1 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:15,766 >> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "THE 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:37,233 WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED BY: 3 00:00:37,233 --> 00:00:38,600 >>> WE ARE STANDING ON THE BANKS 4 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,900 OF THE WABASH RIVER AT INDIANA'S 5 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:43,433 ORIGINAL CITY, VINCENNES. 6 00:00:43,433 --> 00:00:44,600 >> AND WHAT BETTER PLACE TO 7 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,133 VISIT DURING THE INDIANA 8 00:00:48,133 --> 00:00:49,200 BICENTENNIAL YEAR THAN THE PLACE 9 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,533 WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. 10 00:00:50,533 --> 00:00:52,400 >> AND CELEBRATE GROUSELAND, THE 11 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:53,133 ORIGINAL CITY. 12 00:00:53,133 --> 00:00:54,566 HONOR HOOSIER MEN AND WOMEN WHO 13 00:00:54,566 --> 00:00:56,133 SERVED THE STATE AND THE NATION 14 00:00:56,133 --> 00:00:58,500 AT THE INDIANA MILITARY MUSEUM, 15 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:01,166 AND GET A TASTE OF LOCAL HISTORY 16 00:01:01,166 --> 00:01:04,100 AS WE VISIT CHARLIE'S CANDY 17 00:01:04,100 --> 00:01:04,400 SHOP. 18 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:05,766 >> AND LAUGH ALONG WITH 19 00:01:05,766 --> 00:01:07,066 INDIANA'S OWN RED SKELTON. 20 00:01:07,066 --> 00:01:10,433 >> GET TO KNOW VINCENNES WITH 21 00:01:10,433 --> 00:01:10,700 US. 22 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:13,466 IT'S ALL COMING UP ON "THE 23 00:01:13,466 --> 00:01:23,500 WEEKLY SPECIAL." 24 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:25,833 ♪♪ 25 00:01:25,833 --> 00:01:28,566 >> HI, I'M ERICA SAGON. 26 00:01:28,566 --> 00:01:30,633 >> AND I'M DARRYL NEHER. 27 00:01:30,633 --> 00:01:31,400 VINCENNES IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 28 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:32,700 CITY TO THE STATE AND THE 29 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:35,533 REGIONAL HISTORY. 30 00:01:35,533 --> 00:01:37,400 THIS COMMUNITY REEKS WITH 31 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:38,266 HISTORICAL TREASURES. 32 00:01:38,266 --> 00:01:39,800 >> LIKE THIS THE GEORGE ROGERS 33 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:40,666 CLARK MEMORIAL. 34 00:01:40,666 --> 00:01:42,866 IT COMMEMORATES THE OLD 35 00:01:42,866 --> 00:01:43,933 NORTHWEST TERRITORY AND THE 36 00:01:43,933 --> 00:01:45,600 LARGEST NATIONAL MONUMENT 37 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,633 OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.. 38 00:01:47,633 --> 00:01:48,600 VINCENNES MAY BE A SMALL CITY 39 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:49,933 BUT IT'S FULL OF HISTORY. 40 00:01:49,933 --> 00:01:51,766 SO LET'S START BY TAKING A PEEK 41 00:01:51,766 --> 00:01:54,900 INTO ITS PAST. 42 00:01:54,900 --> 00:01:56,166 >> THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THE 43 00:01:56,166 --> 00:02:01,300 BANKS OF WABASH, SENT PIONEERS 44 00:02:01,300 --> 00:02:01,966 IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST. 45 00:02:01,966 --> 00:02:08,533 IT WAS HOME TO THE EARLIEST 46 00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:11,066 KNOWN TRIBES. 47 00:02:11,066 --> 00:02:14,666 THEIR BURIAL GROUNDS REMAIN 48 00:02:14,666 --> 00:02:15,833 UNDISTURBED FOR 130 YEARS. 49 00:02:15,833 --> 00:02:18,566 BY THE 1700S, FUR TRADERS 50 00:02:18,566 --> 00:02:20,133 SETTLED IN THE AREA, DRAWN BY 51 00:02:20,133 --> 00:02:24,600 PLENTIFUL GAME AND THE NATURAL 52 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,300 WABASH RIVER, CLAIMING THE LAND 53 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:28,766 FOR THE FRENCH COLONY OF CANADA. 54 00:02:28,766 --> 00:02:29,600 >> THE FRENCH HAD BEEN 55 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,000 DEVELOPING THE WABASH RIVER AS A 56 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,433 NEW ROUTE TO CONNECT NORTHERN 57 00:02:34,433 --> 00:02:35,566 AREA CANADA WITH THE SOUTHERN 58 00:02:35,566 --> 00:02:37,566 AREA OF LOUISIANA. 59 00:02:37,566 --> 00:02:42,033 AND THEY ESTABLISHED A SERIES, 60 00:02:42,033 --> 00:02:43,666 DETROIT, AND THE LOGICAL THING 61 00:02:43,666 --> 00:02:45,733 WAS TO BUILD A FORT ON THE LOWER 62 00:02:45,733 --> 00:02:46,600 WABASH RIVER. 63 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,166 THEY CHOSE FOR THIS ONE OF THE 64 00:02:48,166 --> 00:02:54,700 FRENCH CANADIAN MARINE OFFICERS, 65 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:55,866 FRANCOIS MARIE VINCENNES IN 66 00:02:55,866 --> 00:02:56,966 1730, HE CAME DOWN AND BROUGHT 67 00:02:56,966 --> 00:03:00,100 WITH HIM A TRIBE OF INDIANS DOWN 68 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:03,066 INTO THE LOUISIANA AND 69 00:03:03,066 --> 00:03:04,733 ESTABLISHED HIS FORT HERE. 70 00:03:04,733 --> 00:03:06,333 >> KNOWN AS THE COAST, BEFORE 71 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:10,666 BEING RENAMED VINCENNES IN 1735, 72 00:03:10,666 --> 00:03:12,100 THE FORT BECAME THE FIRST 73 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:13,833 EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT IN INDIANA, 74 00:03:13,833 --> 00:03:15,833 HOME TO A NUMBER OF 75 00:03:15,833 --> 00:03:16,766 FRENCH-CANADIAN FAMILIES WHO 76 00:03:16,766 --> 00:03:21,366 LIVED IN PEACE ALONGSIDE THE 77 00:03:21,366 --> 00:03:29,600 NEIGHBORING VILLAGE. 78 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,566 AFTER VINCENNES' DEATH. 79 00:03:30,566 --> 00:03:32,933 >> HE DECIDED TO PUT THE TOWN ON 80 00:03:32,933 --> 00:03:37,000 A MORE PERMANENT BASIS BY 81 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,400 ESTABLISHING AGRICULTURE. 82 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,966 HE LAID OUT STREETS IN THE TOWN 83 00:03:42,966 --> 00:03:46,700 AND HE ESTABLISHED A CHURCH 84 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:47,766 ALONG THE WABASH. 85 00:03:47,766 --> 00:03:50,200 AND SO YOU HAD EDUCATION AND 86 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:51,300 THEN VINCENNES BECAME ON A MORE 87 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:53,466 PERMANENT BASIS. 88 00:03:53,466 --> 00:03:55,866 >> IN 1764, THE FRENCH AND THE 89 00:03:55,866 --> 00:03:58,266 INDIAN WAR ERUPTED ACROSS THE 90 00:03:58,266 --> 00:03:59,433 TERRITORY, WITH THE FRENCH 91 00:03:59,433 --> 00:04:02,700 DEFEAT ALL CANADIAN LANDS 92 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:04,000 INCLUDING VINCENNES WERE PLACED 93 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,600 UNDER BRITISH RULE, BUT AS THE 94 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,766 AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN 95 00:04:07,766 --> 00:04:09,533 IN THE EAST, A YOUNG MAN BY THE 96 00:04:09,533 --> 00:04:12,166 NAME OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK 97 00:04:12,166 --> 00:04:14,033 FORMED A BOLD PLAN TO CAPTURE 98 00:04:14,033 --> 00:04:17,133 THE FORMER FRENCH SETTLEMENT, 99 00:04:17,133 --> 00:04:19,133 THUS OPENING THE MISSISSIPPI TO 100 00:04:19,133 --> 00:04:22,000 SAFE PASSAGE AND ENSURING THE 101 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:22,666 PATRIOTS WOULD CONTINUE TO 102 00:04:22,666 --> 00:04:23,866 RECEIVE SUPPLIES FROM NEW 103 00:04:23,866 --> 00:04:24,200 ORLEANS. 