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The significance of the virginia statute for establishing religious freedom teaches far beyond the borders of the old dominion. Its influence ultimately extended to the Supreme Courts interpretation of the separation of church and state. In his latest book, todays speaker tells the story of that statute, beginning with its background and the struggle of colonial dissenters with an oppressive church of england. Displacing an established church by instituting religious freedom, the virginia statut...

Casper did not become an actual city until 1869. At that point they had started building the capital. The citizens of wyoming to vote on where they wanted the capital to be. What they wanted was 60 plus one. It was never totally settled until 1982 and it passed the law. There are 782 pieces of granite and some of it has come from all over the world. You will also see two statues. That was in 1869. Be able to hold public office, to hold property, and have them recognize legal documents. He was ch...

This is one of the carbines used in the raid on Harpers Ferry by john brown. Exhibit illustrates the manufacturing might of the north. They could turn out hundreds of thousands of well fitted, will many factored firearms. Well l many of manufactured firearms. The manufacturing capability was one of the norths strengths in the civil war. Hand did on the other not have the industrial might that the north had. The new england and the Connecticut River valley was the home of dozens of gun manufactur...

An electorate where the people are committed to the wellbeing, the common good of the country and should be willing to set aside their self interest to advance the common good. That is virtue. Yet, this is a time when people are drinking as never before, and you can see the statistics here that historians have come up with. In 1790, the per capita Alcohol Consumption in the United States, in the equivalent of gallons of 90 proof alcohol what does 90 proof mean . Everybody knows the answer to tha...

Cheyenne has the moniker of daddy of them all because it was the first big rodeo of them anywhere. Cheyenne started in 1897 as a means to bring some Economic Vitality into an otherwise depressed economy. And this was certainly not what was expected to happen but it soon became one of the premier rodeo events easily became known as the World Championship rodeo, the place to go for any cowboy or for anybody who wanted to experience western life as it was experienced by the cowboys themselves they ...

Welcome to cheyenne, wyoming, located in the southeastern corner of the state the capital is known as the magic city of the planes due to its rapid growth with becoming a transcontinental railroad. Each summer with more than 100 thousand people visit wyomings biggest city to take part in front here days, the countrys largest rodeo. With the help of our Charter Cable partners, over the next hour we explore cheyennes history, starting with the origins of frontiers days at the old west museum

Governors mansion bills in the early 1900s. She is quite famous in wyoming and should be nationally. First claim to fame was she was the first woman to serve as a governor of a state and country. She then went on to become director of the united states. She grew up in a very poor family in missouri and later on she moved to omaha nebraska. She taught kindergarten for a very short time. She went down to tennessee to see some relatives. Met William Bradford ross, a young attorney who lives there. ...

H. W. Bush administration in the department of justice and the office of white House Counsel before spending 14 years in private practice. During this time, he argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court. It is my pleasure to welcome the honorable john g. Roberts, jr. , chief justice of the United States. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you very much for that very warm welcome. I am very pleased that the American Bar Ass...

The 13, 14,ded in and 15th amendment. It is not because they did not care about rights. It is because it was not their priority. They were therefore other reasons. This has been shrouded in myth. Is unique about the United States constitution is that there are so many different layers. They have their myths about the constitution. Even people who studied a little bit have their myths about it. And people who studied a lot have myths about it. Think about these russian babushka dolls. This is jus...

Partners, cspans city tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more all weekend here on American History tv. General dodge laid out cheyenne in july of 1867. When the newspapers started they had 300 People Living here. When the railroad arrived they had 3000 people. That is where it got the name magic city. We are currently in the cheyenne depot building. It it was constructed in 1886 and 1887. A portion of the west wing has been converted to a Railroad Museum u...