN AERONAUTICS
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{\an7}WERE BEING DONE HERE.
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{\an7}\h\hAND WHEN NASA DECIDED
TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON,
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{\an7}\h\hTHEY BROUGHT THE FIRST
ASTRONAUTS HERE TO TRAIN.
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{\an7}NEAR HAMPTON IS THE HOME
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{\an7}\hOF THE GIBRALTAR
OF THE CHESAPEAKE,
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{\an7}BETTER KNOWN AS FORT MONROE.
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{\an7}NAMED FOR THE FIFTH PRESIDENT,
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{\an7}IT‘S THE LARGEST STONE FORT
\h\hEVER BUILT IN THE U.S.--
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{\an7}AND THE MOAT THAT SURROUNDS IT
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{\an7}MAKES IT A REMNANT
\h\hOF A LOST ERA.
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{\an7}DURING THE CIVIL WAR, THE FORT
\h\hREMAINED IN UNION HANDS--
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{\an7}\hAND LATER, IT WAS THE HOME
OF A VERY FAMOUS PRISONER--
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{\an7}CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT
\h\h\hJEFFERSON DAVIS,
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{\an7}WHO WAS CAPTURED IN GEORGIA
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN MAY 1865
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{\an7}AND IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT
TO THIS STONE FORTRESS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR MONTHS,
DAVIS WAS KEPT IN CHAINS,
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{\an7}CUT OFF FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD,
AND DENIED BAIL OR A TRIAL.
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{\an7}\h\hHE WAS FINALLY RELEASED ON
PAROLE AFTER ALMOST TWO YEARS,
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{\an7}\h\hAND LATER RECEIVED AMNESTY
FROM PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON.
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{\an7}LONG BEFORE IT WAS TORN APART
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY CIVIL WAR,
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{\an7}AMERICA FOUGHT FOR ITS FREEDOM
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM ENGLAND.
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{\an7}AND HERE IN YORKTOWN,
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{\an7}TROOPS FOUGHT THE LAST
\h\hMAJOR LAND BATTLE
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{\an7}OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
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{\an7}GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND HIS ARMY--
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{\an7}ASSISTED BY FRENCH SOLDIERS--
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{\an7}WON A DECISIVE BATTLE HERE,
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{\an7}LEADING TO A SURRENDER
\h\hOF BRITISH FORCES.
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{\an7}THERE‘S ONLY ONE RESORT ISLAND
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN VIRGINIA,
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{\an7}AND IT SITS ALONG VIRGINIA‘S
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEASTERN SHORE.
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{\an7}CHINCOTEAGUE MEANS "BEAUTIFUL
\h\h\hLAND ACROSS THE WATER,"
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{\an7}AND THAT‘S JUST WHAT THIS IS.
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{\an7}HOME TO JUST 4,000 PEOPLE,
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{\an7}IT HOSTS A MILLION VISITORS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA YEAR.
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{\an7}CHINCOTEAGUE IS KNOWN FOR ITS
OYSTERS, CLAMS, AND FISHING--
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{\an7}BUT IT‘S SURELY MOST FAMOUS
\h\h\hFOR ITS FERAL HORSES.
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{\an7}CHINCOTEAGUE HORSES ARE NOTABLE
FOR THEIR UNUSUALLY SMALL SIZE--
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{\an7}FULL-GROWN ONES ARE NO BIGGER
\h\h\h\hTHAN THE AVERAGE PONY
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{\an7}\h\hAND SEEM TO BE THE PERFECT
RESTING PLACE FOR THESE BIRDS.
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{\an7}EVERY YEAR, ALL OF THE HORSES
\h\h\h\h\h\hARE TAKEN BY WATER
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{\an7}TO THE NEARBY ISLAND
\h\h\hOF ASSATEAGUE,
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{\an7}WHERE THEY ARE AUCTIONED OFF
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{\an7}\h\h\hTO KEEP THE HERD
FROM GETTING TOO BIG.
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{\an7}ASSATEAGUE IS A BARRIER ISLAND
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{\an7}THAT‘S BEEN DESIGNATED
\hA NATIONAL SEASHORE.
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{\an7}THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT
ITS 37 MILES OF BEACH,
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{\an7}AS WELL AS THE MANY DIFFERENT
\h\h\hANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE,
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{\an7}INCLUDING 320 SPECIES OF BIRDS.
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{\an7}MORE THAN HALF OF THE NATIONAL
\h\h\hSEASHORE‘S 48,000 ACRES
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{\an7}IS NEAR THE COAST...
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{\an7}\hA LANDSCAPE THAT‘S CONSTANTLY
CHANGING DUE TO WIND AND WATER.
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{\an7}TO THE SOUTH IS VIRGINIA BEACH,
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{\an7}THE MOST WELL-POPULATED CITY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE STATE
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND A PREMIERE
TOURIST DESTINATION
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{\an7}WITH 28 MILES OF SURF, SAND
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND GOOD TIMES.
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{\an7}IT‘S HARD TO IMAGINE TODAY,
176
00:11:39,599 --> 00:11:45,205
{\an7}BUT FOR MANY YEARS THIS WAS
\h\h\hA QUIET SEASIDE TOWN.
177
00:11:45,238 --> 00:11:48,708
{\an7}ITS LONE HOTEL BURNED DOWN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1907--
178
00:11:48,741 --> 00:11:54,447
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND IT WAS 20 YEARS
BEFORE ANOTHER TOOK ITS PLACE.
179
00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:59,185
{\an7}IN ITS HEYDAY, THE CAVALIER
WAS AS ELEGANT AS ITS NAME.
180
00:12:00,820 --> 00:12:03,323
{\an7}WHEN IT OPENED IN 1927,
181
00:12:03,356 --> 00:12:07,227
{\an7}THE $2-MILLION STRUCTURE
FEATURED EVERY AMENITY.
182
00:12:08,628 --> 00:12:12,198
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONE OF THOSE PERKS
WAS RUNNING WATER IN EACH ROOM,
183
00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:15,268
{\an7}INCLUDING A SEPARATE TAP
\h\h\h\hFOR SALT WATER,
184
00:12:15,301 --> 00:12:19,705
{\an7}WHICH WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE
\h\h\hHEALING PROPERTIES.
185
00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:22,242
{\an7}F. SCOTT FITZGERALD,
\h\h\h\hJUDY GARLAND
186
00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:25,411
{\an7}\hAND SEVERAL PRESIDENTS
HAVE GRACED ITS HALLS--
187
00:12:25,445 --> 00:12:31,284
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAS DID ADOLPH COORS,
THE FOUNDER OF COORS BREWERY.
188
00:12:31,317 --> 00:12:35,221
{\an7}IN 1929, THE 82-YEAR-OLD
\h\h\hFELL TO HIS DEATH
189
00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:37,591
{\an7}FROM A SIXTH STORY WINDOW.
190
00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:41,161
{\an7}NO ONE KNOWS IF IT WAS
\hAN ACCIDENT OR NOT--
191
00:12:41,194 --> 00:12:42,762
{\an7}BUT LEGEND HAS IT
192
00:12:42,795 --> 00:12:47,199
{\an7}THAT COORS‘ GHOST STILL HAUNTS
\h\h\hTHE GRAND OLD CAVALIER.
193
00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:51,337
{\an7}OVER THE YEARS,
194
00:12:51,371 --> 00:12:54,074
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAS VIRGINIA BEACH
HAS BECOME MORE POPULATED,
195
00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:56,710
{\an7}A HUGE AMOUNT OF WASTE
\h\h\h\hHAS PILED UP--
196
00:12:56,743 --> 00:13:00,380
{\an7}\h\h\hAND THE RESULT
IS MOUNT TRASHMORE.
197
00:13:00,413 --> 00:13:04,050
{\an7}\hTHE 68-FOOT-TALL PEAK
IS MADE OF PURE GARBAGE,
198
00:13:04,083 --> 00:13:08,554
{\an7}\h\hALL OF IT COVERED WITH GRASS
AND CONVERTED INTO A CITY PARK.
199
00:13:13,526 --> 00:13:18,464
{\an7}\hON APRIL FOOL‘S DAY IN 1992,
SOME LOCAL RADIO PERSONALITIES
200
00:13:18,498 --> 00:13:23,536
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMADE MOUNT TRASHMORE
THE BUTT OF A TOO-CLEVER JOKE.
201
00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:25,304
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEY ANNOUNCED
THAT THE GARBAGE HEAP
202
00:13:25,338 --> 00:13:29,409
{\an7}\h\hWAS ABOUT TO ERUPT
FROM PENT-UP METHANE.
203
00:13:29,442 --> 00:13:31,978
{\an7}THE HUMOR WAS LOST
ON SOME LISTENERS,
204
00:13:32,011 --> 00:13:36,315
{\an7}WHO FLOODED 911 WITH CALLS
ABOUT WHETHER TO EVACUATE.
