Advance the colors. [national anthem plays] retire the colors. The chaplain will now offer the invocation. Would you bow with me in prayer . Eternal god, we gather here on this sacred ground to pause, reflect, and remember the 129 crewmembers of the United States ship thresher. They served their country in the height of the cold war and were fully prepared to do whatever called upon to defend our nation, be it above or below the seas. The tragic loss felt on that april day of 1963 still stings our hearts, but we are also thankful that out of this tragedy much good has come. Through the establishment of the sub safe program, our nation has the safest submarine force in history. This assurance of safety has been secured by those who had given their lives while on board the thresher. We thank you for those who have gathered here today who worked tirelessly to ensure those that made the sacrifice to our nation are never forgotten. Continue to bless their efforts. For the family members, fr
And Megan Phelps Roper recounts growing up as a member of the Westboro Baptist church. Watch our live coverage of the wisconsin book festival today starting at 11 30 a. M. Eastern. And be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and the Miami Book Fair in november on booktv on cspan2. Coming up in the next hour we will speak with local authors about the citys history and learn how it came to be known as a glass capital of the world. Later the toledo van band crash of 1931. We begin our special feature with the citys mayor. I think places like toledo are often taken for granted there is a such wonderful history here. They had built things. The first big break that this region got was when the glass pioneers moved from the east coast primarily boston. Drawn by rich reservoir natural gas. Brought his Glass Company to toledo and opened a plant on ash street in north toledo. Its on the same site today. The glass industry was big and important into in toledo once did that. As the eco
Lakes. She was the largest ship on the great lakes at the time. We will take you around and show you just how much cargo this great ship could carry. Mr. Gillcrist we like to think of it as two football fields of education and entertainment. It is a great hook for us to get people appreciating and understanding more of the great lakes. We are on the pilothouse deck. Is the National Museum of the great lakes. The schoonmaker was a commercial freighter from when it was built in 1911 to the 1980s. It became a museum when the city of toledo purchased it in 1987. Her main purpose was to deliver iron ore from Lake Superior down to lake erie to places like ohio where it was unloaded and put in Railroad Cars and taken to for a company to support its business. At its time, it was the largest carrier. It could carry more bulk material than any other from 1911 to 1927. Which was a very long time when every year a new boat came out that was a little bit longer. Soause this boat was built wide, it
Thank you so much for being here this evening. Its a great pleasure to have you in the house. At the beginning can we please rise for the presentation of the colors and main standing for the national anthem. Music o say can you see by the dawns early light of what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars music back through the perilous fight or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night music mac that our flag was still there osagjose does that starspangled banner yet wave music mac oer the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] it is now my distinct honor to introduce the United States senator from the great state of arkansas. [applause] [cheering] [applause] and enthusiastic crowd. I was estimating downstairs i believe ive interviewed senator kaufman more than 400 times about weekly beginning in 2010. I want to start the air but in a
Colors and main standing for the national anthem. Music o say can you see by the dawns early light of what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars music back through the perilous fight or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night music mac that our flag was still there osagjose does that starspangled banner yet wave music mac oer the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] it is now my distinct honor to introduce the United States senator from the great state of arkansas. [applause] [cheering] [applause] and enthusiastic crowd. I was estimating downstairs i believe ive interviewed senator kaufman more than 400 times about weekly beginning in 2010. I want to start the air but in a backwards way. 9 11 you into harvard law school. To set up your time in the old guard what did you do after 9 11 how you came into the service and for those