104 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:28,266 ON JULY 4th OF 1778, CLARK AND 105 00:04:28,266 --> 00:04:31,566 150 MEN BEGAN THEIR ATTACK. 106 00:04:31,566 --> 00:04:33,466 THOUGH GREATLY OUTNUMBERED THEY 107 00:04:33,466 --> 00:04:35,233 SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURED FORT, 108 00:04:35,233 --> 00:04:36,533 INCLUDING VINCENNES. 109 00:04:36,533 --> 00:04:39,133 >> HENRY HAMILTON, THE BRITISH 110 00:04:39,133 --> 00:04:40,533 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF DETROIT 111 00:04:40,533 --> 00:04:41,733 RECEIVED WORD OF THIS AND 112 00:04:41,733 --> 00:04:43,500 DECIDED THIS WAS NOT GOING TO 113 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:43,800 STAND. 114 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:45,666 HE FORMED AN ARMY OF HIS OWN AND 115 00:04:45,666 --> 00:04:48,500 HEADED DOWN THE WABASH RIVER, 116 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:54,700 ARRIVING INTO THE VICINITY OF 117 00:04:54,700 --> 00:04:56,266 THE VINCENNES IN 1778. 118 00:04:56,266 --> 00:04:58,433 >> THE HANDS WERE NO MATCH FOR 119 00:04:58,433 --> 00:04:59,400 HAMILTON'S ARMY. 120 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,233 HE RECAPTURED THE FORT WITHOUT 121 00:05:01,233 --> 00:05:03,266 FIRING A SINGLE SHOT. 122 00:05:03,266 --> 00:05:04,500 BUT BELIEVING THAT CLARK WOULD 123 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:06,766 DARE NOT ATTACK DURING WINTER, 124 00:05:06,766 --> 00:05:08,466 HAMILTON RELEASED HIS ARMY FOR 125 00:05:08,466 --> 00:05:10,833 HOME. 126 00:05:10,833 --> 00:05:11,466 CLARK POUNCED. 127 00:05:11,466 --> 00:05:14,733 IN FEBRUARY OF 1779, HE LAUNCHED 128 00:05:14,733 --> 00:05:18,333 A BRAZEN WINTER EXPEDITION. 129 00:05:18,333 --> 00:05:20,100 CLARK HAD A LARGE ARMY JUST 130 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:22,933 BEHIND HIM, HAMILTON 131 00:05:22,933 --> 00:05:23,333 SURRENDERED. 132 00:05:23,333 --> 00:05:26,600 IT WAS THE LARGEST LAND CONQUEST 133 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,600 OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 134 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,900 IT WAS KNOWN AS THE NORTHWEST 135 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:32,200 TERRITORY IN THE NEWLY FORMED 136 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:32,966 UNITED STATES. 137 00:05:32,966 --> 00:05:34,366 >> ALL THE WESTERN PART OF THE 138 00:05:34,366 --> 00:05:39,966 LAND IN 1800 BECAME THE INDIANA 139 00:05:39,966 --> 00:05:40,633 TERRITORY AND VINCENNES WAS 140 00:05:40,633 --> 00:05:43,766 SELECTED AS THE CAPITAL CITY OF 141 00:05:43,766 --> 00:05:45,200 THIS INDIANA TERRITORY. 142 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,466 >> IT WAS THE HOLDEST TOWN IN 143 00:05:46,466 --> 00:05:47,033 THE TERRITORY. 144 00:05:47,033 --> 00:05:49,433 IT WAS 70 YEARS OLD AT THIS 145 00:05:49,433 --> 00:05:51,200 TIME, WAY OLDER THAN ANY OTHER 146 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:51,566 COMMUNITY. 147 00:05:51,566 --> 00:05:54,000 IT WAS ALSO CENTRALLY LOCATED. 148 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,866 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, WHO HAD 149 00:05:55,866 --> 00:05:58,066 BEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE WAS 150 00:05:58,066 --> 00:06:00,333 APPOINTED AS GOVERNOR OF THE NEW 151 00:06:00,333 --> 00:06:02,466 INDIANA TERRITORY, ARRIVED OUT 152 00:06:02,466 --> 00:06:05,100 HERE IN JANUARY OF 1801 TO SET 153 00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:08,400 UP THE GOVERNMENT. 154 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,100 >> HARRISON'S ARRIVAL ENTERED IN 155 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:12,966 A NEW INTELLECTUAL ERA. 156 00:06:12,966 --> 00:06:15,566 HE ESTABLISHED THE JEFFERSON 157 00:06:15,566 --> 00:06:17,233 AACADEMY, TODAY KNOWN AS 158 00:06:17,233 --> 00:06:17,800 VINCENNES UNIVERSITY. 159 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:23,400 HE ALSO HIRED A PRESS, CREATING 160 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,166 THE INDIANA GAZETTE. 161 00:06:25,166 --> 00:06:27,266 BUT IT WAS HARRISON'S EFFORTS 162 00:06:27,266 --> 00:06:29,133 OUTSIDE OF TOWN THAT RAISED 163 00:06:29,133 --> 00:06:29,500 TENSIONS. 164 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:31,166 GOVERNOR HARRISON MADE TREATY 165 00:06:31,166 --> 00:06:32,300 AFTER TREATY WITH THE 166 00:06:32,300 --> 00:06:32,866 SURROUNDING TRIBES. 167 00:06:32,866 --> 00:06:37,400 BY THE END OF THE DECADE, HE HAD 168 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,033 CEDEED 75% OF THE TERRITORY FROM 169 00:06:39,033 --> 00:06:42,733 THE NATIVE AMERICANS. 170 00:06:42,733 --> 00:06:44,366 IN 1810, ONE OF THE TRIBES 171 00:06:44,366 --> 00:06:47,600 NEGOTIATED A LAND COMPROMISE. 172 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,000 HARRISON WAS FUMING, AND IT LED 173 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,800 TO THE WAR OF 1812. 174 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,233 HARRISSON'S VICTORY AS COMMANDER 175 00:06:55,233 --> 00:06:56,700 OF THE NORTHWEST ARMY WOULD EARN 176 00:06:56,700 --> 00:06:58,666 HIM A GOLD MEDAL FOR SERVICE AND 177 00:06:58,666 --> 00:07:01,466 PAVE THE WAY FOR HIS EVENTUAL 178 00:07:01,466 --> 00:07:01,866 PRESIDENCY. 179 00:07:01,866 --> 00:07:04,100 IN HARRISON'S ABSENCE, HOWEVER, 180 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:06,166 POLITICIANS MOVED THE 181 00:07:06,166 --> 00:07:10,900 TERRITORIAL CAPITAL FROM 182 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:15,766 VINCENNES TO CORYDON. 183 00:07:15,766 --> 00:07:18,600 TODAY, 100 MILES AWAY, VINCENNES 184 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:19,766 REMAINS A TESTIMONY NOT JUST TO 185 00:07:19,766 --> 00:07:21,433 THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE, BUT 186 00:07:21,433 --> 00:07:25,166 THE FOUNDING OF THE AMERICAN 187 00:07:25,166 --> 00:07:25,466 WEST. 188 00:07:25,466 --> 00:07:27,166 >> VINCENNES HAS A PROUD PAST. 189 00:07:27,166 --> 00:07:29,066 WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR 190 00:07:29,066 --> 00:07:29,400 HISTORY. 191 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:30,800 WE CONSIDER OURSELVES TO BE THE 192 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,200 MOST HISTORICAL COMMUNITY IN 193 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,166 INDIANA, THE BEGINNINGS OF 194 00:07:35,166 --> 00:07:37,266 RELIGION REPRESENTED BY THE OLD 195 00:07:37,266 --> 00:07:39,433 CATHEDRAL AND THE OLD CATHEDRAL 196 00:07:39,433 --> 00:07:39,766 LIBRARY. 197 00:07:39,766 --> 00:07:42,900 WE HAVE OUR TERRITORIAL CENTER 198 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:44,300 HERE, THE SITTING OF GOVERNMENT, 199 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:46,600 THE BEGINNING OF EDUCATION, WITH 200 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,066 THE JEFFERSON ACADEMY. 