Thankyou Mr Jerry Skinner. Instead of reading the paper with nothing but bad news while drinking my morning coffee I've been watching your documentaries. They make the day a whole lot better. Please keep them coming
I've always loved the story of Helen Keller. It's amazing how successful she was, even with her handicap. I learned when I was younger that we share a birthday, June 27th. "I will not be deaf or blind to life, but will face it head on, no matter the obstacle, with eyes and ears wide open." Thank you for sharing this lovely tour of her home.
I was in several hospitals and institutions for disabled children. When Helen Keller died we had her autobiography read to us children by a nurse. She was rightly viewed as a good role model for us. I may be the last child who was read to at that time in our institution who is still alive. It was my favourite place of my childhood.
Thank you for the video. I visited Ivy Green when I was 18 years old on Helen's Birthday and watched the play "The Miracle Worker" in her backyard. It was an experience I'll never forget!
This is a really great story largely because of the video showing the houses & furnishings of each one. How sad that Helen was never able to marry the love of her life. He truly loved her. I miss being able to take tours of historical places such as this. My favorite always was George Washington's home where we could look at the blacksmith's headquarters, the stables, etc & it was awesome standing on the lawn & looking at the Potomac River. I have lived in Arizona many years & can't imagine living anywhere more beautiful, but I miss touring the historical places of the east coast. Thank you, Jerry Skinner, for narrating this so beautifully.
Thanks Jerry for this wonderful video. I have visited "Ivy Green" twice over the years and the story of Helen is very encouraging when you consider her handicaps. A side note, my wife and I live about 10 miles from "Ivy Green" and my wife grew up across the street from "Ivy Green" and her dad still lives there today. I would also add that each summer on weekends they present the play "The Miracle Worker" in the back section of the estate using local talent. Thanks Jerry for the video and all the great information on Helen.
This was so beautiful. I loved how you described when Helen's world opened up when she learned water. So beautiful. Thank you for your lovely videos on past history. They are all treasures!
I watched a dog rescue video. The female dog was blind and terrified of literally EVERYTHING. They put her in a run away from EVERYONE. Then, discovered she was pregnant. She was allowed to have her babies. Afterwards, she BLOSSOMED. She became so happy and engaged. Her family was complete and her purpose in life was discovered. The little ones grew up and she was the boss - full of excitement.
Thanks, Jerry - another historic site I have not had the opportunity to visit. What a beautiful Victorian home. It still amazes me how Annie Sullivan was able to teach concepts and ideas to a child that could not see or hear. She was most definitely a miracle worker, just like the film title -- Diane.
+Jerry Skinner I'm doing just fine, Jerry. To be honest, I'm having better luck finding things that interest me on You Tube than on regular television. I honestly thought Helen Keller was born blind, so I learned something new. Will continue to watch your documentaries -- Diane.
Jerry, somehow I missed this video until today. As usual yo did the job with excellent skill. This 76 year old nearly came to tears when contemplating Helen Keller's miss at a personal life. I think these 2 woman, Helen Keller & Annie Sullivan should be the ones on the money. Together, in any denomination, $1 would be best as everyone would get to know them. No one has done this better. Thank you!
Many thanks! Helen was my childhood hero and her accomplishments still amaze me. Isn't it wonderful to have the Internet to be able to visit Ivy Green? Many thanks, a wonderful film!!! Michelle in Boston
That is sad, Helen lost her only love, why didn't they think she had the right to that? And him trying to see her , and being unsuccessful is pitiful. Helen an extremely intelligent lady. What a lady!
I think there are two reasons, one is, at that time a disabled child was a stain on the family, they were hidden and ignored as useless. Her family felt she was useless, and that is why they never attempted to find a way to help her, but let her run wild, not out of love but pity. Second, one does not marry a disabled woman .because she might give birth to a not perfect child, so they must keep her safe from such dangerous passions . Their view of her was very twisted , a normal social attitude most people held. Helen was viewed by her family as in capable of making decisions, despite what had been accomplished. Had the man been more rich and higher on the social ladder, maybe that might of changed their minds. It is an interesting thought. Her family was very cruel to her in so many ways, those first 7 years must have been a horror for Helen, than to meet a man who loved her for her, enjoyed her company, her thoughts on life, wanting to have a home with her, that was rare in that world, and it was taken away like that, I cannot imagine her heart breaking into shards but somehow finding the strength , and grace to live on, and live well. That is a true inspiration of Courage to us all.
I agree, it was probably that he was not wealthy and high enough on the social ladder, as they evidently were in that society, and in the south in that culture in that day, it was a big deal. Also they trusted Annie but if Helen married, they wouldn’t have as much control and how would they know if she was always safe? They were still very protective.
I can remember the first time I had ever heard of Helen Keller it was in my 5th grade reading class..Our teacher read us "The miracle worker" and I learned how to use sign language after learning about her life and all of her struggles and triumphs..Now that we have the internet it is easier to read about her life and the places she actually lived throughout her long life..Thank you for another amazing and informative video.
