The United States operations in world war one. We also have the pleasure of being joined and one of the museums memorial esteemed members theyve. He will speak about his ample experiences with railways and the midwest and his connection to the museum memorial. Without further ado please help me in welcoming, dave everett. applause thank you very much camille. What a pleasure to join you today. We have a great guest and doctor rudy daniels who will join us. Ive been with the Railroad Industry for about 23 years now. I initially started with cbs x, and i have quite an experience with the military as well, i went to west point in 88 and i was nine years tactical commander and then joined csx railroad. Was there five years. Then i came to kansas city, 14 years. I was able to make it up to the rank of chief operating officer there. I had a wide variety of experiences, both in the u. S. , midwest and in mexico. A lot of the development there, even down to panama. The pandemic canal railway.
music music music [ [ since jesus came into my heart] thank you, soldier. While i was listening to the sergeant solow, i kept looking up at our service flags. I was thinking of the men and service. I see some of them here this morning. Private roberts, sergeant jackson, lieutenant carter, and private parks, first class. First class is right. I met somebody and i saw this man, one of my members treated me to a ticket to Yankee Stadium to see joe lewis. In one minute and 49 seconds, an american fist won a victory. It was not the final victory. Those two men that were matched in the ring that night are matched again. This time in a far greater arena and for much greater stakes. A paratrooper in the nazi army, men turned into machines challenging the world. Joe lewis, training for the fight of his life. This is not a fight between man and man, but between nation and nation. The fight for the real championship of the world to determine which way of life shall survive. Their way or ooooos ti
Ewing Marion Kauffman foundation for supporting the lecture series tonight. Perhaps you are aware that the Eisenhower Foundation is raising money to conduct a comprehensive exhibit renovation. It is the largest Fundraising Campaign in our foundations 73 year history and it is the First Comprehensive exhibit renovation in more than 45 years. The new exhibits will be unveiled this summer. We have been so encouraged by the response that we have received thus far and am pleased to report that we raise 90 of our goal. We want to finish the campaign before june 6 so we can publicly announce this milestone to all of the veterans who join us at the eisenhower president ial library and museum to commemorate the 75th anniversary of dday. Many of our friends have already made a gift to the exhibit renovations and i would like to thank you for your trust and participation in this project. There is still time to participate and i hope everyone will consider a gift so we can reach our goal. It gives
I want to thank the ewing and coughman foundation for supporting extra series tonight. Perhaps youre aware that the Eisenhower Foundation is raising money to conduct a comprehensive exhibit renovation and its the largest Fundraising Campaign in our foundations 73year history its the exhibit renovation in more than 45 years. The new exhibits will be unveiled this summer and we have been so encouraged by the response that weve received thus far and i am pleased to report that we raised 98 of our goals. [ applause ] we of the to finish the campaign and thank the veterans who join us at the Eisenhower Museum to commemorate the dday. Many of our friends have made a gift to the exhibit renovation and id like to thank you for your trust and participation in this project. Theres still time to participate and i hope everyone will consider a gift so we can reach our goal. It gives me great pleasure to introduce to nots program. Louis is Professor Emeritus in the department of history and editor
What i have about been asking you to do the last couple of months. Not that again, please. I would like to spend some time with you. Why not . Cant we just drop it . Drop it at that . Let me put it this way, if you select me this weekend, i will select you for the course. It is up to you. Announcer you can watch this and other American History programs on our website, where all of our video is archived. That is cspan. Org history. Next, on the presidency, Timothy Reese explains how dwight d. Eisenhowers upbringing and influence influenced his personal code of behavior. In 34th president was born 1890, the year that the u. S. Government declared the american frontier closed. He is the Deputy Director and supervisory archivist at the dwight d. Eisenhower president ial library at the museum. This is 40 minutes. We are pleased to have our own tim reeves here. He is my go to guy for all andrmation on Archives Records Administration related questions. I rely on him greatly. He is here to spe