1 00:00:05,033 --> 00:00:05,233 ♪♪ 2 00:00:05,233 --> 00:00:05,600 ♪♪ ♪♪ 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,333 >> CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE OUT 4 00:00:08,333 --> 00:00:10,466 IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ITS 5 00:00:10,466 --> 00:00:11,900 PATRONS, SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE, 6 00:00:11,900 --> 00:00:14,433 PLACES AND QUALITY OF LIFE THAT 7 00:00:14,433 --> 00:00:15,066 UNIQUE KNEE DESCRIBE 8 00:00:15,066 --> 00:00:16,166 CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS 9 00:00:16,166 --> 00:00:17,900 SURROUNDINGS AND BY VIEWERS 10 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:19,100 LIKE YOU. 11 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:25,900 THANK YOU. 12 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:26,500 ♪♪. 13 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:28,300 >> SO HERE WE ARE. 14 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:30,633 NOW BACK INTO THE SUMMERTIME 15 00:00:30,633 --> 00:00:30,966 WEATHER. 16 00:00:30,966 --> 00:00:32,333 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 17 00:00:32,333 --> 00:00:34,100 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER YOU 18 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:34,833 CAN GO IN AND WARM UP. 19 00:00:34,833 --> 00:00:36,966 >> THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL 20 00:00:36,966 --> 00:00:38,400 COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT 21 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,533 DESERVES A SPECIAL PROGRAM LIKE 22 00:00:40,533 --> 00:00:41,000 PARADE REST. 23 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,866 >> FOR WHTJ, I AM TER TER. 24 00:00:44,866 --> 00:00:46,766 THIS IS "CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE 25 00:00:46,766 --> 00:00:51,200 OUT." 26 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:51,466 ♪♪ 27 00:00:51,466 --> 00:00:54,866 ♪♪ 28 00:00:54,866 --> 00:01:07,000 ♪♪ 29 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:07,233 ♪♪. 30 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:08,433 >> TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN 31 00:01:08,433 --> 00:01:09,800 ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS 32 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:10,300 RESTORE 33 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:12,133 RESTORING A HISTORIC RESOURCE 34 00:01:12,133 --> 00:01:13,833 THAT HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR 35 00:01:13,833 --> 00:01:15,233 MANY YEARS INTO AN EXCITING 36 00:01:15,233 --> 00:01:16,800 RECREATION AND HERITAGE 37 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:17,900 DESTINATION. 38 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:25,566 JOIN US AS WE TALK WITH ALLEN 39 00:01:25,566 --> 00:01:26,200 JOIN US AS WE TALK WITH ALLEN 40 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,400 HALE BY THE CLAUDIUS CROZET 41 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,800 BLUE RIDGE FOUNDATION. 42 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,333 ALLEN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 43 00:01:32,333 --> 00:01:33,033 HISTORY OF THE TUNNEL AND WHY 44 00:01:33,033 --> 00:01:33,800 IT WAS BUILT. 45 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,833 >> WELL, IT IS A VERY 46 00:01:35,833 --> 00:01:36,933 INTERESTING HISTORY IN THE 47 00:01:36,933 --> 00:01:38,700 EARLY PART OF THE 19th CENTURY 48 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:40,133 IN VIRGINIA, THERE WAS A GREAT 49 00:01:40,133 --> 00:01:42,400 EFFORT TO MOVE TO THE SHENADOAH 50 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,833 VALLEY TO CONNECT THE COASTAL 51 00:01:44,833 --> 00:01:47,133 PLANE WITH THE OHIO VALLEY. 52 00:01:47,133 --> 00:01:49,400 AND IN THE EARLY YEARS CANALS 53 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,233 ARE SEEN AS THE WAY TO DO THIS 54 00:01:51,233 --> 00:01:53,633 ALONG THE JAMES RIVER, THE 55 00:01:53,633 --> 00:01:57,366 JAMES RIVER KANAWHA CANAL WAS 56 00:01:57,366 --> 00:01:59,133 VERY FAMOUS AND IT WAS VERY 57 00:01:59,133 --> 00:02:00,366 SLOW. 58 00:02:00,366 --> 00:02:02,833 KIND OF LIKE RAILROADS WERE 59 00:02:02,833 --> 00:02:05,033 STARTING TO COME INTO PEOPLE'S 60 00:02:05,033 --> 00:02:06,233 THINKING AND THEN IT WAS 61 00:02:06,233 --> 00:02:08,800 REALIZED THAT THE RAILROAD 62 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,333 WOULD BE COMPARED TO THE CANAL 63 00:02:10,333 --> 00:02:13,133 LIKE THE HORSE TO THE MOTOR CAR 64 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:13,733 LIKE THE HORSE TO THE MOTOR 65 00:02:13,733 --> 00:02:14,000 CAR. 66 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:14,366 >> RIGHT. 67 00:02:14,366 --> 00:02:14,933 >> THAT SORT OF THING. 68 00:02:14,933 --> 00:02:15,433 >> RIGHT. 69 00:02:15,433 --> 00:02:17,100 >> SO THAT'S WHY THERE WAS 70 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:19,900 GREAT IMPETUS BEGINNING IN THE 71 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:24,966 1830s, 1840s TO BUILD RAILROADS 72 00:02:24,966 --> 00:02:25,466 1830s, 1840s TO BUILD 73 00:02:25,466 --> 00:02:25,833 RAILROADS. 74 00:02:25,833 --> 00:02:26,166 >> OKAY. 75 00:02:26,166 --> 00:02:27,500 AND SO HOW DID THIS COME TO BE? 76 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:28,666 >> THIS PARTICULAR CHALLENGE, 77 00:02:28,666 --> 00:02:31,300 THE RAILROAD WAS BEING BUILT 78 00:02:31,300 --> 00:02:33,933 FROM RICHMOND, WENT TO LOUISA, 79 00:02:33,933 --> 00:02:35,500 GORDONSVILLE, AND WAS MOVING 80 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:36,400 THIS WAY. 81 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,100 >> RIGHT. 82 00:02:37,100 --> 00:02:40,700 >> AND THEN THEY SAW THE BLUE 83 00:02:40,700 --> 00:02:42,733 RIDGE MOUNTAINS, AND THE 84 00:02:42,733 --> 00:02:43,400 PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT WERE 85 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,333 BUILDING RAILROADS, ALSO 86 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:46,766 STARTED ON THE VALLEY SAID. 87 00:02:46,766 --> 00:02:49,400 SAID THAT PROJECT IS TOO 88 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,600 DIFFICULT FOR US TO UNDERTAKE. 89 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,433 SO THAT IS WHEN THE GENERAL 90 00:02:54,433 --> 00:02:56,933 ASSEMBLY THROUGH THE BOARD OF 91 00:02:56,933 --> 00:02:58,700 PUBLIC WORKS WHICH IS OUR 92 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:00,700 EQUIVALENT OF VDOT TODAY 93 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:02,833 DECIDED TO UNDERTAKE THIS 17 94 00:03:02,833 --> 00:03:03,400 DECIDED TO UNDERTAKE THIS 95 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,200 17-MILE PROJECT FROM MEACHUM'S 96 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,700 RIVER TO SOUTH RIVER AND BUILD 97 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:09,866 THE RAILROAD THROUGH THE 98 00:03:09,866 --> 00:03:10,800 MOUNTAINS. 99 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:11,433 >> AND CLAUDIUS CROZET WAS 100 00:03:11,433 --> 00:03:11,733 HIRED. 101 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:13,400 HE WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 102 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,033 >> YES, CROZET WAS THE PROJECT 103 00:03:17,033 --> 00:03:18,233 ENGINEER HERE. 104 00:03:18,233 --> 00:03:19,833 HE WAS A BRILLIANT ENGINEER 105 00:03:19,833 --> 00:03:23,200 EDUCATED AT ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE 106 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,533 IN FRANCE. 107 00:03:24,533 --> 00:03:25,266 IN FRANCE. 