205
00:13:41,521 --> 00:13:44,491
{\an7}\hCAPE HENRY IS HOME
TO THIS LIGHTHOUSE,
206
00:13:44,524 --> 00:13:48,228
{\an7}THE OFFICIAL SYMBOL
\hOF VIRGINIA BEACH.
207
00:13:48,261 --> 00:13:50,196
{\an7}\h\h\hIT WAS COMMISSIONED
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
208
00:13:50,229 --> 00:13:52,598
{\an7}WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON
\h\h\h\hWAS PRESIDENT,
209
00:13:52,632 --> 00:13:54,767
{\an7}AND BUILT WITH STONE
FROM THE SAME QUARRY
210
00:13:54,801 --> 00:13:59,673
{\an7}\h\hUSED FOR THE WHITE HOUSE,
THE CAPITOL, AND MOUNT VERNON.
211
00:13:59,706 --> 00:14:02,576
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE FISH OIL USED
TO KEEP THE LIGHT GOING HERE
212
00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:06,745
{\an7}WAS ALWAYS A POTENTIAL
\h\h\h\h\hFIRE HAZARD.
213
00:14:06,779 --> 00:14:09,715
{\an7}THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE WAS
\h\h\h\h\hREPLACED IN 1881
214
00:14:09,749 --> 00:14:15,622
{\an7}\h\hBY THIS SECOND LIGHTHOUSE
JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET AWAY.
215
00:14:15,655 --> 00:14:18,191
{\an7}IT‘S NEARLY TWICE AS HIGH
\h\h\h\h\hAS THE ORIGINAL,
216
00:14:18,224 --> 00:14:20,026
{\an7}AND SHINES A LIGHT
\h\hTHAT‘S VISIBLE
217
00:14:20,059 --> 00:14:23,429
{\an7}UP TO 19 MILES FROM SHORE.
218
00:14:25,665 --> 00:14:27,934
{\an7}\h\hRIGHT NEXT DOOR
TO THE LIGHTHOUSES,
219
00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:29,168
{\an7}BUT EASY TO MISS,
220
00:14:29,202 --> 00:14:31,337
{\an7}IS A REPLICA OF A CRUCIFIX
221
00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:35,942
{\an7}ERECTED BY A SHIP FULL
OF ENGLISHMEN IN 1607.
222
00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:37,376
{\an7}THEY BUILT IT TO THANK GOD
223
00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:40,079
{\an7}FOR THEIR SAFE JOURNEY
\h\hTO THE NEW WORLD.
224
00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:43,383
{\an7}BUT THEY WERE SOON SCARED OFF
BY A GROUP OF NATIVE AMERICANS
225
00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:48,454
{\an7}AND FLED UPRIVER TO JAMESTOWN,
\h\h\h\h\hWHERE THEY SETTLED.
226
00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:53,159
{\an7}OF COURSE, THOSE EARLY SETTLERS
227
00:14:53,192 --> 00:14:54,727
{\an7}WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZED
\h\h\hAND DUMBFOUNDED
228
00:14:54,761 --> 00:14:59,065
{\an7}\h\h\hTO SEE A BRIDGE STRETCHING
RIGHT ACROSS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
229
00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:04,403
{\an7}THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE-TUNNEL
230
00:15:04,437 --> 00:15:08,441
{\an7}IS BOTH A TOURIST ATTRACTION
\hAND A TRAVEL CONVENIENCE,
231
00:15:08,474 --> 00:15:10,343
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCONNECTING
THE VIRGINIAN MAINLAND,
232
00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:14,213
{\an7}\h\hNEAR VIRGINIA BEACH,
WITH THE EASTERN SHORE.
233
00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:18,952
{\an7}WHEN IT OPENED IN APRIL 1964,
234
00:15:18,985 --> 00:15:22,288
{\an7}\h\h\hTHIS 17 1/2-MILE
BRIDGE-TUNNEL COMPLEX
235
00:15:22,321 --> 00:15:25,658
{\an7}WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE SEVEN
ENGINEERING WONDERS
236
00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:27,760
{\an7}OF THE MODERN WORLD.
237
00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:34,601
{\an7}COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG IS PERHAPS
238
00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:39,405
{\an7}THE MOST AMBITIOUS LIVING
HISTORY MUSEUM IN THE U.S.
239
00:15:39,439 --> 00:15:41,574
{\an7}THE FORMER CAPITAL OF VIRGINIA,
240
00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:46,879
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT HOUSES 88 STRUCTURES
FROM THE 1700s AND EARLY 1800s--
241
00:15:46,913 --> 00:15:49,449
{\an7}AND MORE THAN 300 ACRES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF PLANTS
242
00:15:49,482 --> 00:15:52,652
{\an7}THAT WOULD HAVE THRIVED HERE
\h\h\h\hIN THE COLONIAL ERA.
243
00:15:55,521 --> 00:15:58,357
{\an7}VIRGINIA‘S LARGEST HISTORICAL
\h\h\h\h\hPRESERVATION PROJECT
244
00:15:58,391 --> 00:16:01,995
{\an7}\h\hWAS ACTUALLY FUNDED
BY A FAMOUS NEW YORKER--
245
00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:04,731
{\an7}JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.
246
00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:08,901
{\an7}ROCKEFELLER WAS BROUGHT
\h\h\h\hINTO THE PROJECT
247
00:16:08,935 --> 00:16:14,007
{\an7}BY LOCAL PASTOR W.A.R. GOODWIN
\h\h\hOF BRUTON PARISH CHURCH.
248
00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:17,310
{\an7}\hWHEN THEY BEGAN
BUYING PROPERTIES,
249
00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:19,779
{\an7}\hROCKEFELLER KEPT
THE PROJECT SECRET
250
00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:21,747
{\an7}\hSO THAT RESIDENTS
SELLING THEIR HOMES
251
00:16:21,781 --> 00:16:24,784
{\an7}WOULDN‘T DRIVE UP PRICES.
252
00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:27,353
{\an7}FINALLY, ROCKEFELLER
REVEALED HIS INTENT
253
00:16:27,386 --> 00:16:31,156
{\an7}\hTO RESTORE THE TOWN
TO ITS COLONIAL GLORY.
254
00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:33,325
{\an7}SOME RESIDENTS WERE SUSPICIOUS,
255
00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:37,496
{\an7}BUT MOST WERE INTRIGUED
\h\h\h\h\h\hBY THE IDEA.
256
00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:39,665
{\an7}THE BUILDINGS ARE FULL
\h\h\hOF INTERPRETERS
257
00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:41,267
{\an7}WHO DRESS, TALK AND ACT
258
00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:44,770
{\an7}\hAS THOUGH THEY‘RE LIVING
IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
259
00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:46,939
{\an7}SOME ARE ACTORS OR HISTORIANS,
260
00:16:46,973 --> 00:16:52,445
{\an7}\h\hAND OTHERS JUST HAVE GREAT
ENTHUSIASM FOR AMERICA‘S PAST.
261
00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:55,748
{\an7}AS A RESULT, WHAT MIGHT HAVE
\h\hBEEN A COLONIAL FOOTNOTE
262
00:16:55,781 --> 00:16:59,051
{\an7}IS A TOURIST MECCA.
263
00:16:59,085 --> 00:17:03,122
{\an7}\h\hA MILLION VISITORS
COME HERE EVERY YEAR.
264
00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:07,727
{\an7}NOT ALL THE BUILDINGS HERE
\h\h\h\h\hARE ORIGINALS--
265
00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:13,566
{\an7}BUT IT CAN BE HARD TO TELL WHICH
ARE AUTHENTIC AND WHICH AREN‘T.
266
00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:18,804
{\an7}\hTHE MAGNIFICENT GOVERNOR‘S
PALACE BURNED DOWN IN 1781.
267
00:17:18,838 --> 00:17:20,740
{\an7}THIS IS A RECONSTRUCTION
268
00:17:20,773 --> 00:17:24,510
{\an7}BASED ON FLOOR PLAN DRAWN
\h\h\hBY THOMAS JEFFERSON.
269
00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:30,383
{\an7}AND A 1770 INVENTORY LISTED MANY
OF THE ORIGINAL FURNISHINGS.
270
00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:33,552
{\an7}JUST NORTH OF WILLIAMSBURG,
\h\hIN CHARLES CITY COUNTY,
271
00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:38,191
{\an7}THE TEN-ACRE BERKELEY PLANTATION
IS LINKED TO MANY FIRSTS.
272
00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:43,663
{\an7}IT‘S THE BIRTHPLACE OF PRESIDENT
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
273
00:17:43,696 --> 00:17:47,200
{\an7}WHO DIED JUST ONE MONTH
AFTER HIS INAUGURATION--
274
00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:50,870
{\an7}THE FIRST PRESIDENT
\hTO DIE IN OFFICE.
