Americana our history

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by canjond

Richard,

I actually believe it's $3.00 to get in, but WELL worth it. Among other great items on display is the speach Teddy was about to present when there was an attempt on his life. The bullet pierced the speach folded in his shirt pocket and collapsed a lung, but Roosevelt refused to go to the hospital until he finished his 2+ hour speach.

- Jon

Jon - I was there about two weeks ago,,, it is free. Anyone with an Americana/history interest should pay this building a visit. You also get a free guided tour of the various rooms. This is the building where Teddy grew up. The only American President to come from the great city of New York .

[HiNeighbor]

In additional to collecting pre-1920 Red Sox and RI Breweriana, I am a pretty involved student of the American Revolution and have been for over thirty years. I happened to run across the episodes of this series that dealt with the Revolution and all I can say is that this is the most horrendous documentary I have ever seen on the subject (I was actually involved in the filming of the original History Channel documentary on the Revolution back about 15 years ago). Most documentaries fall short of being perfect in this period, but this show was blatantly WRONG most of the time. The History Channel should be ashamed of itself for putting out such a piece of trash. I know that may sound harsh, but if a program was completely wrong about baseball, you would all feel the same way. This "documentary" obviously never consulted appropriate historians and relied on talking heads that know nothing of the subject.

I can't comment on any of the other episodes as I did not watch them. I do know that some friends who are students of the Civil War did not have many promising things to say about that episode. Sorry to bust anyone's bubble who thought this was a good series. It was simply terrible. You should see the comments on similar forums like this that deal with history. Unfortunately, the History Channel has gone away from history. They're more involved in putting things out like Ice Truckers, Pawn Stars, and the like which have little to do with history.

Seeing that the original intent was to see pieces of "Americana" here's one from the Revolution. A Proclamation printed in RI for the distribution throughout the state announcing the Cessation of Arms between the United States and Great Britain. Probably the only one known to exist.

[jbsports33]

some great looking items, I enjoyed looking at the pictures

Jimmy

[HiNeighbor]

By the way, David, awesome stuff!

[ChiefBenderForever]

Greg, as a history scholar I can imagine your frustration with a production like this but for the average Joe it is a good starting point to give them a quick glance at our history. What did you think of HBO's John Adams series? I was blown away by the production on that and felt like I was back in time and the details were unreal. This new series was definately a rush job but to cover many years in a blink of an eye is a very big task and overall it's pretty good and entertaining. That is no excuse on getting major details incorrect but also shows that many are not aware of the facts. I have learned a lot and been reminded of many things I forgot, and it is a nice break from the Disney Channel !

[David Atkatz]

Hey, Greg. I've never been too interested in ephemera, but that document (and its condition) is quite impressive! Whose facsimile signature appears?

[ksfarmboy]

Ray, I thought you might find this interesting. It's a RPPC of Bill Pickett.