108 00:03:25,266 --> 00:03:27,533 FOUGHT IN NAPOLEON'S ARMY IN 109 00:03:27,533 --> 00:03:29,366 THE INVASION OF RUSSIA BUT IN 110 00:03:29,366 --> 00:03:31,466 1916 HE IMMIGRATED TO THE 111 00:03:31,466 --> 00:03:32,266 UNITED STATES AND TAUGHT AT 112 00:03:32,266 --> 00:03:34,200 WEST POINT FOR EIGHT YEARS. 113 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,366 THEN THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS 114 00:03:36,366 --> 00:03:38,033 HIRED HIM OF VIRGINIA, AND HE 115 00:03:38,033 --> 00:03:39,700 MOVED TO VIRGINIA, AND THEY 116 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:41,966 WANTED HIM TO EXPAND THE CANAL 117 00:03:41,966 --> 00:03:42,666 SYSTEM. 118 00:03:42,666 --> 00:03:44,600 SO HE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE 119 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:45,400 STATE LOOKING AT THE 120 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:46,300 POSSIBILITY 121 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:47,900 POSSIBILITIES, AND THEN HE 122 00:03:47,900 --> 00:03:50,400 ADVISED THEM THAT RAILROAD WERE 123 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:50,933 THE ANSWER. 124 00:03:50,933 --> 00:03:54,166 AND ULTIMATELY, HE WAS HIRED IN 125 00:03:54,166 --> 00:03:56,666 1849 AS THE PROJECT ENGINEER TO 126 00:03:56,666 --> 00:03:57,833 DO THIS TUNNEL. 127 00:03:57,833 --> 00:04:00,466 AND IT WAS HIS DESIGN OF THIS 128 00:04:00,466 --> 00:04:00,966 ENTIRE STRETCH -- 129 00:04:00,966 --> 00:04:01,933 >> RIGHT. 130 00:04:01,933 --> 00:04:03,700 >> -- THAT WAS BUILT. 131 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:05,666 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN. 132 00:04:05,666 --> 00:04:06,900 IT IS DESIGNED A CERTAIN WAY 133 00:04:06,900 --> 00:04:07,533 FOR A REASON. 134 00:04:07,533 --> 00:04:09,500 THE SHAPE OF THE TUNNEL, THE 135 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:10,266 ENTRANCE, RIGHT. 136 00:04:10,266 --> 00:04:13,100 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 137 00:04:13,100 --> 00:04:13,833 DESIGN AND WE WILL GET INTO THE 138 00:04:13,833 --> 00:04:14,266 DIFFICULTIES. 139 00:04:14,266 --> 00:04:15,566 >> YEAH, SO THERE WERE -- THERE 140 00:04:15,566 --> 00:04:18,633 WERE A TOTAL OF FOUR TUNNELS ON 141 00:04:18,633 --> 00:04:19,633 THIS SECTION STARTING AT THE 142 00:04:19,633 --> 00:04:21,400 GREENWOOD TUNNEL, THE 143 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,133 BROOKSVILLE TUNNEL, AND THE 144 00:04:23,133 --> 00:04:24,166 LITTLE ROCK TUNNEL, WHICH IS 145 00:04:24,166 --> 00:04:28,266 STILL ON THE LIVE TRACK TODAY 146 00:04:28,266 --> 00:04:29,933 USED EVER SINCE THE 1850s. 147 00:04:29,933 --> 00:04:31,600 AND THEN THE BLUE RIDGE TUNNEL 148 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,733 WHICH WAS THE BIG ONE, 4264 149 00:04:34,733 --> 00:04:35,033 FEET. 150 00:04:35,033 --> 00:04:35,833 >> WOW. 151 00:04:35,833 --> 00:04:40,633 >> SO CROZET CALLED FOR AT A 152 00:04:40,633 --> 00:04:42,500 HEIGHT OF 20 FEET TO HAVE 16 153 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:45,266 FEET OF WIDTH IN ORDER FOR THE 154 00:04:45,266 --> 00:04:47,700 LOCOMOTIVES AT THAT TIME TO GET 155 00:04:47,700 --> 00:04:48,033 THROUGH. 156 00:04:48,033 --> 00:04:49,933 AND HE CONCLUDED THAT AN 157 00:04:49,933 --> 00:04:51,833 ELLIPTICAL SHAPE WHICH YOU CAN 158 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:55,500 SEE BACK HERE, THAT WOULD 159 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:57,733 REQUIRE LESS BLASTING OF ROCK. 160 00:04:57,733 --> 00:05:00,433 >> IT IS GREEN STONE. 161 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:01,066 RIGHT. 162 00:05:01,066 --> 00:05:02,866 TALK ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT AND 163 00:05:02,866 --> 00:05:04,600 TIME CONSUMING TO GET THROUGH 164 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:05,366 THIS STONE. 165 00:05:05,366 --> 00:05:06,533 >> ABSOLUTELY. 166 00:05:06,533 --> 00:05:08,200 THIS ROCK IS CALLED "GREEN 167 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,700 STONE" AND SOME OF HARDEST ROCK 168 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:11,266 IN THE WORLD. 169 00:05:11,266 --> 00:05:13,000 IN THE 18 50s WHEN THEY WERE 170 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,866 DOING THIS PROJECT. 171 00:05:14,866 --> 00:05:18,466 NO NITROGLYCERIN OR DYNAMITE. 172 00:05:18,466 --> 00:05:20,166 IT WAS BLACK POWDER, AND IT WAS 173 00:05:20,166 --> 00:05:21,933 DRILLED -- THE HOLES WHICH YOU 174 00:05:21,933 --> 00:05:24,200 CAN SEE HADN'T BEEN -- ON THE 175 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,600 WALL HERE WERE DRILLED BY ONE 176 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:31,000 FELLOW HOLDING A STEEL BAR WITH 177 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,166 -- ACTUALLY 178 00:05:32,166 --> 00:05:33,300 -- ACTUAL HAD A CHISEL TIP. 179 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:35,866 AND THE OTHER FELLOW WOULD 180 00:05:35,866 --> 00:05:37,133 SWING THE SLEDGEHAMMER AND 181 00:05:37,133 --> 00:05:39,666 WOULD TURN A LITTLE BIT, SWING 182 00:05:39,666 --> 00:05:40,733 THE SLEDGEHAMMER, TURN IT A 183 00:05:40,733 --> 00:05:42,766 LITTLE BIT. 184 00:05:42,766 --> 00:05:43,766 ENOUGH DUST IN THE BOTTOM OF 185 00:05:43,766 --> 00:05:45,700 IT, HAVE ANOTHER -- A KID COME 186 00:05:45,700 --> 00:05:47,933 AND PULL IT OUT SO IT WOULD 187 00:05:47,933 --> 00:05:48,766 KEEP GOING. 188 00:05:48,766 --> 00:05:50,866 THEY PACKED IT WITH BLACK 189 00:05:50,866 --> 00:05:51,800 POWDER AND SHOT IT. 190 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,466 >> HOW LONG DID IT TAKE? 191 00:05:53,466 --> 00:05:55,233 >> WELL, THIS PROJECT WENT ON 192 00:05:55,233 --> 00:05:58,266 FROM 1850 REALLY -- THE RAIL 193 00:05:58,266 --> 00:05:58,800 FROM 1850 REALLY -- THE 194 00:05:58,800 --> 00:05:59,433 RAILROAD STARTED RUNNING. 195 00:05:59,433 --> 00:06:01,100 THEY BROKE THROUGH IT AT THE 196 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:01,866 END OF 1856. 197 00:06:01,866 --> 00:06:04,000 SOME MONTHS, THEY WOULD ONLY 198 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,200 MAKE 16 FEET. 199 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:05,966 >> BECAUSE OF THE STONE. 200 00:06:05,966 --> 00:06:07,666 >> BECAUSE OF THE STONE AND THE 201 00:06:07,666 --> 00:06:10,300 FACT -- AND THEY WORKED 24 202 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:10,700 HOURS A DAY. 203 00:06:10,700 --> 00:06:12,533 THREE EIGHT-HOUR SHIFTS. 204 00:06:12,533 --> 00:06:13,866 THEY WORKED ON TWO LEVELS. 205 00:06:13,866 --> 00:06:16,233 ON THE HEADERS AND THE FLOORS 206 00:06:16,233 --> 00:06:17,366 BELOW THEM SO THEY COULD HAVE 207 00:06:17,366 --> 00:06:19,066 TWO CREWS HAMMERING AWAY. 208 00:06:19,066 --> 00:06:21,300 >> AND AS THEY GOT TO THE OTHER 209 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:22,300 END OF THE TUNNEL, IT CHANGED A 210 00:06:22,300 --> 00:06:22,900 BIT. 211 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:24,166 SO MORE BRICK WAS INVOLVED. 212 00:06:24,166 --> 00:06:25,500 TALK ABOUT THAT. 213 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:26,566 >> NO, YEAH, IT IS VERY 214 00:06:26,566 --> 00:06:27,500 INTERESTING BECAUSE THE 215 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:29,300 MATERIAL ON THE WEST SIDE, 216 00:06:29,300 --> 00:06:30,333 WHICH IS ON THE SHENADOAH 217 00:06:30,333 --> 00:06:33,900 VALLEY SIDE IS MUCH LOOSER 218 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:36,000 MATERIAL SO IT STARTED CAVING 219 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 IN ALL THE TIME. 220 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,800 THIS IS EXACTLY THE WAY IT WAS 221 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:40,233 WHEN IT WAS FINISHED. 222 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:40,600 YOU KNOW. 223 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:41,466 IT IS VERY SOLID. 