I thought it might be fun to do two real (and kind of short) bits of history today.
This first one is all audio, with no real video, so you could put it on in the background while you work. This is an interview with Corporal Julius Franklin “General” Howell. He was born in 1846, enlisted in the Confederate Army at 16, and served in Company K of the 24th Virginia Calvary.
The interview is from 1947, when he was 101. He died in 1948.
Please do note that my posting this should not be construed as endorsement of any particular cause or idea; if I do endorse some cause or idea, I will say so here. I think it is interesting (as a half-baked frustrated wannabe historian) to hear people talk in their own words about events they lived through.
And in that vein: Mr. Samuel J. Seymour appears on “I’ve Got a Secret” on February 8, 1956. At the time, Mr. Seymour was 95.