For all the work you have done on this. And, since he showed up, mark who is retired from the central plains, i o have a special thank you. Over the years, i have done a lot of research at the national archives. Back when you were at [indiscernible] and the archivist always seem to know what i was interested in. Or have suggestions for what i ought to be interested in. And mark called me when i was working on cold war kids and said, you know, there is this collection are my be interested in. Well, yes, i was very much. And it became part of a chapter in a book. So, thank you, mark. Now, for tonights discussion. What do School Lunch Programs the indian adoption project, polio shots, and comic books have in common . You are going oh, obviously, your first guess would be, yes, they all have something to do with the postwar years. But to they are also examples of the uptick and an unprecedented uptick in the federal intervention in childrens lives between 1945 and 1960. When i was writing
Up next we travel to philadelphia to learn about the museum of the American Revolution located from two blocks of ippedance hall. The collections are income parable. We have objects related to washington which truly are unique. One of a kind. And they bring to life his leadership his incredible role in keeping the Continental Army together and never wavering from his goal of success. At the same time, we have objects that represent the common foot soldier, the cavalryman. We have objects that reflect the role of not just american soldiers but british and french and native americans. So our collection will enable us to really present the entire story of the American Revolution to all who come to philadelphia. As american columnists begin shouting very loudly about their rights and their feeling that there is a conspiracy to enslave them under way, in the british parliament, the whole issue of slavery of chattle slavery increasingly that the contradiction afthese calls for liberty with t
They are leaving from missouri and going all across the continent. One of the really key factors of what makes this migration so unique is that in the first place it is so long. 2000 miles across indian country. The second is that it lasts for so long. It is a migration going on in the 1840s, 1850s, and throughout three decades, you have people making this migration. The narrative changes as there are changes going on in the u. S. Susan what motivated these people to make this journey . Prof. Keyes there are a lot of different motivations. One of the things about this journey is we often think of it as east to west. That is certainly true. There are Farming Families going. There is legislation passed to make land cheaply available. That is a huge draw. You also have livestock. They realize that if they could get cows to the pacific coast, theyre going to make a lot of money. You also have people traveling the trail at least once a year for may be a decade or so of their lives. A third
Act of 1954 entitled the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a long struggle for freedom. The exhibit takes its subtitle from the speech that president Lyndon Johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. The u. S. Constitution did not ask me mention slavery, but there are at least three references to slavery in the document. The history of the u. S. Is a series of federal laws that paves the way for the federal tohts act of mention 64 present a concurrent history of the 20th Century Civil Rights Movement that includes accounts , organizations, and events that shaped the movement, as well as examples of music, literature, and visual arts that were inspired by the mu movement. They tell the story of the epic of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in congress including an expiration of the legislative process and legislative strategy, the tactics that were employed. To employ explore the impact of the Civil Rights Act on American Life and law from 1964 until the present. We
Staff. Kevin bailey, thank you for being the best archivist on the face of the earth. The work so hard, that is such great skill, such expertise. Working with me, a green researcher, he had a lot of patients and i appreciate that. He had a lot of patience and i appreciate that. Millner, the archive technician, runs a fantastic research room. Kathy helped me with the photos. Literally everybody on this campus that is the Eisenhower Center i think helped me in one way or another. I would also like to thank retired archivist jim because you gave me the idea for this project. Without him the project definitely would not have happened because it was his idea. I would like to thank you were all a part of this village and thank you for helping me these past few years. Dwight David Eisenhower was born on october 14, 1890. We are about to celebrate the 125th anniversary of his birth. During this 125 years, one thing is clear to me. That he has a legacy from the war that is his greatest legacy.