224 00:06:41,466 --> 00:06:43,033 PIECES DON'T FALL OFF. 225 00:06:43,033 --> 00:06:45,233 THEY MIGHT INSIDE BUT NOT 226 00:06:45,233 --> 00:06:45,733 WITHIN THE TUNNEL. 227 00:06:45,733 --> 00:06:47,700 AND HE FOUND ON THAT SIDE -- BY 228 00:06:47,700 --> 00:06:49,433 THE WAY, THEY WERE WORKING FROM 229 00:06:49,433 --> 00:06:50,000 TWO ENDS. 230 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,700 >> RIGHT, RIGHT. 231 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:54,033 >> SO PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE 232 00:06:54,033 --> 00:06:56,366 HAD TO LINE THE TUNNEL AGAIN IN 233 00:06:56,366 --> 00:06:58,600 THE SAME ELLIPTICAL SHAPE BUT 234 00:06:58,600 --> 00:06:59,233 WITH BRICKS. 235 00:06:59,233 --> 00:07:01,200 >> NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 236 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:02,233 PEOPLE WHO BUILT THIS TUNNEL. 237 00:07:02,233 --> 00:07:04,233 >> WELL, THE -- AT THIS TIME, 238 00:07:04,233 --> 00:07:06,800 YOU KNOW, THIS WAS FOLLOWING 239 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,366 THE FAMINE IN IRELAND. 240 00:07:09,366 --> 00:07:10,766 SO THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF 241 00:07:10,766 --> 00:07:12,633 IRISHMEN WHO CAME TO THE UNITED 242 00:07:12,633 --> 00:07:13,733 STATES. 243 00:07:13,733 --> 00:07:15,600 IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES 244 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:16,633 AND THEY WORKED ON CONSTRUCTION 245 00:07:16,633 --> 00:07:17,333 PROJECTS. 246 00:07:17,333 --> 00:07:20,233 THEY GOT PAID INITIALLY $.90 A 247 00:07:20,233 --> 00:07:21,533 DAY. 248 00:07:21,533 --> 00:07:22,500 SO THEY WERE THE ONES WHO 249 00:07:22,500 --> 00:07:23,833 WORKED IN THE TUNNEL. 250 00:07:23,833 --> 00:07:25,700 THEY HAD EXPERIENCE WITH MINING 251 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:28,100 FOR TIN AND COPPER FROM IRELAND 252 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:28,633 FOR TIN AND COPPER FROM 253 00:07:28,633 --> 00:07:29,200 IRELAND, SO THEY WERE 254 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,366 EXPERIENCED AT THIS KIND OF 255 00:07:30,366 --> 00:07:30,933 LABOR. 256 00:07:30,933 --> 00:07:31,733 >> THEY LIVED THERE. 257 00:07:31,733 --> 00:07:34,733 THEIR FAMILIES LIVED THERE WITH 258 00:07:34,733 --> 00:07:35,033 THEM. 259 00:07:35,033 --> 00:07:37,000 THEY PUT UP SHACKS AND TENTS. 260 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,000 >> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 261 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,500 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE IN 262 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:43,800 WAYNESBORO AND CROZET WOULD 263 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:44,366 HAVE TO TRAVEL. 264 00:07:44,366 --> 00:07:46,233 THEY LIVED RIGHT ADJACENT TO 265 00:07:46,233 --> 00:07:46,666 THE SITE. 266 00:07:46,666 --> 00:07:49,066 THE OTHER COMPONENT OF THE 267 00:07:49,066 --> 00:07:49,700 LABOR FORCE WERE 268 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:51,833 AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVES WHO 269 00:07:51,833 --> 00:07:56,300 WERE HIRED THEIR OWNERS, MOSTLY 270 00:07:56,300 --> 00:08:03,433 FROM A LEMAR LE COUNTY AND CAME 271 00:08:03,433 --> 00:08:05,766 AND DID WORK ON THE CUTS AND 272 00:08:05,766 --> 00:08:06,366 CULVERTS. 273 00:08:06,366 --> 00:08:09,400 A LOT OF THAT WORK AS YOU GO 274 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,133 DOWN TOWARD CROZET. 275 00:08:11,133 --> 00:08:12,933 BECAUSE OF THEIR VALUE, THE 276 00:08:12,933 --> 00:08:14,066 IRISH WERE CONSIDERED 277 00:08:14,066 --> 00:08:16,433 DISPENSABLE. 278 00:08:16,433 --> 00:08:18,266 THE SLAVES WERE TOO VALUABLE TO 279 00:08:18,266 --> 00:08:19,366 PUT IN THE TUNNEL. 280 00:08:19,366 --> 00:08:20,466 SO THEIR OWNER SAID THEY CAN 281 00:08:20,466 --> 00:08:22,600 WORK ON THIS PROJECT, BUT NOT 282 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:23,100 IN THE TUNNELS. 283 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:25,000 >> AND IT FUNCTIONED FOR A LONG 284 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,933 TIME UNTIL, WHAT, THE '40s WHEN 285 00:08:26,933 --> 00:08:28,300 A NEW TUNNEL WAS BUILT, AND 286 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:30,100 THIS WAS LEFT BEHIND. 287 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:32,400 >> THE NEW TUNNEL WHICH IS 288 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:33,366 RIGHT ADJACENT TO US. 289 00:08:33,366 --> 00:08:34,933 YOU CAN SEE IT OVER THERE ON 290 00:08:34,933 --> 00:08:36,333 THE ACTIVE TRACK STILL USED 291 00:08:36,333 --> 00:08:41,100 TODAY WAS PUT THROUGH 1942-'44. 292 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:41,433 >> YEAH. 293 00:08:41,433 --> 00:08:43,666 LET'S TALK ABOUT TODAY'S 294 00:08:43,666 --> 00:08:44,000 PROJECT. 295 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,466 SO WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE 296 00:08:46,466 --> 00:08:47,200 TUNNEL? 297 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,766 >> WELL, THE TUNNEL IS GOING TO 298 00:08:49,766 --> 00:08:52,700 BE OPEN SOME DAY SOON WE HOPE 299 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:54,433 AS A WALKING AND BICYCLING 300 00:08:54,433 --> 00:08:57,966 TRAIL THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GO 301 00:08:57,966 --> 00:08:59,766 FROM AFTON WHERE YOU PARK ALL 302 00:08:59,766 --> 00:09:02,566 THE WAY THROUGH BENEATH THE 303 00:09:02,566 --> 00:09:03,433 BLUE RIDGE AND THEN BE A 304 00:09:03,433 --> 00:09:05,066 WESTERN TRAIL THAT COMES UP ON 305 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:08,400 TO 250 ON THE WEST SIDE. 306 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,500 SO WE HAVE COMPLETED, YOU KNOW, 307 00:09:10,500 --> 00:09:13,033 WITH THE IDEA OF THIS HAS BEEN 308 00:09:13,033 --> 00:09:15,466 GOING ON FOR ALMOST 16 YEARS, 309 00:09:15,466 --> 00:09:17,700 BUT IT REALLY GOT UNDER WAY 310 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:20,366 WITH FUNDING FROM THE VIRGINIA 311 00:09:20,366 --> 00:09:21,966 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO 312 00:09:21,966 --> 00:09:23,733 DO THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING 313 00:09:23,733 --> 00:09:24,266 STUDIES. 314 00:09:24,266 --> 00:09:26,200 AND THEN WE BUILT PHASE ONE, 315 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,966 AGAIN, WITH THIS SAME FUNDING. 316 00:09:28,966 --> 00:09:32,333 AND NOW WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF 317 00:09:32,333 --> 00:09:34,166 GETTING A CONTRACT TO DO THE 318 00:09:34,166 --> 00:09:36,333 RESTORATION OF THE BRICKWORK 319 00:09:36,333 --> 00:09:38,666 WHERE IT HAS FALLEN IN AND A 320 00:09:38,666 --> 00:09:41,800 NICE TRAIL WITH EVEN DRAINAGE 321 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:42,766 ON EITHER SIDE SO PEOPLE CAN 322 00:09:42,766 --> 00:09:44,566 WALK ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 323 00:09:44,566 --> 00:09:45,466 >> WHO DO YOU ANTICIPATE IS 324 00:09:45,466 --> 00:09:46,566 GOING TO COME AND VISIT THE 325 00:09:46,566 --> 00:09:48,466 SPACE AND USE THE SPACE? 326 00:09:48,466 --> 00:09:49,833 >> WELL, WHENEVER WE HAVE 327 00:09:49,833 --> 00:09:50,966 OFFERED PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY 328 00:09:50,966 --> 00:09:52,933 TO VISIT THE TUNNEL, THEY HAVE 329 00:09:52,933 --> 00:09:55,666 JUMPED ON IT RIGHT AWAY. 330 00:09:55,666 --> 00:09:56,866 WE HAD SOME TOURISTS WITHIN 24 331 00:09:56,866 --> 00:09:58,933 HOURS OF WHERE WE ANNOUNCED IT, 332 00:09:58,933 --> 00:09:59,466 IT IS FULL. 333 00:09:59,466 --> 00:10:00,733 EVERYONE WHO SEES THIS IS 334 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:01,833 FASCINATED BY IT. 335 00:10:01,833 --> 00:10:04,066 IT'S -- IT'S AN ENGINEERING 336 00:10:04,066 --> 00:10:06,000 FEAT, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST 337 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,266 IMPRESSIVE OF THE 19th CENTURY. 