Multimedia

The Revolutionary War

The Founding Fathers on the Importance of Knowledge 

The End of the War



The War of 1812

Funeral of Hiram Cronk Veteran of The War of 1812

"This 1905 film shows a city thoroughfare lined with crowds of people watching a military parade. The first group to come into view is a marching band, then a large formation of soldiers in the uniform of Rough Riders. Following them is a hearse drawn by four black horses, escorted by veterans of the Civil War, and horse-drawn open carriages. The camera position shifts and most of the paraders can be seen for a second time: the band, the hearse, and the Civil War veterans. Hiram Cronk, a veteran of the War of 1812, died at the age of 105. He was thought to be the last surviving veteran of that war."

Francis Scott Key

 

The Civil War

Honorable Manhood

"This small segment of Ken Burns' PBS epic "The Civil War" is probably the most powerful, moving, and remembered part. A week before the battle of Bull Run, Sullivan Ballou, a major in the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers, wrote home to his wife in Smithfield. The video begins a minute or two before the segment."

 

New Jersey African-American Experience

Civil War Veterans Filmed at the Battle of Gettysburg 75th Anniversary