1 00:00:02,666 --> 00:00:04,100 >> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "THE 2 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:10,233 WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED 3 00:00:05,166 --> 00:00:33,633 BY... 4 00:00:33,633 --> 00:00:35,833 >> THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE AND 5 00:00:35,833 --> 00:00:37,433 SEASONAL CHEER IS ALL AROUND. 6 00:00:37,433 --> 00:00:39,033 TAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH THE 7 00:00:39,033 --> 00:00:40,300 HOOSIER HOLIDAY TRADITIONS OF 8 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:43,533 THE PAST, PRESENT AND HOPEFUL 9 00:00:43,533 --> 00:00:44,133 FUTURE. 10 00:00:44,133 --> 00:00:45,200 CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS BY 11 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:46,733 CANDLELIGHT AT THE WILEY HOUSE 12 00:00:46,733 --> 00:00:48,833 MUSEUM IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. 13 00:00:48,833 --> 00:00:50,933 MEET THE HOOSIER PRESIDENT WHO 14 00:00:50,933 --> 00:00:51,633 INTRODUCED CHRISTMAS TREES TO 15 00:00:51,633 --> 00:00:54,633 THE WHITE HOUSE AT THE BENJAMIN 16 00:00:54,633 --> 00:00:56,066 HARRISON PRESIDENTIAL SITE. 17 00:00:56,066 --> 00:00:58,666 WELCOME REVEREND PAYTON FOR SOME 18 00:00:58,666 --> 00:01:00,533 SOUNDS TO GET YOU INTO THE 19 00:01:00,533 --> 00:01:01,000 SEASON. 20 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,333 AND DISCOVER YOUR INNER CHILD IN 21 00:01:05,333 --> 00:01:07,666 RICHMOND, INDIANA, VOTED THE 22 00:01:07,666 --> 00:01:10,366 STATE'S FAVORITE TOY STORE. 23 00:01:10,366 --> 00:01:12,166 TRAVEL THROUGH ALMOST 200 YEARS 24 00:01:12,166 --> 00:01:14,233 OF HOOSIER HOLIDAY TRADITIONS 25 00:01:14,233 --> 00:01:19,400 RIGHT NOW ON "THE "WEEKLY 26 00:01:17,166 --> 00:01:25,300 SPECIAL." 27 00:01:19,966 --> 00:01:28,966 ♪♪♪♪ 28 00:01:28,966 --> 00:01:30,800 >> WELCOME TO THE "WEEKLY 29 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:31,166 SPECIAL." 30 00:01:31,166 --> 00:01:32,866 I'M ERICA SAGON. 31 00:01:32,866 --> 00:01:35,500 AS INDIANA COMMEMORATES ITS 32 00:01:35,500 --> 00:01:36,866 BICENTENNIAL EXPLORE HOW THE 33 00:01:36,866 --> 00:01:37,700 HOLIDAY SEASON HAS CHANGED 34 00:01:37,700 --> 00:01:39,333 THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES. 35 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:40,500 CHRISTMAS HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN 36 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:41,533 CELEBRATED WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS 37 00:01:41,533 --> 00:01:43,766 AND SHIMMERING CONTINUE SELL. 38 00:01:43,766 --> 00:01:46,233 STEP BACK IN TIME AS ONE 39 00:01:46,233 --> 00:01:50,566 HISTORICAL HOME SHARES THE 40 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:52,366 SUBTLER APPROACH TO THE SEASON. 41 00:01:52,366 --> 00:01:54,333 A WALK ALONG 2nd STREET JUST 42 00:01:54,333 --> 00:01:56,266 EAST OF DOWNTOWN BLOOMINGTON 43 00:01:56,266 --> 00:02:02,033 SUDDENLY REVEALS A UNIQUE BRICK 44 00:01:58,533 --> 00:02:05,933 HOME WITH AN INTERESTING PAST. 45 00:02:05,933 --> 00:02:07,666 AT THIS TIME OF YEAR VOLUNTEERS 46 00:02:07,666 --> 00:02:09,300 CAN BE SEEN THERE PREPARING THE 47 00:02:09,300 --> 00:02:10,900 STRUCTURE FOR A JOYOUS 48 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:14,533 CELEBRATION. 49 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:17,166 A CELEBRATION THAT IS BEST 50 00:02:17,166 --> 00:02:18,433 APPRECIATED WHEN THE WINTER SUN 51 00:02:18,433 --> 00:02:19,600 DISAPPEARS AND THE FLICKERING 52 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,166 LIGHT OF CANCELS BRINGS THE 53 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:41,200 HOUSE TO LIFE. 54 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:48,533 [CAROLING] 55 00:02:48,533 --> 00:02:51,166 ♪♪ O, TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND 56 00:02:51,166 --> 00:02:52,166 JOY ♪♪ 57 00:02:52,166 --> 00:02:54,900 >> THE WILEY HOUSE IS THE 1835 58 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:56,700 HOME OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF 59 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:58,933 INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 60 00:02:58,933 --> 00:03:00,466 AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY WAS 61 00:03:00,466 --> 00:03:02,966 ESTABLISHED IN 1820, AND SO 62 00:03:02,966 --> 00:03:05,333 PRESIDENT WILEY AND HIS FAMILY 63 00:03:05,333 --> 00:03:07,166 CAME AROUND 1828 AND BUILT THE 64 00:03:07,166 --> 00:03:08,933 HOME HERE A FEW YEARS LATER. 65 00:03:08,933 --> 00:03:12,766 >> WE ARE THE OFFICIAL GREETERS, 66 00:03:12,766 --> 00:03:13,800 AND DIRECTORS. 67 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,833 SO PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY 68 00:03:16,833 --> 00:03:19,400 TO GO, WHICH WAY TO ENTER IN THE 69 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:19,733 HOUSE -- 70 00:03:19,733 --> 00:03:21,500 >> THE ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT OPEN 71 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:23,933 HOUSE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 72 00:03:23,933 --> 00:03:24,233 YEARS. 73 00:03:24,233 --> 00:03:26,366 IT'S A WAY OF GIVING BACK AND 74 00:03:26,366 --> 00:03:28,166 SAYING THANKS FOR SUPPORTING US. 75 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:31,600 IT'S ALSO OUR WAY OF INTRODUCING 76 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,900 THE MUSEUM. 