201 00:07:48,066 --> 00:07:49,200 AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF 202 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:50,200 INTERPRETATION IN THE BEGINNINGS 203 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:50,600 OF INDIANA. 204 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:55,133 AND IT'S FROM THE STUDY OF THESE 205 00:07:55,133 --> 00:07:57,633 BEGINNINGS THAT INDIANA IS THE 206 00:07:57,633 --> 00:07:58,666 WAY IT IS. 207 00:07:58,666 --> 00:08:00,100 >> UNDERSTANDING THAT HISTORY IS 208 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:02,666 SO IMPORTANT TO GETTING TO KNOW 209 00:08:02,666 --> 00:08:03,633 VINCENNES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF 210 00:08:03,633 --> 00:08:05,233 THE STATE OF INDIANA, BUT 211 00:08:05,233 --> 00:08:06,866 THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR PROPERTY 212 00:08:06,866 --> 00:08:08,733 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON 213 00:08:08,733 --> 00:08:13,566 AND THAWS THAT'S GROUSELAND, AND 214 00:08:13,566 --> 00:08:15,400 THAT'S MOMENT OF WILLIAM HENRY 215 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:16,933 HARRISON -- THE HOME OF WILLIAM 216 00:08:16,933 --> 00:08:18,000 HENRY HARRISON. 217 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,666 LISA, WE TAKE A LOOK AT 218 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:21,033 GROUSELAND, IT'S MORE THAN JUST 219 00:08:21,033 --> 00:08:23,033 A HOME. 220 00:08:23,033 --> 00:08:24,333 AND HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE 221 00:08:24,333 --> 00:08:26,800 WHAT THIS BUILDING REPRESENTS? 222 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,266 >> THIS BUILDING IS A 223 00:08:28,266 --> 00:08:31,133 REPRESENTATION OF A PERSONAL 224 00:08:31,133 --> 00:08:32,933 INVESTMENT BY WILLIAM HENRY 225 00:08:32,933 --> 00:08:34,600 HARRISON WHEN HE CAME HERE 226 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:36,233 APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT JOHN 227 00:08:36,233 --> 00:08:37,633 ADAMS TO BE THE GOVERNOR OF THE 228 00:08:37,633 --> 00:08:41,133 NEWLY ALIGNED INDIANA TERRITORY. 229 00:08:41,133 --> 00:08:43,233 HE WAS 27 YEARS OF AGE WHEN HE 230 00:08:43,233 --> 00:08:44,500 CAME TO VINCENNES. 231 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:46,566 THE TERRITORY HERE IN VINCENNES 232 00:08:46,566 --> 00:08:47,933 WAS ACQUIRED THROUGH TREATY 233 00:08:47,933 --> 00:08:48,333 GREENVILLE. 234 00:08:48,333 --> 00:08:49,233 SO THIS WAS AMERICAN PROPERTY 235 00:08:49,233 --> 00:08:52,166 AND HE BUILT THIS REALLY SHOWY, 236 00:08:52,166 --> 00:08:54,233 MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF 237 00:08:54,233 --> 00:08:56,300 ARCHITECTURE BECAUSE HE HAD TO 238 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:57,066 BASICALLY CLAIM TORT. 239 00:08:57,066 --> 00:09:00,300 THE AMERICANS WERE NEW TO THE 240 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:01,266 TERRITORY AND THEY HAD TO MAKE 241 00:09:01,266 --> 00:09:02,133 THE PRESENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT 242 00:09:02,133 --> 00:09:02,433 KNOWN. 243 00:09:02,433 --> 00:09:03,166 >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT 244 00:09:03,166 --> 00:09:04,966 CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND HOW 245 00:09:04,966 --> 00:09:05,966 THIS HOME WAS BUILT AND SOME OF 246 00:09:05,966 --> 00:09:08,366 THE FEATURES THAT ARE REALLY 247 00:09:08,366 --> 00:09:08,700 NOTABLE? 248 00:09:08,700 --> 00:09:11,100 >> I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT 249 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:12,400 HARRISON MADE THE PERSONAL 250 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:13,400 INVESTMENT HERE IN THE 251 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:13,766 TERRITORY. 252 00:09:13,766 --> 00:09:14,933 I THINK IT'S A SENSE OF 253 00:09:14,933 --> 00:09:16,300 COMMUNITY PRIDE HERE THAT EVEN 254 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:17,533 OVER 200 YEARS AGO, SOMEONE SAW 255 00:09:17,533 --> 00:09:19,166 A REASON TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT 256 00:09:19,166 --> 00:09:19,600 HERE. 257 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,800 $20,000 OF HIS OWN MONEY, BUT HE 258 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,166 INCORPORATED IN THE STRUCTURE 259 00:09:25,166 --> 00:09:26,366 400,000 BRICKS, BRICKS LOCALLY 260 00:09:26,366 --> 00:09:29,533 MADE HERE, CRAFTSMEN WERE 261 00:09:29,533 --> 00:09:30,300 TRAINED HERE ON SITE. 262 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:31,933 THE WALLS ARE FOUR BRICKS THICK. 263 00:09:31,933 --> 00:09:35,233 IF THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF HOSTILE 264 00:09:35,233 --> 00:09:36,633 TERRITORIES GOING ON, THE PEOPLE 265 00:09:36,633 --> 00:09:38,066 COULD COME HERE AND FEEL 266 00:09:38,066 --> 00:09:38,433 PROTECTED. 267 00:09:38,433 --> 00:09:40,100 HE DID HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY 268 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:41,300 TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME HERE 269 00:09:41,300 --> 00:09:42,933 AND SO WE SAY HERE AT GROUSELAND 270 00:09:42,933 --> 00:09:44,700 THAT WE ARE THE BIRTH PLACE OF 271 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:45,566 HOOSIER HOSPITALITY. 272 00:09:45,566 --> 00:09:48,066 WE TELL PEOPLE THAT HARRISON WAS 273 00:09:48,066 --> 00:09:49,266 GIVEN TWO IMPORTANT JOBS TO DO 274 00:09:49,266 --> 00:09:50,500 WHEN HE CAME HERE TO THE 275 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:52,133 TERRITORY TO ATTRACT AS MANY 276 00:09:52,133 --> 00:09:53,866 SETTLERS HERE AS HE POSSIBLY CAN 277 00:09:53,866 --> 00:09:55,833 AND HELP TO OBTAIN AS MUCH LAND 278 00:09:55,833 --> 00:09:57,533 FOR THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AS 279 00:09:57,533 --> 00:09:58,966 HE COULD AND HE DID BOTH OF THEM 280 00:09:58,966 --> 00:09:59,466 VERY WELL. 281 00:09:59,466 --> 00:10:05,766 >> AND SO MUCH OF WHAT WILLIAM 282 00:10:05,766 --> 00:10:06,466 HENRY HARRISON WAS ABLE TO DO 283 00:10:06,466 --> 00:10:07,133 HERE AT GROUSELAND IN THIS 284 00:10:07,133 --> 00:10:08,033 TERRITORY, SERVES AS A 285 00:10:08,033 --> 00:10:09,100 SPRINGBOARD FOR HIS ABILITY TO 286 00:10:09,100 --> 00:10:10,300 RUN FOR PRESIDENT. 287 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:12,733 YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WILLIAM HENRY 288 00:10:12,733 --> 00:10:14,800 HARRISON AND THE LIMITED TENURE, 289 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,966 SOME PEOPLE MIGHT DISMISS HIM, 290 00:10:16,966 --> 00:10:19,166 BUT AS YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED, 291 00:10:19,166 --> 00:10:21,666 THERE'S A MUCH DEEPER HISTORY 292 00:10:21,666 --> 00:10:23,000 THAT HE'S REMEMBERED FOR. 293 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,366 >> YES, WHEN VISITORS COME HERE, 294 00:10:25,366 --> 00:10:27,033 WE ASK THEM WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT 295 00:10:27,033 --> 00:10:28,233 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 296 00:10:28,233 --> 00:10:30,500 AND COMMONLY, THEY SAY WE KNOW 297 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:31,833 HE WAS THE SHORTEST TIME IN 298 00:10:31,833 --> 00:10:32,900 OFFICE, AND HE WAS FIRST 299 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:34,533 PRESIDENT TO DIE IN OFFICE, AND 300 00:10:34,533 --> 00:10:36,633 HE GAVE A LONG INAUGURAL ADDRESS 301 00:10:36,633 --> 00:10:37,800 BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT 302 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,133 HE DID THE 30 YEARS BEFORE. 