Plains towards denver. It is a beacon in many ways for people who are traveling towards the mountains. I remember many times growing up in the midwest, coming to colorado, and knowing youre almost there when you start to see pikes peak in the distance. You can see it from 100 or more miles east of here. It is this thing that seems to pull you in as youre coming west. Right now we are at crystal reservoir. We are at 9500 feet. Perhaps one of the best views in the world. In 1779, when Thomas Jefferson and others were declaring independence on the east coast, this area was claimed by the spanish. In 1779, Spanish Colonial forces came within a few miles of where we are now. They were exploiting the region and searching for hostile American Indian people. In 1806, montgomery play equus sent into the west to the explore the region. Pike was sent to the southwest part of the territory. From his perspective, when he came out here, you walked off the map. His mission was to be the First America
A glorious service. The call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. He is probably the most important political figure in wisconsin history. One of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was of reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term progressive to self identify. He was a United States senator who was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. Above all, he was about the people. War, americail changed radically from a nation of Small Farmers and small producers and small manufacturers and by the late 1880s and 1890s, we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality. And we had concern about the influence of money in government. So, he spent the later part of giving speeches all over wisconsin. If you wanted a speaker for your club or your group, bob the llette would give a spee
And i like to talk a lot. Prisoner of war slows me down a little bit. Civil war prisons and prisoners of war fall outside of the traditional heroic narrative of the war. And looking into this story, in a sense, that requires one to dive deeply into the wreckage of the war, the consequences of the war. And, again, you lose objectivity very quickly the longer you stay down in the wreckage of the war. Andersonville is the most famous of the military prisons. Its a long way from the rest of the civil war world, both literally and figuratively. The prison site was chosen on purpose 150 years ago to be as remote and as insulated a place in the confederacy, far from perceived locations of battle. And 150 years later, this prisoner of war story remains distant from the rest of the narrative. We have the tendency to talk about prisoner of war camps, and andersonville, off to the side of the main narrative of the war. Its, you know, as we talk about battles and campaigns, oh, by the way, theres
The First Battalion third learning division in action against Japanese Forces on iwo jima 23, february, 1945. Quick to volunteer services when the tanks were maneuvering. Williams went forward alone to attempt the reduction of devastating machine gun fire from the unyielding positions. Covered only by four riflemen, he fought expertly for four hours under enemy small arms fire and returned to his own minds to prepare emotion charges and obtain flamethrowers. Struggling back to hostile emplacements, to wipe out one position after another. On one occasion, he mounted a pill blocks to insert the killed the occupants and silence the gun. On the other, he charged an enemy riflemen who attempted to stop him with bayonets. Unyielding determination and ism wereinary here wao instrumental in neutralizing one of the fanatically defended japanese strong points. Enabling his comely to reach the objective. Corporal williams aggressive tohting spirit and devotion duty throughout this contested actio
The latest news coming out of germany. Decision by the east german leadership to open its borders to those wishing to emigrate or travel. If it is implemented fully and ifonforms with helsinki and the gdrned, gets and the old building will have very little relevance. It clearly is a Good Development in terms of human rights. Discussingthat after this year with the secretary of state of the National Security advisor i am very pleased with this development. [indiscernible] we had such a close relationship with the federal answerthat if we were to i am certain we would give it serious consideration. I dont know what it is, because borderswith truly open it is hard to predict how many will be trying to leave. Development. We just have to wait and see. Wet our relationship would want to give maximum help if it was needed. So far germany has done a magnificent job in handling those who have preceded the new exodus. [indiscernible] sinceavent talked to him this development because he just wen