As they work under the duress of time and pressures from diverse interests, inspire them to strive to live with integrity, making ethical decisions that honor you. Lord, be with their Staff Members who run the office and provide the data needed for responsible decisions. Be also with those who process the mountains of business in and out of the cloakrooms. Lord, sustain those who transcribe the debates for the congressional record. Bless those who monitor parliamentary order, schedules, and voting records. Protect those who provide security at the doors, on the floor, and on the street. And, lord, bless our pages. Strengthen all who are a part of the senates support system, surrounding them with your protection and favor. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty a
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
Records Administration Related questions. I rely on him greatly. He is here to speak to you today about the western influences on our beloved president dwight d. Eisenhower. He is a graduate of Wichita State and emporium state. He served in the United States for five years thank you for your service. Tim is the author of many articles on a variety of subjects. I hope you enjoy our program today. Please welcome with me, tim rives. [applause] x, everybody. Thanks, everybody. Great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week. Really appreciate it. We know the food has a large part in the attraction of these events, not just the wonderful speakers we attract. Again thanks to the foundation , and the trust. All this started a couple years ago in 2015 because it was 125th anniversary of his birth. 1890, the year that he was born was the year that the frontier was declared closed. We did a number of programs looking at 125 years. I did one on the influence of the frontier on eise
We are pleased to have our own tim reeves here. He is our Deputy Director and our supervisory archivist. He is my go to guy on Administration Related questions. I rely on him greatly. But he is here to speak to you today and the western influences on our beloved president ike eisenhower. Tim came to the Eisenhower Library in 2008 from the National Archives in kansas city. Hes a graduate of Wichita State and impore area state and served in the Yunited States army for five years. Thank you for your service. Tim is the author of many articles on a variety of subjects. These include eisenhower, of course, d day, the presidency of grant, and prison baseball. Of course. So i hope that you enjoy our program today. Please welcome with me, tim reeves. [applause. Okay. Well, thanks, everybody. And great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week and really appreciate it again. We know that the food has a large part in the attraction of these events. Not just the wonderful speakers
April 1971. It was scheduled to be released on the anniversary of the first earth day. It has become famous as the crying indian video put out by keep america beautiful. It is one minute long. Were just going to watch it. Here we go. Some people have a deep respect for the Natural Beauty that was once this country. Some people dont. People start pollution. People can stop it. That is pretty crazy, isnt it . What do you think . Initial reactions . I will get to that in a minute. It was a heartwrenching image for a lot of americans back then. Is nothingerg there ironic about how that was presented. Thehe contrast of how native americans view the environment. Prof. Isenberg other thoughts about this . [inaudible] i was hopingg somebody would say that. The first 20 seconds of the advertisement you would not realize this is set in a modern time. Iron eyes is paddling a canoe down the river. A highway. Is there is all this garbage. Other thoughts . This was the early 1970s. Casual e more com