303 00:10:39,133 --> 00:10:40,366 THE SKILL SET THAT WAS REQUIRED 304 00:10:40,366 --> 00:10:42,066 TO DO ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF 305 00:10:42,066 --> 00:10:42,400 THINGS. 306 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,133 WE KNOW THAT HE HAS DETRACTORS. 307 00:10:44,133 --> 00:10:45,500 WE KNOW THE NATIVE AMERICAN SIDE 308 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:48,433 OF THE STORY AND THEIR 309 00:10:48,433 --> 00:10:49,933 SUPPORTERS ISN'T AS GENEROUS TO 310 00:10:49,933 --> 00:10:51,566 HARRISON'S REPUTATION. 311 00:10:51,566 --> 00:10:52,666 BUT WE FEEL LIKE HERE, BECAUSE 312 00:10:52,666 --> 00:10:54,066 HE HAD A LARGE FAMILY, BECAUSE 313 00:10:54,066 --> 00:10:56,400 HE HAD A 45-YEAR MARRIAGE, 314 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,766 BECAUSE HE TRIED TO DO THINGS 315 00:10:58,766 --> 00:10:59,666 FOR THE COMMON PURPOSE AND 316 00:10:59,666 --> 00:11:02,766 BECAUSE HE HAD THE VIRGINIA 317 00:11:02,766 --> 00:11:04,500 NOBLEMAN MENTALITY TO SERVE, WE 318 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:06,033 FEEL THAT THERE'S SOME GOOD 319 00:11:06,033 --> 00:11:07,133 CHARACTER REFERENCES ABOUT THE 320 00:11:07,133 --> 00:11:07,600 MAN. 321 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:08,433 >> LISA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 322 00:11:08,433 --> 00:11:10,166 THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT 323 00:11:10,166 --> 00:11:12,466 GROUSELAND AND WILLIAM HENRY 324 00:11:12,466 --> 00:11:12,833 HARRISON. 325 00:11:12,833 --> 00:11:13,433 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 326 00:11:13,433 --> 00:11:17,233 THANK YOU FOR COMING TO 327 00:11:17,233 --> 00:11:17,633 GROUSELAND. 328 00:11:17,633 --> 00:11:18,966 >> VISIT 329 00:11:18,966 --> 00:11:19,600 GROUSELANDFOUNDATION.ORG. 330 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:20,533 >> THANKS AGAIN, LISA. 331 00:11:20,533 --> 00:11:21,966 WELL, IT'S CLEAR THAT HARRISON 332 00:11:21,966 --> 00:11:24,033 WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING HIS 333 00:11:24,033 --> 00:11:25,333 COUNTRY AND HIS COMMUNITY. 334 00:11:25,333 --> 00:11:26,866 NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE 335 00:11:26,866 --> 00:11:28,533 ROAD TO THE INDIANA MILITARY 336 00:11:28,533 --> 00:11:30,366 MUSEUM, DEDICATED TO MEN AND 337 00:11:30,366 --> 00:11:34,433 WOMEN WHO FELT THE SAME WAY. 338 00:11:34,433 --> 00:11:42,066 ♪♪ 339 00:11:42,066 --> 00:11:44,133 >> MY INTEREST IN MILITARY 340 00:11:44,133 --> 00:11:45,400 HISTORY AND MEMORABILIA GOES ALL 341 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,200 THE WAY BACK TO WHEN I WAS A 342 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:48,800 CHILD 5 YEARS OLD. 343 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,966 AND MY FATHER BUILT DRIVE-IN 344 00:11:51,966 --> 00:11:52,933 THEATERS AND THIS IS RIGHT AFTER 345 00:11:52,933 --> 00:11:53,933 WORLD WAR II. 346 00:11:53,933 --> 00:11:57,000 GUESS WHAT, LOTS OF WORLD WAR II 347 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,633 MOVIES AND ALL SORTS OF WAR 348 00:11:58,633 --> 00:12:00,333 MOVIES BEING PLAYED. 349 00:12:00,333 --> 00:12:02,166 IT BECAME NATURAL. 350 00:12:02,166 --> 00:12:03,833 I BECAME INTERESTED IN MILITARY 351 00:12:03,833 --> 00:12:06,766 ITEMS AND MILITARY ARTIFACTS AND 352 00:12:06,766 --> 00:12:08,133 MILITARY HISTORY BECAUSE I SAW 353 00:12:08,133 --> 00:12:09,833 SO MANY JOHN WAYNE MOVIES, I 354 00:12:09,833 --> 00:12:10,166 SUPPOSE. 355 00:12:10,166 --> 00:12:11,866 MY DAD WAS NOT A COLLECTOR. 356 00:12:11,866 --> 00:12:13,666 HE CAME HOME ONE DAY WITH A 357 00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:14,833 CIVIL WAR MUSKET. 358 00:12:14,833 --> 00:12:16,666 THEY OWNED HIM $20 OR $30 AND 359 00:12:16,666 --> 00:12:17,866 THEY GAVE HIM THE MUSKET. 360 00:12:17,866 --> 00:12:19,400 AND SO I REMEMBER THAT, YOU 361 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,000 KNOW, I TOOK CHARGE OF THAT 362 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,333 MUSKET RIGHT AWAY. 363 00:12:22,333 --> 00:12:24,000 I REMEMBER IT WAS MUCH TALLER 364 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,600 THAN I WAS AT THE TIME. 365 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,833 AND THEN FOLLOWED VERY SHORTLY 366 00:12:28,833 --> 00:12:30,966 THEREAFTER, THE VETERAN FROM 367 00:12:30,966 --> 00:12:32,400 WORLD WAR II WAS GOING BACK WITH 368 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,566 THE GERMAN HELMET, A FLAG AND A 369 00:12:34,566 --> 00:12:36,633 BELT AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND 370 00:12:36,633 --> 00:12:37,200 SAID, HERE. 371 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:38,433 THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE 372 00:12:38,433 --> 00:12:39,800 COLLECTION, PROBABLY 7 YEARS OLD 373 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,433 AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND TOUCH 374 00:12:41,433 --> 00:12:43,266 THESE THINGS, THE ARTIFACTS, 375 00:12:43,266 --> 00:12:45,166 KIND OF BROUGHT IT ALIVE. 376 00:12:45,166 --> 00:12:47,133 THE MUSEUM WILL ALLOW YOU TO 377 00:12:47,133 --> 00:12:49,066 WALK UP AND ACTUALLY TOUCH A 378 00:12:49,066 --> 00:12:50,300 TANK OR AN OLD VEHICLE OR 379 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:51,366 WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. 380 00:12:51,366 --> 00:12:55,833 THAT'S EXCITING. 381 00:12:55,833 --> 00:12:58,366 SO I CONTINUED AS A YOUNG BOY TO 382 00:12:58,366 --> 00:12:59,866 ACCUMULATE ARTIFACTS FROM 383 00:12:59,866 --> 00:13:01,466 WHOEVER WOULD LET ME HAVE THEM. 384 00:13:01,466 --> 00:13:02,533 AND THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL I DID 385 00:13:02,533 --> 00:13:04,000 THAT AND THEN IN COLLEGE, I 386 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,400 CONTINUED TO DO THAT, AND THE 387 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:13,400 COLLECTIAN BEGAN TOCOLLECTION BEGAN TO GROW AND 388 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:14,366 GROW, FILLING MY APARTMENT'S 389 00:13:14,366 --> 00:13:14,733 BASEMENT. 390 00:13:14,733 --> 00:13:16,733 I THINK THE BIG TRANSITION WAS 391 00:13:16,733 --> 00:13:19,300 WHEN I ACQUIRED SOME VEHICLE AND 392 00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:20,466 ARTILLERY, THE BIG THINGS AND 393 00:13:20,466 --> 00:13:22,666 STARTED POPPING THEM IN THE 394 00:13:22,666 --> 00:13:23,733 BACKYARD THAT IF BECAME MORE 395 00:13:23,733 --> 00:13:25,133 SERIOUS. 