Hampshire state of flags. The building first began building on september 24, 1816. Our first cornerstone was laid and made out of granite by 1819. The statehouse opened its doors in this room during this time was a historic hall. The only thing in the room were large wooden columns. As time went on it was a cooling , area for it legislators to come downstairs. It was a place where people would come and together and meet when they were coming to the statehouse for business. Then came the civil war. 1861, New Hampshire men answered the call to arms. They left their homes and many came to this building. They enlisted. They were given brand new flags and what they hoped would be a short conflict. The flags that are in the case here are the flags that were brought back by our men. 1865, when the war ended, what was left of the flags came back here to this building. We have 88 civil battle were civil war battle flags. The flags have been in these cases for well over 100 years. Every one of t
You here to join us in celebrating the 250th anniversary of the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court of United States. Venturening is a joint between the Supreme Court Historical Society and the John Marshall foundation. This is not the first time that those two organizations have partnered. They joined forces to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court. The capstone of that particular evening was a rousing lecture by Justice Scalia about the importance of John Marshall to the history of the court and the history of the country. Justice scalia with a grand friend of both the Marshall Foundation and the Supreme Court Historical Society. I hope you will join me in just a moment of silence to remember Justice Scalia. Thank you. Eveningrateful this that the court, chief Justice Roberts and his colleagues i love the Supreme Court Historical Society to continue using this courtroom for its programs. It is a gift to us and we are gr
Anniversary of the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court. The capstone of that particular evening was a rousing lecture by Justice Scalia about the importance of John Marshall to the history of the court and the history of the country. Justice scalia was a grand friend of both the Marshall Foundation and the Supreme Court Historical Society. I hope you will join me in just a moment of silence to remember Justice Scalia. Thank you. We are grateful this evening that the court, chief Justice Roberts and his colleagues, allow the Supreme Court Historical Society to continue using this courtroom for its programs. It is a gift to us, and we are grateful. At this juncture, normally, i would have a few remarks to introduce our distinguished host for the evening. But it seems that chief Justice Roberts is on a tight schedule this evening, we are lucky to get him here. He has asked that his introduction be as brief as possible. Since we are so grateful to chief Justice Roberts for hi
I hope you will join me in just a moment of silence to remember Justice Scalia. Thank you. We are grateful this evening that the court, chief Justice Roberts and his colleagues, allow the Supreme Court Historical Society to continue using this courtroom for its programs. It is a gift to us, and we are grateful. At this juncture, normally, i would have a few remarks introduce our distinguished host for the evening. But it seems that chief Justice Roberts is on a tight schedule this evening, we are lucky to get him here. He has asked that his introduction be as brief as possible. Since we are so grateful to chief Justice Roberts for his continuing support of the society, and since he is, after all, the chief justice, let me just say right now, it is my privilege and my owner to introduce our host for the evening, chief justice john roberts. [applause] Justice Roberts thank you. That is actually my preferred introduction even when i have lots of time. The memorialnote drapery we have on t
Billboard, the provocative message to the clerk, and the Death Threats against the man who paid for the billboard. We begin tonight in Northern California where the devastating wildfires are forcing residents to abandon their homes and run for their lives. At least one death has been confirmed more than 100,000 acres burned, 500 homes have been destroyed. This past weekend the fire exploding north of napa valley, an area that has been through four years of drought. Middletown, california was hard hit first by the drought and now by the fire. Jake ward is there. Tell us what you are seeing. Reporter well, del, it is a scene of terrible devastation. It has really been a heartbreaking day. We have been traveling from the Operations Center about 15 miles north of us to middletown, california, this is the site of a former school in the center of the town. Absolutely destroyed. The most frightening thing is to see the fire drop in on spot fires. Embers floating through the air will drop down