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I would like to welcome everyone to William Howard Taft National Historic Site on behalf of the National Park service. The significance of the house is that this is the birth and boyhood home of our 27th president and 10th chief justice William Howard taft. The house was built around 1840. Thats the time that we like to use here. Tafts parents were fawnville and louise taft. They originally came from the new england states. Well, alfonzo taft, when he first left townsend, vermont, which was his ...

100 years ago, president Woodrow Wilson signed the bill creating the National Park service and thursday we look back on the past century of these caretakers of americas natural and historic treasures. Beginning at 10 00 eastern and throughout the day we take you to National Park Service Sites across the country as recorded by cspan. At 7 00 p. M. Eastern, were live from the National Park services most visited historic home, arlington house, the robert e. Lee memorial at Arlington National cemete...

Are accepting it because they want the help. They need the help. And the idea that the daughterinlaw and motherinlaw clash is as old as humanity. Thats also built into our bones and our genes because the younger woman wants her husband to turn to her nest and break it, you know, break the connection with the mother. That went on even when they were all living in the same household. Sure. Just because you were the one that brought up that, there is a nice irony. At the end of her life, mrs. Roose...

Through the various ports that were in between cumberland and georgetown. Used for cooking and goods like that. You would have goods coming from georgetown, as well. Georgetown was the factory town back then so you did have mills that would produce your grains and meats and you would have timber that would come from there. Any type of furniture, textile goods, clothing and all of that would be shipped up north to the various ports in between there. So this was a twoway traffic back then and ther...

That would i just poverty by increasing Economic Growth and wage growth and job creation . If you look at the data, we never recovered to normal since the last recession. We do not recover to normal levels of wage growth. What is the best way to address Economic Policy to get the economy growing again . What ideas does anyone have to adopt policy . Why dont we run down anybody anybody . Taxeed a reduction in the that is slowing a Economic Growth slowing Economic Growth. We may never return to le...

Park Service Marking its 100th anniversary. We spoke with Robert Stanton and brandon bies who will oversee a yearlong restoration of the mansion. We. Reporter we were fortunate to telling the story interpretation and for the physical fixes and construction that needed to happen, not just to the buildings but to the historic grounds and gardens. And we were able to present that to mr. Ruben steen. For our complete American History tv schedule, go to cspan. Org. This weekend, cspan citys tour will...

Bess trumans letters to harry truman. As of last month, clifton is the board secretary for the Harry S Truman scholarship foundation. This is a role that has been vacant since the 1990s since his mother retired from our board. Clifton thank you for joining , our board and thank you for being here today. [applause] mr. Truman thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I am honored to be here. I am honored to serve on the board. I have to tell you a little bit stunned. Was 19 years old i was with my mother ...

[chanting] a giant step toward full participation in American Life and affairs was taken by the American Negro in a capital of united states. , august 28, 1963. St 20 8, solemnlyep was taken and in union with many of their white countrymen. Heart, i still believe. Shall overcome someday. [video clip] shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome someday. Ooo, deep in my heart, i do believe, that we shall overcome someday. The footsteps of the march on washington was firm them with a quiet...

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...

And let me just leave you my definition of leadership as i think about stewart udall. Leadership demonstrates an unwavering philosophical underpinning of service to others. Anchored in humility, courage, humanity, and gratitude. And if you were to take a look at those whom we have honored as a people in your National Park system, theres a lesson there. There are those who have given of themselves, who have given of themselves, that in the end as the people of the nation, those are whom we honor ...