396 00:13:25,133 --> 00:13:27,000 ONCE I STARTED ACQUIRING BIG 397 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,633 THINGS LIKE ARTILLERY PIECES AND 398 00:13:29,633 --> 00:13:31,033 FIRST THING WAS A JEEP AND THEN 399 00:13:31,033 --> 00:13:32,333 A HALF TRACK AND THEN LATER ON 400 00:13:32,333 --> 00:13:34,633 IT GOES TO A TANK OR SOMETHING 401 00:13:34,633 --> 00:13:34,933 ELSE. 402 00:13:34,933 --> 00:13:36,166 PEOPLE ALWAYS SUGGESTED, YOU 403 00:13:36,166 --> 00:13:37,800 KNOW, YOU REALLY NEED TO PUT 404 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,100 THIS STUFF IN A MUSEUM SO PEOPLE 405 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:40,766 CAN SEE AND APPRECIATE THESE 406 00:13:40,766 --> 00:13:41,100 THINGS. 407 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:44,166 SO ULTIMATELY, IN 1984, WITH 408 00:13:44,166 --> 00:13:47,100 INCORPORATED THE MUSEUM INTO A 409 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:48,833 501(c)(3) NOT FOR PROFIT 410 00:13:48,833 --> 00:13:49,500 MUSEUM CORPORATION AND 411 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:51,033 ESTABLISHED THE MUSEUM IN THAT 412 00:13:51,033 --> 00:13:51,366 FASHION. 413 00:13:51,366 --> 00:13:53,533 SO THEN ITEMS THAT THE MUSEUM 414 00:13:53,533 --> 00:13:54,566 ACCUMULATED, OF COURSE, BELONGED 415 00:13:54,566 --> 00:13:56,900 TO THE MUSEUM. 416 00:13:56,900 --> 00:13:59,733 ITEMS I PREVIOUSLY ACCUMULATED, 417 00:13:59,733 --> 00:14:01,000 AND DONATED TO THE MUSEUM, I'M 418 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,433 STILL DOING THAT TODAY. 419 00:14:02,433 --> 00:14:05,366 WE OPERATED ON VOLUNTEER AND WE 420 00:14:05,366 --> 00:14:06,933 STILL OPERATE ON TOTAL 421 00:14:06,933 --> 00:14:07,333 VOLUNTEERS. 422 00:14:07,333 --> 00:14:10,066 WE HAVE A CORE OF 50 OR 60 423 00:14:10,066 --> 00:14:11,600 SERIOUS VOLUNTEERS WITH THE 424 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:12,233 MUSEUM RIGHT NOW. 425 00:14:12,233 --> 00:14:13,866 THE WAY WE WERE EXPANDING, WE 426 00:14:13,866 --> 00:14:15,500 KNEW WE HAD TO FIND A NEW 427 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:15,866 LOCATION. 428 00:14:15,866 --> 00:14:17,366 SIX YEARS AGO WE BEGAN A 429 00:14:17,366 --> 00:14:18,766 CAMPAIGN TO RAISE THE FUNDS TO 430 00:14:18,766 --> 00:14:20,933 PURCHASE THE LAND THAT WE ARE 431 00:14:20,933 --> 00:14:26,100 ON, 14 ACRES WHICH DOWNTOWN 432 00:14:26,100 --> 00:14:27,933 VINCENNES, ADJACENT TO THE PARK, 433 00:14:27,933 --> 00:14:30,100 AND IT SOME EXISTING BUILDING. 434 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:34,466 SO WE ARE ABLE TO EXPAND AND WE 435 00:14:34,466 --> 00:14:35,933 HAVE LOTS OF NEW PLANS FOR THE 436 00:14:35,933 --> 00:14:36,700 FUTURE. 437 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:38,000 ♪♪ 438 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,066 ♪♪ 439 00:14:41,066 --> 00:14:42,900 >> THE EVENTS ARE WHAT WE CALL 440 00:14:42,900 --> 00:14:44,300 LIVING HISTORY EVENTS. 441 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:47,466 WE HAVE REENACTORS COME IN FULLY 442 00:14:47,466 --> 00:14:48,900 EQUIPPED THAT SET THEIR CAMPS UP 443 00:14:48,900 --> 00:14:50,300 AND SET THEIR DISPLAY UPS. 444 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:51,633 THEY GO INTO THE STRETCHES. 445 00:14:51,633 --> 00:14:52,600 PEOPLE CAN WALK AROUND AND SEE 446 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:53,900 ALL OF THESE THINGS, JUST AS 447 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:55,500 THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DURING 448 00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:58,700 WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II OR 449 00:14:58,700 --> 00:14:59,566 EVEN THE CIVIL WAR. 450 00:14:59,566 --> 00:15:01,533 AND THEY ARE GREAT FOR 451 00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:02,800 EVERYBODY, YOUNG AND OLD. 452 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,366 THEY PUT ON ONCE A DAY, AT 453 00:15:04,366 --> 00:15:04,666 LEAST. 454 00:15:04,666 --> 00:15:06,733 THEY PUT ON A MOCK BATTLE, PLUS 455 00:15:06,733 --> 00:15:10,233 WE MAY HAVE SOME WORLD WAR 456 00:15:10,233 --> 00:15:11,500 VETERANS WHO WILL STILL GET UP 457 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:13,533 AND TELL THEIR STORIES AND 458 00:15:13,533 --> 00:15:13,933 INTERVIEWS. 459 00:15:13,933 --> 00:15:15,666 IT'S AN EXCITING WEEKEND WHEN WE 460 00:15:15,666 --> 00:15:19,300 HAVE THESE ETCHES AND THE EVENTS AND THE WHOLE 461 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:22,233 FAMILY CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY. 462 00:15:22,233 --> 00:15:24,100 IT DOES BRING HISTORY ALIVE TO 463 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:26,400 THE FULLEST INSTEAD OF ON THE 464 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,033 SCREEN OR ON THE PAGE IN A BOOK, 465 00:15:28,033 --> 00:15:29,000 THERE IT IS IN REAL LIFE. 466 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,366 AND TALK TO THESE COLLECTORS AND 467 00:15:33,366 --> 00:15:35,000 THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO GET INTO 468 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:35,266 IT. 469 00:15:35,266 --> 00:15:37,200 IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AS 470 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:37,500 WELL. 471 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:40,033 IT'S GRATIFYING TO SEE THE 472 00:15:40,033 --> 00:15:41,100 SCHOOL GROUPS COME IN AND THE 473 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:42,866 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT 474 00:15:42,866 --> 00:15:43,133 IT. 475 00:15:43,133 --> 00:15:44,500 THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COST OF 476 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:45,666 FREEDOM IS FOR OUR COUNTRY AND 477 00:15:45,666 --> 00:15:47,666 WHAT MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR ARMED 478 00:15:47,666 --> 00:15:49,300 SERVICES HAVE HAD TO DO TO 479 00:15:49,300 --> 00:15:50,833 MAINTAIN THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY. 480 00:15:50,833 --> 00:15:52,800 I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL, THE 481 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:53,633 ULTIMATE GOAL, OF COURSE, OF 482 00:15:53,633 --> 00:15:54,733 WHAT WE ARE DOING. 483 00:15:54,733 --> 00:15:56,933 AND WE HAVE A LOT OF VETERANS 484 00:15:56,933 --> 00:16:00,566 WOULD COME IN AS OUR DOSEONS 485 00:16:00,566 --> 00:16:01,866 WITH THE SCHOOL GROUPS AND TALK 486 00:16:01,866 --> 00:16:03,666 TO THEM. 487 00:16:03,666 --> 00:16:05,100 THOSE ARE FANTASTIC WAYS IN 488 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:07,133 WHICH WE CAN HELP THE YOUNG 489 00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:12,600 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. 490 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,433 PERHAPS ANOTHER GENERATION, 491 00:16:14,433 --> 00:16:15,966 EXCEPT WHERE WE LEAVE OFF. 492 00:16:15,966 --> 00:16:17,733 AND SO WHEN YOU SEE A YOUNG 493 00:16:17,733 --> 00:16:19,500 PERSON COME IN HERE -- AND, I 494 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:20,866 MEAN, I HAVE SEEN BOYS AND GIRLS 495 00:16:20,866 --> 00:16:23,833 COME IN HERE, 10, 11, 12 YEARS 496 00:16:23,833 --> 00:16:25,900 OLD, THAT KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS 497 00:16:25,900 --> 00:16:27,533 STUFF THAN I DID WHEN I WAS THAT 498 00:16:27,533 --> 00:16:27,800 AGE. 499 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,966 WE ARE ACHIEVING A LOT BY 500 00:16:29,966 --> 00:16:30,833 NURTURING THOSE PEOPLE. 