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Good afternoon and welcome. Mark on may 22, 1971 the crowd assembled on the university of texas grounds to dedicate this library. 2100 antiwar protesters were kept from interrupting the proceedings by a phalanx of highway patrolman. Chance of no more war carried by high winds and accompanied by the pounding of trashcan lids were clearly heard. By former president Lyndon Johnson and his assembled guests including president nixon. It was an apt metaphor. The vietnam war had filtered into the admin...

And we have blown up a lot of hotels, casinos on the strip and build new ones. The mayor at the time had been an attorney who represented a lot of figures connected to or allegedly connected to the mob. He said, no, this is where i first practiced law at my first case. Its an important building historically. Lets save it. It was a threestory building built in 1933. Today, it houses one of the nations leading museums certainly in our opinion of organized crime and Law Enforcement. The role that t...

American architecture of the 18th and 20th centuries and teaches at cooper union forum. He is best known throughout new york for his video walking tours presented by channel 13 , including the emmyaward , nominated shows 42nd street, broadway, and harlem. He has lectured at numerous venues, including Columbia University ofe pennsylvania, and the Smithsonian Institute and the Harvard Graduate School of planning and architecture. That is where all of these great architects come from, from barrys c...

Not been updated since 1986. In the interim, there have been court set of said police have to get a warrant before they get things like email or private facebook messages. This would put that protection into the law. That is really what our main concern is, to make sure that Electronic Communications are same level ofthe protection, not an extra level of protection beyond what you would expect in your home. Watch monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. All we can, American History tv is featurin...

They are being here this evening. He is the author of realistic visionary a portrait of George Washington. Please join me in welcoming professor peter henriques. [applause] peter i do not think i can top that, thank you very much. There is a touch of sadness coming to this presentation because we have been going through the different stages of washingtons life, i have enjoyed the opportunity to speak to you at this particular chapter. As trish says, i hope to be back in the fall with a different...

I believe the Republican Party has a platform that is bold colors with no pale stale shades and we will visit the womens Equality National monument. Useful andtes a invigorated woman. She is very slender. Ankles,t is above her which was quite different at that time. Her hands are on her hips. She throws her hat into the ring of politics. She contributed over 150 cartoons in support of womens suffrage. 8 00, ening at he developed this notion at the beginning of the century. This 9 million, less t...

Continued to meet with political figures in the new capitol in the district of columbia and often called upon to craft policy. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Hosted this hour and 15 minute event. Our speaker tonight. Dr. Peter henriques is professor of history emeritus from george mason university, peter lectures widely on subjects relating to George Washington and has recorded at least five other lectures for cspan. And we greatly appreciate their being here this evening for this lecture....

How they work and how theyre made. I love American History tv. The presidency. American artifacts, fantastic shows. I had no idea they did history. Thats probably something i would really enjoy. And with American History tv, it gives you that perspective. Im a cspan fan. Nina allender was the political cartoonist for the National Womens party from 1914 until 1927, contributing over 150 cartoons supporting the campaign for womens suffrage. Next we visit the National Monument to see her work. My n...

Thank you all for coming out. What a Beautiful Day to make history again. Inthis very day 50 years ago this very spot, dr. Martin luther king jr. Came to king street to deliver his march on ballot boxes speech. 8, 1966,nday, may mothers day, just as it is today, and now we gather on these hallowed grounds, 50 years later, to remember that important day in the history of king street and williams gstree and williamsburg, South Carolina. Thank you for being here for this importance occasion. When d...

She said to me, on that day, i want you to see what you can be when you grow up. I will never forget that day. I thought about that day while we stood here in this field. Now i said to bakari a few ago, this day has even more significance to me. At the time that we came here, i was also serving as chairman of the board of directors of the shaw boys club in charleston, South Carolina. Many of you may not recognize shaw. Me robert gould Robert Gould Shaw was the quiet kernel colonel who commanded ...