338 00:10:08,266 --> 00:10:12,566 THIS IS THE LONGEST RAILROAD 339 00:10:12,566 --> 00:10:13,633 TUNNEL THROUGH MOUNTAINS AND 340 00:10:13,633 --> 00:10:16,500 THE LAST MAJOR TUNNEL TO BE 341 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:17,233 DONE WITH BLACK POWDER. 342 00:10:17,233 --> 00:10:19,500 SO HISTORICAL INTEREST FROM THE 343 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:21,200 POINT OF VIEW OF ENGINEERS. 344 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,966 THEY HAVE A CIVIL WAR 345 00:10:22,966 --> 00:10:24,600 CONNECTION IN THAT STONEWALL 346 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,733 JACKSOON TOOK HIS TROOPS 347 00:10:26,733 --> 00:10:29,366 THROUGH IN THE TRAIN, AND 1862, 348 00:10:29,366 --> 00:10:31,233 PEOPLE OF IRISH DESCENT HAVE A 349 00:10:31,233 --> 00:10:32,800 LOT OF INTEREST IN -- IN THE 350 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,200 WORK THAT THESE IRISH WORKERS 351 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,933 DID. 352 00:10:35,933 --> 00:10:37,266 SO IT WILL DRAW PEOPLE FROM ALL 353 00:10:37,266 --> 00:10:38,466 OVER. 354 00:10:38,466 --> 00:10:42,233 RAILROAD PLANS. 355 00:10:42,233 --> 00:10:43,900 VMI, CROZET HALL IS NAMED FOR 356 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:44,933 HIM IN FACT. 357 00:10:44,933 --> 00:10:47,133 IT WILL BE I AM SURE A VERY 358 00:10:47,133 --> 00:10:48,233 POPULAR DESTINATION AND WILL 359 00:10:48,233 --> 00:10:50,200 HAVE LOCAL INTERESTS, REGIONAL 360 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,366 AND I THINK NATIONAL INTEREST. 361 00:10:52,366 --> 00:10:54,133 >> WHO MAKES UP THE FOUNDATION? 362 00:10:54,133 --> 00:10:56,400 >> THE FOUNDATION WAS FORMED 363 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,266 WHEN WE SAW THE NEED TO HAVE A 364 00:10:59,266 --> 00:11:02,000 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, 365 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,200 BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ASPECTS 366 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,333 OF THIS PROJECT THAT THE 367 00:11:04,333 --> 00:11:07,300 FUNDING WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR, BUT 368 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:09,100 WHAT WE ARE STANDING ON HERE 369 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:10,833 WAS THIS ROCK THAT WAS PUT IN 370 00:11:10,833 --> 00:11:12,000 TO GET US ABOVE WATER BECAUSE 371 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,866 THERE WAS A BIG POOL OF WATER 372 00:11:13,866 --> 00:11:15,233 IN THERE THAT WAS PAID FOR BY 373 00:11:15,233 --> 00:11:16,766 THE FOUNDATION. 374 00:11:16,766 --> 00:11:19,766 ALSO, THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND 375 00:11:19,766 --> 00:11:21,366 WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS. 376 00:11:21,366 --> 00:11:24,066 THE FOUNDATION CONSISTS OF 377 00:11:24,066 --> 00:11:27,033 SUPERVISORS FROM AUGUSTA COUNTY 378 00:11:27,033 --> 00:11:27,566 SUPERVISORS FROM AUGUSTA 379 00:11:27,566 --> 00:11:29,433 COUNTY, ALBEMARLE COUNTY AND 380 00:11:29,433 --> 00:11:30,633 NELSON COUNTY. 381 00:11:30,633 --> 00:11:32,600 NELSON COUNTY IS THE OWNER OF 382 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:33,966 THIS PROJECT, ALL OF THE LOCAL 383 00:11:33,966 --> 00:11:34,866 GOVERNMENTS HAVE PLAYED A PART 384 00:11:34,866 --> 00:11:35,633 IN THIS. 385 00:11:35,633 --> 00:11:37,433 >> THE CITY OF WAIPS BORO. 386 00:11:37,433 --> 00:11:39,766 >> THE CITY OF WANESBORO HAS 387 00:11:39,766 --> 00:11:42,333 BEEN VERY IMPORTANT PART OF 388 00:11:42,333 --> 00:11:43,400 THIS PROJECT. 389 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,266 >> AND I HEAR WATER. 390 00:11:45,266 --> 00:11:46,933 WATER RUNNING IN THIS TUNNEL. 391 00:11:46,933 --> 00:11:48,700 >> YES, SCENES IN THE MOUNTAIN 392 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:51,000 AND WATER COMES IN GREAT 393 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,900 VOLUME, AND, OF COURSE, SURFACE 394 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:54,733 WATER RUNS OVER THE PORTALS. 395 00:11:54,733 --> 00:11:56,033 BUT MOST OF THE WATER COMES 396 00:11:56,033 --> 00:11:57,800 FROM WITHIN THE TUNNEL, AND THE 397 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,100 TUNNEL SLOPES FROM THE 398 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:02,233 SHENADOAH VALLEY SIDE TO THIS 399 00:12:02,233 --> 00:12:03,500 SIDE ABOUT 50 FEET. 400 00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:05,466 TO THE WATER RUNS ON EACH SIDE 401 00:12:05,466 --> 00:12:06,700 THROUGH DITCHES. 402 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:07,800 SO THERE IS WATER RUNNING 403 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:08,900 THROUGH TUNNEL YEAR ROUND. 404 00:12:08,900 --> 00:12:11,333 >> REALLY, FRESH BLUE RIDGE 405 00:12:11,333 --> 00:12:11,800 MOUNTAIN WATER. 406 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,566 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 407 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:14,833 DELICIOUS WATER I CAN ATTEST TO 408 00:12:14,833 --> 00:12:15,600 THAT. 409 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,233 I HAVE PUT IT IN MY CANTEEN 410 00:12:17,233 --> 00:12:18,400 MANY TIMES. 411 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,433 >> SO IF THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO 412 00:12:20,433 --> 00:12:21,600 GET INVOLVED, HOW DO THEY GET 413 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:22,866 INVOLVED? 414 00:12:22,866 --> 00:12:23,766 >> WE ARE HOPE 415 00:12:23,766 --> 00:12:24,400 >> WE ARE HOPING TO EXPAND THE 416 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:25,366 WORK OF THE FOUNDATION. 417 00:12:25,366 --> 00:12:27,066 SORT OF BEEN BUILDING UP WITH A 418 00:12:27,066 --> 00:12:29,200 SMALL CORE GROUP, AND I THINK 419 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:30,900 MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL BE 420 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:33,533 ABLE TO ASSIST US WITH FUND 421 00:12:33,533 --> 00:12:36,000 RAISING WHICH IS WHAT THE 422 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,933 FOUNDATIONS USUALLY NEED, BUT 423 00:12:37,933 --> 00:12:40,400 THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT 424 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,766 OF HAVING THIS TUNNEL OPEN, 425 00:12:41,766 --> 00:12:42,933 THEN THERE WILL BE LOTS OF 426 00:12:42,933 --> 00:12:46,200 ACTIVITIES, EITHER PEOPLE DOING 427 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,900 VOLUNTEER WORK AS GUIDES OR 428 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:50,166 VARIOUS OTHER THINGS OF THAT 429 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:51,200 SORT. 430 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:52,800 >> SO YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON 431 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:53,900 THIS PROJECT FOR A WHILE. 432 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:55,166 YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS FOR 433 00:12:55,166 --> 00:12:57,266 QUITE A WHILE. 434 00:12:57,266 --> 00:12:58,800 WHAT ARE YOU PERSONALLY MOST 435 00:12:58,800 --> 00:12:59,900 EXCITED ABOUT? 436 00:12:59,900 --> 00:13:02,400 >> WELL, I ALWAYS -- YOU KNOW, 437 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:03,733 FROM THE VERY FIRST MOMENT I 438 00:13:03,733 --> 00:13:05,500 WENT IN THIS TUNNEL, I THOUGHT 439 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:06,766 THIS IS FANTASTIC. 