Mr Jerry, thank you so much for this delightful video. The story of Helen Keller was the first biography I read not too long after I learned to read, and as much as I have learned about her over the years I learned new things from you tonight. The video of Ivy Green is wonderful and made me feel like I was really there. You have a lovely voice, sir, and I am so glad I stumbled across this. 😊
I just now watched this fabulous video of Helen Keller that you so lovingly and with care filmed and narrated, dated 2013. Thank you so much. I had forgotten completely what an extraordinary woman she was, as well as her teacher Anna. Now I can't get enough information about her story. ❤️
Thank you, Mr. Skinner, for the lovely walk through the home of Helen Keller. This was an informative video and so very educational. Thank you for thebeautiful narration and striking beauty of Ivy Green.
Because of Helen Keller I learned sgin language. I would luv to meet Koko the Garilla. It did help me to teach some children who couldn't hear how to swim when I was a life guard. Helen Keller is someone to really look up too. If you're down & can't do something-think of Miss Keller. If she could do all that 'she' did- we should just try 'alittle harder'-Don't give up.
Same!! I was truly inspired by helen keller when I was 8 years old! I remember checking out all her books from the library and taught myself sign language. :) I was a little girl then and stopped practicing sign language, but I can proudly say, even after all these years, I still know sign language very well!!
Being legally blind from birth “Seeing” Helen Keller’s Ivy Green was always on my bucket list. Summer 2019 my hubz and I traveled to Huntsville AL and was told how close we were to her home. It’s a beautiful property... the grounds are amazingly accessible... but the main home is not... those steps are steep in the main home.
Wonderful. Her story was the first play I saw in the theatre when I was like 10. It was very emotional for me as a little girl, and still moves me. Thanks for the visit to his house.
AWESOME bio/documentary! Helen Keller is and has always been one of my most favorite people. Her triumphs in life were (and still are) an inspiration to me. Thank you for sharing! I learned several things I hadn’t known before.
@@hansendesigns Right!i just think the same..Helen was extremely intelligent but blind and deaf and maybe this guy wanted her money! We will never know..her family wanted to protect her because helen was very famous.AND HAD A LOT OF MONEY AND WAS A PREY FOR THIS GUY PETER.if her family said no that's for a reason! She would have been a burden for him and he would h ave left her because she was blind and deaf.This marriage was doomed to fail.If helen had been only blind or only deaf this could have work BUT SHE WAS DOUBLY DISABLED. A prey for a man even if she was a beautiful woman..She maybe had proposals of men who were interested by her money.
thank you Jerry for your wonderful tours of so many famous people. your narrations are always spot on and very insightful to what their lives had been. I love your videos more than any others. you have a very soothing voice.
Jerry! What a great job you've done refreshing my mind of the miracles of Helen and Annie. I liked he way you have a way of expressing the feelings Helen must have felt apart from what she had so beautifully written about. Ivy green...reminds me of a poem I don't know if this was one of the ones my grandmother used to recite (I knew a lot of great poems but, I just lost my beautiful young Mum and my head and heart isn't right yet) "...go into the garden, go under the ivy, go right to the roses, go to the white rose...I'll be waiting for you"
I guess at the time, perhaps even today this could happen, it would be questioned why a man would want to marry a deaf, blind woman but how sad Helen was denied this very natural relationship in her life. Helen and Annie were amazing women who accomplished so much in their lives while maintaining a close, loving, friendship. I have always loved their intertwined story.
Jerry, you sound like a very sweet and kind person, and I do enjoy your videos. I wanted to make sure you and your viewers are aware, however, that what Annie was doing in Helen’s hand was not writing, but fingerspelling. She was using the manual alphabet to spell words into Helen’s hand, which she learned to recognize and the rest, we know, is history.
Thank you for share this video stuff I never learn my school days because my earring problem . So many years. Now start open up learn lots stuff on history. Glad video all kinds of history's . Help people understand real life back old days. And real history.
My aunt and uncle had a daughter, Virginia, born normal, who got encephalitis soon after she was born. My aunt was a registered nurse, but their doctor dismissed her as just an alarmist mother when she couldn’t wake her child. Our families were very close and their oldest child was my age and my best friend until she died at fifty. Ginny had seizures, and every one left her worse. She went blind, deaf, and eventually developmentally disabled also and with three other young children they eventually had to place her where she could be medically cared for. My aunt and uncle visited her every weekend (hours away), and said she didn’t know her but she liked to be held. She died at eighteen years when I was in my early twenties, and I hadn’t seen her for a decade until her funeral. She was astonishingly beautiful. Very well cared for.
Thank you so much for that wonderful talk and tour! I lost my mother in 2015, a lovely woman from Pensacola who looked so much like Helen Keller and had very similar philosophies and beliefs. Your voice is a balm for my heart, sir. Thank you so much again. Xx
Really delightful to get to see where Helen lived with her family members and was finally taught what things were called when the water pump episode introduced who Teacher was and the miracle breakthrough to the doorway of knowledge occurred. Loved this historic setting and seeing Ivy Green. Thank you for bringing us to Helen Keller’s Ivy Green.