501 00:16:30,833 --> 00:16:32,233 YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE 502 00:16:32,233 --> 00:16:33,566 SATISFIED WITH A BOOK OR 503 00:16:33,566 --> 00:16:35,400 SATISFIED WITH A DVD AND A MOVIE 504 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,566 OR WHATEVER, BUT IF THE PERSON 505 00:16:37,566 --> 00:16:39,233 COMES HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE 506 00:16:39,233 --> 00:16:41,166 INTERESTED IN HISTORY, AND THEY 507 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:43,266 ARE JUST GOING TO BE SATISFIED 508 00:16:43,266 --> 00:16:46,366 THAT, HEY, I HAVE SEEN WHAT I 509 00:16:46,366 --> 00:16:47,766 CAN SEE AND THIS IS A PACKAGE 510 00:16:47,766 --> 00:16:49,633 THEY CAN'T BEAT ANYWHERE ELSE. 511 00:16:49,633 --> 00:16:50,733 GO TO A MUSEUM WHERE YOU CAN SEE 512 00:16:50,733 --> 00:16:52,566 THE ARTIFACTS THAT WERE THERE 513 00:16:52,566 --> 00:16:56,366 WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, IT 514 00:16:53,666 --> 00:16:56,933 BRINGS IT ALL TO LIFE. 515 00:16:56,933 --> 00:17:08,500 ♪♪ 516 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:09,800 >> ERICA, I LOVE CELEBRATING 517 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:10,533 INDIANA HISTORY. 518 00:17:10,533 --> 00:17:14,266 IT'S SUCH IMPORTANT STORIES BUT 519 00:17:14,266 --> 00:17:16,100 CELEBRATING THE LOCAL HISTORY 520 00:17:16,100 --> 00:17:17,133 EQUALLY IMPORTANT. 521 00:17:17,133 --> 00:17:18,733 >> AND CHARLIE'S CANDY SHOP IS 522 00:17:18,733 --> 00:17:19,600 ONE OF THOSE MACES. 523 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,333 IF YOU WANT -- PLACES. 524 00:17:21,333 --> 00:17:27,966 IF YOU WANT THE REAL FAVOR FLAVOR OF 525 00:17:27,966 --> 00:17:28,766 VINCENNES, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE 526 00:17:28,766 --> 00:17:31,000 TO GO HERE. 527 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:31,800 >> LORINDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH 528 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,633 FOR HAVING US AT CHARLIE'S. 529 00:17:34,633 --> 00:17:38,466 IT SMELLS AMAZING IN HERE. 530 00:17:38,466 --> 00:17:40,866 CHARLIE'S HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 531 00:17:40,866 --> 00:17:41,200 1952. 532 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,933 TELL US HOW CHARLIE'S CAME TO 533 00:17:43,933 --> 00:17:44,300 BE. 534 00:17:44,300 --> 00:17:45,266 >> CHARLIE WAS THE ORIGINAL 535 00:17:45,266 --> 00:17:46,033 FOUNDER OF THE STORE AND THEY 536 00:17:46,033 --> 00:17:47,400 WERE DOING SOME REMODELING HERE 537 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,066 IN THIS HOME, AND THE PEOPLE 538 00:17:49,066 --> 00:17:50,433 HELPING HIM WOULDN'T TAKE PAY. 539 00:17:50,433 --> 00:17:56,033 SO THEY DECIDED TO MAKE CARAMEL 540 00:17:56,033 --> 00:17:58,666 CORN AS THANK YOU GIFTS. 541 00:17:58,666 --> 00:18:00,700 PEOPLE STARTED LIKING IT SO 542 00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:01,000 WELL. 543 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:06,466 AND LORETHA RAN AN AD IN THE 544 00:18:06,466 --> 00:18:07,700 NEWSPAPER WITHOUT CHARLIE'S 545 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:09,433 KNOWLEDGE, AND PEOPLE STARTED 546 00:18:09,433 --> 00:18:10,633 COMING. 547 00:18:10,633 --> 00:18:12,466 >> YOU OWN CHARLIE'S WITH YOUR 548 00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:14,066 HUSBAND YOUR BROTHER AND 549 00:18:14,066 --> 00:18:14,466 SON-IN-LAW. 550 00:18:14,466 --> 00:18:17,266 WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GET INTO 551 00:18:17,266 --> 00:18:20,233 THE CANDY BUSINESS. 552 00:18:20,233 --> 00:18:23,866 >> WELL, WHEN LOETHA WAS AROUND 553 00:18:23,866 --> 00:18:25,333 80 YEARS OLD, SHE DID NOT HAVE 554 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:30,033 ANY CHILDREN, AND CHARLIE AND 555 00:18:30,033 --> 00:18:31,366 LORETHA WERE MY GRANDPARENT'S 556 00:18:31,366 --> 00:18:32,233 BEST FRIENDS. 557 00:18:32,233 --> 00:18:34,600 WE WERE AROUND A LOT AS A CHILD 558 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,033 AND WHEN SHE WANTED TO SELL, SHE 559 00:18:36,033 --> 00:18:37,466 CAME TO US AND ASKED IF WE WERE 560 00:18:37,466 --> 00:18:38,433 INTERESTED IN BUYING THE 561 00:18:38,433 --> 00:18:38,800 BUSINESS. 562 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,333 >> AND WHAT MADE YOU SAY YES? 563 00:18:40,333 --> 00:18:41,300 >> WELL, IT IS A BLESSING. 564 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:44,766 IT IS A GREAT MACE PLACE TO WORK AND, 565 00:18:44,766 --> 00:18:46,400 AGAIN, WE WANTED TO CARRY THE 566 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:47,133 TRADITION ON AS WELL. 567 00:18:47,133 --> 00:18:48,666 I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE WOULD HAVE 568 00:18:48,666 --> 00:18:50,000 SOLD IT TO ANYONE ELSE. 569 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,633 AND IT IS A POSITIVE PLACE. 570 00:18:51,633 --> 00:18:53,600 PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY ARE 571 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:53,900 HAPPY. 572 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:54,866 PEOPLE LEAVE AND THEY ARE HAPPY. 573 00:18:54,866 --> 00:18:56,366 IT'S A WIN/WIN SITUATION. 574 00:18:56,366 --> 00:18:58,500 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK CHARLIE AND 575 00:18:58,500 --> 00:18:59,666 LORETHA WOULD THINK IF THEY CAME 576 00:18:59,666 --> 00:19:00,466 BACK IN TODAY. 577 00:19:00,466 --> 00:19:01,400 >> I THINK THEY WOULD BE PROUD 578 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:02,266 OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE. 579 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:03,600 I THINK THEY WOULD BE PROUD THAT 580 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,233 WE CARRIED ON THEIR TRADITION, 581 00:19:05,233 --> 00:19:07,733 THEIR HOMETOWN FEEL, AND YET 582 00:19:07,733 --> 00:19:09,033 STILL MADE IT A LITTLE BIGGER 583 00:19:09,033 --> 00:19:11,033 THAN WHAT THEY HAD IN THE PAST. 584 00:19:11,033 --> 00:19:12,333 >> WELL, IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE. 585 00:19:12,333 --> 00:19:13,933 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US 586 00:19:13,933 --> 00:19:15,600 A PEEK INTO THE HISTORY OF IT 587 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,133 AND DEFINITELY GOING TO STICK 588 00:19:17,133 --> 00:19:18,433 AROUND AND TRY SOME OF THOSE 589 00:19:18,433 --> 00:19:18,833 CHOCOLATES. 590 00:19:18,833 --> 00:19:19,866 IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE 591 00:19:19,866 --> 00:19:21,033 INFORMATION ABOUT CHARLIE'S 592 00:19:21,033 --> 00:19:29,566 CANDY SHOP, VEST VISIT 593 00:19:29,566 --> 00:19:30,133 CHARLIESCANDYSHOP.COM. 594 00:19:30,133 --> 00:19:31,766 >> IT GAVE ME GREAT NOSTALGIA 595 00:19:31,766 --> 00:19:34,666 BEING HERE BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME 596 00:19:34,666 --> 00:19:37,200 OF 9 CANDY SHOP IN MY HOMETOWN. 597 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,433 NEXT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT 598 00:19:39,433 --> 00:19:41,033 VINCENNES' OWN RED SKELTON. 