275
00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:53,372
{\an7}AND IN JULY 1862,
276
00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:55,842
{\an7}\h\h\hWHEN UNION TROOPS
OCCUPIED THE PLANTATION,
277
00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,377
{\an7}IT WAS THE FIRST SPOT
278
00:17:57,410 --> 00:18:00,580
{\an7}\hWHERE A NEW LIGHTS-OUT
BUGLE CALL WAS PLAYED--
279
00:18:00,613 --> 00:18:06,519
{\an7}A SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL TUNE
\h\h\h\h\hKNOWN AS "TAPS."
280
00:18:06,552 --> 00:18:07,887
{\an7}ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
281
00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,158
{\an7}\h\h\h\h"TAPS" WAS PLAYED OVER
THE BURIAL OF A UNION SOLDIER.
282
00:18:12,191 --> 00:18:14,160
{\an7}["TAPS" PLAYING]
283
00:18:14,193 --> 00:18:16,462
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT THIS SITE
IS PROBABLY MOST FAMOUS
284
00:18:16,495 --> 00:18:20,232
{\an7}\hFOR WHAT SOME CONSIDER
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.
285
00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:27,841
{\an7}ON DECEMBER 4, 1619,
286
00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:31,176
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORE THAN A YEAR
BEFORE THE PILGRIMS SET SAIL,
287
00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:33,913
{\an7}\h\hCAPTAIN JOHN WOODLIEF
AND A GROUP OF ENGLISHMEN
288
00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:36,282
{\an7}LANDED ON THE JAMES RIVER.
289
00:18:41,988 --> 00:18:47,126
{\an7}HE SAID THAT THIS DAY "SHALL BE
YEARLY AND PERPETUALLY KEPT HOLY
290
00:18:47,159 --> 00:18:52,364
{\an7}AS A DAY OF THANKSGIVING
\h\h\hTO ALMIGHTY GOD."
291
00:18:52,398 --> 00:18:54,066
{\an7}BUT IT WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN
292
00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:56,703
{\an7}WHO MADE THANKSGIVING
\hAN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY,
293
00:18:56,736 --> 00:18:58,404
{\an7}AND HE WAS HONORING
THE PILGRIMS‘ FEAST
294
00:18:58,437 --> 00:19:02,007
{\an7}IN MASSACHUSETTS,
\h\hNOT JAMESTOWN.
295
00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:15,188
{\an7}ANOTHER HISTORIC HOME
ALONG THE JAMES RIVER
296
00:19:15,221 --> 00:19:19,225
{\an7}IS THE SHIRLEY PLANTATION.
297
00:19:19,258 --> 00:19:22,161
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hALTHOUGH IT‘S NOW
A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK,
298
00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:24,730
{\an7}THE MAIN HOUSE IS STILL OWNED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND LIVED IN
299
00:19:24,764 --> 00:19:29,335
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY DESCENDANTS OF
THE ORIGINAL OWNER, EDWARD HILL.
300
00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:35,842
{\an7}THIS IS THE SITE OF ONE OF THE
OLDEST FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES
301
00:19:35,875 --> 00:19:37,410
{\an7}IN NORTH AMERICA,
302
00:19:37,443 --> 00:19:41,480
{\an7}GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1638.
303
00:19:41,514 --> 00:19:44,150
{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT‘S THE YEAR HILL
ESTABLISHED A TOBACCO FARM
304
00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:47,353
{\an7}ON THIS 800-ACRE PROPERTY.
305
00:19:51,824 --> 00:19:54,260
{\an7}THE CURRENT HOUSE WAS BUILT
\h\h\h\h\h\hA CENTURY LATER,
306
00:19:54,293 --> 00:19:56,562
{\an7}FOR HIS GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER.
307
00:19:58,564 --> 00:20:01,100
{\an7}FUTURE CONFEDERATE GENERAL
\h\h\h\h\h\hROBERT E. LEE
308
00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:03,969
{\an7}\h\h\hSPENT MUCH OF
HIS CHILDHOOD HERE.
309
00:20:04,003 --> 00:20:06,205
{\an7}HIS MOTHER, ANN HILL CARTER,
310
00:20:06,238 --> 00:20:10,809
{\an7}WAS BORN, RAISED AND MARRIED
\h\h\hAT SHIRLEY PLANTATION.
311
00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:20,220
{\an7}VIRGINIA‘S STATE CAPITOL,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRICHMOND,
312
00:20:20,252 --> 00:20:23,422
{\an7}HAS AN ECLECTIC MIX
\hOF NEIGHBORHOODS--
313
00:20:23,456 --> 00:20:27,260
{\an7}\h\hFROM JACKSON WARD, KNOWN
AS THE HARLEM OF THE SOUTH,
314
00:20:27,293 --> 00:20:29,896
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTO CHURCH HILL,
A 19th-CENTURY NEIGHBORHOOD
315
00:20:29,929 --> 00:20:32,598
{\an7}THAT OVERLOOKS DOWNTOWN.
316
00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:37,270
{\an7}THE HISTORY OF RICHMOND
\h\h\h\hIS CLOSELY TIED
317
00:20:37,303 --> 00:20:40,473
{\an7}TO ITS CONFEDERATE PAST.
318
00:20:40,506 --> 00:20:42,908
{\an7}AFTER VIRGINIA SECEDED
\h\h\hFROM THE UNION,
319
00:20:42,942 --> 00:20:47,413
{\an7}RICHMOND IMMEDIATELY BECAME THE
NEW CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERACY--
320
00:20:47,446 --> 00:20:51,884
{\an7}\h\hAND ITS HEADQUARTERS WAS
THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING.
321
00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:55,954
{\an7}\hWHEN THOMAS JEFFERSON DESIGNED
THE STRUCTURE 70 YEARS EARLIER,
322
00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:58,524
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE MODELED IT
AFTER A ROMAN TEMPLE.
323
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,396
{\an7}\h\h\hNEARBY STANDS
A HISTORIC BUILDING
324
00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:07,700
{\an7}THAT‘S NEARLY HIDDEN BY A GROUP
OF TOWERING MODERN STRUCTURES.
325
00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:11,270
{\an7}IT‘S THE WHITE HOUSE
OF THE CONFEDERACY.
326
00:21:11,303 --> 00:21:15,307
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN AUGUST 1861,
WHEN JEFFERSON DAVIS MOVED IN,
327
00:21:15,341 --> 00:21:18,344
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHE HAD NO IDEA
HE WAS UNDER CLOSE WATCH--
328
00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:22,014
{\an7}BY ONE OF HIS OWN SLAVES.
329
00:21:22,047 --> 00:21:27,486
{\an7}MARY BOWSER WAS A UNION SPY--
\hWITH A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.
330
00:21:28,721 --> 00:21:30,122
{\an7}BUT UNDER SUSPICION,
331
00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:34,327
{\an7}MARY ESCAPED FROM RICHMOND
\h\h\h\hIN JANUARY 1865--
332
00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:37,230
{\an7}JUST MONTHS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF UNION TROOPS,
333
00:21:37,263 --> 00:21:39,966
{\an7}WHEN DAVIS HIMSELF FLED.
334
00:21:39,999 --> 00:21:43,603
{\an7}ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF RICHMOND,
IN NEIGHBORING HENRICO COUNTY,
335
00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:47,073
{\an7}IS THE LARGEST SPORTS VENUE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN VIRGINIA--
336
00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:51,477
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE RICHMOND
INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.
337
00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:53,812
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hALTHOUGH THERE‘S
LITTLE ACTIVITY ON OFF DAYS,
338
00:21:53,846 --> 00:21:57,216
{\an7}\h\h\hON RACE DAYS THIS STADIUM
REGULARLY PACKS SELL-OUT CROWDS
339
00:21:57,249 --> 00:22:01,053
{\an7}OF 110,000 SPECTATORS.
340
00:22:01,086 --> 00:22:03,322
{\an7}IT‘S GONE BY MANY NAMES
\h\h\h\hOVER THE YEARS,
341
00:22:03,355 --> 00:22:06,091
{\an7}BUT ONE THING HAS REMAINED
\h\h\h\h\h\hCONSTANT HERE,
342
00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:10,229
{\an7}AND THAT‘S THE PRESENCE
\h\hOF THE PETTY FAMILY.
343
00:22:10,262 --> 00:22:12,664
{\an7}\h\hTHREE GENERATIONS
OF THE PETTY FAMILY--
344
00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:14,700
{\an7}LEE, RICHARD, AND KYLE--
345
00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:19,104
{\an7}HAVE ROARED TO VICTORY HERE,
SOLIDIFYING THEIR REPUTATION
346
00:22:19,138 --> 00:22:22,708
{\an7}AS ONE OF THE FIRST FAMILIES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF NASCAR.
