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American story. Visit cspan. Org history for more information. We traveled to the Minnesota Historical society and hear about the 1920s and 30s gangster era. Bank robbers were seen as kind of anti heroes who were evening the score after the depression which is totally untrue. They were killers who wanted money, but the public saw the gangsters and a more romantic light. And you knew as you drank with them that they wouldnt kill you because they all had the deal between the cops and crooks. We st...

The bombing of baltimores ft. Mchenry. The flying of the flag after the barrage inspired Francis Scott key to write the words that later became our National Anthem. Good morning, i am Jennifer Jones and the chair of the Armed Forces History division here at the American History museum division. Im suzanne thomassenkrauss, text tile conservative of American History. We are going to take you on a small tour today. Please come join us. One of the things people dont always recognize is that during t...

When the ideas of existence of dark energy actually brings about that our universe could become everything we can see all this can be just a tiny little part of a much grander reality what we call multiverse. There is a picture of that perhaps. You can see the little yellow circle, thats pretty much what we can see around us. If measurement and theories are correct our own universe is infinite in time. This idea of the multiverse is all of that is but a tiny piece of a much grander reality, a mu...

See online at booktv. Org. As a part of booktvs recent visit to saint paul, minnesota, we stoppe stopped by the minnesa Historical Society library to learn about the impact st. Paul has had on pop culture on a national scale. Our Library Stacks and the like to think of it as a library of libraries. The native american material which is especially rich in the minnesota native americans. We have a nearly complete collection of books from the 19 century on the civil war and beating of that on the a...

When i had the opportunity to come to the ballroom, it is such a thrill for me because i know that this provided inspiration for fitzgerald, and the kind of stories that he was interested in to make money. The saturday evening post stories. This is the epitome of that huge volume of work that he produced that he felt a little bit ashamed of, but are wonderful stories. And so i see this as a real positive place for his career. There was one particular party at his house that actually fitzgerald d...

It will erase the good work done everywhere else. Never before has there been a greater urgency to countries around the world coming together to meet what is not just in a higher mental threat environmental threats and security threats because we all see refugees in certain parts of the country replaced by a vast changes and the ability to grow food and seawater and the ability to survive. And that will change the nature of the security of the conflict in the world and that is the reality that w...

Improving Emergency Response and care and rehabilitation. But here we are really focused on these three things in the middle ground, separating time and space and modifying the basic structures and finding ways to separate people who might be at risk from the hazard it in particular we are most concerned about again responders and care providers of all kind whether occupationally involved in providing care or family members. And when we think about occupational exposures and potential interventi...

Banner. 2014 marks the 200th anniversary of the British Naval bombardment of baltimores ft. Mchenry during the war of 1812. The nighing of the garrison flag the morning after the barrage inspired Francis Scott key to write the words that became our National Anthem. Good morning, i am Jennifer Jones and the chair of the Armed Forces History division here at the American History museum division. Im in charge of the starspangled banner. Im suzanne thomassenkrauss, senior textile conservative of Ame...

Next, Rick Atkinson discusses the significance of the invasion of sicily and the Italian Campaign on the eventual liberation of europe in world war ii. This one hour and 40 minute event is part of the New York Historical society distinguished speakers lecture series. Thank you so much for inviting me to be with you and for joining me on this gorgeous new york morning. This is the third presentation i have given in this fantastic auditorium in just over a year and all i can say is you folks are g...

Policing america. Where is the line between security and liberty . I want the police to be better armed than the bad guys but today what does that mean . More than 100 square blocks were decimated by fire and looters. After the los angeles race riots in the 60s some cities created heavily armed assault teams called s. W. A. T. For years swath teams were called out in emergencies like a riot or bank robbery where hostages were taken but their use has increased from less than one raid a day to tod...