This was especially interesting to me...for a time, I lived in Feeding Hills, a part of Agawam, Massachusetts, where Anne Sullivan was from. There is or was the house of Anne Sullivan there to visit & a memorial park near what is now a very busy intersection! There is a statue/monument of that moment you spoke of, Jerry, when Helen learned the word “water,” and a gazebo with Anne Sullivan’s name on it! (The name of this town, Agawam, was from the Native American tribe name, Mawaga, which was flipped backwards.) Thank you for this accounting of Helen’s life! I loved the tour! Oh...there is at least 1 letter about Helen Keller held at UMASS, Amherst by William Edward Burghardt, 1868 - 1963, a student of William James at Harvard, who had seen a young Helen at Roxbury Asylum & followed her career! The paper is about how, when she was in her home state of Alabama & spoke out against the inequality of the color of men! William found her “intensely interesting” and followed her whole career from that time he first saw her. - Cedo.library.umass.edu (David Graham Du Bois Trust)
Jerry, I have enjoyed your videos so much and you do such an awesome job. I hope people realize that you spend a lot of time researching to find info to tell us on the video. Keep up the great work. I see you have 239 plus subscribers. Congratulations. I love how you keep the music real soft. I have a hard time with these that do loud music. I am sound sensitive.
I visited this fine home last year I noticed they were cutting down this tree as it was dying. The lady giving the tour explained the story of Helen and the tree. I thought to myself "we are going to get some of that tree". I went down and took a fireplace log size piece and put it inside our rental car. We through a blanket over it (we called it the Helen Keller arm rest as it sat in the back between the girls) and drove on to LA, MS, FL, GA, TN and then back to Kentucky once the vacation ended. A woodworker from my church made it into a fine bowl. My daughter uses it to hold jewelry. The local paper did a story on it.
A local carver was taken the logs, and he makes bowls from them and donates them to Ivy Green. He gave 2 to a retirement fundraiser I had instead of a retirement party.
I did enjoy this clip, though. Helen Keller and her teacher were women I admired as a child. I learned about them from the biography section of the public library.
Jerry Skinner I love your videos. Could this help you? www.EasyPriceRx.com or call toll free (24/7): 1-866-969-9454. You pay $4. on over 100 generic medications & can save up to 75% on all other FDA - approved medications. Hope this might help- I'm just passing on the info I was given. I have the card but haven't used it yet- I'm a Vet & get most of my health care from the VA. Jerry you take us to places that many of us would never get to go to or see or learn about other wise. I'd love to help out your channel money wise but I'm trying to live on $1,000. a month thanks to my sister stealing my inheratence. I took care of my mom & step dad for 17 yrs- sister stole & changed the 'wills'- long sad story. She's lucky I believe in God. She drinks alot- Oh well. My husband ran off with my kids 36 yrs ago - I haven't seen them since- so I think I know how Helen must have felt about not having a family with childern ect. You eighter fold or choose to go on & what you're put through can help to make you a stronger person for it. Sorry didn't mean for this to be so long. Sending love
I agree with you on that it is a beautiful amazing story i once visited there and it gave me chills to me in the exact location where it happened this is a wonderful video thank you for your great work
Thank you so much for making this and sharing it with everyone! I appreciate it so much! I didn't know about Helen Keller's lost love - that's so sad and unfair to me. I can understand being protective, but if you want to give her a as normal as possible life, she should have been allowed to marry. I wonder if she would have been able to have children?
PEPOLE remember hellen keller BUT THAY SHOULD BE REMENBERING MIS ANNE GREEN SHE IS THE AMAZING ONE TO ME. FOR WITHOUT HER PATIENTLY TEACHING HELLEN THERE WOULD BE NO STORY TO BE TOLD!
Not only that but she helped straight entitled out Hellen remember was spoiled child at first. Mrs. T teen really helped show Helps that was more to world and this began lot Hellen's fire of dermation.
Thanks for giving us such a beautiful and amazing biography of the home and history of Hellen Keller. I didn't know that Hellen Keller house was an museum for any one to visit. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to enjoy it. Hellen Keller was the first book I read 📚 since then I love her for everything she did for the blind and deaf and others disabilities to give the humans beings better opportunities ❤
I am in love...with the voice...reminds me of my Dad. The historian. .I love this story...have known it for years but you are the comforting grandpa who makes it all real...xxoolove you...Happy New Year...
Long time ago, Annie wrote the word "W-A-T-E-R" in Hellen's hand but by today's communication system ii is call "Tactile Signing." That means when you want to communicate with a deaf and blind person, you put their hands on top of yours and commicate by using handshapes and sign language. It is awesome to see and do 😊.
Helen Keller also had a meeting with Alexander Graham Bell, who was working on devices to help the hearing impaired. In one of the biographies, it mentions that he sat little Helen on his knee and let her play with his [pocket] watch while he sadly told her parents that there was nothing he could do for Helen.