347
00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,647
{\an7}RICHMOND BOASTS THE ONLY STREET
IN THE U.S.
348
00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:32,118
{\an7}THAT‘S A NATIONAL HISTORIC
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLANDMARK.
349
00:22:32,151 --> 00:22:33,786
{\an7}MONUMENT AVENUE RUNS
\hTHROUGH THE HEART
350
00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:36,388
{\an7}OF THE CITY‘S FAN DISTRICT.
351
00:22:36,422 --> 00:22:38,124
{\an7}THE TREE-LINED PROMENADE
352
00:22:38,157 --> 00:22:41,160
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIS NOTED FOR ITS
EXTRAORDINARY ARCHITECTURE--
353
00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:44,163
{\an7}BUT MAY BE MOST FAMOUS
\h\h\hFOR ITS STATUES,
354
00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:46,565
{\an7}INCLUDING ROBERT E. LEE...
355
00:22:48,868 --> 00:22:52,338
{\an7}AND OF COURSE JEFFERSON DAVIS.
356
00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:55,140
{\an7}IN 1996, THE CITY
\hADDED THE STATUE
357
00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:57,076
{\an7}OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF REBEL--
358
00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:59,645
{\an7}NATIVE SON ARTHUR ASHE.
359
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:02,915
{\an7}IN THE 1950s,
360
00:23:02,948 --> 00:23:05,684
{\an7}WHEN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ASHE
\hWAS LEARNING TO PLAY TENNIS
361
00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:07,820
{\an7}IN THIS SEGREGATED CITY,
362
00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:10,155
{\an7}\h\hHE WAS TURNED AWAY
FROM THE WHITE COURTS
363
00:23:10,189 --> 00:23:12,491
{\an7}IN NEARBY BYRD PARK.
364
00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:16,896
{\an7}FINALLY, ASHE MOVED
\h\h\hTO ST. LOUIS,
365
00:23:16,929 --> 00:23:19,932
{\an7}WHERE HE HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY
ON INTEGRATED COURTS
366
00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:24,136
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND BE TRAINED
BY A PROFESSIONAL COACH.
367
00:23:24,169 --> 00:23:27,706
{\an7}HE WOULD BECOME THE FIRST
\hAFRICAN-AMERICAN WINNER
368
00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:29,542
{\an7}OF WIMBLEDON.
369
00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:40,686
{\an7}ALTHOUGH VIRGINIA WAS ONE OF THE
LAST STATES TO LEAVE THE UNION,
370
00:23:40,719 --> 00:23:43,255
{\an7}MORE THAN HALF OF THE BATTLES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE CIVIL WAR
371
00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:48,060
{\an7}\h\h\hWERE FOUGHT HERE--
INCLUDING AT PETERSBURG.
372
00:23:50,329 --> 00:23:54,333
{\an7}\h\h\hAFTER A FAILED ATTEMPT
TO CAPTURE RICHMOND IN 1864,
373
00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:58,971
{\an7}\h\h\hGENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT
SET HIS SIGHTS ON PETERSBURG.
374
00:24:01,307 --> 00:24:03,276
{\an7}THE CITY HAD FOUR RAIL LINES
375
00:24:03,309 --> 00:24:07,980
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCRITICAL FOR BRINGING
FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO RICHMOND.
376
00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:10,849
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIF HE COULD SHUT DOWN
THE RAIL LINES AND ROADS HERE,
377
00:24:10,883 --> 00:24:14,620
{\an7}GRANT KNEW HE COULD OVERTAKE
\hTHE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL--
378
00:24:14,653 --> 00:24:19,791
{\an7}\h\hAND SOON THE LONGEST SIEGE
IN AMERICAN HISTORY HAD BEGUN.
379
00:24:22,027 --> 00:24:27,199
{\an7}\hOVER THE COURSE OF 292 DAYS,
UNION AND CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
380
00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:30,168
{\an7}\hEXCHANGED GUNFIRE
FROM THEIR TRENCHES.
381
00:24:32,004 --> 00:24:33,772
{\an7}DESPERATE TO SNAP THE STALEMATE,
382
00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:36,642
{\an7}GRANT‘S MEN TUNNELED
\hBEHIND ENEMY LINES
383
00:24:36,675 --> 00:24:38,677
{\an7}AND PACKED FOUR TONS
\h\h\h\hOF GUNPOWDER
384
00:24:38,711 --> 00:24:41,480
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBENEATH ONE OF
THE CONFEDERATE CAMPS.
385
00:24:43,549 --> 00:24:46,752
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE EXPLOSION BLASTED
THIS CRATER IN THE LANDSCAPE
386
00:24:46,785 --> 00:24:50,055
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND CARVED A GAP
IN THE CONFEDERATE‘S LINE.
387
00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:53,859
{\an7}BUT AS UNION TROOPS SURGED INTO
THE CRATER TO ATTACK ON FOOT,
388
00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:59,030
{\an7}LEE‘S MEN REGROUPED AND LAUNCHED
A COUNTER ASSAULT.
389
00:24:59,064 --> 00:25:02,668
{\an7}\h\hFIGHTING CONTINUED HERE AT
PETERSBURG FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
390
00:25:02,701 --> 00:25:07,072
{\an7}GRANT EVENTUALLY PREVAILED,
\h\hBUT PAID A HEAVY PRICE.
391
00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:13,512
{\an7}\hDURING THE TEN-MONTH BATTLE
AT LEAST 42,000 UNION SOLDIERS
392
00:25:13,545 --> 00:25:17,382
{\an7}WERE KILLED, WOUNDED
\h\h\h\hOR CAPTURED.
393
00:25:25,391 --> 00:25:28,261
{\an7}FOR ALL THE EMPHASIS ON HISTORY,
394
00:25:28,293 --> 00:25:32,297
{\an7}VIRGINIANS STILL KNOW
\h\hHOW TO HAVE FUN--
395
00:25:32,331 --> 00:25:35,568
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hESPECIALLY AT THE
KING‘S DOMINION AMUSEMENT PARK,
396
00:25:35,601 --> 00:25:40,539
{\an7}WHICH HAS BEEN THRILLING KIDS
\h\h\hOF ALL AGES SINCE 1975.
397
00:25:43,842 --> 00:25:47,679
{\an7}SOME OF THE ATTRACTIONS FROM
ITS EARLY DAYS STILL REMAIN,
398
00:25:47,713 --> 00:25:51,650
{\an7}LIKE A ONE-THIRD SCALE VERSION
\h\h\h\h\hOF THE EIFFEL TOWER.
399
00:25:54,086 --> 00:25:56,589
{\an7}AND THE CAROUSEL.
400
00:25:58,090 --> 00:26:00,292
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE THEME PARK
HAS REALLY MADE ITS NAME
401
00:26:00,325 --> 00:26:04,196
{\an7}WITH ADRENALINE-PUMPING RIDES
\h\h\h\h\hLIKE THE DOMINATOR.
402
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:10,102
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE WINDING
4,000-FOOT STEEL TRACK
403
00:26:10,135 --> 00:26:15,040
{\an7}ANCHORS THE LONGEST FLOORLESS
\hROLLER COASTER IN THE WORLD.
404
00:26:20,846 --> 00:26:25,351
{\an7}\h\h\hAND THE 272-FOOT DESCENT
ON THE PARK‘S DROP TOWER RIDE
405
00:26:25,384 --> 00:26:27,786
{\an7}\hIS THE STEEPEST
IN NORTH AMERICA.
406
00:26:31,023 --> 00:26:34,026
{\an7}[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
407
00:26:40,766 --> 00:26:44,136
{\an7}\h\hTHOSE WHO PREFER TO FIND
THEIR THRILLS ON THE GREENS
408
00:26:44,169 --> 00:26:47,706
{\an7}MAY BE DRAWN TO THE NEARBY
\h\h\h\hKINLOCH GOLF CLUB.
409
00:26:50,409 --> 00:26:54,380
{\an7}SINCE ITS OPENING IN 2001,
\h\h\h\hTHIS PAR-72 COURSE
410
00:26:54,413 --> 00:26:58,183
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHAS BECOME KNOWN AS THE
"AUGUSTA NATIONAL OF VIRGINIA."
411
00:27:00,519 --> 00:27:04,590
{\an7}\h\h\hAND IT‘S BEEN NAMED ONE OF
AMERICA‘S HUNDRED BEST COURSES.
412
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,229
{\an7}KINLOCH WAS THE BRAINCHILD
OF A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER
413
00:27:10,262 --> 00:27:13,465
{\an7}\h\h\hWHO FIRST WANTED TO PUT
A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY HERE.
