what sites are on the list, and what makes them endangered? well, we have a variety of sites on this year s list that range from entire neighborhoods, barrio in elegundo dero inexas, the embarca san francisco, a different resource, a place that has been the subject of a great deed deal of protection, but is threatened by rising sea levels and the potential inadequacy of the seawall that protects the pier. the james river, close to our headquarters in washington, d.c., the james looked the james river is on the list, the threat is high-powered transmission lines that will mark the landscape that looks much like it did when captain john smith first explored the james river. a location in southeast utah, an important site for antiquities in the united states. and several others, several other places oliver the country. what is the criteria for getting on the list? the criteria is it that the place faces an imminent threat, and that there is still an opportunity to pr
good evening. i am the executive director of the society of the cincinnati. it is my pleasure to introduce our speaker this evening. i want you all to do me a favor. this is his book. he s going to talk to us about it. the book is the road to concord: how four stolen cannon ignited the revolutionary war. he will defend that premise for us a little bit later. i want to tell you what my reaction to this book is because i have had the opportunity to read it already. it is one of three books in the last 20 years i read cover to cover in one sitting. i don t read quickly. the reason i read it cover to cover in one sitting is it is extremely well written. it is graceful prose of an old-fashioned sort. and second, it is wonderfully researched, when i was taught in graduate school to refer to as a revisionist work in history. all good works of history if they are good are revisionist in some way, but he is telling us a new story about the coming of the revolution in massachusetts
secundo barrio neighborhoods in el paso, texas. we have the embarcadero in san francisco, which is a different type of resource. this is a fantastic place that has been the subject of a great deal of preservation work over the years, but it s threatened by rising sea levels. and the potential and adequacy of the sea wall that protects the pier. river, closer to our headquarters in washington, d.c. it is on the list for the second time. the threat there is a high power transmission line that will have 17 towers marring the landscape that looks very much like it did when captain john smith first sailed, first explored the james river. bears ears in southeast utah. a very important site for antiquities in the united states. and several other places as well, all over the country. now, what is the criteria for actually getting on the list? ms. meeks: the criteria is that the place faces an imminent threat and that there is still an opportunity to protect it. if the wrecking ball
story. my grandmother, apparently there was a play improv at the time i was a little girl and it was called madeleine in the brick factory. she decided name.ine was a great my mother never pronounced anything right. how to spell it. it was not until i went to school in switzerland that they decided my name was madeleine spelled the french way, but my ana, andme is still mari when i got my passport issued, when you have to sign your name, they would put madeleine, and they will say, this is not you, and i say, but it is. it was not until i was secretary of state and i could order up a passport that said madeleine [laughter] watch the entire program p.m. eastern. american history tv, only a c-span3. on monday, the national trust for historic preservation announces 2016 list of most endangered historic places. stephanie meeks is here with us to talk about some of the sites on the list of this year. stephanie, thank you for being with us. stephanie: thank you for having m
landscape architecture that we have been talking about this semester. it starts with a little bit of review. this is familiar landscape which everyone should recognize. this is prospect park. we look at central park and prospect park, the next great park in the they designed roads 1860 s. associated with this park. these were intended to be broad tree-lined streets spinning off the edges of the park in here. there are originally supposed to be four. two are actually built eastern and ocean parkway. and here is a view of ocean parkway from 1894. so if we think about this, which is the first one of the first references to parkways in the united states. olmstead and vox based their idea off paris. in this early conception of the parkway, they are thinking about a couple of rather simple ideas. first it is a wider than average street. second, parkways in the early conception were usually tree-lined. we ve talked a little bit about boulevards and essentially a parkway in the b
everybody thinks of the west of ere therelace wh is a lot of fighting. there is a lot more cooperation among the different peoples that opposition. wheres the quarters, people would live. this is two exhibits. this is a family exhibit over here. anita s actually making chocolate for the afternoon drink. this is a fun exhibit. she s dressed exactly like a woman would ve been at the time. we took it from a painting. we actually change out the vegetables and everything for seasonal. people did not have much at this time. if there is a chair, it is probably a stump to sit on. that is the father and saved for the priest. behind the you can see that she has white and blue pueblo going to have much. something she is wearing, she is wearing they talk about women would have a wool shawl. shawlhave a cotton for summertime and spend whatever it takes to get a really good silk shawl. they dress similar to women back east in the colonies. it is not too different out here for that. we
howard university for what is another moment s occasion for the arrestee. the founders library is certainly an iconic building on howard s campus. the clock tower represents a major symbol of the university. it always shows that everyone understands what has occurred in this building overtime. this building was originally designed with the inspiration from independence hall in philadelphia. that was not done by accident. he did that because that was a building the house the of america, and at the time he was designing the building, he used that as inspiration because lacks at that time, despite with the cut to shenzhen said ofthe constitution said, were not operating on an equal system. the building was designed with that in mind. it would on to become the site of many historic progress in this country, thi concluding dug the time of brown versus board of education. as a matter of fact, howard s law school is often referred to as the west point of the civilized movement. we
10 minutes. prof. o connell: four score and several years ago, our forefathers brought a new continent and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. it is with those were sent abraham lincoln consecrated a battlefield not far from recent today. the brilliance of those words wasn t necessarily recognized at the time. lincoln was not the featured speaker. lincoln waited until the very end to give his poignant closing words. the gettysburg address is the greatest moment of a speech in history. the fact that people did not see the speech that way at the time, that lincoln was not the featured speaker at gettysburg, after the fact that he was not necessarily recognized in general. when he became president, he had served in public office in 10 years. address,ry style speaking mannerisms, some education, all that meant that lincoln was looked upon with condemnation. there is little dispute on lincoln s greatness. there are no laws, no findings, no discoveries, ins
the the sponsors of this discussion. and to all of the smithsonian and park service staff here today, welcome and thank you. to our friends and allies in the preservation work we thank you for coming in for joining us. you to those thank from outside traditional areas of our field, scholars and advocates for community advancement. especially to our panelists, special guests who i will introduce at greater length later on in the program. your inputppreciate and want to thank you for helping us expand the scope of historic reservation so that it reflects the two root true diversity of our nation and work to save more overlooked places. let me tell you why this is important. we will set the stage for the next 50 years of our work. we believe that telling the full american story and becoming a more inclusive movement is crucial to our understanding of who we are, and to where we are going. recognize thets importance of these issues and doing great work to healed stories from
and now please welcome chief davidvation officer brown. [applause] david brown: thank you very much. ofcome to the closing lunch this conference. reflect on time to all that the preservation movement has achieved over the last 50 years. is also given us a chance to look forward and see how the work we are doing today will able to be here and participate in these conversations. beingk forward to you involved in these conversations we aremonths ahead pleased to be joined by representatives of the american express foundation. they have been at close partner of the trust. story in thet history of preservation is the leadership provided by tim and richard and american express. some of theave iconic places and the hidden gems in america. as well as our pioneering work to engage millions of americans in preservation through social media. in 2011 american express and the national trust for historic preservation established the aspire award. it recognizes an emerging leader in the p