I really enjoyed this video, the life of Helen Keller was simply amazing! I love the movie "The Miracle Worker" starring Patty Duke, she is a great actress. Thanks so much for sharing this, I see you have other videos as well, I'm going to check them out also. 😊
Annie Sullivan said that Helen would become so excited over her attempts at speaking clearly that she would literally try to put her fingers down her throat trying to feel the vibration from her voice..She finally was able to speak but it was not that easy to understand some of her words so she would usually refrain from trying to talk to ppl due to feeling embarrassed or incompetent ..I just cannot imagine what her life was truly like living in a world of total darkness and silence it must have been horrifying for her as a little girl before Annie was able to teach her how to sign and her miracle of understanding at the well..I also find it sad that she was not allowed to marry that made no sense just because of her handicap..I mean did they feel like she would be corrupted or something like that? I would love to know more about that but I guess it is not our business if she had wanted us to know she would have written about it..She sure was a fighter and I admire both Helen and Annie for all that they accomplished during their time here on this earth..
It so amazing what past lives were like ! When you are deaf and blind you have to learn other ways of communication. Helen. Keller was an icon in her time. She learned and loved her surroundings. I enjoy the movie about her starring. Susan. Arquette and. Richard. Thomas. I also liked the earlier version with. Patty. Duke. Thanks for this real life story of. Hellen. Keller !
I remember the movie and I had no idea that it was so true. I have watched your videos Mr Jerry. your presentation is a pure class act. I love your voice and how genuinely you feel for the people that your talking about. that just adds real human feelings to the person's story. people don't show, or talk this way with respect towards people anymore. you take me back to my childhood when my grandfather's would tell me stories. it brings a tear to my eyes to listen to you. thank you for your beautiful stories on video. God bless you. 😇😊😊😊
I am crying. I just told God that was one of the saddest things I ever heard in my life and I could have lived the rest of my life in more happiness had I never heard those words from Helen Keller. "...a ray of sun in a sea of darkness..." one can only help but ask how could anyone who said they loved Helen could have taken that bit of happiness from her? How very sad! I would want my daughter, my student, my loved one, to have whatever happiness God would give her! I hope I can forget hearing those words but I seriously doubt I ever will.
Thankyou Mr Jerry Skinner. Instead of reading the paper with nothing but bad news while drinking my morning coffee I've been watching your documentaries. They make the day a whole lot better. Please keep them coming
How sad Helen never got to marry her love. She was a remarkable woman. Thanks for this video.
I've always loved the story of Helen Keller. It's amazing how successful she was, even with her handicap. I learned when I was younger that we share a birthday, June 27th. "I will not be deaf or blind to life, but will face it head on, no matter the obstacle, with eyes and ears wide open." Thank you for sharing this lovely tour of her home.
Me you and Helen. She was 100 years older than I am. I was born June 27th 1980
@@biannwilmer27 June 27, 1961
My granddaughter has the same birthday.
That is so sweet of you! She and you celebrate the same birthday Bach and I share the same birthday!🤟
She was a Cancer! So am I.
I was in several hospitals and institutions for disabled children. When Helen Keller died we had her autobiography read to us children by a nurse. She was rightly viewed as a good role model for us. I may be the last child who was read to at that time in our institution who is still alive. It was my favourite place of my childhood.
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Thank you for the video. I visited Ivy Green when I was 18 years old on Helen's Birthday and watched the play "The Miracle Worker" in her backyard. It was an experience I'll never forget!
This is a really great story largely because of the video showing the houses & furnishings of each one. How sad that Helen was never able to marry the love of her life. He truly loved her. I miss being able to take tours of historical places such as this. My favorite always was George Washington's home where we could look at the blacksmith's headquarters, the stables, etc & it was awesome standing on the lawn & looking at the Potomac River. I have lived in Arizona many years & can't imagine living anywhere more beautiful, but I miss touring the historical places of the east coast. Thank you, Jerry Skinner, for narrating this so beautifully.
Thanks Jerry for this wonderful video. I have visited "Ivy Green" twice over the years and the story of Helen is very encouraging when you consider her handicaps. A side note, my wife and I live about 10 miles from "Ivy Green" and my wife grew up across the street from "Ivy Green" and her dad still lives there today. I would also add that each summer on weekends they present the play "The Miracle Worker" in the back section of the estate using local talent. Thanks Jerry for the video and all the great information on Helen.
Digital Tech Stop i really wish someone would investigate what happened to helens love. i think they killed him. if so this should b known.
This was so beautiful. I loved how you described when Helen's world opened up when she learned water. So beautiful. Thank you for your lovely videos on past history. They are all treasures!
You are a treasure to Ann Marie for watching. Jerry
Thank you, Jerry; how lovely of you to say. :)
Jerry Skinner nice vid...I watch it every day 😄😄😄
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I watched a dog rescue video. The female dog was blind and terrified of literally EVERYTHING. They put her in a run away from EVERYONE. Then, discovered she was pregnant. She was allowed to have her babies. Afterwards, she BLOSSOMED. She became so happy and engaged. Her family was complete and her purpose in life was discovered. The little ones grew up and she was the boss - full of excitement.
Thanks, Jerry - another historic site I have not had the opportunity to visit. What a beautiful Victorian home. It still amazes me how Annie Sullivan was able to teach concepts and ideas to a child that could not see or hear. She was most definitely a miracle worker, just like the film title -- Diane.
+Diane Kennedy Thank you Diane, hope you are happy and well. Jerry
+Jerry Skinner I'm doing just fine, Jerry. To be honest, I'm having better luck finding things that interest me on You Tube than on regular television. I honestly thought Helen Keller was born blind, so I learned something new. Will continue to watch your documentaries -- Diane.