440 00:13:06,766 --> 00:13:08,566 IT IS A HIDDEN TREASURE UNDER 441 00:13:08,566 --> 00:13:10,366 THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, AND I 442 00:13:10,366 --> 00:13:12,133 ALSO FEEL LIKE I HAVE ON BOTH 443 00:13:12,133 --> 00:13:13,800 SIDES OF THE MOUNTAINS. 444 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,033 I WAS BORN IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, 445 00:13:16,033 --> 00:13:18,133 I CREW UP IN VIRGINIA AND NOW 446 00:13:18,133 --> 00:13:18,766 LIVE IN NELSON COUNTY. 447 00:13:18,766 --> 00:13:20,500 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK 448 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:21,733 THROUGH INSTEAD OF CRAWLING 449 00:13:21,733 --> 00:13:23,566 THROUGH A PIPE. 450 00:13:23,566 --> 00:13:25,333 >> THIS IS SO EXCITING. 451 00:13:25,333 --> 00:13:26,566 THANK YOU. 452 00:13:26,566 --> 00:13:27,733 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 453 00:13:27,733 --> 00:13:28,366 >> THANK YOU. 454 00:13:28,366 --> 00:13:28,900 IT'S GREAT. 455 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:30,566 ♪♪ 456 00:13:30,566 --> 00:13:35,566 ♪♪ 457 00:13:35,566 --> 00:13:35,700 ♪♪ 458 00:13:37,433 --> 00:13:37,666 . 459 00:13:37,666 --> 00:13:38,733 >>> THE SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE 460 00:13:38,733 --> 00:13:41,933 DRIEST, HOTTEST PLACES IN THE 461 00:13:41,933 --> 00:13:42,600 STATE. 462 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,800 BUT GETTING THERE ON A TRAIN IS 463 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:46,966 MARVELOUS. 464 00:13:46,966 --> 00:13:48,233 I SAW SO MUCH OF THE UNITED 465 00:13:48,233 --> 00:13:48,800 STATES. 466 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,866 I HAD NEVER BEEN EXCEPT TO WEST 467 00:13:51,866 --> 00:13:54,500 VIRGINIA AND D.C. AND VIRGINIA 468 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:55,233 IN MY LIFE. 469 00:13:55,233 --> 00:13:56,933 >> MOST VETERANS WILL TELL YOU 470 00:13:56,933 --> 00:13:58,400 WHAT THEY MISS MORE THAN 471 00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:59,900 ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR TIME IN 472 00:13:59,900 --> 00:14:02,900 THE MILITARY IS CAMARADERIE. 473 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:04,100 THEY MISS FEELING LIKE THEY 474 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:04,433 BELONG. 475 00:14:04,433 --> 00:14:06,466 >> ED TO WE ARE GOING TO 476 00:14:06,466 --> 00:14:08,433 FEATURE AN ORGANIZATION THAT 477 00:14:08,433 --> 00:14:09,800 SUPPORTS LOCAL SERVICEMEN AND 478 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:10,766 WOMEN BY PROVIDING FREE TICKETS 479 00:14:10,766 --> 00:14:13,266 TO SHOWS AND SPORTING EVENTS, 480 00:14:13,266 --> 00:14:14,833 SPONSORING RECREATIONAL 481 00:14:14,833 --> 00:14:16,933 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND 482 00:14:16,933 --> 00:14:18,866 GATHERINGS AND SHARING 483 00:14:18,866 --> 00:14:20,000 IMPORTANT ORAL HISTORIES. 484 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,733 THEIR GOAL IS TO CONNECT OR 485 00:14:21,733 --> 00:14:24,100 RECONNECT VETERANS TO FRIENDS, 486 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:25,333 FAMILIES, AND THE 487 00:14:25,333 --> 00:14:26,000 CHARLOTTESVILLE COMMUNITY AT 488 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:26,533 LARGE. 489 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:30,666 JOIN US AS WE LEARN ABOUT 490 00:14:30,666 --> 00:14:31,766 PARADE REST WEST VIRGINIA. 491 00:14:31,766 --> 00:14:34,866 COME ON. 492 00:14:34,866 --> 00:14:37,466 >> GREG, WHAT INSPIRED TO YOU 493 00:14:37,466 --> 00:14:37,966 START PARADE REST. 494 00:14:37,966 --> 00:14:39,766 >> THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING 495 00:14:39,766 --> 00:14:41,766 MOBILIZED AND LEAVES ANY FAMILY 496 00:14:41,766 --> 00:14:42,300 MOBILIZED AND LEAVES ANY 497 00:14:42,300 --> 00:14:42,966 FAMILY, THREE YOUNG CHILDREN 498 00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:44,466 AND WIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, 499 00:14:44,466 --> 00:14:46,766 AND REALIZING THAT THIS IS A 500 00:14:46,766 --> 00:14:47,700 GENEROUS COMMUNITY THAT JUST 501 00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:52,833 DID NOT HAVE A MECHANISM TO -- 502 00:14:52,833 --> 00:14:54,766 TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE AND TO 503 00:14:54,766 --> 00:14:56,366 CONNECT WITH -- WITH MILITARY 504 00:14:56,366 --> 00:14:59,100 FAMILIES WHO MIGHT BE IN NEED. 505 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:02,600 >> SO WHAT -- TALK ABOUT THAT. 506 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,833 WHAT DOES PARADE REST DO TO 507 00:15:04,833 --> 00:15:07,100 MAKE THAT HAPPEN? 508 00:15:07,100 --> 00:15:08,800 >> WELL, IT REALLY STARTED OUT 509 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,633 AS A PROBLEMS BECAUSE I HAD 510 00:15:10,633 --> 00:15:12,933 BEEN GIVEN 20 TICKETS TO A P 511 00:15:12,933 --> 00:15:15,766 ARK RAMOUNT CONCERT AND WAS 512 00:15:15,766 --> 00:15:18,666 ASKED TO DISTRIBUTE THEM TO 513 00:15:18,666 --> 00:15:20,533 MILITARY, AND I HAD A DIFFICULT 514 00:15:20,533 --> 00:15:21,233 TIME DOING THAT. 515 00:15:21,233 --> 00:15:24,466 THIS IS NOT THE JOB OF THE 516 00:15:24,466 --> 00:15:25,033 NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY. 517 00:15:25,033 --> 00:15:27,000 THIS IS NOT THE JOB OF THE 518 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,533 OTHERS WHO ARE ENGAGED, AND SO 519 00:15:30,533 --> 00:15:34,166 WE DECIDED TO SET UP OUR OWN 520 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:34,666 MECHANISM. 521 00:15:34,666 --> 00:15:36,433 SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD 522 00:15:36,433 --> 00:15:38,533 THOSE WHO WERE TRULY MILITARY 523 00:15:38,533 --> 00:15:41,033 AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEN IT 524 00:15:41,033 --> 00:15:43,733 REALLY BUILT FROM THAT INITIAL 525 00:15:43,733 --> 00:15:44,133 FOUNDATION. 526 00:15:44,133 --> 00:15:47,033 THAT PROBLEM OF NOT BEING ABLE 527 00:15:47,033 --> 00:15:50,666 TO EQUABLY DELIVER THE 528 00:15:50,666 --> 00:15:52,500 GENEROSITY OF PEOPLE IN THE 529 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:53,033 COMMUNITY. 530 00:15:53,033 --> 00:15:54,833 >> AN WANTING TO DO SOMETHING 531 00:15:54,833 --> 00:15:55,500 NICE. 532 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:56,133 >> YES. 533 00:15:56,133 --> 00:15:58,400 >> -- FOR OUR SERVICE MEN AND 534 00:15:58,400 --> 00:15:59,666 WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES. 535 00:15:59,666 --> 00:16:01,933 SOMETHING RECREATIONAL, 536 00:16:01,933 --> 00:16:03,133 SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ENJOY 537 00:16:03,133 --> 00:16:05,633 AND BE AT PEACE AND RELAX AND 538 00:16:05,633 --> 00:16:06,133 NOT WORRY. 539 00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:07,266 >> ABSOLUTELY. 540 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:09,266 NOTHING BETTER THAN YOU CAN DO 541 00:16:09,266 --> 00:16:11,533 FOR A SERVICEMEMBER THAN TO LET 542 00:16:11,533 --> 00:16:13,400 HIM AND HER KNOW THAT HIS OR 543 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:14,466 HER FAMILY IS BEING TAKEN CARE 544 00:16:14,466 --> 00:16:15,300 OF. 545 00:16:15,300 --> 00:16:17,966 >> YEAH, AND THEN THE PROGRAM 546 00:16:17,966 --> 00:16:19,566 -S OUT. 547 00:16:19,566 --> 00:16:21,300 AND THE PROGRAM EVOLVED FROM 548 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:23,333 THERE, AND NOW NOT ONLY DO YOU 549 00:16:23,333 --> 00:16:25,000 HAVE THE TICKETING PROGRAM, BUT 550 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,733 YOU ALSO ARE PART OF THIS 551 00:16:26,733 --> 00:16:31,200 WONDERFUL ORAL STORY SERIES. 552 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,500 NICKEL FOR YOUR STORY. 