77 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:35,366 THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE MUSEUM IS 78 00:03:35,366 --> 00:03:37,366 LIT BY CANDLELIGHT THROUGHOUT, 79 00:03:37,366 --> 00:03:40,366 WHICH IS, OF COURSE, IN 1835 80 00:03:40,366 --> 00:03:41,966 WHEN THE FAMILY WAS HERE THEY 81 00:03:41,966 --> 00:03:43,766 WOULD BE LIGHTING THE HOME BY 82 00:03:43,766 --> 00:03:44,166 CANDLELIGHT. 83 00:03:44,166 --> 00:03:46,000 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN 84 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,166 THE HOUSE UP IN THE EVENING AND 85 00:03:47,166 --> 00:03:48,566 SHARE WHAT IT MIGHT HAVE LOOKED 86 00:03:48,566 --> 00:03:51,200 LIKE DURING THAT PERIOD. 87 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:58,100 AND DOUGH SAN ANTONIOS ARE HEED 88 00:03:58,100 --> 00:03:59,666 TO GREET. 89 00:03:59,666 --> 00:04:02,800 >> THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN 90 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:04,566 THE HOUSE, A LOT OF PEOPLE TO 91 00:04:04,566 --> 00:04:06,500 COOK FOR. 92 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:14,100 [CAROLING] 93 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:18,033 ♪♪ IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT 94 00:04:18,033 --> 00:04:18,400 CLEAR ♪♪ 95 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,766 MARK IS A VOLUNTEER. 96 00:04:20,766 --> 00:04:23,666 HE COMES AND PLAYS THE 1795 97 00:04:23,666 --> 00:04:25,066 PIANO THAT WE BELIEVE IS 98 00:04:25,066 --> 00:04:27,233 ORIGINAL TO THE ANDREW WILEY 99 00:04:27,233 --> 00:04:27,700 FAMILY. 100 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,833 HE'LL PLAY MOSTLY CAROLS AND 101 00:04:30,833 --> 00:04:32,766 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WILEY 102 00:04:32,766 --> 00:04:35,033 HOUSE VOLUNTEERS WILL SING ALONG 103 00:04:35,033 --> 00:04:36,433 WITH HIM THROUGHOUT THE EVENING 104 00:04:36,433 --> 00:04:39,933 IN THE PARLOR OF THE MUSEUM. 105 00:04:39,933 --> 00:04:41,300 ♪♪ CHILDREN LAUGHING ♪♪ 106 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:46,000 ♪♪ PEOPLE PASSING ♪♪ 107 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:51,666 ♪♪ AND ON EVERY STREET CORNER 108 00:04:48,533 --> 00:04:59,300 YOU'LL HEAR ♪♪ 109 00:04:54,333 --> 00:05:02,300 ♪♪♪♪ 110 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:04,733 >> WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS PLAYING 111 00:05:04,733 --> 00:05:05,966 CLASSICAL GUITARS. 112 00:05:05,966 --> 00:05:07,266 THEY'LL BE OVER IN THE DINING 113 00:05:07,266 --> 00:05:10,433 ROOM OF THE MUSEUM. 114 00:05:10,433 --> 00:05:11,500 THEY'LL ALSO MOVE AROUND A 115 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:13,200 LITTLE BIT. 116 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:14,600 THEY'LL JOIN MARK ON THE PIANO 117 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,233 FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 118 00:05:16,233 --> 00:05:21,466 THEY'LL COME OVER TO THE KITCHEN 119 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:26,033 CENTER FOR A LITTLE BIT. 120 00:05:22,766 --> 00:05:34,800 ♪♪♪♪ 121 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,300 >> OVER IN THE EDUCATION CENTER 122 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:39,733 WE'LL HAVE A STORY TIME FOR 123 00:05:39,733 --> 00:05:40,366 CHILDREN. 124 00:05:40,366 --> 00:05:44,066 >> WE DON'T HAVE A CHIMNEY 125 00:05:44,066 --> 00:05:48,533 ANYMORE. 126 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:52,300 PLEASE COME THROUGH THE... 127 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:57,466 ♪♪♪♪ 128 00:05:57,466 --> 00:06:01,566 >> WE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING HERE 129 00:06:01,566 --> 00:06:02,966 AND GRACIOUSLY VOLUNTEERING 130 00:06:02,966 --> 00:06:07,600 THEIR TIME AND TALENT. 131 00:06:04,766 --> 00:06:10,633 THEY'RE ALWAYS A HIT. 132 00:06:10,633 --> 00:06:14,433 [SINGING] 133 00:06:14,433 --> 00:06:17,033 >> WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL GROUP, 134 00:06:17,033 --> 00:06:20,800 THE DICKENS CAROLERS. 135 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:21,733 WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE THEM THIS 136 00:06:21,733 --> 00:06:23,933 YEAR. 137 00:06:23,933 --> 00:06:25,233 [CAROLING] 138 00:06:25,233 --> 00:06:29,366 >> PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY HAVING 139 00:06:29,366 --> 00:06:30,900 OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE HOUSE 140 00:06:30,900 --> 00:06:33,100 GLOWING. 141 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:34,266 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOME. 142 00:06:34,266 --> 00:06:36,833 THE INTERIOR IS BEAUTIFULLY 143 00:06:36,833 --> 00:06:38,566 DECORATED AND THEN TO ADD THE 144 00:06:38,566 --> 00:06:39,800 CANDLELIGHT ADDS TO ITS CHARM 145 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,166 AND AMBIENCE AND HELP US TO 146 00:06:43,166 --> 00:06:45,300 OFFER ANOTHER WAY TO INTERPRET 147 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:46,833 IT HISTORICALLY THAT PEOPLE 148 00:06:46,833 --> 00:06:50,366 DON'T GENERALLY GET A CHANCE TO 149 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,933 SEE. 150 00:06:52,933 --> 00:06:54,166 >> THIS IS THE LAST EVENT OF THE 151 00:06:54,166 --> 00:06:56,400 YEAR FOR THE WILEY HOUSE MUSEUM, 152 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:57,666 BUT THEY WILL REOPEN IN THE 153 00:06:57,666 --> 00:06:58,700 SPRING FOR TOURS. 154 00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:05,333 LEARN MORE AT THEIR WEBSITE 155 00:07:05,333 --> 00:07:10,366 LIBRARY'S.INDIANA.EDU.ASTHECOUNTRYMARCHEDTOWARDSTHEHES 156 00:07:10,366 --> 00:07:11,133 AIDOFTHECENTURYTRADITIONSCHANGED 157 00:07:11,133 --> 00:07:11,500 W 158 00:07:11,500 --> 00:07:15,966 ITHTHETIMES.ONEPARTICULARHOOSIERHADANIMPACTO 159 00:07:15,966 --> 00:07:16,700 NTHESEASON,NOTJUSTFORTHESTATEBUT 160 00:07:16,700 --> 00:07:17,733 F 161 00:07:17,733 --> 00:07:18,166 ORTHECOUNTRY. 