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Thank you very much. Im grateful to dale gregory and alex castle who did the logistical arrangements to be invited to the New York Historical society. This is a wonderful collection one of the great historical societies, one of the organizations that ive enjoyed a relationship with in the last 15 or so years thanks largely to you and trustees and former trustees like digg guilder. It has been wonderful to watch just how much it has progressed the amount of public programming. Im really envious a...

Join the cspan conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter Andrew O Shaughnessy takes a look at the role British Military leaders played in the American Revolutionary war. Most notably, he discusses general Henry Clinton who served briefly as commanderinchief of the british army. His defeat at the battle of Sullivans Island in january, 1776 marked the first time during the war that american troops successfully defended against a british sea and land invasion. This event from the New Y...

Bank was created to spur Economic Development of the emancipated African American population in the postcivil war era. Despite significant financial contributions, the bank failed in 1874, leaving tens of thousands of depositors in financial ruin. Up next, a panel of civil rights and Business Leaders discusses the issue of black poverty in america 150 years after the creation of the freedmans bank. This event from the National Archives is about two hours. Host the first guest on our panel is mis...

The other thing that weve started doing is we call it moral monday iowa. And i believe it started in one of the carolinas. By right. With the naacp. But we just stole the idea. So every monday at noon before we gavel in at 1 00, we have a gathering that draws a lot of press and a lot of advocates, and we talk about an issue that were not getting any legs on. So weve had moral monday iowas on date rape. Weve had moral monday iowas on disparities in education and prisons. Weve had moral monday iow...

I am thankful they chose the History Department as the vehicle for remembering their be loved alan. Im especially grateful to his wife to whom im truly indebted. In less than a decade, the larkin symposium has become a signature program. We are proud to have distinguished speakers over the years who contributed to our understanding of the american presidency. Last year we targeted the presidencies of nixon to obama and had a dynamic duo of woodward and bernstein. What a treat it was to have them...

[laughter] Myra Macpherson i used to hate public speaking, and i would get anxiety, and i still do, but i was at a speech and a woman was in the front row and she was smiling, so i found myself playing to her. All of you remember jack, my wonderful jack gordon, and he would say it all matters about the 95 and who the hell cares about the other 5 . So i was focusing on this woman and finally i got so angry at the end of this q a and i was wondering what her problem was and so i asked the woman ne...

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the maryland inn. My name is mike radek. This lady beside me is peg. She has been our innkeeper for years and helps me run the property for events like this. I want to welcome you to another treaty of paris center event. And represents the art mission between the Historic Inns of annapolis. Posting pictures and forgotten sketches of the 14 forgotten president s before George Washington. I will turn this over to mark. I hope you have on young enjoyable afternoon. ...

Treaty of paris center event. And represents the art mission between the Historic Inns of annapolis. Posting pictures and forgotten sketches of the 14 forgotten president s before George Washington. I will turn this over to mark. I hope you have a very enjoyable afternoon. Thank you mark. [applause] mark thank you again for coming today. We are very delighted to have Peter Hanson Michael as our speaker. He serves as the president of the john hanson Memorial Association. Both in Frederick Marylan...

Priorities. The choices we make about how to invest and spend have an impact on American Families. We must make it easier for hardworking americans to own a home, send their kids to college, have a secure retirement. That is why it is so important that we invest in our american ports. That will provide funding and support they need is a high priority for me. It is supported by 100 members of the congressional caucus. We know that americans must invest in the ports to remain competitive, and prep...

I saw in the notice of proposed rulemaking that there is some contemplation of cost recovery, five dollars to register an Unmanned Aircraft, 150 for knowledge and test of operators and 50 to verify the idea of an applicant. Is that going to cover the resources you need Going Forward in an expanding area . Given that we have other resources, including implementing next jan and other things for. Ms. Gilligan the faa has absorbed a lot of the cost of beginning the implementation process for bringin...