Yes, it is amazing....especially since it has never been done since. Why is that?
What a Charming Home Place, I can see why Helen enjoyed it and it's privacy. Thank you so much, I greatly enjoyed this video. God bless you sir.
Jerry, somehow I missed this video until today. As usual yo did the job with excellent skill. This 76 year old nearly came to tears when contemplating Helen Keller's miss at a personal life. I think these 2 woman, Helen Keller & Annie Sullivan should be the ones on the money. Together, in any denomination, $1 would be best as everyone would get to know them. No one has done this better. Thank you!
+Jim Key Thank you Jim, it was very sad to me about her finally finding love and the family, for what ever reason would not a low it. Jerry
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Many thanks! Helen was my childhood hero and her accomplishments still amaze me. Isn't it wonderful to have the Internet to be able to visit Ivy Green? Many thanks, a wonderful film!!! Michelle in Boston
+Michelle Porter Thank you Michelle. Jerry
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Mine too, Michelle. I remember getting a Scholastic book about her in 2nd or 3rd grade and have admired her ever since, as well as Annie Sullivan.
"Heroine".
I am honored to have her birthdate. She is one of my influence to not let my sight impairment get the best of me. Determination.
That is sad, Helen lost her only love, why didn't they think she had the right to that? And him trying to see her , and being unsuccessful is pitiful. Helen an extremely intelligent lady. What a lady!
I think there are two reasons, one is, at that time a disabled child was a stain on the family, they were hidden and ignored as useless. Her family felt she was useless, and that is why they never attempted to find a way to help her, but let her run wild, not out of love but pity. Second, one does not marry a disabled woman .because she might give birth to a not perfect child, so they must keep her safe from such dangerous passions . Their view of her was very twisted , a normal social attitude most people held. Helen was viewed by her family as in capable of making decisions, despite what had been accomplished. Had the man been more rich and higher on the social ladder, maybe that might of changed their minds. It is an interesting thought. Her family was very cruel to her in so many ways, those first 7 years must have been a horror for Helen, than to meet a man who loved her for her, enjoyed her company, her thoughts on life, wanting to have a home with her, that was rare in that world, and it was taken away like that, I cannot imagine her heart breaking into shards but somehow finding the strength , and grace to live on, and live well. That is a true inspiration of Courage to us all.
@@myrnaskogland1268 That's true, but it's still very sad.
I agree, it was probably that he was not wealthy and high enough on the social ladder, as they evidently were in that society, and in the south in that culture in that day, it was a big deal. Also they trusted Annie but if Helen married, they wouldn’t have as much control and how would they know if she was always safe? They were still very protective.
I could watch another hour of this. Great work, Jerry!
I can remember the first time I had ever heard of Helen Keller it was in my 5th grade reading class..Our teacher read us "The miracle worker" and I learned how to use sign language after learning about her life and all of her struggles and triumphs..Now that we have the internet it is easier to read about her life and the places she actually lived throughout her long life..Thank you for another amazing and informative video.
Mr Jerry, thank you so much for this delightful video. The story of Helen Keller was the first biography I read not too long after I learned to read, and as much as I have learned about her over the years I learned new things from you tonight. The video of Ivy Green is wonderful and made me feel like I was really there. You have a lovely voice, sir, and I am so glad I stumbled across this. 😊
Thank you veracity, i appreciate that. Jerry
You are a treasure, Jerry! Thank you for all your effort and information.
The Helen Keller story has always been a passion of mine. Thanks so much for doing this video. I loved it.
Well documented. Awesome job. Thank you so much for sharing the details.👏👏👏👏👏👏‼️❤️♥️💙❣️
Another beautiful documentary. So interesting. Seems to bring the subjects back to life. Thank you!
Thank you! I learned a lot more new things about Ms. Keller. Never knew she was almost married.
I just now watched this fabulous video of Helen Keller that you so lovingly and with care filmed and narrated, dated 2013. Thank you so much. I had forgotten completely what an extraordinary woman she was, as well as her teacher Anna. Now I can't get enough information about her story. ❤️
Thank you, Mr. Skinner, for the lovely walk through the home of Helen Keller. This was an informative video and so very educational. Thank you for thebeautiful narration and striking beauty of Ivy Green.
Because of Helen Keller I learned sgin language. I would luv to meet Koko the Garilla. It did help me to teach some children who couldn't hear how to swim when I was a life guard.
Helen Keller is someone to really look up too. If you're down & can't do something-think of Miss Keller. If she could do all that 'she' did- we should just try 'alittle harder'-Don't give up.
Did you knowthat Koko recently died? I was so sad to hear about it.
Same!! I was truly inspired by helen keller when I was 8 years old! I remember checking out all her books from the library and taught myself sign language. :) I was a little girl then and stopped practicing sign language, but I can proudly say, even after all these years, I still know sign language very well!!
Being legally blind from birth “Seeing” Helen Keller’s Ivy Green was always on my bucket list.
Summer 2019 my hubz and I traveled to Huntsville AL and was told how close we were to her home.