599 00:19:41,033 --> 00:19:44,733 >> HERE HE IS THE STAR OF OUR 600 00:19:44,733 --> 00:19:50,500 SHOW, RED SKELTON! 601 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:52,700 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 602 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:54,366 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES 603 00:19:54,366 --> 00:19:55,033 AND GENTLEMEN. 604 00:19:55,033 --> 00:19:57,500 >> FOR OVER 70 YEARS, RED 605 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:00,433 SKELTON ENTERTAINED AUDIENCES 606 00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:01,133 ACROSS AMERICA. 607 00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:02,833 WHAT FEW KNOW IS THAT HIS CAREER 608 00:20:02,833 --> 00:20:04,566 BEGAN ON THE STREETS OF 609 00:20:04,566 --> 00:20:04,933 VINCENNES. 610 00:20:04,933 --> 00:20:06,766 THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR BOYS TO A 611 00:20:06,766 --> 00:20:08,700 WIDOWED MOTHER, RED SKELTON 612 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:10,033 BEGAN WORKING AT ONLY 8 YEARS 613 00:20:10,033 --> 00:20:14,300 OLD AS A NEWS BOY PERFORMING FOR 614 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:15,933 PASSERSBY IN A BID TO SELL 615 00:20:15,933 --> 00:20:16,266 PAPERS. 616 00:20:16,266 --> 00:20:18,766 IT WAS ON ONE SUCH DAY WHEN 617 00:20:18,766 --> 00:20:19,866 STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SAME 618 00:20:19,866 --> 00:20:22,233 THEATER THAT THE PERFORMANCE 619 00:20:22,233 --> 00:20:24,333 ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF A 620 00:20:24,333 --> 00:20:24,933 WELL-DRESSED GENTLEMEN. 621 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:26,400 >> HE SAID A VERY FANCY DRESSED 622 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:27,933 MAN CAME BY AND ASKED IF HE WAS 623 00:20:27,933 --> 00:20:29,000 GOING TO THE SHOW THAT NIGHT. 624 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,300 RED SAID NO, NO, I CAN'T. 625 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:31,733 I NEED TO SELL MY PAPERS. 626 00:20:31,733 --> 00:20:33,366 THE MAN GAVE HIM $1 AND GAVE HIM 627 00:20:33,366 --> 00:20:39,933 AIL TICK TO THEA TICKET. 628 00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:42,100 AND THERE HE WAS, HE SAYS THAT'S 629 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:42,866 MY FRIEND! 630 00:20:42,866 --> 00:20:44,400 THAT'S MY FRIEND! 631 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:45,800 AT INTERMISSION, HE BROUGHT HIM 632 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,233 BACK STAGE AND HELD HIM UP TO 633 00:20:47,233 --> 00:20:49,766 THE BIG LEAD-WEIGHTED CURTAINS 634 00:20:49,766 --> 00:20:51,166 AND HE PEEKED THROUGH THE 635 00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:53,566 CURTAIN AND SAID LOOKING AT THAT 636 00:20:53,566 --> 00:20:55,500 AUDIENCE, THAT'S WHAT MADE HIM 637 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:57,566 WANT TO BE IN SHOW BUSINESS. 638 00:20:57,566 --> 00:20:59,200 >> FIRST IN VAUDEVILLE AND THEN 639 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,366 AN EMCEE FOR DANCE MARATHONS, 640 00:21:01,366 --> 00:21:03,033 RED TRAVELED THE COUNTRY 641 00:21:03,033 --> 00:21:03,433 PERFORMING. 642 00:21:03,433 --> 00:21:05,400 IT WASN'T UNTIL HE MET HIS FIRST 643 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:06,800 WIFE AND BUSINESS PARTNER EDNA 644 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,366 THAT RED'S POPULARITY BEGAN TO 645 00:21:08,366 --> 00:21:10,666 GROW. 646 00:21:10,666 --> 00:21:11,300 PERFORMING TOGETHER AT THE 647 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:15,000 DOUGHNUT DUNKERS, THE COMICAL 648 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,833 COUPLE MADE THEIR PREMIER IN 649 00:21:17,833 --> 00:21:19,900 1937, AND IN 1941, RED HAD HIS 650 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:20,866 OWN RADIO SHOW. 651 00:21:20,866 --> 00:21:22,400 HE WOULD PERFORM FOR THE LIKES 652 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,966 OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND 653 00:21:23,966 --> 00:21:26,900 APPEAR IN OVER 40 MGM STUDIO 654 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:28,900 FILMS YET HIS PASSION REMAINED 655 00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:30,266 WITH RADIO AND BIRTH PLACE OF 656 00:21:30,266 --> 00:21:32,800 MANY OF HIS BELOVED CHARACTERS 657 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,833 INCLUDING THE ICONIC AND 658 00:21:36,833 --> 00:21:37,700 LEGENDARY PHRASE. 659 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:39,666 THE PHRASE THAT HAS BEEN SUCH A 660 00:21:39,666 --> 00:21:41,300 PART OF THE NATIONAL LEXICON 661 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:44,666 THAT WHEN GENERAL DOOLITTLE DID 662 00:21:44,666 --> 00:21:49,500 THE WORLD WAR BOMBING OF TOKYO, 663 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:53,933 NEWSPAPERS DOOLITTLE DO IT. 664 00:21:53,933 --> 00:21:55,833 THE NATION FINALLY HAD THE 665 00:21:55,833 --> 00:21:57,566 OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SKELETON'S 666 00:21:57,566 --> 00:21:59,533 CHARACTERS COME TO LIFE WITH THE 667 00:21:59,533 --> 00:22:01,333 TELEVISION PREMIER OF THE RED 668 00:22:01,333 --> 00:22:03,733 SKELTON SHOW ON SEPTEMBER 30th 669 00:22:03,733 --> 00:22:06,033 SEPTEMBER 30th, 1951. 670 00:22:06,033 --> 00:22:08,933 >> RED SKELTON'S TV SHOW, IT RAN 671 00:22:08,933 --> 00:22:11,266 20 YEARS AND IT WAS IN THE 672 00:22:11,266 --> 00:22:11,800 VARIETY SHOW MAT. 673 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:16,533 IT WAS A SERIES OF STEPS THAT -- 674 00:22:16,533 --> 00:22:17,366 SKETCHES THAT WOULD BE PERFORMED 675 00:22:17,366 --> 00:22:19,400 BY RED AND THE STARS OF THE DAY. 676 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,233 IT WAS A TOPICAL SHOW LIKE 677 00:22:21,233 --> 00:22:21,866 "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" OR 678 00:22:21,866 --> 00:22:23,133 SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT SEE 679 00:22:23,133 --> 00:22:24,766 TODAY, WAS THE RED SKELTON SHOW. 680 00:22:24,766 --> 00:22:25,866 AS DIFFERENT THINGS WERE 681 00:22:25,866 --> 00:22:26,966 OCCURRING IN THE COUNTRY AND IN 682 00:22:26,966 --> 00:22:29,033 THE WORLD, RED WOULD REFLECT ON 683 00:22:29,033 --> 00:22:31,566 THOSE IN A FUNNY WAY IN HIS RED 684 00:22:31,566 --> 00:22:32,000 SKELTON SHOW. 685 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,700 I THINK THE THING THAT STOOD OUT 686 00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:36,000 MOST ABOUT RED SKELTON DURING 687 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,333 HIS TELEVISION SHOW WAS HIS LOVE 688 00:22:37,333 --> 00:22:39,300 FOR HIS COUNTRY AND LOVE FOR 689 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:40,533 LAUGHTER AND JUST HIS KINDNESS. 690 00:22:40,533 --> 00:22:42,233 IT WAS JUST SO MUCH FUN FOR 691 00:22:42,233 --> 00:22:45,300 PEOPLE TO WATCH IT AND HIS 692 00:22:45,300 --> 00:22:46,500 PATRIOTISM REALLY SHOWN THROUGH. 