162 00:07:18,166 --> 00:07:20,266 >> WALKING ALONG DELAWARE STREET 163 00:07:20,266 --> 00:07:22,900 NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS IS LIKE 164 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:24,766 BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE 165 00:07:24,766 --> 00:07:26,366 VICTORIAN ERA ESPECIALLY DURING 166 00:07:26,366 --> 00:07:27,066 CHRISTMAS SEASON. 167 00:07:27,066 --> 00:07:29,133 BUT ONE HOME HARBORS HISTORY 168 00:07:29,133 --> 00:07:31,233 ABOVE ANY OF ITS NEIGHBORS, THE 169 00:07:31,233 --> 00:07:32,433 BENJAMIN HARRISON PRESIDENTIAL 170 00:07:32,433 --> 00:07:33,066 SITE. 171 00:07:33,066 --> 00:07:35,033 >> BENJAMIN HARRISON WAS THE 172 00:07:35,033 --> 00:07:36,966 23rd PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 173 00:07:36,966 --> 00:07:37,300 STATES. 174 00:07:37,300 --> 00:07:39,200 SOME CALL HIM AMERICA'S FUTURE 175 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:39,566 PRESIDENT. 176 00:07:39,566 --> 00:07:40,700 HE WAS THE ONLY PRESIDENT 177 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:42,600 ELECTED FROM THE STATE OF 178 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:42,966 INDIANA. 179 00:07:42,966 --> 00:07:45,266 >> HE WAS NOT A HOOSIER BY 180 00:07:45,266 --> 00:07:46,866 BIRTH, HE WAS A HOOSIER BY 181 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:47,233 CHOICE. 182 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:48,733 BORN IN OHIO, GOT INTO INDIANA 183 00:07:48,733 --> 00:07:52,200 AS A YOUNG LAWYER AND WAS 184 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:53,333 STARTING TO BUILD A REPUTATION 185 00:07:53,333 --> 00:07:55,266 AS A LAWYER WHEN THE CIVIL WAR 186 00:07:55,266 --> 00:07:57,633 BROKE OUT. 187 00:07:57,633 --> 00:07:59,366 AT THE TIME HE COULD HIRE A 188 00:07:59,366 --> 00:08:01,000 SURROGATE, BUT HE WAS VERY 189 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,933 INVOLVED PHYSICALLY, AND 190 00:08:03,933 --> 00:08:04,900 GOVERNOR MORTON HAD A 191 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:05,933 CONVERSATION WITH HIM LETTING 192 00:08:05,933 --> 00:08:09,200 HIM KNOW ABOUT PRESIDENT 193 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:10,366 LINCOLN'S CALL FOR MORE SOLDIERS 194 00:08:10,366 --> 00:08:12,333 FROM INDIANA AND HARRISON 195 00:08:12,333 --> 00:08:12,733 VOLUNTEERED. 196 00:08:12,733 --> 00:08:14,433 HE SAID IF I'M NEEDED I WILL GO. 197 00:08:14,433 --> 00:08:16,266 SO, OF COURSE, A YOUNG FAMILY, 198 00:08:16,266 --> 00:08:19,466 TWO SMALL CHILDREN, NO PROMISE 199 00:08:19,466 --> 00:08:21,933 OF FUTURE PROSPECTS, BUT REALLY 200 00:08:21,933 --> 00:08:23,233 RECOGNIZED THAT DUTY AS A 201 00:08:23,233 --> 00:08:25,500 CITIZEN TO GO TO WAR IN SUPPORT 202 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:27,133 OF WHAT HE VALUED MOST. 203 00:08:27,133 --> 00:08:29,233 AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 204 00:08:29,233 --> 00:08:30,533 PLACE LIKE THIS AND THINKING 205 00:08:30,533 --> 00:08:32,966 ABOUT WHY IT DESERVES ADDITIONAL 206 00:08:32,966 --> 00:08:34,533 RECOGNITION, WHY SOMEBODY SHOULD 207 00:08:34,533 --> 00:08:36,300 BE MEMORIALIZED IN THIS WAY, 208 00:08:36,300 --> 00:08:38,766 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THEIR 209 00:08:38,766 --> 00:08:41,366 SERVICE AS A PRESIDENT. 210 00:08:41,366 --> 00:08:43,833 IT'S ABOUT THAT CALL OF A LIFE 211 00:08:43,833 --> 00:08:44,966 LEADING UP TO THE PRESIDENCY AND 212 00:08:44,966 --> 00:08:46,466 WHY THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS 213 00:08:46,466 --> 00:08:48,866 THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE WORTHY OF 214 00:08:48,866 --> 00:08:50,566 THAT OFFICE AND REALLY WHAT 215 00:08:50,566 --> 00:08:51,866 BROUGHT THEM TO THAT LEVEL OF 216 00:08:51,866 --> 00:08:53,100 RECOGNITION. 217 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:54,833 >> AFTER THE WAR, HARRISON 218 00:08:54,833 --> 00:08:56,533 RETURNED TO INDIANAPOLIS AND TO 219 00:08:56,533 --> 00:08:58,400 HIS LAW PRACTICE BUT STAYED 220 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,800 ACTIVE IN THE STATE AND NATIONAL 221 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:01,166 POLITICS. 222 00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:03,966 HE TRIED 16 CASES IN FRONT OF 223 00:09:03,966 --> 00:09:06,833 THE SUPREME COURT, SERVED AS 224 00:09:06,833 --> 00:09:07,600 INDIANA'S UNITED STATES SENATOR, 225 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,766 AND IN 1888 HE LOVED HIS BEE 226 00:09:10,766 --> 00:09:12,700 HUFD HOOSIER HOME FOR WASHINGTON 227 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:15,900 D.C. WHERE HE WAS INAUGURATED AS 228 00:09:15,900 --> 00:09:17,266 THE CENTENNIAL PRESIDENT 100 229 00:09:17,266 --> 00:09:19,533 YEARS AFTER GEORGE WASHINGTON. 230 00:09:19,533 --> 00:09:21,166 >> PRESIDENT HARRISON'S LEGACY 231 00:09:21,166 --> 00:09:22,966 IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTRY FROM 232 00:09:22,966 --> 00:09:24,600 A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 233 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:25,033 PERSPECTIVES. 