Williams. On the road with the cspan bus. Last tuesday president barack obama delivered his farewell address in chicago. Next on American History tv, we look back at president dit eisenhowers farewell address in the white house. The president warned about the influence of what he called the military industrial complex. Dwight eisenhower served two terms as president from 1953 to 1961. This is about 15 minutes. Good evening, my fellow americans. First i should like to express my gratitude to the radio and Television Networks for the opportunities they have given me over the years to bring reports and messages to the nation. My special thanks go to them for the opportunity of addressing you this evening. Three days from now, after half a century in the service of my country, i shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremonies, the authority of the presidency is vested in my successor. This evening ive come to you with a message of leavetaking and fare
Through the various photographs and representations of king, were able to trace the trajectory of his career. To see those high points as well as the setbacks that he endured and to understand how they shaped him and the quality of his leadership. The photographs help us remember that king was such a young man during all of these activities. He was just 39 when he was killed. He was 25 when he went to montgomery and he was 26 when he led the boycott. He was 34 when he delivered the i have a dream speech. And i think that its important to understand what his life was like and im hoping that these images will do that for our visitors. Last tuesday president barack obama delivered his farewell address in chicago. Next on American History tv, we look back at president Dwight Eisenhowers january 17, 1961 farewell address from the oval office in the white house. The speech is best remembered for the president s warning about the influence of what he called the militaryindustrial complex. Dwi
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Loss of land which limited opportunities for the unemployed. The Kansas City Library hosted this hourlong event. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Im the director of the library. It is a pleasure to welcome you here on the 125th anniversary of the birth of eisenhower. This program is part of an ongoing series about president eisenhower, and we look forward to doing more. The associate director youll hear from in a moment. This series is sponsored by the wt Kemper Foundation at commerce bank. And was the idea of my cousin. Julie, you can tell from her last name, married a frenchman. As a german family, this was difficult to take. But she is here tonight. We have welcomed her back into the family after that. Tonight, you will hear from tim reeves, the director of the Eisenhower Library about Dwight Eisenhower and the frontier. As he will point out, Dwight Eisenhower was born in 1891. When Frederick Jackson turner said in his famous thesis, essay. He said the frontier closed. Therefore,
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