Okay Carpenter listers, how did we let this small fact slip through our fingers without
recognition.
As a Christmas gift my son gave me a gift certificate to the History Channel store which I
used to buy several videos about our American history. Among them was the 14 Hour saga of
the American Revolution. It follows the story our American ancestors of the last 18th
century from before the first shot to the inauguration of George Washington as the First
President. I can not say enough about this production which gives a much deeper context to
the history we all learned (or should have) in school.
What shocked and surprised me was not in the production itself, but in the piece at the
end about the making of the video. Much of the production was shot at a remote Upstate New
York history preservation site called Eastfield Village. The village is a historically
accurate reconstruction of an 18th Century Village consisting of 20 building that have
been moved board by board beginning in 1971 to the east field of his father's farm. In
fact, it is a school of historic preservation.
The "his" I make reference to is Don Carpenter. He's one of us. Who's
been keeping this secret? Which line does he descend from and what can we do as a family
to help support his efforts. Here kind of citizenship and patriotism makes me just want to
burst at the buttons with pride in our shared Carpenter heritage.
Dennis L. Carpenter
One correction I need to make, the spelling of Don's name is "Carpentier".
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From: Dennis Carpenter <d.carpenter(a)rocketmail.com>
To: "Carpenter-L(a)rootsweb.com" <Carpenter-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:15 PM
Subject: [CARPENTER] Eastfield Village Historic Preservation School
Okay Carpenter listers, how did we let this small fact slip through our fingers without
recognition.
As a Christmas gift my son gave me a gift certificate to the History Channel store which I
used to buy several videos about our American history. Among them was the 14 Hour saga of
the American Revolution. It follows the story our American ancestors of the last 18th
century from before the first shot to the inauguration of George Washington as the First
President. I can not say enough about this production which gives a much deeper context to
the history we all learned (or should have) in school.
What shocked and surprised me was not in the production itself, but in the piece at the
end about the making of the video. Much of the production was shot at a remote Upstate New
York history preservation site called Eastfield Village. The village is a historically
accurate reconstruction of an 18th Century Village consisting of 20 building that have
been moved board by board beginning in 1971 to the east field of his father's farm. In
fact, it is a school of historic preservation.
The "his" I make reference to is Don Carpenter. He's one of us. Who's
been keeping this secret? Which line does he descend from and what can we do as a family
to help support his efforts. Here kind of citizenship and patriotism makes me just want to
burst at the buttons with pride in our shared Carpenter heritage.
Dennis L. Carpenter
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Can you share thename of the 14 hours saga? It sounds like a DVD set I was searching for
but was unable to locate.
Thanks,
Bill QUinn
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From: "Dennis Carpenter" <d.carpenter(a)rocketmail.com>
To: Carpenter-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:15:20 PM
Subject: [CARPENTER] Eastfield Village Historic Preservation School
Okay Carpenter listers, how did we let this small fact slip through our fingers without
recognition.
As a Christmas gift my son gave me a gift certificate to the History Channel store which I
used to buy several videos about our American history. Among them was the 14 Hour saga of
the American Revolution. It follows the story our American ancestors of the last 18th
century from before the first shot to the inauguration of George Washington as the First
President. I can not say enough about this production which gives a much deeper context to
the history we all learned (or should have) in school.
What shocked and surprised me was not in the production itself, but in the piece at the
end about the making of the video. Much of the production was shot at a remote Upstate New
York history preservation site called Eastfield Village. The village is a historically
accurate reconstruction of an 18th Century Village consisting of 20 building that have
been moved board by board beginning in 1971 to the east field of his father's farm. In
fact, it is a school of historic preservation.
The "his" I make reference to is Don Carpenter. He's one of us. Who's
been keeping this secret? Which line does he descend from and what can we do as a family
to help support his efforts. Here kind of citizenship and patriotism makes me just want to
burst at the buttons with pride in our shared Carpenter heritage.
Dennis L. Carpenter
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