234 00:09:25,033 --> 00:09:26,333 I SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST HE WAS 235 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:27,966 RIGHT AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE 236 00:09:27,966 --> 00:09:30,000 PRESIDENCY, SO RIGHT IN THAT 237 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,166 TRANSITION FROM 19th CENTURY 238 00:09:31,166 --> 00:09:33,300 AMERICA TO 20th CENTURY 239 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:35,266 AMERICA HE HIMSELF MADE A NUMBER 240 00:09:35,266 --> 00:09:37,733 OF PRIORITIES AS PRESIDENT THAT 241 00:09:37,733 --> 00:09:40,400 HAVE RESOUNDED THROUGH THE 242 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,566 20th CENTURY, THE PRIORITIES 243 00:09:41,566 --> 00:09:43,766 THAT HAVE BEEN SET BY MODERN 244 00:09:43,766 --> 00:09:44,166 PRESIDENTS. 245 00:09:44,166 --> 00:09:45,566 HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN 246 00:09:45,566 --> 00:09:47,533 CONSERVATION AND ACTUALLY CALLED 247 00:09:47,533 --> 00:09:50,000 FOR AND SIGNED THE FOREST 248 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,333 RESERVE ACT AND WAS ABLE TO USE 249 00:09:51,333 --> 00:09:53,100 THAT TO SET ASIDE 13 MILLION 250 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:55,133 ACRES OF FEDERAL LANDS. 251 00:09:55,133 --> 00:09:57,566 HE ALSO WAS VERY FOCUSED ON 252 00:09:57,566 --> 00:09:59,200 AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS 253 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,366 AND CIVIL RIGHTS, AND SO HE 254 00:10:01,366 --> 00:10:02,266 ACTIVELY SOUGHT LEGISLATION THAT 255 00:10:02,266 --> 00:10:04,233 WOULD HAVE PROTECTED IT, AND IT 256 00:10:04,233 --> 00:10:05,600 WASN'T REALLY UNTIL THE CIVIL 257 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,466 RIGHTS ACT THAT THAT FULL VISION 258 00:10:08,466 --> 00:10:09,033 CAME TO BE. 259 00:10:09,033 --> 00:10:11,300 BUT THAT WAS A PRIORITY THAT HE 260 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:12,100 HAD SET FORWARD. 261 00:10:12,100 --> 00:10:13,733 >> THE TURN OF THE CENTURY 262 00:10:13,733 --> 00:10:15,033 CREATED MANY CHALLENGES THAT 263 00:10:15,033 --> 00:10:17,100 HARRISON TACKLED THROUGHOUT HIS 264 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:19,133 PRESIDENCY, FACING AN AGING 265 00:10:19,133 --> 00:10:20,533 POPULATION OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS 266 00:10:20,533 --> 00:10:22,300 HE ESTABLISHED BENEFITS FOR 267 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:24,300 DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR 268 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:25,833 FAMILIES, OPENED ELLIS ISLAND TO 269 00:10:25,833 --> 00:10:27,733 MANAGE RAPIDLY INCREASING 270 00:10:27,733 --> 00:10:28,966 IMMIGRATION AND PASSED THE 271 00:10:28,966 --> 00:10:30,766 NATION'S FIRST ANTITRUST LAWS 272 00:10:30,766 --> 00:10:32,466 AND DRAMATICALLY EXPANDED THE 273 00:10:32,466 --> 00:10:35,633 UNITED STATES NAVY, BUT HIS NO 274 00:10:35,633 --> 00:10:37,133 HOLDS BARRED APPROACH TO CHANGE 275 00:10:37,133 --> 00:10:39,566 TOOK A TOLL ON HIS REPUTATION. 276 00:10:39,566 --> 00:10:43,166 >> PEOPLE CHARACTERIZE HARRISON 277 00:10:43,166 --> 00:10:45,566 AS ICY OR COLD BUT THOSE WHO 278 00:10:45,566 --> 00:10:47,433 KNEW HIM DESCRIBED HIM AS A 279 00:10:47,433 --> 00:10:50,766 WARM, CARING FAMILY MAN. 280 00:10:50,766 --> 00:10:52,566 THAT'S REALLY EVIDENT IN HIS 281 00:10:52,566 --> 00:10:53,966 INTERACTIONS WITH HIS CHILDREN, 282 00:10:53,966 --> 00:10:55,300 GRANDCHILDREN BUT ESPECIALLY 283 00:10:55,300 --> 00:10:56,566 HIGHLIGHTED, I THINK, IN HIS 284 00:10:56,566 --> 00:10:57,366 TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 285 00:10:57,366 --> 00:10:59,000 HE AND HIS WIFE CAROLINE WERE 286 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,766 THE FIRST TO HAVE A DECORATED 287 00:11:00,766 --> 00:11:02,366 TREE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND 288 00:11:02,366 --> 00:11:03,566 BENJAMIN HARRISON HIMSELF 289 00:11:03,566 --> 00:11:05,600 DRESSED UP FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN 290 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:06,366 AS SANTA CLAUS. 291 00:11:06,366 --> 00:11:08,933 YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS BEING A 292 00:11:08,933 --> 00:11:10,266 VERY TOUCHING SCENE, PRESIDENT 293 00:11:10,266 --> 00:11:11,933 OF THE UNITED STATES WEARING A 294 00:11:11,933 --> 00:11:13,900 SANTA CLAUS OUTFIT TO BRING JOY 295 00:11:13,900 --> 00:11:16,133 AND DELIGHT TO THE HEARTS OF HIS 296 00:11:16,133 --> 00:11:17,433 GRANDCHILDREN. 297 00:11:17,433 --> 00:11:19,500 SO WE BRING SOME OF THOSE GREAT 298 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:21,200 STORIES AND TRADITIONS INTO OUR 299 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,600 RETELLING OF THE HARRISON AND 300 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,200 BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT GREATER 301 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:27,333 HARRISON LEGACY. 302 00:11:27,333 --> 00:11:30,100 >> WHEN HIS WIFE CAROLINE DYED 303 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:32,933 HIS WIFE ASSUMED THE ROLE OF 304 00:11:32,933 --> 00:11:34,100 FIRST LADY. 305 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:35,400 HARRISON FAILED TO SECURE A 306 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,633 SECOND TERM AND HE MOVED HIS 307 00:11:36,633 --> 00:11:38,866 FAMILY BACK TO INDIANA, MARRIED, 308 00:11:38,866 --> 00:11:40,766 AND HAD A CHILD WITH HIS SECOND 309 00:11:40,766 --> 00:11:42,400 WIFE MARY, AND RETURNED ONCE 310 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,233 AGAIN TO HIS LAW PRACTICE. 311 00:11:45,233 --> 00:11:47,200 >> HE CONTINUED TO LIVE IN 312 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,533 INDIANA AND TO LIVE IN THIS 313 00:11:49,533 --> 00:11:51,533 HOUSE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1901. 