Sailing ship hermione. It was a replica of the military frigate that carried general marquis de lafayette in 1780 with a message from king louis xvi. Promising thousands of french soldiers and a large naval force to help in the revolutionary war. The original hermione participated in the siege of yorktown in 1781. The journey was the beginning of a trip up the east coast of the u. S. With stops in major cities along the way. Over the next hour, we will see remarks from american and french government representatives interviews with crew members and we will observe scenes and music from the arrival ceremony. When we arrived on june 5, hermione was just emerging from the fog. [cannon fire] [cannon fire] [cannon fire] [cannon fire] [cheering] [cannon fire] [la marseillaise playing] [cheering] [starspangled banner playing] [applause] platoon, forward. Left, left, left, right. Left, left, left, right. Forward. Left. Left, left, right. Left, left, leftright. Left, left, leftright. Tom i am to
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
Would have been next to impossible to but she created home wherever she was for the family, i guess. Susan swain as is the purview of army spouses i think over the years. Pamela sanfilippo right. Susan swain well, we have one more video of white haven, that beautiful green structure we showed you earlier, but youll have to go to our website to find it. Each week were putting a special feature on our website at cspan. Org first ladies. And we have a video there that will show you the grants life together at white haven. Youre looking at just a little glimpse of it now, and boy does it look green. [laughter] pamela sanfilippo its called paris green. Susan swain next is john, watching us all the way out in washington state, snohomish, you are snohomish, excuse me youre on the air. John my name is john grant, no relation to ulysses. But my greatgranduncle was one general grants staff. His name was cyrus blue comstock. And i have a copy of his diary. And in it, it mentions a number of times
Churchills rapport with american president s, including teddy roosevelt, calvin coolidge, and franklin roosevelt. This program is about to 90 minutes. Professor maurer i want to thank dale and al and alan and alex and hannah for supporting me. Jenna. Yeah. Of the New York Historical society again for inviting me back to give a talk. This morning, im going to be speaking about the relationship of churchill to american president s. Churchill knew a great number of them, had opinions about these american president s, and they had opinions about him, as you are going to see. So, what im going to be talkin
Dream, and if you think it is still achievable today. What is the study of the American Dream . Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. 202 7488001 republicans,. Independents 202 7458002 202 7458002,. You can also catch up with us on social media. cspanwj twitter,. Facebook, facebook. Com cspan. We are talking about the American Dream this morning. One traditional definition of the possibility of starting out poor in this country, working hard, and in the upper rich. If that is your definition of the American Dream, americans are less confident in decades. Only 60 believe in that definition of the messaging. You can see the poll numbers there. We are asking this morning for our viewers on the washington journal to call in and give us your concept of the American Dream. Candidates are already talking about it in their stump speeches. Marco rubio talked about it in his campaign lunch earlier this year. Here is what he had to say. Marco rubio here in america, my father became a bartender, m