414
00:27:16,034 --> 00:27:17,269
{\an7}WHEN HE DECIDED TO CREATE
415
00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:19,437
{\an7}\h\h\hA WORLD-CLASS
GOLF COURSE INSTEAD,
416
00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:21,440
{\an7}HE ENLISTED A LOCAL SPORTS AGENT
417
00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,543
{\an7}TO HELP MAKE HIS VISION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA REALITY.
418
00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:29,648
{\an7}\h\h\hUNLIKE MANY COURSES,
MOST OF THE FEATURES HERE
419
00:27:29,681 --> 00:27:33,785
{\an7}WERE MADE BY MOTHER NATURE,
\h\hNOT THE COURSE DESIGNER.
420
00:27:33,819 --> 00:27:36,422
{\an7}MANY OF THE ORIGINAL TREES
\h\h\hWERE ALSO PRESERVED
421
00:27:36,455 --> 00:27:38,557
{\an7}DURING THE CLEARING OF THE LAND,
422
00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:42,627
{\an7}\h\hGIVING THIS THE FEEL
OF A MUCH OLDER COURSE.
423
00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:50,969
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE NORTHWEST IS
CHARLOTTESVILLE, A COLLEGE TOWN.
424
00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:55,741
{\an7}BUT IT‘S ALSO PART OF THE LIVING
LEGACY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON.
425
00:28:02,481 --> 00:28:06,051
{\an7}JEFFERSON LIVED HERE,
\h\h\h\hAT MONTICELLO.
426
00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:08,320
{\an7}TO HIM, IT WAS MORE
\hTHAN JUST A HOME--
427
00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:10,121
{\an7}\h\h\hAND ACCORDING
TO SOME HISTORIANS,
428
00:28:10,155 --> 00:28:14,660
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIT SERVES AS A KIND
OF ARCHITECTURAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
429
00:28:18,664 --> 00:28:23,002
{\an7}\h\hTHE NAME MONTICELLO MEANS
"LITTLE MOUNTAIN" IN ITALIAN--
430
00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:25,170
{\an7}A FITTING DESCRIPTION
\h\h\hOF THE LOCATION
431
00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:28,774
{\an7}WHERE THE SELF-TAUGHT ARCHITECT
CHOSE TO BUILD HIS HOME.
432
00:28:31,810 --> 00:28:36,381
{\an7}CONSTRUCTION ON THE 43-ROOM
\h\h\hMANSION BEGAN IN 1770,
433
00:28:36,415 --> 00:28:40,019
{\an7}\h\hSHORTLY AFTER JEFFERSON WAS
FIRST ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE.
434
00:28:41,687 --> 00:28:44,657
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WENT THROUGH
MANY DESIGNS AND REDESIGNS,
435
00:28:44,690 --> 00:28:50,362
{\an7}AND WASN‘T FINISHED UNTIL 1809,
THE LAST YEAR OF HIS PRESIDENCY.
436
00:28:52,397 --> 00:28:54,466
{\an7}JEFFERSON WAS INFLUENCED
\h\h\h\h\hBY THE DESIGNS
437
00:28:54,499 --> 00:28:57,869
{\an7}OF THE LATE ITALIAN ARCHITECT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPALLADIO.
438
00:28:57,903 --> 00:29:02,674
{\an7}\h\hAND HIS TRAVELS TO FRANCE
INSPIRED HIM TO ADD SKYLIGHTS
439
00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:05,511
{\an7}AND THE FAMOUS DOME ROOM.
440
00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:09,381
{\an7}JEFFERSON, WHO VALUED
\h\h\h\h\hHIS PRIVACY,
441
00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:12,284
{\an7}\h\h\hLEFT THE HOUSE
SURROUNDED BY TREES.
442
00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:17,389
{\an7}HE DID CLEAR ENOUGH SPACE
\h\h\hFOR SEVERAL GARDENS,
443
00:29:17,422 --> 00:29:19,024
{\an7}WHERE THE AVID HORTICULTURIST
444
00:29:19,057 --> 00:29:23,762
{\an7}GREW MORE THAN 250 KINDS
OF VEGETABLES AND HERBS.
445
00:29:26,898 --> 00:29:30,802
{\an7}\h\h\h\hJEFFERSON ONCE SAID:
"I AM AS HAPPY NOWHERE ELSE
446
00:29:30,836 --> 00:29:32,871
{\an7}AND IN NO OTHER SOCIETY,
447
00:29:32,904 --> 00:29:37,609
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND ALL MY WISHES END,
WHERE I HOPE MY DAYS WILL END,
448
00:29:37,643 --> 00:29:40,713
{\an7}AT MONTICELLO."
449
00:29:40,746 --> 00:29:45,017
{\an7}HIS DAYS DID END HERE
\h\h\hON JULY 4, 1826,
450
00:29:45,050 --> 00:29:50,055
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hEXACTLY 50 YEARS
AFTER AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
451
00:29:50,088 --> 00:29:51,690
{\an7}JEFFERSON LEFT INSTRUCTIONS
452
00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:54,459
{\an7}\hTHAT HIS GRAVESTONE
SHOULD BE AN OBELISK,
453
00:29:54,493 --> 00:29:58,664
{\an7}AND HE ALSO WROTE
\hHIS OWN EPITAPH:
454
00:29:58,697 --> 00:30:01,266
{\an7}\h"HERE WAS BURIED
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
455
00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:05,337
{\an7}AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION
OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE,
456
00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:09,741
{\an7}OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA
\h\hFOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM,
457
00:30:09,775 --> 00:30:14,113
{\an7}AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF VIRGINIA."
458
00:30:14,146 --> 00:30:15,914
{\an7}JEFFERSON--
459
00:30:15,947 --> 00:30:18,516
{\an7}\hWHO DIDN‘T EVEN MENTION BEING
THE COUNTRY‘S THIRD PRESIDENT--
460
00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:23,055
{\an7}CLEARLY DIDN‘T WANT HIS WORK
\h\hAT UVA TO BE FORGOTTEN.
461
00:30:26,024 --> 00:30:27,359
{\an7}JEFFERSON HAD HIS HAND
462
00:30:27,392 --> 00:30:31,897
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIN EVERY ELEMENT
OF THE SCHOOL‘S CREATION.
463
00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:36,401
{\an7}\hHE DESIGNED THE BUILDINGS,
CHOSE BOOKS FOR THE LIBRARY,
464
00:30:36,435 --> 00:30:39,271
{\an7}AND HELPED SHAPE THE CURRICULUM.
465
00:30:42,307 --> 00:30:43,708
{\an7}THE RETIRED STATESMAN
466
00:30:43,742 --> 00:30:47,679
{\an7}EVEN HOSTED A WEEKLY DINNER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR STUDENTS,
467
00:30:47,713 --> 00:30:51,784
{\an7}INCLUDING A YOUNG WRITER
\hNAMED EDGAR ALLAN POE.
468
00:30:51,817 --> 00:30:54,787
{\an7}THE AUTHOR OF "THE RAVEN"
AND "THE TELL-TALE HEART"
469
00:30:54,820 --> 00:30:57,222
{\an7}NEVER EARNED HIS DEGREE HERE.
470
00:30:57,255 --> 00:30:59,524
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAFTER RUNNING UP
TOO MANY GAMBLING DEBTS,
471
00:30:59,558 --> 00:31:02,227
{\an7}HE HAD TO LEAVE SCHOOL EARLY.
472
00:31:04,396 --> 00:31:07,299
{\an7}WHEN THE UNIVERSITY
\h\hOPENED IN 1825,
473
00:31:07,332 --> 00:31:12,437
{\an7}\h\hIT SERVED A CLASS
OF JUST 123 STUDENTS.
474
00:31:12,471 --> 00:31:15,307
{\an7}\hTODAY, IT REGULARLY
HAS AN INCOMING CLASS
475
00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:19,811
{\an7}\h\h\hOF ABOUT 3,000
FIRST YEAR STUDENTS.
476
00:31:19,845 --> 00:31:23,015
{\an7}\h\hCONSIDERED ONE OF THE TOP
PUBLIC COLLEGES IN THE NATION,
477
00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:28,587
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hUVA IS STILL KNOWN
AS "MR. JEFFERSON‘S UNIVERSITY."
478
00:31:31,156 --> 00:31:35,427
{\an7}\h\hTHE CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA IS
ALSO HOME TO SEVERAL WINERIES--
479
00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:38,964
{\an7}AND AGAIN, THEY TRACE THEIR
HERITAGE BACK TO JEFFERSON,
480
00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:43,401
{\an7}KNOWN BY MANY AS THE FATHER
\h\h\h\h\hOF AMERICAN WINE.
481
00:31:44,770 --> 00:31:48,140
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHE PLANTED DOZENS
OF GRAPE VARIETIES HIMSELF.