It’s a beautiful property... the grounds are amazingly accessible... but the main home is not... those steps are steep in the main home.
Wonderful. Her story was the first play I saw in the theatre when I was like 10. It was very emotional for me as a little girl, and still moves me. Thanks for the visit to his house.
Thank you for making this video. I've always been fascinated with the Helen Keller story myself. Tragic to have lost 💔 her love....
Helen and her teacher Anne are both absolutely,fantastically inspiring women..What an incredible teacher and student!!
AWESOME bio/documentary! Helen Keller is and has always been one of my most favorite people. Her triumphs in life were (and still are) an inspiration to me. Thank you for sharing! I learned several things I hadn’t known before.
My home town!!! Been here many times! They have plays there every summer about her life.. Thanks for taking me home..Stay safe n well..love n hugs!!
Thank you for the wonderful tour and commentary.
A little ray of joy in a sea of darkness. Now that is sad.
Susan B I think Helen was their personal livelihood, and they were not going to give that up.🤔
That and any guy would be set who married her, maybe he wasn’t with fully pure intentions either.
@@hansendesigns Right!i just think the same..Helen was extremely intelligent but blind and deaf and maybe this guy wanted her money! We will never know..her family wanted to protect her because helen was very famous.AND HAD A LOT OF MONEY AND WAS A PREY FOR THIS GUY PETER.if her family said no that's for a reason! She would have been a burden for him and he would h ave left her because she was blind and deaf.This marriage was doomed to fail.If helen had been only blind or only deaf this could have work BUT SHE WAS DOUBLY DISABLED. A prey for a man even if she was a beautiful woman..She maybe had proposals of men who were interested by her money.
Helen Keller left this world the same day I entered it, great video thanks for posting 👍
What a beautiful thank you! Thank you tour of Helen Keller's home. Thank you so much, I actually felt like I was there. Thank you!
What a great woman. I am full of admiration !
Her story made me cry, it is so sad and beautiful. Now I believe in miracle.
she believed in eugenics just like the Nazis did
My father and I enjoy watching your videos. Keep them coming, please!
The first chapter book I ever read was Hellen Keller. In the back it had the sign language alphabet to this day I still remember it!
Thank You for sharing the Veiw along with the History of Helen Keller. Loved the movie with Patty Duke as the Teacher. Great Video ☆♡☆
Thank you ..i love your films..you make it all ao real..and i have always loved the story of Helen..
wonderful !!!
thank you Jerry for your wonderful tours of so many famous people. your narrations are always spot on and very insightful to what their lives had been. I love your videos more than any others. you have a very soothing voice.
Thank you Karen very much. Jerry
Jerry! What a great job you've done refreshing my mind of the miracles of Helen and Annie. I liked he way you have a way of expressing the feelings Helen must have felt apart from what she had so beautifully written about. Ivy green...reminds me of a poem I don't know if this was one of the ones my grandmother used to recite (I knew a lot of great poems but, I just lost my beautiful young Mum and my head and heart isn't right yet) "...go into the garden, go under the ivy, go right to the roses, go to the white rose...I'll be waiting for you"
Sorry for your loss. Thank you for the lovely verse...
Helen is a power of example in every generation.
Disabilities do not define a person. We have come so far in understanding that physical limitations don’t limit the mind nor the soul.
I guess at the time, perhaps even today this could happen, it would be questioned why a man would want to marry a deaf, blind woman but how sad Helen was denied this very natural relationship in her life. Helen and Annie were amazing women who accomplished so much in their lives while maintaining a close, loving, friendship. I have always loved their intertwined story.
Jerry, you sound like a very sweet and kind person, and I do enjoy your videos. I wanted to make sure you and your viewers are aware, however, that what Annie was doing in Helen’s hand was not writing, but fingerspelling. She was using the manual alphabet to spell words into Helen’s hand, which she learned to recognize and the rest, we know, is history.
Thank you for share this video stuff I never learn my school days because my earring problem . So many years. Now start open up learn lots stuff on history. Glad video all kinds of history's . Help people understand real life back old days. And real history.
+julie brtek Thank you Julie very much and hope you get to watch them all. Your friend, Jerry
My aunt and uncle had a daughter, Virginia, born normal, who got encephalitis soon after she was born. My aunt was a registered nurse, but their doctor dismissed her as just an alarmist mother when she couldn’t wake her child. Our families were very close and their oldest child was my age and my best friend until she died at fifty. Ginny had seizures, and every one left her worse. She went blind, deaf, and eventually developmentally disabled also and with three other young children they eventually had to place her where she could be medically cared for. My aunt and uncle visited her every weekend (hours away), and said she didn’t know her but she liked to be held. She died at eighteen years when I was in my early twenties, and I hadn’t seen her for a decade until her funeral. She was astonishingly beautiful. Very well cared for.
GOOD JOB JERRY. I HAVE ENJOYED YOUR VIDEOS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. I HAVE SEEN MANY OF THEM AND LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE.