693 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:49,133 PROBABLY ONE OF RED'S MOST 694 00:22:49,133 --> 00:22:52,233 FAMOUS PATRIOTIC SKITS WAS THE 695 00:22:52,233 --> 00:22:53,233 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 696 00:22:53,233 --> 00:22:56,200 HE CREDITS THAT TO A FOURTH 697 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,533 GRADE TEACHER, MR. LASZLO. 698 00:22:58,533 --> 00:23:00,700 RED RECITES IT BUT HE DESCRIBES 699 00:23:00,700 --> 00:23:02,600 EACH WORD AND WHAT IT MEANS SO 700 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:04,000 THAT WHEN PEOPLE SAY THE PLEDGE 701 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,233 OF ALLEGIANCE, THEY ARE NOT JUST 702 00:23:05,233 --> 00:23:07,200 SAYING THE WORDS BUT THEY ARE 703 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,600 FEELING THE MEANING OF THE 704 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:13,200 PLEDGE OF THE THE PLEDGE OF PLEDGE OF 705 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,933 ALLEGIANCE WAS FIRST AIRED IN 706 00:23:14,933 --> 00:23:15,233 1969. 707 00:23:15,233 --> 00:23:16,333 I THINK PEOPLE COULD LOOK TO RED 708 00:23:16,333 --> 00:23:17,666 AND SAY, OKAY, WE ARE STILL A 709 00:23:17,666 --> 00:23:18,566 GREAT COUNTRY. 710 00:23:18,566 --> 00:23:19,533 WE ARE STILL PROUD OF WHERE WE 711 00:23:19,533 --> 00:23:19,933 ARE FROM. 712 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:21,600 AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WAS 713 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,900 IMPORTANT TO RED. 714 00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:27,366 >> AND JUSTICE, THE PRINCIPLE, 715 00:23:27,366 --> 00:23:32,133 THE QUALITY, THE FEELING WITH 716 00:23:32,133 --> 00:23:33,800 OTHERS, FOR ALL. 717 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,100 FOR ALL. 718 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:38,133 WHICH MEANS, BOYS AND GIRLS, 719 00:23:38,133 --> 00:23:40,766 IT'S AS MUCH YOUR COUNTRY AS IT 720 00:23:40,766 --> 00:23:43,766 IS MINE. 721 00:23:43,766 --> 00:23:46,333 >> AFTER THE SHOW'S CANCELLATION 722 00:23:46,333 --> 00:23:47,633 IN 1971, RED SKELTON RETURNED TO 723 00:23:47,633 --> 00:23:50,300 THE THEATER, PERFORMING FOR 724 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:52,500 AUDIENCES UNTIL HIS DEATH ON 725 00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:54,200 SEPTEMBER 17th, 1997, AT THE 726 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,633 AGE OF 84. 727 00:23:55,633 --> 00:24:01,566 AFTER HIS PASSING, THE ACTING 728 00:24:01,566 --> 00:24:02,300 VINCENNES UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT 729 00:24:02,300 --> 00:24:03,000 PETITIONED TO BUILD A THEATER 730 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,600 AND MUSEUM IN MONDAYOR OF HONOR OF 731 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:08,433 SKELETON'S LEGACY. 732 00:24:08,433 --> 00:24:11,000 THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 733 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:11,633 OPENED AT THE VINCENNES 734 00:24:11,633 --> 00:24:13,033 UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. 735 00:24:13,033 --> 00:24:15,000 SEVEN YEARS ON THE 100th 736 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,300 100th ANNIVERSARY OF RED'S 737 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:20,233 BIRTH, THE RED SKELTON MUSEUM 738 00:24:20,233 --> 00:24:21,933 OPENED TO THE PUBLIC. 739 00:24:21,933 --> 00:24:22,533 >> IT'S SHEER FUN. 740 00:24:22,533 --> 00:24:24,033 IT'S SO INACTIVE AND JUST 741 00:24:24,033 --> 00:24:25,666 SOMETHING FOR EVERY AGE, BUT YOU 742 00:24:25,666 --> 00:24:27,066 ARE NOT JUST READING ABOUT RED 743 00:24:27,066 --> 00:24:30,033 AND LOOKING AT PICTURES ABOUT 744 00:24:30,033 --> 00:24:30,300 RED. 745 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:31,100 YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT. 746 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:34,533 YOU CAN LISTEN TO HIS RADIO 747 00:24:34,533 --> 00:24:37,566 SHOWS AND PANTOMIME WITH RED AND 748 00:24:37,566 --> 00:24:39,766 YOU GET TO DO INTERACTIVE CLOUD 749 00:24:39,766 --> 00:24:42,566 MAKEUP VIRTUALLY ON YOUR FACE. 750 00:24:42,566 --> 00:24:45,966 THE MUSEUM'S MOTTO IS: 751 00:24:45,966 --> 00:24:47,500 PRESERVING RED'S LEGACY OF 752 00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:47,933 LAUGHTER. 753 00:24:47,933 --> 00:24:49,133 THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE 754 00:24:49,133 --> 00:24:50,233 BECAUSE WE KNOW NOT EVERYBODY 755 00:24:50,233 --> 00:24:52,766 TODAY REMEMBERS RED SKELTON 756 00:24:52,766 --> 00:24:53,733 REMEMBERS HIM BEING ON 757 00:24:53,733 --> 00:24:56,600 TELEVISION BUT HIS HUMOR IS 758 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:57,300 RELATABLE TO EVERYONE. 759 00:24:57,300 --> 00:25:00,133 THE THING ABOUT RED SKELTON AND 760 00:25:00,133 --> 00:25:03,600 PRESERVING HIS LEGACY, YOU MAY 761 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:04,900 COME FROM POOR BEGINNINGS AND 762 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:06,533 REALLY STRUGGLE, BUT THROUGH 763 00:25:06,533 --> 00:25:08,833 YOUR OWN PERSEVERANCE AND HARD 764 00:25:08,833 --> 00:25:10,833 WORK, YOU CAN GO ON TO BE 765 00:25:10,833 --> 00:25:12,133 SUCCESSFUL AND BRING JOY TO SO 766 00:25:12,133 --> 00:25:14,933 MANY PEOPLE ALL THROUGHOUT THE 767 00:25:14,933 --> 00:25:15,233 WORLD. 768 00:25:15,233 --> 00:25:18,000 >> AND IF BY CHANCE SOME DAY YOU 769 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,433 ARE NOT FEELING WELL AND YOU 770 00:25:20,433 --> 00:25:21,933 REMEMBER SOMETHING I HAVE SAID 771 00:25:21,933 --> 00:25:23,133 OR DONE AND IT BRINGS BACK A 772 00:25:23,133 --> 00:25:24,666 SMILE TO YOUR FACE AND A CHUCKLE 773 00:25:24,666 --> 00:25:26,500 TO YOUR THOUGHTS THEN MY PURPOSE 774 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:28,700 HAS BEEN SERVED FOR MY FELLOW 775 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:28,966 MAN. 776 00:25:28,966 --> 00:25:31,633 MAY I WISH YOU ALL CONTINUED 777 00:25:31,633 --> 00:25:32,566 SUCCESS AND GOD BLESS. 778 00:25:32,566 --> 00:25:35,166 GOOD NIGHT. 779 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:38,966 [ APPLAUSE ] 780 00:25:38,966 --> 00:25:40,900 >> ERICA, WHILE RED SKELTON MADE 781 00:25:40,900 --> 00:25:42,533 THE NATION LAUGH, IT WAS GREAT 782 00:25:42,533 --> 00:25:43,933 THAT HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP 783 00:25:43,933 --> 00:25:45,400 VINCENNES AT THE HEART OF HIS 784 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:45,700 HUMOR. 785 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:48,333 >> IT WAS FUN TO EXPLORE HIS 786 00:25:48,333 --> 00:25:48,666 MUSEUM. 787 00:25:48,666 --> 00:25:49,866 I HAVE A FEELING WE JUST 788 00:25:49,866 --> 00:25:50,833 SCRATCHED THE SURFACE. 789 00:25:50,833 --> 00:25:53,533 THANKS FOR JOINING US IN 790 00:25:53,533 --> 00:25:56,466 VINCENNES. 791 00:25:53,900 --> 00:26:01,066 HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. 792 00:26:01,066 --> 00:26:19,833 ♪♪ 793 00:26:19,833 --> 00:26:27,833 >> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "THE 794 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:48,666 WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED BY: