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Overreaction in what youre suggesting where you had sort of come if you had their actual case of some had a grudge against their neighbor would say, you know what a german accent would say he was a nazi and it turned out he didnt like his neighbor. So by the 80s we were finally going after these guys and enjoy people who were not nazis were swept up in office. All this. So what from one extreme to the other. And about the death camps that have been turned into prisons for the former holocaust ar...

Forces. Um, and that was sort of my goal, my goal with the book. As far as the consumer thing, i just think, yeah, its very pervasive in our chul you cultu, and one of the counterarguments to the book has always been like, well, convenience. Amazon is convenient, and convenience is a consumer value, and i think we need to push back on that as something that, you know, underpins a lot of our choices and our activities. Right. And, frank foer, ill let you get the last word in on that. Right. We ha...

Begin construction. Nine a contract awarded in 1931, a combine of six Major Construction firms. Men and machines went to work to build this dam of unprecedented size. This modern Civil Engineering wonder. Reclamation engineers rushed to completion specifications, and design drawings. Crews at the dam site completed their surveys and investigations. Sender of mans determination to conquer the colorado reverberated between the sheer cliffs of black canyon as construction got underway. The first ma...

Greater authority over the District Attorney, or over me. My District Attorney then said he cant order you to stop without going to the courts. But in the eyes of the public, the attorney general of the state has more authority than you or i do. Perhaps you should consider stopping. About theking attorney generals concerns that couples would be misled if they had a license and could get no further benefits with that license. Myself, decided to stop issuing at that point. I think that lgbt issue ...

Are available yearround, but the use is the same. We just welcome the folks 12 months per year now. The colorado chautauqua is more than just history. Physically it is very much the same as it was in its earliest days, but it has evolved to remain relevant. It is not just about the past. A lot of people dont even know the stories of the past. It still feels relevant to them today. It feels meaningful to them today. It feels special. All weekend long we are featuring boulder, colorado on American...

Was in attendance had that sense of warmth and and regard for each other and for the country. It was really special. Coming up next, sierra Club Volunteer harold wood discusses the legacy of con survey shifts that conservationists and National List john your john muir. By thes hosted California Historical society, as a part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the wilderness act. We want to hear harold would tonight. He will give us an incredible surney through john muir life. That le...

Programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Welcome to lafayette and West Lafayette, indiana, located on the wabash river. West lafayette is home to Purdue University. With the help of our Comcast Cable partners, over the next hour and 45 minutes, we will look at the history of the cities. Learn about William Henry harrison and the battle of tippecanoe. It was cold a...

Brief. I thought we would start the way we usually end these things. By saying thank you. This is the week we recognize the service of people who served our country in uniform and all of you served in public service. I will start by saying thank you. I remember every day of the oil spill was brutal. Spillmber during the oil poppedn Rolling Stone to their story about stanley mcchrystal, got a call about a fourstar general back from afghanistan and i remember walking to the residents and called th...

We deploy mirvs. The soviets are nervous. But we do not win anything because the soviets deployed mirvs. The soviets take it from 10 to 12 per missile. Now it is the 1970s. What are we going to do . We can destroy each other 10, 12, 15 times. And we are not the only countries with the weapons by this point. Now we have to deal with other states, and we have all that to deal with the fact that we know we can destroy each other multiple times over. And both states looking ahead going, i guess, i g...

He was on this mission to be a great humanitarian. Mr. Oglebay died in 1926. I think because he was a wealthy man, a very famous man in this area, people did not know him on a personal basis very well. He was very formal when he was out. I think that people are very grateful that he left his land to the city of wheeling to become a park. I think it was an amazing gift. Very generous. It was nice that the family did not quibble with any of this. They thought this was a great gift. When mr. Ogleba...