553 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:33,833 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 554 00:16:33,833 --> 00:16:36,233 >> THIS REALLY GREW OUT OF MY 555 00:16:36,233 --> 00:16:37,433 TIME WHEN I WAS A MEDICAL 556 00:16:37,433 --> 00:16:38,033 STUDENT. 557 00:16:38,033 --> 00:16:40,933 BEING AROUND SO MANY WORLD WAR 558 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:43,366 I VETERANS BUT NOT REALIZING 559 00:16:43,366 --> 00:16:45,000 THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE 560 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,700 AROUND FOREVER AND ONLY AFTER 561 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:49,300 LEARNING ON TELEVISION THAT THE 562 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:51,566 LAST WORLD WAR I VETERAN HAD 563 00:16:51,566 --> 00:16:53,533 DIED THAT I REALIZED SUCH A 564 00:16:53,533 --> 00:16:54,066 MISSED OPPORTUNITY. 565 00:16:54,066 --> 00:16:56,366 BOTH OF MY GRANDFATHERS FOUGHT 566 00:16:56,366 --> 00:16:59,500 IN WORLD WAR I, AND YET I NEVER 567 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:00,200 HAD AN OPPORTUNITY -- I NEVER 568 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,833 TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK 569 00:17:02,833 --> 00:17:05,866 ABOUT -- ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE 570 00:17:05,866 --> 00:17:06,333 ABOUT -- ABOUT THEIR 571 00:17:06,333 --> 00:17:06,733 EXPERIENCE. 572 00:17:06,733 --> 00:17:07,433 AND THEN THE REALIZATION THAT 573 00:17:07,433 --> 00:17:08,633 OUR WORLD WAR II VETERANS WERE 574 00:17:08,633 --> 00:17:11,066 IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. 575 00:17:11,066 --> 00:17:11,600 >> RIGHT. 576 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,800 >> DAILY WE ARE LOSING THOSE 577 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,566 MEN AND WOMEN, AND THERE IS NOW 578 00:17:17,566 --> 00:17:19,100 AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT. 579 00:17:19,100 --> 00:17:21,566 TO -- TO SIT DOWN WITH PEOPLE 580 00:17:21,566 --> 00:17:23,033 AND TO -- AND TO HEAR THEIR 581 00:17:23,033 --> 00:17:23,600 STORIES. 582 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:24,900 >> WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO 583 00:17:24,900 --> 00:17:26,266 TELL THEIR STORIES? 584 00:17:26,266 --> 00:17:28,966 WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED WHEN YOU 585 00:17:28,966 --> 00:17:29,533 WERE DOING THIS? 586 00:17:29,533 --> 00:17:30,400 >> OKAY, GOSH. 587 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,033 I LEARNED SO MUCH. 588 00:17:32,033 --> 00:17:33,266 FIRST OF ALL, IT IS VERY 589 00:17:33,266 --> 00:17:35,033 IMPORTANT FOR THE FAMILIES. 590 00:17:35,033 --> 00:17:36,833 OFTEN, THE FAMILIES HAVE NOT 591 00:17:36,833 --> 00:17:37,733 HEARD THE STORIES. 592 00:17:37,733 --> 00:17:38,100 >> RIGHT. 593 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:41,066 >> FAMILIES ARE VERY PROTECTED 594 00:17:41,066 --> 00:17:42,566 OF SERVICEMEMBERS, FAMILY 595 00:17:42,566 --> 00:17:45,633 MEMBERS, TEND TO BE STOIC ANY 596 00:17:45,633 --> 00:17:46,200 MEMBERS, TEND TO BE STOIC 597 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:46,900 ANYWAY AND THE THOUGHT IS JUST 598 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:48,833 NOT TO -- NOT TO ASK. 599 00:17:48,833 --> 00:17:50,933 WAIT UNTIL IT IS BROUGHT UP. 600 00:17:50,933 --> 00:17:53,100 AND THROUGH THIS THIRD PARTY, 601 00:17:53,100 --> 00:17:55,666 DOING AN INTERVIEW, IT ALLOWS 602 00:17:55,666 --> 00:17:57,433 THE SERVICE MEMBER, THE VETERAN 603 00:17:57,433 --> 00:17:57,966 THE SERVICE MEMBER, THE 604 00:17:57,966 --> 00:17:58,600 VETERAN, TO SAY IF YOU ARE 605 00:17:58,600 --> 00:17:59,800 INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN 606 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:04,433 WATCH THIS. 607 00:18:04,433 --> 00:18:05,133 >> GREW UP IN CHARLOTTESVILLE 608 00:18:05,133 --> 00:18:07,266 AND I NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE ELSE. 609 00:18:07,266 --> 00:18:09,633 THIS WAS A WHOLE NEW LIFE. 610 00:18:09,633 --> 00:18:11,433 >> I REALIZED IN TALKING WITH 611 00:18:11,433 --> 00:18:15,833 THE STUDENTS THAT THEY SEE ME 612 00:18:15,833 --> 00:18:17,366 NOW, AND THEY DON'T SEE ME -- 613 00:18:17,366 --> 00:18:20,066 I WAS 18 YEARS OLD, ALMOST 19 614 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:21,333 YEARS OLD. 615 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:22,466 I WAS THEIR AGE WHEN I WAS 616 00:18:22,466 --> 00:18:24,700 DOING THIS. 617 00:18:24,700 --> 00:18:26,366 AND THEY HAD JOINED THE 618 00:18:26,366 --> 00:18:29,133 FORMATION, THEY WOULD HAVE DONE 619 00:18:29,133 --> 00:18:30,500 WHAT WE ALL DID. 620 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:32,500 I MEAN IT IS NOT THAT UNUSUAL 621 00:18:32,500 --> 00:18:34,633 OR REMARKABLE. 622 00:18:34,633 --> 00:18:35,800 >> NOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN 623 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,166 INTERVIEWING VETERANS OF THE 624 00:18:39,166 --> 00:18:40,966 KOREAN WAR AND THE VIETNAM WAR, 625 00:18:40,966 --> 00:18:43,266 NOT JUST WORLD WAR II VETERANS. 626 00:18:43,266 --> 00:18:46,133 IT HAS EVOLVED INTO THAT. 627 00:18:46,133 --> 00:18:48,766 AND YOU ALSO HAVE ANOTHER 628 00:18:48,766 --> 00:18:51,600 WONDERFUL PROGRAM "FINDING THE 629 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:52,166 FALLEN." 630 00:18:52,166 --> 00:18:54,100 TALK ABOUT THAT. 631 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:57,333 >> IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH 632 00:18:57,333 --> 00:19:01,333 THE WORLD WAR II VETERANS, THE 633 00:19:01,333 --> 00:19:03,800 TIMES OF EMOTIONS WERE OF THOSE 634 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,466 LEFT BEHIND, PEOPLE THAT THEY 635 00:19:05,466 --> 00:19:07,600 HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW. 636 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,500 FRIENDS THAT THEY MADE IN THE 637 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:12,633 MILITARY WHO DIED DURING THEIR 638 00:19:12,633 --> 00:19:13,666 SERVICE. 639 00:19:13,666 --> 00:19:17,500 AND SO THERE WAS KIND OF A 640 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:18,700 FEELING ON OUR PART THAT THERE 641 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:20,433 WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO 642 00:19:20,433 --> 00:19:21,300 HONOR THOSE PEOPLE. 643 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:24,000 AND SO WE FOCUSED ON THOSE FROM 644 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:30,166 CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ALBEMARLE 645 00:19:30,166 --> 00:19:30,866 AND THOSE THAT ATTENDED THE 646 00:19:30,866 --> 00:19:32,600 UNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA. 647 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,366 THE WAR IS A GREAT LEVELLER 648 00:19:34,366 --> 00:19:35,800 THOSE CITY AND COUNTY PEOPLE 649 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,100 FOUGHT RIGHT ALONGSIDE THOSE IN 650 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:38,766 THE UNIVERSITY AND SOMETIMES 651 00:19:38,766 --> 00:19:40,633 DIED NEXT TO EACH OTHER. 652 00:19:40,633 --> 00:19:41,633 >> RIGHT. 