Thank you so much for that wonderful talk and tour! I lost my mother in 2015, a lovely woman from Pensacola who looked so much like Helen Keller and had very similar philosophies and beliefs. Your voice is a balm for my heart, sir. Thank you so much again. Xx
Really delightful to get to see where Helen lived with her family members and was finally taught what things were called when the water pump episode introduced who Teacher was and the miracle breakthrough to the doorway of knowledge occurred. Loved this historic setting and seeing Ivy Green. Thank you for bringing us to Helen Keller’s Ivy Green.
jerry I. love your short biographies. I watch you everyday
I'm Really Proud of Ms Anne For helping Helen! Great Job!! :3
Excellent! Thanks. I wouldn't see the place if not for this.
This was especially interesting to me...for a time, I lived in Feeding Hills, a part of Agawam, Massachusetts, where Anne Sullivan was from. There is or was the house of Anne Sullivan there to visit & a memorial park near what is now a very busy intersection! There is a statue/monument of that moment you spoke of, Jerry, when Helen learned the word “water,” and a gazebo with Anne Sullivan’s name on it! (The name of this town, Agawam, was from the Native American tribe name, Mawaga, which was flipped backwards.)
Thank you for this accounting of Helen’s life! I loved the tour!
Oh...there is at least 1 letter about Helen Keller held at UMASS, Amherst by William Edward Burghardt, 1868 - 1963, a student of William James at Harvard, who had seen a young Helen at Roxbury Asylum & followed her career! The paper is about how, when she was in her home state of Alabama & spoke out against the inequality of the color of men! William found her “intensely interesting” and followed her whole career from that time he first saw her. - Cedo.library.umass.edu (David Graham Du Bois Trust)
Thank you for this brilliant video!
Jerry, you are a super communicator and teacher. Very interesting material. Thanks for your wonderful historical profiles.
Thank you for uploading. I actually learned a lot from this video.
A wonderful video thank you for your time and effort.
I never knew she fell in love! Thanks for the video.
Thanks for this upload! I'd love to visit her home sometime, too
Jerry, I have enjoyed your videos so much and you do such an awesome job. I hope people realize that you spend a lot of time researching to find info to tell us on the video. Keep up the great work. I see you have 239 plus subscribers. Congratulations. I love how you keep the music real soft. I have a hard time with these that do loud music. I am sound sensitive.
Loved this Video.... Thank you for your hard work. I appreciate it. 😊
Water is a symbol of rebirth and the holy spirit so I'm not surprised that the break through was water.
Monroe Truss ...wow , beautiful .
I had the same thought, without water nothing can live :) beautiful words about the bible as well
Jason Skinner Water...... a powerful message and awesome symbolism in Helen connecting with the world through it.
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Monroe Truss Nonsense, it was one of the few words she could lisp when she was a baby before she got sick.
I visited this fine home last year I noticed they were cutting down this tree as it was dying. The lady giving the tour explained the story of Helen and the tree. I thought to myself "we are going to get some of that tree". I went down and took a fireplace log size piece and put it inside our rental car. We through a blanket over it (we called it the Helen Keller arm rest as it sat in the back between the girls) and drove on to LA, MS, FL, GA, TN and then back to Kentucky once the vacation ended. A woodworker from my church made it into a fine bowl. My daughter uses it to hold jewelry. The local paper did a story on it.
what a nice story on saving a piece of history! Not many would have thought so fast to take a bit of a tree log that many would have just burned away.
Helen and Annie must’ve been very important to you! Thank you for telling your story.
Thank you for doing that! Heirloom.
A local carver was taken the logs, and he makes bowls from them and donates them to Ivy Green. He gave 2 to a retirement fundraiser I had instead of a retirement party.
I did enjoy this clip, though. Helen Keller and her teacher were women I admired as a child. I learned about them from the biography section of the public library.
Thank you Jerry! Just came back to take your wonderful tour again. Bless you sir. ♡
Thank you Ruth. Jerry
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Jerry you take us to places that many of us would never get to go to or see or learn about other wise.
I'd love to help out your channel money wise but I'm trying to live on $1,000. a month thanks to my sister stealing my inheratence. I took care of my mom & step dad for 17 yrs- sister stole & changed the 'wills'- long sad story. She's lucky I believe in God. She drinks alot- Oh well.
My husband ran off with my kids 36 yrs ago -
I haven't seen them since- so I think I know how Helen must have felt about not having a family with childern ect.
You eighter fold or choose to go on & what you're put through can help to make you a stronger person for it.
Sorry didn't mean for this to be so long. Sending love
I agree with you on that it is a beautiful amazing story i once visited there and it gave me chills to me in the exact location where it happened this is a wonderful video thank you for your great work
Ty for sharing your videos and information and the Tour with us ALL. HUGS and GOD bless us ev1. Happy 2020
Thank you so much for sharing this video. I was so touched by this great story!
Thank you so much for making this and sharing it with everyone! I appreciate it so much! I didn't know about Helen Keller's lost love - that's so sad and unfair to me. I can understand being protective, but if you want to give her a as normal as possible life, she should have been allowed to marry. I wonder if she would have been able to have children?
PEPOLE remember hellen keller
BUT THAY SHOULD BE REMENBERING MIS ANNE GREEN
SHE IS THE AMAZING ONE TO ME.
