Page 10 - Robert Stanton News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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 explore the literary life of denver, colorado. We visit the tattered bookstore. It is considered th...

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 in independence when the first truman scholarships were awarded in 1977. I was in college and i was ...

[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 purpose and a mannerly rhythm, it aroused even dissenters, and awareness of the right of the negroe...

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 the dry season. It was estimated that only about 5 of americas 2. 2 million miles of roads were act...

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 most of all. Its interesting. Just take a look at those individuals by name. Those have been of serv...