653 00:19:41,633 --> 00:19:42,766 TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PROGRAM IS 654 00:19:42,766 --> 00:19:45,833 CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY. 655 00:19:45,833 --> 00:19:47,333 >> AFTER WE FIRST DID OUR 656 00:19:47,333 --> 00:19:50,233 PROGRAM AT THE P ARK RAMOUNT 657 00:19:50,233 --> 00:19:52,300 THEATRE AND SHOWED THOSE 658 00:19:52,300 --> 00:19:52,966 PHOTOGRAPHS WE HAVE ALREADY 659 00:19:52,966 --> 00:19:54,366 BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN, WORKSHOP 660 00:19:54,366 --> 00:19:56,300 REALLY GRATIFIED TO RECEIVE 661 00:19:56,300 --> 00:20:00,600 PHOTOGRAPHS OF THOSE WHO WOULD 662 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:01,733 NOT YET GONE. 663 00:20:01,733 --> 00:20:03,766 FROM FAMILY MEMBERS WHO -- WHO 664 00:20:03,766 --> 00:20:07,566 WERE REALLY TOUCHED BY THE FACT 665 00:20:07,566 --> 00:20:09,966 THAT WE WERE TRYING TO REMEMBER 666 00:20:09,966 --> 00:20:12,966 AND MAKING THIS PART OF THE 667 00:20:12,966 --> 00:20:13,766 COMMUNITY. 668 00:20:13,766 --> 00:20:14,800 NOT ONLY THAT, WE ALSO HAVE 669 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,733 GOTTEN NAMES OF PEOPLE WE 670 00:20:16,733 --> 00:20:17,266 DIDN'T EVEN HAVE. 671 00:20:17,266 --> 00:20:23,800 AND SO TO GET CONTACTS FROM 672 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,200 RICHMOND AND LYNCHBURG AND 673 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,233 VARIOUS PLACES. 674 00:20:26,233 --> 00:20:27,433 AND SAY I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE 675 00:20:27,433 --> 00:20:29,333 INTERESTED IN MY UNCLE. 676 00:20:29,333 --> 00:20:30,533 I UNDER STAND YOU ARE 677 00:20:30,533 --> 00:20:31,466 INTERESTED IN MY BROTHER. 678 00:20:31,466 --> 00:20:33,966 HERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM IS 679 00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:35,133 REALLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS 680 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:40,333 ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS 681 00:20:40,333 --> 00:20:41,066 KNITTING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER 682 00:20:41,066 --> 00:20:43,833 IN I THINK A VERY MEANFUL WAY. 683 00:20:43,833 --> 00:20:47,466 >> A BIG PART OF PARADE REST 684 00:20:47,466 --> 00:20:49,000 WHAT YOU ALL DO. 685 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,766 IN DOING YOUR RESEARCH FOR 686 00:20:50,766 --> 00:20:53,300 NICKEL FOR YOUR STORY AND 687 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:53,833 FINDING THE FALLEN. 688 00:20:53,833 --> 00:20:55,200 YOU ARE FINDING, FOR EXAMPLE, 689 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,533 B-17 FLYERS WHO DIDN'T KNOW 690 00:20:58,533 --> 00:20:59,366 THERE WERE BOTH IN THE SAME 691 00:20:59,366 --> 00:21:00,200 COMMUNITY. 692 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:00,833 >> YES. 693 00:21:00,833 --> 00:21:02,166 >> AND YOU ARE CONNECTING. 694 00:21:02,166 --> 00:21:03,333 I MEAN, THAT IS AMAZING. 695 00:21:03,333 --> 00:21:06,300 >> B-17 FLIERS, FOR EXAMPLE, 696 00:21:06,300 --> 00:21:08,066 THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THEM 697 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:08,366 LEFT. 698 00:21:08,366 --> 00:21:10,433 SO TO FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 699 00:21:10,433 --> 00:21:14,133 THEIR MID, LATE-90S LIVING 700 00:21:14,133 --> 00:21:15,300 INDEPENDENTLY PERHAPS TWO OR 701 00:21:15,300 --> 00:21:16,366 THREE MILES FROM EACH OTHER AND 702 00:21:16,366 --> 00:21:19,566 THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT IS, IS 703 00:21:19,566 --> 00:21:20,733 REALLY GREAT IN TERMS OF HAVING 704 00:21:20,733 --> 00:21:22,933 AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE 705 00:21:22,933 --> 00:21:24,300 THEM TO EACH OTHER. 706 00:21:24,300 --> 00:21:26,866 SO THERE ARE SERENDIPITOUS 707 00:21:26,866 --> 00:21:29,866 ASPECTS OF THIS THAT ARE THERE. 708 00:21:29,866 --> 00:21:31,533 >> PROBABLY MY FAVORITE OF THE 709 00:21:31,533 --> 00:21:34,100 EVENTS THAT WE DO IS CALLED 710 00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:35,733 "OUR COMMUNITY SALUTES" BECAUSE 711 00:21:35,733 --> 00:21:37,700 THE WHOLE POINT OF IT IS TO 712 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:40,466 BRING IN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 713 00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:41,733 WHO ARE INVESTING IN THE 714 00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:43,033 MILITARY, AND WE WANT THEM TO 715 00:21:43,033 --> 00:21:44,233 KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY CARES 716 00:21:44,233 --> 00:21:46,033 ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 717 00:21:46,033 --> 00:21:47,500 AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WHEN 718 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:48,566 THEY ARE DONE IN THEIR SERVICE, 719 00:21:48,566 --> 00:21:51,033 WHETHER IT'S FOUR YEARS OR 40 720 00:21:51,033 --> 00:21:52,066 YEARS, WE WILL BE HERE WAITING 721 00:21:52,066 --> 00:21:54,766 FOR THEM WHEN THEY COME BACK. 722 00:21:54,766 --> 00:21:59,066 >> IT IS A GRASS-ROOTS SORT OF 723 00:21:59,066 --> 00:21:59,366 THING. 724 00:21:59,366 --> 00:22:00,433 GLUE HERE. 725 00:22:00,433 --> 00:22:02,733 AND IT CONTINUES TO GROW HERE 726 00:22:02,733 --> 00:22:06,100 WITH LOCAL POPULATION, AND 727 00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:08,633 THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM. 728 00:22:08,633 --> 00:22:11,733 THAT YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS 729 00:22:11,733 --> 00:22:13,366 UNLESS SOMEBODY GOES TO THE 730 00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:14,400 TROUBLE OF SEARCHING THEM OUT. 731 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,300 >> A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE 732 00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:16,933 WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS 733 00:22:16,933 --> 00:22:18,066 HAPPEN. 734 00:22:18,066 --> 00:22:20,333 TALK ABOUT UVA'S INVOLVEMENT. 735 00:22:20,333 --> 00:22:21,800 >> CERTAINLY THE UNIVERSITY OF 736 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,166 VIRGINIA HAS HAD A BIG STAKE IN 737 00:22:25,166 --> 00:22:25,766 MILITARY SERVICE. 738 00:22:25,766 --> 00:22:28,266 THEY HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED AN 739 00:22:28,266 --> 00:22:30,300 ROTC PROGRAM, EVEN DURING THOSE 740 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:33,533 -- THOSE TIMES IN THE '60s AND 741 00:22:33,533 --> 00:22:38,833 's AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY 742 00:22:38,833 --> 00:22:43,066 -- AND '70s. 743 00:22:43,066 --> 00:22:44,300 >> AND UVA STUDENTS ARE 744 00:22:44,300 --> 00:22:51,966 CONDUCTING THE STORIES FOR 745 00:22:51,966 --> 00:22:52,433 NICKEL. 746 00:22:52,433 --> 00:22:53,666 >> THEY ARE DOING THE 747 00:22:53,666 --> 00:22:55,533 INTERVIEWS AND WORKING VERY 748 00:22:55,533 --> 00:22:56,666 CLOSELY WITH DEDICATED 749 00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:58,666 VOLUNTEERS AND THEY ARE DOING 750 00:22:58,666 --> 00:22:59,333 THE RESEARCH FOR FINDING THE 751 00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:00,900 FALLEN AS WELL. 752 00:23:00,900 --> 00:23:02,600 SO IT REALLY HAS PROVIDED AN 753 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:04,566 OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS THAT 754 00:23:04,566 --> 00:23:06,933 -- THAT IS MEANINGFUL AS PART 755 00:23:06,933 --> 00:23:08,333 OF THEIR EDUCATION. 756 00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:09,600 >> AND HELP TO DESIGN THE 757 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:10,166 TICKETING SYSTEM. 758 00:23:10,166 --> 00:23:11,300 THEY ARE VERY, VERY INVOLVED, 759 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:12,800 AND THEN THE COMMUNITY IS 760 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:13,166 INVOLVED. 761 00:23:13,166 --> 00:23:15,733 WE HAVE VETERANS WHO ARE ON THE 762 00:23:15,733 --> 00:23:16,033 BOARD. 763 00:23:16,033 --> 00:23:17,933 WE HAVE GOT COMMUNITY MEMBERS 764 00:23:17,933 --> 00:23:21,533 WHO ARE ON THE BOARD, WHO ARE 765 00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:22,866 COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS 766 00:23:22,866 --> 00:23:25,100 HAPPEN, NOT JUST U VA. 767 00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:26,366 NOT JUST VETERANS. 