482
00:31:48,173 --> 00:31:50,208
{\an7}AND WHEN A SMALL GROUP
\hOF ITALIAN VINTNERS
483
00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:51,810
{\an7}ARRIVED IN VIRGINIA,
484
00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:55,447
{\an7}HE DONATED 200 ACRES OF LAND
\h\hFOR THEM TO DO THE SAME.
485
00:31:56,948 --> 00:31:58,483
{\an7}AFTER PROHIBITION,
486
00:31:58,517 --> 00:32:02,187
{\an7}VIRGINIA‘S WINE PRODUCTION
\h\hVIRTUALLY DISAPPEARED.
487
00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:03,788
{\an7}BUT IN THE LAST 20 YEARS,
488
00:32:03,822 --> 00:32:06,825
{\an7}\hTHE NUMBER OF WINERIES
HAS MULTIPLIED FROM SIX
489
00:32:06,858 --> 00:32:09,127
{\an7}TO MORE THAN A HUNDRED.
490
00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:17,369
{\an7}NORTHEAST OF CHARLOTTESVILLE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS MONTPELIER,
491
00:32:17,402 --> 00:32:22,207
{\an7}\hTHE PLANTATION HOME OF FORMER
JEFFERSON PROTEGE JAMES MADISON.
492
00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:27,145
{\an7}AFTER LEAVING OFFICE, THE FOURTH
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
493
00:32:27,179 --> 00:32:29,648
{\an7}\hFOUND THAT HIS LAND
HAD FALLEN IN VALUE--
494
00:32:29,681 --> 00:32:31,750
{\an7}AND HE WAS NEARLY BROKE.
495
00:32:34,219 --> 00:32:36,755
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE PRIMARY AUTHOR
OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
496
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:40,191
{\an7}HELD BACK FROM PUBLISHING
\h\h\hSOME OF HIS PAPERS.
497
00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:41,526
{\an7}HE HOPED THEY WOULD BRING CASH
498
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,431
{\an7}TO HIS WIFE, DOLLY,
\hWHEN HE WAS GONE.
499
00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:50,401
{\an7}BY THE SUMMER OF 1836,
500
00:32:50,435 --> 00:32:55,440
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE LAST SURVIVING
FOUNDING FATHER WAS GRAVELY ILL.
501
00:32:55,474 --> 00:32:59,011
{\an7}\hLEGEND HAS IT THAT A FRIEND
URGED MADISON TO TAKE MEDICINE
502
00:32:59,044 --> 00:33:03,415
{\an7}THAT WOULD PROLONG HIS LIFE
\h\h\h\h\h\hUNTIL JULY 4th.
503
00:33:03,448 --> 00:33:06,384
{\an7}MADISON REFUSED, AND DIED
\h\h\h\h\hLESS THAN A WEEK
504
00:33:06,418 --> 00:33:12,124
{\an7}BEFORE THE 60th ANNIVERSARY
\hOF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
505
00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:15,160
{\an7}SOON, HIS WIFE WAS FORCED
\h\h\h\hTO SELL MONTPELIER
506
00:33:15,193 --> 00:33:18,196
{\an7}TO PAY OFF INCREASING DEBT.
507
00:33:23,568 --> 00:33:26,104
{\an7}APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE
\h\h\h\hNATIONAL PARK,
508
00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:28,272
{\an7}20 MILES EAST OF LYNCHBURG,
509
00:33:28,306 --> 00:33:30,675
{\an7}IS WHERE THE LAST CHAPTER
\h\h\hIN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
510
00:33:30,709 --> 00:33:32,444
{\an7}WAS WRITTEN.
511
00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:38,983
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE 1,800-ACRE PARK
HAS 27 RESTORED STRUCTURES,
512
00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:43,088
{\an7}INCLUDING THE McLEAN HOUSE.
513
00:33:43,121 --> 00:33:48,226
{\an7}IT WAS HERE ON APRIL 9, 1865,
\h\hTHAT GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE
514
00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:52,397
{\an7}HAD A 90-MINUTE MEETING
\hWITH ULYSSES S. GRANT.
515
00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:54,098
{\an7}\h\h\h\hLEE AND GRANT
HAMMERED OUT THE TERMS
516
00:33:54,132 --> 00:33:56,401
{\an7}OF A SURRENDER OF LEE‘S TROOPS,
517
00:33:56,434 --> 00:33:59,971
{\an7}ENDING THE BLOODIEST WAR
\h\hIN AMERICAN HISTORY
518
00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:02,374
{\an7}WITH A HANDSHAKE.
519
00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:07,746
{\an7}THERE WAS NEVER AN OFFICIAL
\h\h\h\hPEACE TREATY SIGNED
520
00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:09,948
{\an7}BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
521
00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:12,283
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT WOULD HAVE MEANT
ACKNOWLEDGING THE CONFEDERACY
522
00:34:12,317 --> 00:34:14,119
{\an7}AS A SEPARATE COUNTRY,
523
00:34:14,152 --> 00:34:17,989
{\an7}SOMETHING THE UNITED STATES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hREFUSED TO DO.
524
00:34:29,467 --> 00:34:33,871
{\an7}VIRGINIA‘S SHENANDOAH VALLEY
\h\hIS A 200-MILE-LONG SWATH
525
00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:37,442
{\an7}OF WIDE-OPEN GREEN SPACE.
526
00:34:37,475 --> 00:34:40,411
{\an7}BORDERED BY THE BLUE RIDGE
\h\hMOUNTAINS ON ONE SIDE
527
00:34:40,445 --> 00:34:44,449
{\an7}AND THE ALLEGHENIES
\h\h\hON THE OTHER--
528
00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:49,721
{\an7}THIS LUSH SPACE IS DOTTED WITH
\hHISTORIC VILLAGES AND TOWNS,
529
00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:51,756
{\an7}AND FILLED WITH MORE
THAN ITS FAIR SHARE
530
00:34:51,790 --> 00:34:54,459
{\an7}OF NATURAL WONDERS.
531
00:34:57,395 --> 00:35:00,064
{\an7}\hTHE VALLEY IS NAMED
FOR THE MAJESTIC RIVER
532
00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:02,367
{\an7}THAT RUNS THROUGH IT.
533
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,169
{\an7}THE NATIVE AMERICANS CALLED IT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE SHENANDOAH,
534
00:35:05,203 --> 00:35:08,039
{\an7}OR "DAUGHTER OF THE STARS,"
535
00:35:08,073 --> 00:35:11,677
{\an7}BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LIGHT
\h\h\h\h\h\hSPARKLES OFF IT.
536
00:35:16,815 --> 00:35:21,720
{\an7}EXPLORERS FIRST DISCOVERED
THE AREA IN THE MID-1600s,
537
00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:25,123
{\an7}BUT THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLERS
DIDN‘T PUT DOWN ROOTS HERE
538
00:35:25,156 --> 00:35:28,159
{\an7}UNTIL THE EARLY 1700s.
539
00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:44,843
{\an7}WITH ITS SCENIC COUNTRYSIDE,
540
00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:49,280
{\an7}\h\h\hLEXINGTON HAS ATTRACTED
MANY TRANSPLANTS TO THE AREA--
541
00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:53,218
{\an7}INCLUDING STONEWALL JACKSON,
\h\hWHO SPENT A DECADE HERE.
542
00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:58,089
{\an7}\hHE NOTED THAT, "LEXINGTON
IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE
543
00:35:58,123 --> 00:36:00,058
{\an7}\h\hTHAT I REMEMBER
OF HAVING EVER SEEN
544
00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:04,462
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN CONNECTION
WITH THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY."
545
00:36:04,496 --> 00:36:06,331
{\an7}JACKSON LIVED HERE
\h\hWHILE TEACHING
546
00:36:06,364 --> 00:36:09,267
{\an7}\h\hAT THE VIRGINIA
MILITARY INSTITUTE.
547
00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:12,203
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE NATION‘S OLDEST
STATE-SUPPORTED MILITARY COLLEGE
548
00:36:12,237 --> 00:36:15,307
{\an7}\h\h\hHAS MORE THAN
A THOUSAND STUDENTS.
549
00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:18,143
{\an7}\hTHEY SERVE IN ROTC
WHILE ENROLLED HERE,
550
00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:21,146
{\an7}BUT MAY GO INTO THE ARMED FORCES
OR BECOME CIVILIANS
551
00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,114
{\an7}WHEN THEY GRADUATE.
552
00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:27,619
{\an7}WHEN STONEWALL JACKSON
\h\h\h\h\hTAUGHT HERE,
553
00:36:27,652 --> 00:36:31,489
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE WAS STILL KNOWN
BY HIS GIVEN NAME, THOMAS.
