Neither Henry Ford nor Henry Mercer was trained or credentialed in the study of history, but each developed a vision both of what American history ought to be and of how it ought to be studied. Their experiments stood as alternatives to the more narrowly focused academic history that would ultimately triumph. Henry Ford built a history museum in two parts, the galleries displaying a variety of objects and the village itself, however, can also be seen as collection of architectural objects on a grand scale. The museum and village pay homage to America's simple folk. The museum and the village erected as a memorial to America's preindustrial past and its "village" life to rescue a disappearing past. Ford reached back to retrieve his past. For …show more content…
He hoped to find an ancient camping ground of the Lenni Lenape, which supposed to have been located near Mercer's house along the Delaware River. And one day, he goes to fishing at a favorite spot after some high water on the river, Mercer spotted several arrowheads revealed by erosion. He left the place and soon returned with a shovel; and, there, in that ground, he began to dig. Then broken arrowheads came to light, Fragments of rude vessels, and savage implements of war, etc. when Mercer grew up, his pursuits were remarkably wide ranging. He became an important archaeologist of the New World in the 1880s and l890s. Toward the end of that decade, he began to collect the tools and technology of colonial and early Federal America. He eventually housed these artifacts in a museum of his own extraordinary design that he built for the Bucks County Historical Society (BCHS) in 1916. At the turn of the century, Mercer began experimenting with pottery production by trying to resurrect an eighteenth-century Pennsylvania-German technique for ceramic manufacture. As a result of his experiments, he established the Moravian Tile Works near his home in Doylestown. The tiles he produced there have been installed in buildings as far-flung as the State Capitol in Harrisburg, PA, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, and the Casino in Monte
Following their hard fought victory at Vimy Ridge the 50th battalion had a long, but well deserved leave. When they returned to combat they were not immediately assigned to any major battles. Their next big assignment came in of 1918, when they were sent to the Battle of Amiens. Once the Canadian divisions arrived, the Allied forces were able to advance 19km in a span of three days. On August 18th, just three months before the end of the wat, Henry volunteered to take on a dangerous mission to go behind enemy lines. A mission that he had completed dozens of times, but this time he had orders to kill an enemy officer. During the night he had crept into No Man’s Land, but before he could reach the enemy line he thought he had been spotted. He decided to wait a while and to
This report from the Ohio Historical Society proposes a Historic Site Management Plan for Newark Earthworks State Memorial. It provides details on how to use this plan, its methodology, the publics and advisory panel input and its priorities. Further, this document included a detailed chronological account of prehistory occupancy and important date, as well as, historical ownership and occupancy of the Newark sites. Discussion of their management framework included management strategies, access to the sites, cultural preservation, treatment plan and also, an informational brochure and visitor’s facilities. The appendix of this report include among other things, a brief history of Newark earthwork, deeds and leases, and also recommendations from the advisory panel. I find this significant because it contains valuable historical records of occupation and ownership post the 17th-century, and absence of any records of prior occupation and ownership of the earlier Hopewell culture, that is thought to have built most of these earthworks. Although this source doesn’t answer the question who built these earthwork and why was it built, it gives account of a solid comprehensive timeline from post European contact to modern century that I find relevant to the Newark Great Oval
I knew that my hometown of Blairsville, Pennsylvania was a rich historical place before my research. I turned to visiting the historical society in my town for my information, there I was given a tour of a historical house where all of the artifacts had been donated. After looking into the history and the other elements of the town, I found out that the place where I grew up was so much more history than I could have ever imagined.
As the city of Chicago prepped for the 1893 World’s Fair Columbian Exposition, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the New World, people all over the world brought artifacts to the city. To keep these artifacts in the city long after the Exposition ended, Edward Ayer and Marshall Field established the Columbian Museum. Built using Field’s money, Columbian Museum would go on to house world artifacts as well as function as a research institution. As time passed, the museum eventually changed names to the Field Museum of Natural History and moved buildings to its much larger current location on Museum Campus. Today, the Field Museum continues to be an innovating research institution and stable of the Chicagoland community.
