Battle of the Network Stars V: A Landmark Television Event On November 18, 1978, the fifth installment of the iconic Battle of the Network Stars unfolded at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. This unique competition, pitting television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC against each other in athletic contests, had become a cultural phenomenon since its inception. Howard Cosell, the legendary sports broadcaster, returned to host the event, joined by a new co-commentator, Frank Gifford . Gifford, Cosell's colleague from Monday Night Football , brought his professional football expertise and affable personality to the commentary booth, replacing Suzanne Somers from the previous edition. The Competition Lineup The competition featured a star-studded lineup of television personalities: ABC Team (Captain: Gabe Kaplan) Debby Boone Billy Crystal Joyce DeWitt Richard Hatch Maren Jensen Robert Urich Robin Williams CBS Team (Captain: McLean Stevenson) ...

This is a video by the American Battlefield Trust and they're at Valley Forge National Historical Park . Here are some of the recreated soldiers huts that George Washington's Continental Army would have lived in during the winter of 1777-1778.  Valley Forge We see from the outside we have a roof, we have stacked logs that have notches in them known as saddle notches here. We also have between our logs um today what is cement but at the time would have been clay, hay, straw, everything together. We have a small chimney trying to make this as much of a log cabin or a home for 12 soldiers. Yes, 12 soldiers would live in this 14 by 16 hut.  We'll take a step inside for just a second. You can see how they would live in here on their bunks. You have a small fireplace where you would cook and you would have for heat. But 12 men would live inside of here. They would try to make it as comfortable as possible.  Sometimes you would find women in here. There are at least 400 women wh...

Good morning and welcome to Patterson Farms. My name is Linda Neal and I've worked here at Patterson's for 28 years now, so I've seen a lot of changes.  Before we start going into the sugarhouse I'd like to give you a little idea of what the family is here. In the early 1920s, Grandma and Grandpa Patterson, and that would be Orin and Mabel Patterson, started here on the farm. They had a little dairy of cattle. They tapped a few sugar bushes up on top of the hill and made a little bit of syrup. And how they made their syrup was they used wooden buckets and wooden spiles . They tapped their trees with a hand auger , brought their sap down to their backyard with a horse-drawn sleigh and the sap and they boiled outside on a flat pan.  Patterson Maple Farms When they passed the farm down to Clifton and Alberta Patterson, they changed a little bit. They built a sugar house. They got a wood-fired evaporator, put in twenty six hundred buckets that Richard and Robert and Mary ...