314 00:11:51,533 --> 00:11:53,600 THE HOUSE ITSELF WAS BUILT IN 315 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,900 1874, AND THE HARRISONS MOVED IN 316 00:11:55,900 --> 00:12:00,766 IN 1875, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL 317 00:12:00,766 --> 00:12:01,766 MANSION, ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE 318 00:12:01,766 --> 00:12:04,333 FEET IN ALL, 75 TO 80% OF WHAT 319 00:12:04,333 --> 00:12:05,833 YOU SEE IS ACTUALLY ORIGINAL TO 320 00:12:05,833 --> 00:12:08,333 THE HARRISONS, AND WE HAVE OVER 321 00:12:08,333 --> 00:12:09,300 10,000 ARTIFACTS THAT ARE PART 322 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:11,133 OF OUR GREATER COLLECTION. 323 00:12:11,133 --> 00:12:12,633 SO WHEN YOU'RE TOURING THROUGH 324 00:12:12,633 --> 00:12:14,566 THE HOUSE YOU GET TO HAVE AN 325 00:12:14,566 --> 00:12:16,333 INSIDE GLIMPSE AT THE LIFE AND 326 00:12:16,333 --> 00:12:18,300 THE WAYS OF AN AMERICAN 327 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:18,666 PRESIDENT. 328 00:12:18,666 --> 00:12:21,133 SO THE THINGS THAT HE SURROUNDED 329 00:12:21,133 --> 00:12:22,333 HIMSELF WITH AND THE WAY HIS 330 00:12:22,333 --> 00:12:24,366 FAMILY LIVED AND INTERACTED WITH 331 00:12:24,366 --> 00:12:27,533 THE GREATER COMMUNITY, BUT IN A 332 00:12:27,533 --> 00:12:28,600 PERSONAL GLIMPSE OF WHAT LIFE 333 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,700 WAS LIKE AND HOW THAT STILL IS 334 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:33,166 RELEVANT TO TODAY. 335 00:12:33,166 --> 00:12:34,700 >> AND SHARING THAT MESSAGE WITH 336 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:35,966 YOUNGER GENERATIONS IS AN 337 00:12:35,966 --> 00:12:38,266 ESSENTIAL PART OF THEIR MISSION, 338 00:12:38,266 --> 00:12:39,566 WELCOMING OVER 17,000 CHILDREN 339 00:12:39,566 --> 00:12:40,966 EACH YEAR THROUGH SCHOOL TOURS 340 00:12:40,966 --> 00:12:42,800 AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS LIKE THE 341 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,866 FUTURE PRESIDENTS OF AMERICA. 342 00:12:45,866 --> 00:12:47,700 DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON THE 343 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:50,100 HOME HOLDS SUCH EVENTS AS THE 344 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:52,533 CANDLELIGHT THEATERS PLUS THE 345 00:12:52,533 --> 00:12:53,800 NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND 346 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,200 WALKING TOUR OF DELAWARE STREETS 347 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:56,633 FINEST HOMES. 348 00:12:56,633 --> 00:12:58,733 >> THE HARRISONS REALLY 349 00:12:58,733 --> 00:12:59,633 CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS AND I THINK 350 00:12:59,633 --> 00:13:00,566 IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM. 351 00:13:00,566 --> 00:13:03,566 THEY HAD A VERY STRONG PERSONAL 352 00:13:03,566 --> 00:13:04,966 FAITH AND WERE RECOGNIZED FOR 353 00:13:04,966 --> 00:13:06,533 THAT IN THE COMMUNITY AND SO 354 00:13:06,533 --> 00:13:08,500 IT'S AN HONOR FOR US AS AN 355 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:09,800 ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO BRING 356 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,300 SOME CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS TO 357 00:13:11,300 --> 00:13:13,200 LIFE OURSELVES AND GIVE THE 358 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:14,333 OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR GREATER 359 00:13:14,333 --> 00:13:16,400 COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE 360 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,933 AND ENJOY AND CELEBRATE 361 00:13:18,933 --> 00:13:20,866 ALONGSIDE REALLY AS WE CELEBRATE 362 00:13:20,866 --> 00:13:27,233 THAT SPIRIT THAT ENLIVENS ALL OF 363 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:37,900 US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 364 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:41,766 >> THE CANDLELIGHT THEATER'S 365 00:13:41,766 --> 00:13:43,266 PRODUCTION SHUN OF 'TWAS THE 366 00:13:43,266 --> 00:13:44,733 NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IS GOING 367 00:13:44,733 --> 00:13:50,300 ON NOW AS WELL AS HOLIDAY TOURS. 368 00:13:50,300 --> 00:13:52,266 NOTHING QUITE GETS YOU IN A 369 00:13:52,266 --> 00:13:53,866 FESTIVE MOOD LIKE LISTENING TO 370 00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:55,233 HOLIDAY TUNES. 371 00:13:55,233 --> 00:13:57,066 REVEREND PAYTON'S BIG BAND IS 372 00:13:57,066 --> 00:14:01,100 KNOWN FOR THEIR MUSICAL BLEND OF 373 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:02,633 TRADITIONAL STYLES AND MODERN 374 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:02,933 TONES. 375 00:14:02,933 --> 00:14:04,200 HE WILL BE ON THE SHOW AFTER THE 376 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:09,166 NEW YEAR BUT ARE HERE NOW TO 377 00:14:05,766 --> 00:14:29,966 HELP US GET IN THE SPIRIT. 378 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:54,666 ♪♪♪♪ 379 00:14:46,533 --> 00:16:30,666 [SINGING] 380 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:42,266 ♪♪♪♪ 381 00:16:32,800 --> 00:17:35,000 [SINGING] 382 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,733 >> REVEREND PAYTON'S BAND WILL 383 00:17:37,733 --> 00:17:39,600 BE PERFORMING AT THE ANNUAL NEW 384 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,000 YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION AT THE 385 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,200 BLUEBIRD IN BLOOMINGTON, 386 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:42,533 INDIANA. 