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Parks service. Were here to talk about the service at its history and also learn more about the special house and people who lived here and how its being preserved by the National Parks service. Were joined by robert stanton. Biez, the former site manager here at arlington house. Obviously a park service employee. Hes also oversees a year long renovation of the estate. Let me start with the story of how the National Park service began. As the National Park service was authorized by an act of con...

People visited the National Parks. When people think of National Parks they think of the every glaze. The National Park service tells the american stories. The Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument and president s park which surrounds the white house are all part of the narrative. This submission was carved in the stones of Mount Rushmore by the sculptor who wrote the purpose is to communicate the americans stories. The National Park service taking the lead and reconcile story lines of ma...

From you all about which one of these is best. Think about it a second. Which one, weve got a paper clip, binder and a stapler. Which one is best . Which one is best . Its not that hard. Which one is best . We have an intellectual in the room. Im looking for someone with an answer. Which one is best, david. Stapler. Youre wrong. If the stapler is not best, jack, which one is best. Wrong again. The right answer is the binder clip. The binder clip is in my opinion the best. All right. I will admit...

With an answer, okay . Which one is best, david . Well, youre wrong. The stapler is not best. Jack, which one is best . I like wrong again. It is the the right answer is the binder clip. The binder clip is in my opinion the best. All right . I will admit if i had a 100 page document to fasten, the bientder clip would be best, stapler is not going to do the job very well. On the other hand, if i want to fasten a receipt to a note, maybe i need the paper clip. In effect, i think im coming around t...

Associate with Landscape Architecture but it wasnt always so. In fact, the modern freeway that you guys drive every day has its roots in Landscape Architecture in the park planning that weve been talking about this semester. Ill start with a little bit of review and this familiar landscape which everyone should, i hope, recognize, which of course is Prospect Park. So we look at the development of central park. Then we look at Prospect Park, which is olmsteds next great park in the late 1860s. Th...

Degree the messiness of historical history that just when we think we have a way of explaining in short or long sentences to somebody, what a historical source is to summarize it in an easier, convenient way. That well always find people who are representing that war or pushing back against that war appearance in a way thatll surprise the way that we have interpreted it or up ended. Thank you very much. I will see you all next week. At 10 30 eastern of the development of the electric rail system...

In the latter part of the 1880s. And communities were being pressured to have better roads. Perhaps only going out into the suburbs. And we have places like cleveland and philadelphia that are installing brick roads. So there is a movement for a allweather road system, or at least in a limited sense, prior to the coming of the automobile, which really is about 1900, so 1905. Most american roads at the beginning of the 20th century, were mud holes during the wet season, and extremely dusty during...

Monoxy battlefield, monassas battlefield, another civil war engagement, harpers ferry. Famous locations around the region. Piscataway park down here in ft. Washington. Piscataway park is a beautiful park right on the potomac river. Early historic settlements as early as 1630, we have prehistoric indian sites all along this location. If you look at washington itself, youll see an incredible amount of d. C. Is green, that means its more e administered National Parks service. Rock creek park is one...

Youre looking at a live picture of arlington house, the robert e. Lee memorial. This is the National Park services most visited historic home and it was on this day in 1916 that president Woodrow Wilson signed the legislation that created the park service. Were here this evening at arlington house to talk about the park service and its history. We will also learn more about this special house and the people who lived here and how its being preserved and interpreted by the National Park service. ...

At 10 30 eastern of the development of the electric rail system of lecture and American History tv primetime on friday. This labor day weekend, American History tv on cspan 3 has three days of programming. Saturday night, officer Oliver Rosales sharing his history about the National Farm workers association. Chavez was blowing this up. The movement of workers and the people at the bottom of society were becoming engaged and fighting for their rights and working conditions but also mobilizing for...