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This event. For the first few minutes we will see a slideshow. Hello, i am tina with book passage. Thank you for coming. I was a child during the vietnam war, really. I was living in turkey while my dad was reporting for armed forces radio. He remembers the war much more vividly than i do. But for both my dads generation and for mine, the war is preserved for our reflection and study. Its history in words and images captured by some of the most impressive journalists on the planet, the Associate...

Cities across the country, exploring American History. A look at our visit to santa rosa, california. Youre watching American History tv, all we can, every weekend on cspan3. We looked in the north. Such a huge black cloud. It looked like smoke out of a train or something. We ran into the storm house because we thought it might be storming. We had to tie wet rags over our mouths just to keep from smothering. The oldtimers said they had never seen nothing like that. Our house was sealed, but that...

Richmond. Robert e lees army, safety 5000 men, holding the siege line 65,000 men, holding the seas lines. Siege lines. They face the army of the potomac, and an army level headquarters of the shenandoah under philip sheridan. Years, hasor four had a target on its back. It has been a primary or a secondary objective of u. S. Forces in the Eastern Theater since the wars beginning in 1861. It has had more military resources devoted to its capture than any objective the American Forces have her try ...

President s daily brief delivering intelligence to the first customer. 50 years ago, president johnson in an address to American Business leaders said a long axiom in my political thinking is a mans judgment is no better than his information on any given subject. Since its creation, the president s daily brief has served to provide our commanders in chief with the intelligence that informs Vital Decisions relating to our foreign and National Security policy. In short, these classified documents ...

Thousands of demonstrators opposed the vietnam war assemble in the Nations Capital for a mass protest. The most part, orderly, minor scuffles occur between demonstrators and hecklers. A threehour parade takes the demonstrators across the potomac on the way to the pentagon. The crowd estimated at 50,000 persons was a loose confederation of 150 groups. It included adults, students, and children. It is at the pentagon where the first test of strength comes. Military police contain the crowd but cla...

Ellishistorian joseph leads a talk on the early revolutionary war through the letters of john and Abigail Adams. This is at amherst college. This is part 2 of a twopart lecture. We last saw Abigail Adams giving birth to four children, five really. Over a 12 year period. The question i asked you is, how should we assess her role in the coming of the American Revolution . Sexist ortent is it just the opposite of that, to call attention to the fact that the dominant events in her life are biologica...

This is a 90 minute event. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the book launch for the people make the piece, lessons from the vietnam Antiwar Movement. Hi, my name is doug hofstetter. I am the director of the Mennonite Central Committee. United nations office. I actually got my start during the Antiwar Movement here with the United Methodists office, which is donating this room today. The methodists actually hired me right after i came back from vietnam doing my alternative service there with the Me...

At 8 00 p. M. At midnight eastern for lectures from across the country on different topics and eras of American History. Plextors in history are also available as podcasts. Visit our website at cspan. Org history podcast, or download them from itunes. Tveach week American History asterisk railamerica rings you archival films that helps you to the story of the 20th century. Thousands of demonstrators opposed to the vietnam war assembled on the Nations Capital or a mass protest. For the most part,...

Next, Associated Press staff talk about vietnam war photographs and the state of war photography today. The book, vietnam the real war a photographic history by the Associated Press, contains 300 photos by 50 photographers. The passage in california posted this event. For the first few minutes we will see a slideshow. Hello, i am tina with book passage. Thank you for coming. I was a child during the vietnam war, really. I was living in turkey while my dad was reporting for armed forces radio. He...

Or, should the president forced ahead with his plan to remove all combat troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016 . Can dialans 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Ndependents, 2027488002 you can also email us. , johnitol hill yesterday campbell, who was the commander of u. S. Troops not afghanistan, 1 testified before the Senate Armed Services committee. The afghanistan timeline is unfeasible. Says the u. S. Must leave forces beyond 2016. [video clip] mid2014 envisioned in that we would transi...