554
00:36:31,523 --> 00:36:35,360
{\an7}\hBUT HE SOON EARNED
HIS FIRST NICKNAME.
555
00:36:35,393 --> 00:36:41,666
{\an7}\h\hHE WAS SO UNPOPULAR THAT HIS
STUDENTS CALLED HIM "TOM FOOL."
556
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:45,971
{\an7}\h\h\hJACKSON LEFT TO FIGHT
THE CIVIL WAR IN APRIL 1861
557
00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:48,507
{\an7}AND NEVER RETURNED.
558
00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:51,977
{\an7}HE WAS BURIED HERE IN MAY 1863
559
00:36:52,010 --> 00:36:55,947
{\an7}\h\hAFTER THE BATTLE
OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.
560
00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:58,149
{\an7}\hTHE FORMER TEACHER
OF ARTILLERY TACTICS
561
00:36:58,183 --> 00:37:01,186
{\an7}DIED OF COMPLICATIONS
FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND--
562
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:05,123
{\an7}AFTER BEING ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY HIS OWN MEN.
563
00:37:09,094 --> 00:37:11,830
{\an7}\h\hLEXINGTON IS ALSO
THE FINAL BURIAL PLACE
564
00:37:11,863 --> 00:37:14,299
{\an7}OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE.
565
00:37:14,332 --> 00:37:17,368
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHIS REMAINS ARE AT
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY,
566
00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:19,771
{\an7}WHERE HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT.
567
00:37:24,142 --> 00:37:27,012
{\an7}NOT FAR AWAY, ONE OF THE OLDEST
568
00:37:27,045 --> 00:37:28,980
{\an7}TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
\h\h\hIN THE NATION
569
00:37:29,013 --> 00:37:31,616
{\an7}SOARS ACROSS THE SKY.
570
00:37:33,318 --> 00:37:38,490
{\an7}NATURAL BRIDGE IS 90 FEET WIDE
\h\h\hAND OVER 200 FEET TALL,
571
00:37:38,523 --> 00:37:43,461
{\an7}AND ESTIMATED TO WEIGH
\h\hABOUT 36,000 TONS.
572
00:37:48,466 --> 00:37:51,569
{\an7}THIS WAS A SACRED SITE
FOR NATIVE AMERICANS,
573
00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:55,207
{\an7}WHO FIRST DUBBED IT
"THE BRIDGE OF GOD."
574
00:37:57,509 --> 00:37:59,745
{\an7}\h\h\hIN THE EIGHTEENTH
AND NINETEENTH CENTURY,
575
00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:03,248
{\an7}EUROPEAN TOURISTS TRAVELING
THE COUNTRYSIDE BY CARRIAGE
576
00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:06,551
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCONSIDERED THIS
A FAVORITE DESTINATION.
577
00:38:09,053 --> 00:38:10,655
{\an7}AND IT WAS OFTEN LISTED
578
00:38:10,688 --> 00:38:15,193
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAS ONE OF THE SEVEN
NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
579
00:38:17,662 --> 00:38:21,266
{\an7}THOMAS JEFFERSON BOUGHT THE SITE
FROM KING GEORGE III OF ENGLAND
580
00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:25,770
{\an7}TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STAYED
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN PUBLIC HANDS.
581
00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:28,607
{\an7}JEFFERSON FELT THAT IN THIS SPOT
582
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:33,612
{\an7}"THE RAPTURE OF THE SPECTATOR
\h\hIS REALLY INDESCRIBABLE."
583
00:38:38,183 --> 00:38:40,752
{\an7}NEAR NATURAL BRIDGE
\h\hSITS A CURIOSITY
584
00:38:40,785 --> 00:38:43,354
{\an7}THAT‘S DEFINITELY MANMADE--
585
00:38:43,388 --> 00:38:47,525
{\an7}SEEMINGLY FAMILIAR,
\h\hAND YET UNIQUE.
586
00:38:47,559 --> 00:38:50,996
{\an7}THIS REPLICA OF STONEHENGE,
\h\h\h\hBUILT BY MARK CLINE,
587
00:38:51,029 --> 00:38:58,303
{\an7}OPENED ON APRIL FOOL‘S DAY 2004,
AND IS KNOWN AS FOAMHENGE.
588
00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:01,840
{\an7}\hTHE ORIGINAL IN ENGLAND WAS
BUILT OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
589
00:39:01,873 --> 00:39:06,077
{\an7}THIS REPLICA--WITH 16-FOOT-TALL
PIECES OF STYROFOAM--
590
00:39:06,110 --> 00:39:09,447
{\an7}WENT UP IN LITTLE MORE
\h\h\h\h\hTHAN A DAY.
591
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,749
{\an7}THE FIRST VERSION OF IT
\h\h\h\hBLEW RIGHT OVER,
592
00:39:11,783 --> 00:39:15,120
{\an7}\h\h\hSO CLINE ADDED PIPES
TO ROOT IT TO THE GROUND--
593
00:39:15,153 --> 00:39:18,757
{\an7}AND IT‘S BEEN STANDING TALL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVER SINCE.
594
00:39:21,559 --> 00:39:24,228
{\an7}THE VALLEY IS DOTTED
\hWITH SMALL TOWNS,
595
00:39:24,262 --> 00:39:28,867
{\an7}EACH ONE MORE PICTURESQUE
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAN THE LAST.
596
00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:34,005
{\an7}\hBUT RURAL VIRGINIA DOESN‘T GET
MUCH MORE QUAINT THAN MAYBERRY.
597
00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:37,809
{\an7}MAYBERRY‘S PICTURESQUE
\h\h\h\h\h\hMABRY MILL
598
00:39:37,842 --> 00:39:41,612
{\an7}IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SPOTS
ON THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY--
599
00:39:41,646 --> 00:39:46,317
{\an7}AND ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED
SITES IN VIRGINIA.
600
00:39:51,789 --> 00:39:55,693
{\an7}BORDERING THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
IS A SCENIC STRETCH OF ROAD
601
00:39:55,727 --> 00:39:58,129
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT HUGS
THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS,
602
00:39:58,162 --> 00:40:02,400
{\an7}RUNNING FROM FRONT ROYAL
\h\h\h\h\hTO WAYNESBORO.
603
00:40:02,433 --> 00:40:05,269
{\an7}\h\h\hPRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER
WAS KNOWN TO FISH IN THE AREA,
604
00:40:05,303 --> 00:40:08,406
{\an7}AND LEGEND HAS IT THAT HE LIKED
THE VIEW SO MUCH
605
00:40:08,439 --> 00:40:13,010
{\an7}HE WANTED OTHERS TO BE ABLE
\h\h\h\hTO SHARE IT--BY CAR.
606
00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:18,349
{\an7}\hTHE ROAD WAS FINALLY APPROVED
BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.
607
00:40:18,383 --> 00:40:21,720
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE 105-MILE ROAD
WAS BUILT BY LOCAL FARMERS,
608
00:40:21,753 --> 00:40:25,890
{\an7}\hSOME OF WHOM WERE DISPLACED
BY PRESERVATION EFFORTS HERE.
609
00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:31,029
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE EVENTUAL COST
WAS ABOUT $40,000 A MILE.
610
00:40:31,062 --> 00:40:34,632
{\an7}BUT THE VIEW--PRICELESS.
611
00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:44,508
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSOUTH AND WEST
OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
612
00:40:44,542 --> 00:40:48,346
{\an7}LIES THE REGION KNOWN
\h\h\h\hAS APPALACHIA.
613
00:40:49,847 --> 00:40:53,284
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHIS IS A PLACE
WITH A RICH CULTURE ALL ITS OWN,
614
00:40:53,318 --> 00:40:57,222
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND A LONG TRADITION
OF EXPLORATION AND ADVENTURE.
615
00:40:59,324 --> 00:41:01,526
{\an7}FORGED BY WIND AND WATER,
616
00:41:01,559 --> 00:41:04,395
{\an7}\hCUMBERLAND GAP IS ONE
OF THE FEW MAJOR BREAKS
617
00:41:04,429 --> 00:41:07,332
{\an7}IN THE APPALACHIAN
\hMOUNTAIN CHAIN.
618
00:41:09,534 --> 00:41:11,970
{\an7}THIS 20-MILE-LONG NATIONAL PARK
619
00:41:12,003 --> 00:41:14,539
{\an7}CONTAINS 20,000 ACRES
\h\h\h\hOF WILDERNESS
620
00:41:14,572 --> 00:41:18,142
{\an7}EXTENDING INTO TENNESSEE
\h\h\h\h\hAND KENTUCKY.
621
00:41:20,244 --> 00:41:21,946
{\an7}ADVENTURERS LIKE DANIEL BOONE
622
00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:26,284
{\an7}HELPED TO FORGE THE WAY THROUGH
THE GAP FOR EARLY PIONEERS.