387 00:17:42,533 --> 00:17:49,733 LEARN MORE -- FOR 78 YEARS BEACHES 388 00:17:49,733 --> 00:17:51,666 TOY STATION HAS BEEN HELPING 389 00:17:51,666 --> 00:17:53,433 SANTA FULFILL THE WISH LISTS OF 390 00:17:53,433 --> 00:17:54,500 CHILDREN ACROSS THE STATE. 391 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:59,166 A TRADITION THAT CONTINUES 392 00:17:56,133 --> 00:18:05,333 TODAY. 393 00:18:05,333 --> 00:18:07,566 >> IN 1938 AFTER TRAVELING 394 00:18:07,566 --> 00:18:09,100 ACROSS THE MIDWEST, WORKING FOR 395 00:18:09,100 --> 00:18:10,500 THE COMPANY THAT WOULD LATER 396 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:13,133 BECOME K MART, LEWIS DECIDED IT 397 00:18:13,133 --> 00:18:14,966 WAS TIME TO SETTLE DOWN WITH HIS 398 00:18:14,966 --> 00:18:17,366 YOUNG FAMILY, CHOOSING THE TOWN 399 00:18:17,366 --> 00:18:18,900 OF RICHMOND, INDIANA TO START 400 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:21,333 HIS OWN 5 AND DIME STORE. 401 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:22,433 HE BOUGHT AND SOLD EVERYTHING HE 402 00:18:22,433 --> 00:18:25,300 COULD GET HIS HANDS ON, FROM 403 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:26,966 LINENS, SOUPS, BASKETS TO BREAD. 404 00:18:26,966 --> 00:18:30,300 MOST PARTICULARLY TOYS. 405 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:33,133 >> TOYS ARE -- THAT WAS WHAT WE 406 00:18:33,133 --> 00:18:34,366 WERE KNOWN FOR IN THE COMMUNITY. 407 00:18:34,366 --> 00:18:36,166 THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN AREA WAS FULL 408 00:18:36,166 --> 00:18:39,700 OF FIVE AND DIME TYPE STORES, 409 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:41,733 AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD KNOW THE 410 00:18:41,733 --> 00:18:42,666 OWNERS, THEY WOULD KNOW THE 411 00:18:42,666 --> 00:18:43,733 PEOPLE THAT WORKED THERE. 412 00:18:43,733 --> 00:18:46,100 THEY HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP 413 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:48,100 WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS. 414 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:49,400 I STARTED WORKING HERE WHEN I 415 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:50,400 WAS 8 YEARS OLD. 416 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,133 I WOULD COME AFTER SCHOOL AND 417 00:18:52,133 --> 00:18:56,766 PUT PRICES ON MERCHANDISE ANDIZE 418 00:18:56,766 --> 00:18:58,500 GOT OLDER I LEARNED HOW TO RUN 419 00:18:58,500 --> 00:19:00,700 THE CASH REGISTER AND COUNT BACK 420 00:19:00,700 --> 00:19:01,766 CHANGE TO CUSTOMERS. 421 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:04,633 I LEARNED THE VALUE OF TREATING 422 00:19:04,633 --> 00:19:06,133 CUSTOMERS RIGHT AND PUTTING A 423 00:19:06,133 --> 00:19:10,566 SMILE ON THEIR FACE TO MAKE THEM 424 00:19:10,566 --> 00:19:11,966 FEEL HAPPY TO COME HERE. 425 00:19:11,966 --> 00:19:13,800 >> HE EVENTUALLY BECAME THE 426 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:14,800 THIRD GENERATION OWNER. 427 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,433 HE KNEW THE STORE NEEDED A WAY 428 00:19:16,433 --> 00:19:18,066 TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE 429 00:19:18,066 --> 00:19:20,200 COMMUNITY BUT THE GROWING 430 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,500 COMPETITION OF BIG BOX STORES 431 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:22,400 AND RETAILERS. 432 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,366 IN 1996 THE BEACHES DECIDED TO 433 00:19:25,366 --> 00:19:26,666 DEDICATE THEIR ENTIRE 16,000 434 00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:27,600 SQUARE FOOT STORE TO THE ONE 435 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,000 THING THEY WERE KNOWN FOR IN THE 436 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:30,700 COMMUNITY... TOYS. 437 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:32,200 >> IT'S ALMOST NOT A JOB. 438 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,233 I HEAR CUSTOMERS SAY ALL THE 439 00:19:35,233 --> 00:19:36,866 TIME, YOU MUST PLAY ALL THE 440 00:19:36,866 --> 00:19:37,166 TIME. 441 00:19:37,166 --> 00:19:37,833 WE DO HAVE. 442 00:19:37,833 --> 00:19:39,700 WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN DOING. 443 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:42,233 IT TAKES ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS A 444 00:19:42,233 --> 00:19:42,666 KID. 445 00:19:42,666 --> 00:19:44,833 WE'RE ESPECIALLY A TOY STORE. 446 00:19:44,833 --> 00:19:47,100 IN FACT, MANY TOYS YOU DON'T SEE 447 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:48,100 ADVERTISED ON TELEVISION. 448 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:51,300 THESE ARE TOYS THAT HAVE A LOT 449 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:53,266 OF PLAY VALUE, THAT ARE 450 00:19:53,266 --> 00:19:53,666 EDUCATIONAL. 451 00:19:53,666 --> 00:19:56,500 WE WANT THE KIDS TO USE THEIR 452 00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:56,900 IMAGINATION. 453 00:19:56,900 --> 00:19:59,400 SO MANY TIMES I SEE PARENTS BUY 454 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:00,833 A TOY AND THE CHILD WILL PLAY 455 00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:02,433 WITH IT FOR FIVE OR 10 MINUTES 456 00:20:02,433 --> 00:20:04,066 AND THEN NEVER GO BACK TO IT 457 00:20:04,066 --> 00:20:04,366 AGAIN. 458 00:20:04,366 --> 00:20:07,300 WE TRY TO PICK TOYS THAT KIDS 459 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:09,433 ARE GOING TO PLAY WITH DAY AFTER 460 00:20:09,433 --> 00:20:10,933 DAY, WEEK AFTER WEEK, MONTH 461 00:20:10,933 --> 00:20:12,566 AFTER MONTH. 