768 00:23:26,366 --> 00:23:27,800 NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY. 769 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:28,166 EVERYBODY. 770 00:23:28,166 --> 00:23:29,400 >> THAT IS THE WAY IT SHOULD 771 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:29,666 BE. 772 00:23:29,666 --> 00:23:31,666 I MEAN IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE 773 00:23:31,666 --> 00:23:32,566 CONTRIBUTION OF THOSE IN THE 774 00:23:32,566 --> 00:23:35,100 CITY AND IN THE COUNTY AND THE 775 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:36,766 UNIVERSITY, A SHARED COMMITMENT 776 00:23:36,766 --> 00:23:38,966 WITH REGARDS TO NATIONAL 777 00:23:38,966 --> 00:23:40,366 SECURITY AND -- AND SERVICE, IT 778 00:23:40,366 --> 00:23:42,500 ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT -- THAT 779 00:23:42,500 --> 00:23:44,933 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT -- THAT 780 00:23:44,933 --> 00:23:45,733 THEY CAN WORK WITH HAND IN 781 00:23:45,733 --> 00:23:46,033 HAND. 782 00:23:46,033 --> 00:23:47,966 >> SO IF SOMEONE IN THE 783 00:23:47,966 --> 00:23:49,366 COMMUNITY WANTS TO GET INVOLVED 784 00:23:49,366 --> 00:23:51,733 IN PARADE REST, WHAT DO THEY DO 785 00:23:51,733 --> 00:23:52,333 IN PARADE REST, WHAT DO THEY 786 00:23:52,333 --> 00:23:52,600 DO? 787 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,466 >> WE HAVE A WEB SITE, AND THEY 788 00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:55,666 CAN CALL THE NUMBER ON THE WEB 789 00:23:55,666 --> 00:23:58,000 SITE, AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY 790 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,933 WOULD LIKE TO DO, THEIR 791 00:24:00,933 --> 00:24:03,533 INTERESTS, AND -- OR SEND US AN 792 00:24:03,533 --> 00:24:05,100 E-MAIL. 793 00:24:05,100 --> 00:24:06,866 I'LL TELL YOU, VOLUNTEERS HAVE 794 00:24:06,866 --> 00:24:09,200 JUST BEEN SO CRITICAL AND 795 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,933 FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR SUCCESS, AND 796 00:24:11,933 --> 00:24:13,733 THAT'S REALLY WHAT IS SO 797 00:24:13,733 --> 00:24:16,300 GRATIFYING FOR US TO SEE THE 798 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:18,600 COMMUNITY GETTING ENGAGED. 799 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:19,600 >> YOU MIGHT HAVE SERVED IN 800 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:20,000 AFGHANISTAN. 801 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,833 AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SERVED IN -- 802 00:24:21,833 --> 00:24:24,300 IN AN AIR FORCE BASE IN NORTH 803 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:26,033 DAKOTA, BUT YOU LOVED YOUR 804 00:24:26,033 --> 00:24:27,066 COMMUNITY, AND NOW YOU HAVE 805 00:24:27,066 --> 00:24:29,500 COME BACK AND RECONNECTING WITH 806 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:30,100 FAMILY CAN BE DIFFICULT 807 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:30,966 SOMETIMES AND PROVIDING AN 808 00:24:30,966 --> 00:24:32,700 OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FOLKS TO 809 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:35,566 CONNECT AT LITTLE OR NO COST IS 810 00:24:35,566 --> 00:24:38,133 A GREAT THING FOR US TO DO 811 00:24:38,133 --> 00:24:38,766 HERE. 812 00:24:38,766 --> 00:24:40,500 AND THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME. 813 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:42,866 >> THERE IS NOT A LOT OF US. 814 00:24:42,866 --> 00:24:44,133 WE ALL SEEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT 815 00:24:44,133 --> 00:24:45,866 OLDER THAN WE WERE, BUT THERE 816 00:24:45,866 --> 00:24:47,700 WERE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD HAVE 817 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:49,300 PASSED ON THE STREET AND YOU 818 00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:50,333 WOULD NEVER THINK OF THEM AS 819 00:24:50,333 --> 00:24:52,000 VETERANS. 820 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,800 AND THEY ALL HAD INTERESTING 821 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:54,366 STORY 822 00:24:54,366 --> 00:24:56,266 STORIES AND INTERESTING 823 00:24:56,266 --> 00:24:56,666 EXPERIENCES. 824 00:24:56,666 --> 00:24:58,900 >> PARADE REST IS REALLY A 825 00:24:58,900 --> 00:25:00,766 PLATFORM FOR WHICH WE CAN 826 00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:01,933 CONNECT THE COMMUNITY IN THE 827 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:02,600 MILITARY. 828 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:02,966 >> RIGHT. 829 00:25:02,966 --> 00:25:03,866 >> ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT 830 00:25:03,866 --> 00:25:05,900 PARADE REST IS TO FIND THE 831 00:25:05,900 --> 00:25:06,466 COMMONALITY 832 00:25:06,466 --> 00:25:08,766 COMMONALITIES AND TO -- TO 833 00:25:08,766 --> 00:25:11,100 REPORT THES SO THE FUTURE 834 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:12,400 GENERATIONS CAN BENEFIT. 835 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,066 >> AND I BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT 836 00:25:14,066 --> 00:25:16,833 MANY OF THE -- MANY OF THE 837 00:25:16,833 --> 00:25:18,633 VETERANS DID NOT THINK OF 838 00:25:18,633 --> 00:25:21,933 THEMSELVES AS HEROES AT ALL. 839 00:25:21,933 --> 00:25:23,700 THE PEOPLE THAT THEY CALL 840 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:25,566 HEROES ARE THE FALLEN. 841 00:25:25,566 --> 00:25:26,766 >> YES, YES. 842 00:25:26,766 --> 00:25:32,166 AND SO ESPECIALLY HONORING THEM 843 00:25:32,166 --> 00:25:34,400 IS -- IS IMPORTANT. 844 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,233 IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. 845 00:25:36,233 --> 00:25:37,266 IT IS IMPORTANT TO FAMILY 846 00:25:37,266 --> 00:25:40,700 MEMBERS WHO LOST MEMBERS. 847 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:42,400 BUT ALSO TO -- TO VETERANS AND 848 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:46,333 THOSE OF US IN THE COMMUNITY. 849 00:25:46,333 --> 00:25:49,833 AND FINDING THE FALLEN AND AND 850 00:25:49,833 --> 00:25:51,900 SECURING THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS 851 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:55,333 MAKES IT REAL FOR PEOPLE, I 852 00:25:55,333 --> 00:25:56,066 THINK. 853 00:25:56,066 --> 00:25:56,533 ♪♪ 854 00:25:56,533 --> 00:25:57,066 ♪♪ 855 00:25:57,066 --> 00:26:02,266 ♪♪ ["TAPS"] 856 00:26:02,933 --> 00:26:05,266 >> THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. 857 00:26:05,266 --> 00:26:10,233 FOR WHTJ, I AM TERRI ALLARD, 858 00:26:10,233 --> 00:26:12,500 JOIN US NEXT TIME ON 859 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:17,933 "CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE OUT." 860 00:26:17,933 --> 00:26:18,533 ♪♪ 861 00:26:18,533 --> 00:26:24,300 ♪♪ 862 00:26:24,300 --> 00:26:24,433 ♪♪ 863 00:26:25,566 --> 00:26:25,833 . 864 00:26:25,833 --> 00:26:27,033 >> CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE OUT 865 00:26:27,033 --> 00:26:28,366 IS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART 866 00:26:28,366 --> 00:26:29,600 TO ITS PATRONS, COMMITTED TO 867 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,933 SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE, PLACES 868 00:26:31,933 --> 00:26:33,733 AND QUALITY OF LIFE THAT 869 00:26:33,733 --> 00:26:35,366 UNIQUELY DEFINE CHARLOTTESVILLE 870 00:26:35,366 --> 00:26:37,300 AND ITS SURROUNDINGS AND BY 871 00:26:37,300 --> 00:26:39,433 VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 872 00:26:39,433 --> 00:26:40,000 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