FOR WITHOUT HER PATIENTLY TEACHING HELLEN THERE WOULD BE NO STORY TO BE TOLD!
I believe her name was Anne Sullivan.
Anne Sullivan. Her books and biography are amazing, you’re right.
both deserve admiration!!!
Not only that but she helped straight entitled out Hellen remember was spoiled child at first. Mrs. T teen really helped show Helps that was more to world and this began lot Hellen's fire of dermation.
thanks for sharing that great and important history..
Fantastic video!
I enjoyed your commentary and lovely Southern accent very much!
Thank you!
I enjoyed your video tour. Thank you!!
Thanks for giving us such a beautiful and amazing biography of the home and history of Hellen Keller. I didn't know that Hellen Keller house was an museum for any one to visit. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to enjoy it. Hellen Keller was the first book I read 📚 since then I love her for everything she did for the blind and deaf and others disabilities to give the humans beings better opportunities ❤
Thank you for this! I found out last year that I’m related to Helen, which has made me want to learn more about her.
I am in love...with the voice...reminds me of my Dad. The historian. .I love this story...have known it for years but you are the comforting grandpa who makes it all real...xxoolove you...Happy New Year...
Thank you Mariam for the compliment. Jerry
Thank you. Your narration is Homespun and I would enjoy it very much.
She was such a strong and wise woman.
Long time ago, Annie wrote the word "W-A-T-E-R" in Hellen's hand but by today's communication system ii is call "Tactile Signing." That means when you want to communicate with a deaf and blind person, you put their hands on top of yours and commicate by using handshapes and sign language. It is awesome to see and do 😊.
Thank you..I enjoyed this video
Helen Keller also had a meeting with Alexander Graham Bell, who was working on devices to help the hearing impaired. In one of the biographies, it mentions that he sat little Helen on his knee and let her play with his [pocket] watch while he sadly told her parents that there was nothing he could do for Helen.
Very informative & exceedingly Well Done! Thank You so much for sharing as I learned a number of things I wasn't aware of. :-)
I really enjoyed this video, the life of Helen Keller was simply amazing! I love the movie "The Miracle Worker" starring Patty Duke, she is a great actress. Thanks so much for sharing this, I see you have other videos as well, I'm going to check them out also. 😊
Thank you Donna. Jerry
Awesome as usual!
Awesome, thank you for sharing 🙏
Awesome story telling. What a sweet little property! Super cute house.
love your shows Jerry thank you for making these Love to see one of you called Who is Jerry Skinner
+Rod Surber Thank you Rod, what about one called "What happened to Rod Surber". Thank you Rod. Jerry
I really enjoyed this. found it by accident
Annie Sullivan said that Helen would become so excited over her attempts at speaking clearly that she would literally try to put her fingers down her throat trying to feel the vibration from her voice..She finally was able to speak but it was not that easy to understand some of her words so she would usually refrain from trying to talk to ppl due to feeling embarrassed or incompetent ..I just cannot imagine what her life was truly like living in a world of total darkness and silence it must have been horrifying for her as a little girl before Annie was able to teach her how to sign and her miracle of understanding at the well..I also find it sad that she was not allowed to marry that made no sense just because of her handicap..I mean did they feel like she would be corrupted or something like that? I would love to know more about that but I guess it is not our business if she had wanted us to know she would have written about it..She sure was a fighter and I admire both Helen and Annie for all that they accomplished during their time here on this earth..
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Me, too, Sue.
It so amazing what past lives were like ! When you are deaf and blind you have to learn other ways of communication. Helen. Keller was an icon in her time. She learned and loved her surroundings. I enjoy the movie about her starring. Susan. Arquette and. Richard. Thomas. I also liked the earlier version with. Patty. Duke. Thanks for this real life story of. Hellen. Keller !
One of my favorite movies. I have it.Patty Duke and
EXCELLENT AS USUAL !!
Well done sir, and thank you as always.
Thank you. I'm going to watch the Miracle Worker again now ...
Thank-you Jerry loved the film.
+Karla Miller Thanks Karia. Jerry
Thank you so much, I very much enjoyed it
My name is Helen also...I have always admired Helen Keller.
I remember the movie and I had no idea that it was so true. I have watched your videos Mr Jerry. your presentation is a pure class act. I love your voice and how genuinely you feel for the people that your talking about. that just adds real human feelings to the person's story. people don't show, or talk this way with respect towards people anymore. you take me back to my childhood when my grandfather's would tell me stories. it brings a tear to my eyes to listen to you. thank you for your beautiful stories on video. God bless you. 😇😊😊😊
Marjory Armstron
Thank you Jerry you are always so so interesting
I am crying. I just told God that was one of the saddest things I ever heard in my life and I could have lived the rest of my life in more happiness had I never heard those words from Helen Keller. "...a ray of sun in a sea of darkness..." one can only help but ask how could anyone who said they loved Helen could have taken that bit of happiness from her? How very sad! I would want my daughter, my student, my loved one, to have whatever happiness God would give her! I hope I can forget hearing those words but I seriously doubt I ever will.
thank you so very much. this was an unexpected surprise. I as looking to find Patty Duke in the film of Helen Keller.