As time has progressed on, in a little town in eastern West Virginia, it is as though time has taken a halt. In Elkins West Virginia nestled in the mountain tops a small community on a hill does its best to preserve history the best way it possibly could by holding one of oldest buildings in town on its foundation. It is a showing of a time long before, it truly is something to be celebrated. History, a true design of focus on the Campus of Davis and Elkins
The museum believes in a pastiche and populist pathway, in which the history of all people is displayed. Its interactive viewpoint allows this museum to convey history in a way that would be more accessible to its audience. For example, patrons are given the opportunity to record their own history. However, academics, such as Keith Windschuttle, assert that the NMA is a “profound intellectual waste”. He argues that although it displays accurate history, it’s purpose of entertaining its audience detracts from its value, thus creating “waste”. Although Windschuttle’s view may be extreme, it demonstrates the considerable extent to which the tension between academic and popular historians exist.
Throughout An American Childhood, Dillard expresses how significant history of various subjects are. “We children lived and breathed our history-our Pittsburgh history, so crucial to the country’s story and so typical of it as well-without knowing for believing any of it.”
Flowers required students to read several biographies of noteworthy Americans, focusing on the subject’s moral character. She encouraged students to look beyond the story and investigate the character’s motivation and how their decisions impacted the outcome of their story. For example, it wasn’t enough to know that Daniel Boone blazed the Wilderness Road. More importantly, Boone exemplified the values of fortitude and perseverance, as he did not give up on his quest in the face of repeated hardships. Mrs. Flowers then guided her students as they embodied these virtues, even as she taught the basics of American history.
Right in the midst of the Progressive Era, news of Henry Ford’s new, affordable car excited the American people. This was monumental, but it wasn’t the only innovational things that came out of Ford. Henry Ford if by far one of the most significant people in all of American history. He was able to develop a car that was both affordable and easy to produce, thanks to another one of his inventions the assembly line, really helping to build up the economy, and influenced hundreds of other innovations that came after him.
Stories use narrative to involve the responder in a range of experiences. Storytellers use narrative techniques to establish a setting and shape the characters personality. This is shown in Henry Lawson’s short stories the drover’s wife and the loaded dog as well as Roger hargreaves picture book little miss sunshine.
Saul Hudson was born to an African American mother and British father in London on July 23, 1965 and even though he was born in London he was raised for most of his life in Los Angeles, California.
For my Museum visit I chose to go to the Atlantic County Historical Society in Somers Point, NJ. When I originally had gone I didn’t know what to expect exactly. I thought for the most part they would talk to me about the history of Atlantic county which they did however they had amazing objects and memorabilia that date back centuries. They had everything from old toys made of amazing wood to guns that were heavier then I had originally anticipated. While I was there the staff told me stories about everything from famous spots in Atlantic City to Margate even some things about my hometown of Absecon.
I woke up early morning with intentions to catch the train to go to Chicago with my friends. I was filled with partial excitement because we weren’t going to Chicago to visit North Ave or Magnificent Mile, but instead our plans were to visit the Chicago Historical Society. In complete honesty, I felt as though this visit would be a waste of time and money and I wanted to do almost anything but get started on my summer work. So when my friends and I walked in, I looked around with skepticism and a huge groan. However, soon enough my friends and I were going from exhibit to exhibit, reading about the past history and actually enjoying ourselves. I never knew that Chicago held so much history within its streets and buildings, and it was a pleasant surprise that Chicago has much more to it than just towering skyscrapers.
“In order to open the country west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlers and to offer a cheap and safe way to carry produce to a market, the construction of a canal was proposed as early as 1768”. And “It was not until 1808 that the state legislature funded a survey for a canal that would connect to Lake Erie.” (Frank E. Sadowski Jr.)
For example if it wasn’t no Carnegie, it would be no Carnegie Steel Company, or todays US Steel. Without John D Rockefeller, or Henry Ford, the oil business wouldn’t be as productive or there would be no Ford car manufacturer today. A degree isn’t required to be a historian, just effort and drive, but to be accredited for your work it’s good to be certified with the proper certifications. Even-though the history of the wealthiest are interesting to me, I’m mostly inspired by Black History. During the early 1950s’ the United States were very segregated, a group of people, called the NAACP fought to establish justice. Martin Luther King Jr, social activist and minister, influence me to motivate others to join together instead of dividing. A voice of people is most likely to get heard than one person. The history of my own kind is essential to me, because it gives me an outlook on earlier civilization and black communities during the time of cruelty. Based on my observations I have acquired knowledge about the past so therefore I’ll make changes in the