It was in 1849 that welch pioneers came to the valley and they sang in harmony and welch. They decided you need to be the nucleus. It started in 1849. They used to sing in the tabernacle. When that was too small they started building this particular building which was in the late 1860s. It was completed at the end of the civil war. The tabernacle here has been the home of the choir ever since. As we had voisitors come one of the things they first noticed is the organ. It is right there and has been accompanying since the organ was put in. It has been around even longer. This is older than the temple itself. The oldest thing inside is this organ case. These gold pipes next to me here have looked down on decades and decades of history. So a lot of history in this organ case and in the building. The soupd of the tabernacle organist is really unique. This ceiling does a remarkable ceils of projecting the soupd no the back of the room. It is like a warm bath when you hear this organ play. W
Archived. Thats cspan. Org history. During world war ii the United States Army Air Forces formed a group of africanamerican military pilots, they were known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Next, Jeremy Paul Amick, author of together as one legacy of James Shipley joined by the now 94yearold mr. Shipley to talk about his wartime experiences. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event. Its just over 50 minutes. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Kansas City Public Library. Im Deputy Director carrie kucagn, were so happy youre here tonight. I want to let you know tonight is our final program for 2017. Can you believe it . Its kind of bittersweet. Anyway, if youre new here, if youve never been before, please pick up our program. And you can sign up and you can be on our list for all of the programs we have coming up in 2018. And we have programs both here and at Central Library two or three times a week and wed love to have you come and wed love to have you sign up. And wed l
Pick up our program. And you can sign up and you can be on our list for all of the programs we have coming up in 2018. And we have programs both here and at Central Library two or three times a week and wed love to have you come and wed love to have you sign up. And wed love to have you bring your friends. So please sign up. Tonight were so honored to have James Shipley with us. Mr. Shipley enlisted at just 19 years old and would become a member of the 332nd Fighter Group in one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. [ applause ] i want to especially thank the heart of america chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen for making this program possible tonight. And thank you for all of your service all of these years. We really appreciate you as well. Thank you. [ applause ] tonight with mr. Shipley is author Jeremy Paul Amick and they will be discussing a new biography about shipley and the book is available here tonight right outside and both gentlemen will be signing after the program right up here on
2017. Can you believe it . Its kind of bitter sweet. Anyway, if youre new here and youve never been before, please pick up our program. Can you sign up and be on our list for all of the programs we have coming up in 2018. We have programs both here and at central library, two or three times a week and we would love to have you come and sign up and we would love to have you bring your friends. Please sign up. Tonight were so honored to have James Shipley with us. Mr. Shipley enlisted at just 19 years old. We are so honored to have one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. [ cheers and applause ] i want to especially thank the heart of the america chapter of tuskegee airman for making this possible tonight and all of your service all of these years. We appreciate you as well. Thank you. [ applause ] tonight with mr. Shipley is jeremy amick. The book is available outside the library and both of the gentlemen will sign the book right up here on stage. Now to introduce our guest is someone you p
Weve seen police for the last hour or so tweeting some of the injured. There you see one being wheeled away on a stretcher, evacuating from the school up until moments ago, parents within text contact with their children. This high school has ten buildings, several thousand students, according to michael katz, one of the students we spoke with, the shooting went on for about four to six minutes, too many shots to count. He said in several locations of the school there you see the students running out of the school. Theyve been running out in periodic bursts. This is still being described as an active shooting situation. Weve seen pictures of one person being taken into custody. We dont know yet whether that was the shooter. The police are still treating this as an active situation. So much concern there in south florida right now. Tom llamas, you reported from there for many years and youve seen a massive response over this last hour. Reporter yeah, i was talking to a Law Enforcement s