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Happy Constitution Day. Welcome to the United States capital. My name is Beth Clements and im the ceo here at the visitor center. We are pleased to be hosting this event with our good friends the United States capital Historical Society. I cant think of a better way to mark Constitution Day than with a program devoted to citizenship. Our founders knew that our democratic system of government would depend on having an informed citizenry. John adams said that livery cannot be preserved without gen...

Indepth program. With author and historian, joanne freeman. Books include affairs of honor,o the essential hamilton, and most recently, the field of blood. Violence in congress and the road to civil war. Joanne freeman you are going to hate this opening question. Spak zero. Trace the art of our nations history from 1783, 21861, the political history. Wow. Okay, the speech. Thats a little i daunting. Tracy r. Im going to do historian thing and speak generally. I guess i would say if you are looki...

Our second president john adams said liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people. President ,or as Thomas Jefferson, said life and liberty go together. Light and liberty go together. One reason the center was established is to inspire citizens of all ages. We do that every day through tours and Public Programs and educational programs. One of our contributions to achieving the Civic Education goals is our partnership with the we the people program. We are delighted t...

Trace the arc of our nations history. From 1783 to 1861, the political history of our nation. Wow, i will use the word hate. Back is a little daunting. Trace the art. Im to do the historian thing and speak generally. I guess it would save your looking an american in politics, from the beginning straight through, we could even go past the civil war, youre talking about paradoxes and conflict and prop. The period that i tend to focus on is the early part of the arc, and its the improvisational nat...

His successor as president , thomas jefferson, put it even more distinctly. Life and liberty go together. One of the reasons that the Capitol Visitor Center was established was to inform, involve and inspires citizens of all ages. We do that every day through our tours and expanding theories of Public Programs and educational programs. Our ongoing contributions to achieving the Civic Education goals is our partnership with the we the people program. We are delighted to be able to share our lesso...

Have on dday, if you get an opportunity, i hope you will go over and visit it while you are here. It looks at the relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill as they prepared for dday. The special exhibit will be up through the end of the year. How many people here are members of the library . Raise your hand. That is fantastic. It is your support that allows us to do programs like this. We really appreciate it. I think it is important Public Programs allow us to bring authors ...

In conflict a and improv. Hee time i tend to focus on is the early part of that arc and thats the improvisational nature of that that really fascinates me more than anything else. The United States was a republic. People knew that they were trying to do something that wasnt that. Beyond that there was a lot of open ground. There is a lot of improv in those early decades about what the nation isns the nations. How is this new nation going to get any degree of respect and equally they are concerne...

When we published a couple of weeks back a note that said we might see a little bit of deceleration in the short term and this might be as bad as it gets, but that shouldnt change the overall picture that the rate of decline has dramatically accelerated for Traditional Television and there doesnt seem to be any question that we are in a new normal where the rate of decline for the traditional system is probably anor so per year, which is extraordinarily rapid decline for something that has been ...

18 years ago this week the epicenter of ground 0 makes todays program especially meaningful. I know many of you toured the museum last night, some for the first time. The events we chronicle here, the lives we remember and the aspirations we embrace for a world free from the scourge of terrorism are inextricably linked to the work of this committee and the topics you will discuss today. Here at the 9 11 memorial and museum we testify to the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on...

It is your support that allows us to do programs like this. We really appreciate it. I think it is important Public Programs allow us to bring authors and experts in from around the country. Today we have a real remarkable historian and author with us. William casto has written a series of books. He is a Paul Whitfield one professor at texas tech. His scope of Historical Books range from Foreign Affairs and the constitution of age of fighting sale. And the Supreme Court in the early republic. He...