623
00:41:28,786 --> 00:41:31,956
{\an7}IT CONTINUED TO BE THE BEST
\hROUTE TO THE WESTERN U.S.
624
00:41:31,990 --> 00:41:34,659
{\an7}UNTIL THE EARLY 1800s.
625
00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:43,802
{\an7}AT VIRGINIA‘S SOUTHERN BORDER
\h\hSITS THE CITY OF BRISTOL.
626
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:46,705
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUILT ON THE SITE
OF A FORMER CHEROKEE VILLAGE,
627
00:41:46,738 --> 00:41:49,407
{\an7}THE TOWN WAS A POPULAR STOP
\h\hFOR PEOPLE HEADING WEST
628
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:53,611
{\an7}IN THE FOOTSTEPS
OF DANIEL BOONE.
629
00:41:53,644 --> 00:41:56,981
{\an7}BUT BRISTOL MAY BE BEST KNOWN
\hFOR A VICIOUS BORDER DISPUTE
630
00:41:57,015 --> 00:42:00,285
{\an7}WITH THE NEIGHBORING TOWN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF BRISTOL.
631
00:42:00,318 --> 00:42:03,388
{\an7}BRISTOL, TENNESSEE, THAT IS.
632
00:42:03,421 --> 00:42:07,659
{\an7}THE STATE LINE RAN RIGHT DOWN
\h\hTHE MIDDLE OF MAIN STREET.
633
00:42:07,692 --> 00:42:10,428
{\an7}IN 1889, A TENNESSEE MAN
\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS ARRESTED
634
00:42:10,461 --> 00:42:12,196
{\an7}FOR TRYING TO PUT A WATERLINE
635
00:42:12,230 --> 00:42:17,268
{\an7}IN WHAT VIRGINIA OFFICIALS
\hCLAIMED WAS THEIR LAND.
636
00:42:17,301 --> 00:42:18,736
{\an7}WITH TEMPERS FLARING,
637
00:42:18,770 --> 00:42:22,140
{\an7}ARMED MILITIAS HEADED OUT
\h\h\h\h\hFROM EACH STATE.
638
00:42:22,173 --> 00:42:25,476
{\an7}\hBUT THE BATTLE ENDED UP
IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT,
639
00:42:25,510 --> 00:42:29,647
{\an7}WHICH ORDERED THE BORDER TO BE
\hFINALIZED ONCE AND FOR ALL.
640
00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:36,120
{\an7}IN A SHOW OF GOOD FAITH,
641
00:42:36,154 --> 00:42:38,690
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE TWO BRISTOLS
ERECTED A MASSIVE SIGN
642
00:42:38,723 --> 00:42:42,493
{\an7}OVER THE APTLY RENAMED
\h\h\h\hSTATE STREET:
643
00:42:42,527 --> 00:42:47,665
{\an7}ONE HALF OF IT IN VIRGINIA,
THE OTHER HALF IN TENNESSEE.
644
00:42:52,537 --> 00:42:54,139
{\an7}BACK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
645
00:42:54,172 --> 00:43:00,812
{\an7}CIVIL WAR BUFFS CAN VISIT A SPOT
THAT REVEALS HISTORY TIMES TWO.
646
00:43:00,845 --> 00:43:02,847
{\an7}MANASSAS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD
647
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,050
{\an7}IS THE SITE OF A PAIR
OF DEADLY ENCOUNTERS--
648
00:43:06,084 --> 00:43:10,055
{\an7}THE FIRST AND SECOND BATTLES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF BULL RUN.
649
00:43:12,323 --> 00:43:18,529
{\an7}ON JULY 21, 1861, THE CIVIL WAR
WAS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY.
650
00:43:18,563 --> 00:43:22,534
{\an7}WHEN UNION TROOPS ARRIVED HERE,
THEY EXPECTED A QUICK VICTORY--
651
00:43:22,567 --> 00:43:25,336
{\an7}AND A SHORT WAR.
652
00:43:25,369 --> 00:43:28,172
{\an7}\h\h\hAT FIRST, THE UNION ARMY
SEEMED TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND
653
00:43:28,206 --> 00:43:30,442
{\an7}ON HENRY HILL.
654
00:43:30,475 --> 00:43:32,911
{\an7}\hBUT ONE GROUP OF SOLDIERS
MANAGED TO HOLD THEIR GROUND
655
00:43:32,944 --> 00:43:36,448
{\an7}\h\hBEHIND GENERAL
THOMAS J. JACKSON.
656
00:43:36,481 --> 00:43:38,049
{\an7}A FELLOW OFFICER SHOUTED,
657
00:43:38,082 --> 00:43:42,219
{\an7}"LOOK! THERE IS JACKSON STANDING
THERE LIKE A STONE WALL."
658
00:43:42,253 --> 00:43:46,591
{\an7}\h\hAND FROM THAT DAY ON,
HE WAS KNOWN AS STONEWALL.
659
00:43:48,559 --> 00:43:51,362
{\an7}AS THE BATTLE RAGED ON,
THE SOUTHERNERS MANAGED
660
00:43:51,395 --> 00:43:55,366
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO PUSH BACK
THEIR NORTHERN COUNTERPARTS.
661
00:43:55,399 --> 00:43:58,903
{\an7}BUT THE TWO SIDES HAD LOST
\h\h\hA TOTAL OF 900 MEN.
662
00:43:58,936 --> 00:44:04,608
{\an7}AND ANY HOPE FOR A FAST END
\h\hTO THE WAR HAD VANISHED.
663
00:44:04,642 --> 00:44:06,377
{\an7}HERE ON BATTERY HEIGHTS,
664
00:44:06,410 --> 00:44:11,048
{\an7}THE TWO ARMIES FACED OFF AGAIN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN AUGUST 1862.
665
00:44:11,082 --> 00:44:13,718
{\an7}\hBY THEN, THEY WERE
MUCH MORE SEASONED--
666
00:44:13,751 --> 00:44:16,320
{\an7}AND THE STAKES WERE EVEN HIGHER.
667
00:44:18,122 --> 00:44:22,293
{\an7}\hUNION GENERAL JOHN POPE SET UP
HEADQUARTERS BEHIND THIS HOUSE,
668
00:44:22,326 --> 00:44:26,096
{\an7}AND PLOTTED A RETURN STRIKE
\h\h\h\h\h\hAGAINST JACKSON.
669
00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:28,366
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hA SERIES OF
UNCOORDINATED ATTACKS
670
00:44:28,399 --> 00:44:32,270
{\an7}\h\h\hDID LITTLE DAMAGE
TO THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.
671
00:44:32,303 --> 00:44:34,806
{\an7}FINALLY, AFTER THREE DAYS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF FIGHTING,
672
00:44:34,839 --> 00:44:37,942
{\an7}THE UNION ARMY FLED
\hOVER STONE BRIDGE.
673
00:44:37,975 --> 00:44:42,480
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE RESULT WAS ONE OF
THE SOUTH‘S GREAT TRIUMPHS.
674
00:44:45,283 --> 00:44:48,086
{\an7}THEIR VICTORY WAS SHORT-LIVED.
675
00:44:48,119 --> 00:44:49,587
{\an7}LESS THAN A MONTH LATER,
676
00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:53,991
{\an7}\h\h\h\hABRAHAM LINCOLN UNVEILED
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION--
677
00:44:54,025 --> 00:44:59,531
{\an7}A DECISIVE MOMENT IN ENDING
\hSLAVERY AND THE CIVIL WAR.
678
00:45:01,999 --> 00:45:07,438
{\an7}FROM ITS PRE-REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS
TO ITS CIVIL WAR BATTLES,
679
00:45:07,471 --> 00:45:10,107
{\an7}FROM ITS CELEBRATION
\h\hOF ARCHITECTURE
680
00:45:10,141 --> 00:45:13,378
{\an7}\hTO ITS PRESERVATION
OF NATURAL SPLENDOR--
681
00:45:13,411 --> 00:45:19,217
{\an7}VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CRITICAL IN
THE SHAPING OF MODERN AMERICA.
682
00:45:19,250 --> 00:45:22,687
{\an7}BY CELEBRATING THE TRADITIONS
\h\h\hOF ITS FOUNDING FATHERS
683
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:25,356
{\an7}\h\hWITHOUT LOSING
ITS SENSE OF FUN--
684
00:45:25,389 --> 00:45:30,261
{\an7}VIRGINIA REMAINS A PLACE
WELL ROOTED IN THE PAST
685
00:45:30,294 --> 00:45:33,230
{\an7}YET FIRMLY GROUNDED
\h\hIN THE PRESENT,
686
00:45:33,264 --> 00:45:36,467
{\an7}AND WELL POSITIONED
\h\hFOR THE FUTURE.
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