462 00:20:12,566 --> 00:20:14,766 IT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE TOY IS 463 00:20:14,766 --> 00:20:16,366 THE TOY THAT'S NOT PLAYED WITH. 464 00:20:16,366 --> 00:20:18,100 >> BEING A FAMILY ON BUSINESS, 465 00:20:18,100 --> 00:20:21,133 THERE IS THE OBVIOUS THING LIKES 466 00:20:21,133 --> 00:20:22,566 GOOD QUALITY, SOMETHING THAT'S 467 00:20:22,566 --> 00:20:24,366 GOING TO LAST, SOMETHING THAT'S 468 00:20:24,366 --> 00:20:25,200 FUN, SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD VALUE 469 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,133 BUT ALSO THE FACT WE'RE A HARD 470 00:20:27,133 --> 00:20:27,900 WORKING SMALL BUSINESS. 471 00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:29,933 WE LOVE TO BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE 472 00:20:29,933 --> 00:20:31,366 TOYS THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE 473 00:20:31,366 --> 00:20:33,900 MAKING IN THEIR BASEMENTS, FOR 474 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:35,300 STARTERS, AND WE LOVE THOSE 475 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:37,900 STORIES ABOUT HOW IDEAS COME 476 00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:39,933 INTO BEING, INTO CREATION AVENUE 477 00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:41,866 TOY, AND WHEN WE CAN FIND THOSE 478 00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:43,166 THINGS, WHEN YOU HEAR WHY THEY 479 00:20:43,166 --> 00:20:44,466 MADE THE TOY, OF COURSE YOU WANT 480 00:20:44,466 --> 00:20:45,400 TO BRING IT HERE. 481 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,233 YOU WANT TO RETELL THEIR STORY. 482 00:20:47,233 --> 00:20:50,166 SO IT'S PROMOTING FAMILY, 483 00:20:50,166 --> 00:20:51,266 PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESS. 484 00:20:51,266 --> 00:20:52,566 YOU FEEL A CONNECTION TO THE 485 00:20:52,566 --> 00:20:52,833 TOY. 486 00:20:52,833 --> 00:20:54,200 YOU KNOW THE PURPOSE. 487 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,400 YOU FEEL THE PASSION IN IT. 488 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:57,833 THAT MAKES IT ALL COMPLETE. 489 00:20:57,833 --> 00:20:59,900 >> HOOSIER ARTISANS ARE FEATURED 490 00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:01,833 THROUGHOUT THE STORE, FROM HAND 491 00:21:01,833 --> 00:21:03,766 MADE DOLLS TO BOOKS THAT TAKE 492 00:21:03,766 --> 00:21:05,400 PLACE RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA AND 493 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,300 THE BEECHES TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN 494 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:10,533 NOT JUST SHARING THE STORY OF A 495 00:21:10,533 --> 00:21:12,500 TOY BUT SHARING THE TOYS 496 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:12,900 THEMSELVES. 497 00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:14,566 IN ADDITION TO SPONSORING GAME 498 00:21:14,566 --> 00:21:17,433 DAYS TO INTRODUCE PARENTS AND 499 00:21:17,433 --> 00:21:19,566 CHILDRENS TO NEW NOISE, THEY 500 00:21:19,566 --> 00:21:20,733 ENCOURAGE INTERACTIVE PLAY. 501 00:21:20,733 --> 00:21:23,366 >> KIDS JUST -- THEY LIGHT UP. 502 00:21:23,366 --> 00:21:24,833 THEY SEE HOW FUN IT IS. 503 00:21:24,833 --> 00:21:27,900 THEY CAN COME IN AND THEY CAN 504 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:30,733 PLAY WITH TOYS AND NOT GET IN 505 00:21:30,733 --> 00:21:31,066 TROUBLE. 506 00:21:31,066 --> 00:21:34,633 THAT'S FUN TO SEE THE REACTION 507 00:21:34,633 --> 00:21:35,966 OF THE ADULTS. 508 00:21:35,966 --> 00:21:36,666 IT'S FABULOUS. 509 00:21:36,666 --> 00:21:38,733 >> FOR THE BEECHES, AN IMPORTANT 510 00:21:38,733 --> 00:21:41,133 ASPECT OF THEIR BUSINESS EXTENDS 511 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:42,566 BEYOND THE DOORS, GOING INTO THE 512 00:21:42,566 --> 00:21:44,266 COMMUNITY AND CLASSROOMS TO 513 00:21:44,266 --> 00:21:45,500 INTRODUCE PARENTS AND TEACHERS 514 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:48,800 TO NEW PRODUCTS, HOSTING CRAFT 515 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,333 DAYS AND EVEN SELLING TOYS MADE 516 00:21:50,333 --> 00:21:52,066 BY THE LOCAL BOY SCOUTS TO HELP 517 00:21:52,066 --> 00:21:54,066 FUND RAISE FOR UPCOMING TRIPS. 518 00:21:54,066 --> 00:21:55,800 >> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR KIDS TO 519 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,066 HAVE FUN, TO LEARN, BY HELPING 520 00:21:58,066 --> 00:22:00,533 IN THE CLASSROOM WITH OUR 521 00:22:00,533 --> 00:22:02,233 TEACHERS AIDS, HELPING AT HOME, 522 00:22:02,233 --> 00:22:03,233 HELPING WITH THEIR SOCIAL 523 00:22:03,233 --> 00:22:04,600 SKILLS, WITH THEIR 524 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:05,900 PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, AND 525 00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:07,300 THAT'S -- THAT'S KIND OF OUR 526 00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:08,900 MISSION, IS TO BE AN ASSET TO 527 00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:11,233 THE COMMUNITY. 528 00:22:11,233 --> 00:22:14,833 >> BEECHES IS UNIQUE AND HOW 529 00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:17,366 IT'S SUCH A GREAT FOUNDATION, A 530 00:22:17,366 --> 00:22:19,000 GREAT LOYALTY. 531 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,300 SO MANY PEOPLE CONNECT BEECHES 532 00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:22,633 WITH RICHARD FOR GOOD REASON. 533 00:22:22,633 --> 00:22:24,233 WE HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. 534 00:22:24,233 --> 00:22:25,566 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 535 00:22:25,566 --> 00:22:26,166 SUPPORT THAT. 536 00:22:26,166 --> 00:22:27,600 YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE 537 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,300 IDENTITY OF A COMMUNITY, WHAT 538 00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:30,200 MAKES IT SPECIAL. 539 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,466 >> AND THE BEECHES TOY 540 00:22:32,466 --> 00:22:33,533 EXPERIENCE HAS BECOME A VITAL 541 00:22:33,533 --> 00:22:35,300 PART OF MANY LOCAL FAMILY 542 00:22:35,300 --> 00:22:36,666 TRADITIONS FROM ANNUAL TRIPS TO 543 00:22:36,666 --> 00:22:38,300 THE BEECH BIRTHDAY CASTLE WHERE 544 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:39,733 CHILDREN GET TO PICK OUT A 545 00:22:39,733 --> 00:22:40,966 SPECIAL GIFT AND RING THE 546 00:22:40,966 --> 00:22:42,766 BIRTHDAY BELL TO FREE GIFT 547 00:22:42,766 --> 00:22:46,666 WRAPPING AND LAYAWAY OFFERS TO 548 00:22:46,666 --> 00:22:49,733 HELP SANTA HIDE PRESENTS FROM. 549 00:22:49,733 --> 00:22:52,433 >>ING EYES. 550 00:22:52,433 --> 00:22:54,866 >> GOSH, WHEN NEW PARENTS COME 551 00:22:54,866 --> 00:22:57,066 IN AND WATCHING THEIR CHILDREN 552 00:22:57,066 --> 00:23:00,000 GROW FROM NEWBORN TO TODDLERS, 553 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,200 YOU KNOW, TO GRADE SCHOOL, AND 554 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,633 THEY COME AND EVOLVE, AND IT'S 555 00:23:06,633 --> 00:23:08,766 NEED TO SEE HOW THEIR MINDS 556 00:23:08,766 --> 00:23:10,300 WORK, WHAT KIND OF TOYS THEY 557 00:23:10,300 --> 00:23:11,600 GRAVITATE TO. 558 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,100 PARENTS COME IN AND THEY SAY WE 559 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:15,133 BOUGHT A MICROSCOPE HERE AND NOW 560 00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:16,666 MY SON OR DAUGHTER IS INTO 561 00:23:16,666 --> 00:23:18,600 SCIENCE AND THEY'RE PURSUING 562 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:19,666 THAT MAYBE IN COLLEGE. 563 00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:21,833 THEY GOT THEIR START HERE IN OUR 564 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:22,600 SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. 565 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,733 THEN AS THOSE KIDS GROW UP, THEY 566 00:23:25,733 --> 00:23:26,866 COME BACK WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR 567 00:23:26,866 --> 00:23:27,466 OWN KIDS. 568 00:23:27,466 --> 00:23:29,900 THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO HAVE THE 569 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:30,533 SAME EXPERIENCE. 570 00:23:30,533 --> 00:23:32,633 WE GET TO KNOW OUR FAMILIES VERY 571 00:23:32,633 --> 00:23:32,933 WELL. 572 00:23:32,933 --> 00:23:35,466 WE GET TO KNOW MOM AND DAD AND 573 00:23:35,466 --> 00:23:36,766 BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND EVEN 574 00:23:36,766 --> 00:23:38,300 THE FAMILY DOG WILL COME IN 575 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:38,666 SOMETIMES. 576 00:23:38,666 --> 00:23:40,000 THAT'S REALLY NEAT. 577 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,866 >> WE JUST SAW A 578 00:23:43,866 --> 00:23:45,033 THREE-GENERATION FAMILY HERE 579 00:23:45,033 --> 00:23:46,366 OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEY WERE 580 00:23:46,366 --> 00:23:47,866 INTRODUCING THE NEW GRANDBABY TO 581 00:23:47,866 --> 00:23:49,500 THE STORE AND SAID "WE'LL BE 582 00:23:49,500 --> 00:23:50,900 HERE MANY MORE TIMES." 583 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:52,933 ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES WAS 584 00:23:52,933 --> 00:23:54,466 RIGHT AFTER JOHN AND I WATT THE 585 00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:56,100 BUSINESS FROM HIS PARENTS, I WAS 586 00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:57,066 WORKING AT THE -- IN THE OFFICE 587 00:23:57,066 --> 00:23:59,300 WITH JOHN, AND DOWN BELOW US WAS 588 00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:01,000 A LITTLE SOUND THAT CAME ACROSS 589 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,000 FROM A SMALL CHILD. 590 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,566 I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE BOY WHO 591 00:24:05,566 --> 00:24:06,833 SAID, "WOW!" 592 00:24:06,833 --> 00:24:08,366 I LOOKED AT JOHN AND HE SAID 593 00:24:08,366 --> 00:24:09,566 THAT'S THE BEST PART OF THIS 594 00:24:09,566 --> 00:24:09,900 JOB. 595 00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:12,400 SO JUST -- IT'S THE PURE JOY 596 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:18,400 THAT COMES FROM WITNESSING THAT 597 00:24:15,133 --> 00:24:26,433 ON A DAILY BASIS IS REALLY COOL. 598 00:24:26,433 --> 00:24:28,533 >> FIND YOUR PERFECT SEASONAL 599 00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:31,566 GIFT AT INDIANA'S FAVORITE TOY 600 00:24:31,566 --> 00:24:31,866 STORE. 601 00:24:31,866 --> 00:24:34,433 GET HOURS AND DIRECTIONS AT 602 00:24:34,433 --> 00:24:36,666 BEECHES NO, SIR TOYSTATION.COM. 603 00:24:36,666 --> 00:24:37,666 THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT. 604 00:24:37,666 --> 00:24:39,366 HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY. 605 00:24:39,366 --> 00:24:42,766 ONCE AGAIN, ENJOY THE BAND AS 606 00:24:42,766 --> 00:24:44,933 THEY GIVE US A SNEAK PEEK AT 607 00:24:44,933 --> 00:24:45,833 THEIR NEW YEAR'S EVE 608 00:24:45,833 --> 00:24:48,866 PERFORMANCE. 609 00:24:46,233 --> 00:25:15,833 GOOD NIGHT! 610 00:25:02,833 --> 00:26:19,166 [PLAYING "AULD LANG SYNE"] 611 00:26:19,166 --> 00:26:20,433 PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "THE 612 00:26:20,433 --> 00:26:25,133 WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED 613 00:26:21,366 --> 00:26:40,166 BY...