Brian that the scene for the last three weeks, it just hits a new level. We begin final hour of Fox And Friends with protesters taking over Hamilton Hall. Smashing windows, barricading themselves inside. Steve we hear protest is set to begin shortly. Police confirm protesters at university of North Carolina chapel hill. Ainsley at yale 50 Police Officers are moving in on an encampment. Bryan ilenas joins us live there. Bryan give people insight what it is like now. This is Hamilton Hall. This is the building that has been broken into my occupiers, by Student Protesters. The sign has been unfurled and says free palestine, and we have yet to see any students poke their head out or anything. This is a large building on campus, this is where the Deans Offices are and academic admission. This is how close we are to the dorm. Rest of the block is dormitories for sophomores and freshmen students. A jewish student walked by and spoke to the producer and said, i cant study, i can cant sleep. He
Thank you for coming. I am pleased to be here at the national archives. I became a great lover of archives by going to institutions smiley ended up taking rare maps out of. I got to see a lot of the old documents myself. There is nothing like being able to see an original document and touch it and see it with your own eyes. It is a Wonderful Service buildings like this provide in providing access to these materials. Im going to dive in with a reading from the beginning of my book. With the first sentence in the first chapter so there is nothing you need to know going in. The im going to talk about same character i got to know well over the past three years and show you images of some of the maps he still, particularly focusing on the virginia and washington, d. C. Area. Let me dive right in. This is the beginning of my book, the map thief. No matter how much you try to suppress it, the tickle cap freaking out into a cough kept breaking out into a cough. The Manuscript Library at Yale U
History tv. 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan 3. Follow us on twitter at cspan history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. Dealer rare map admitted in federal court to steeling almost one00 rare maps worth almost a Million Dollars. In this event, author Michael Blanding recounts smileys career as a dealer and thief and describes the historical significance of the maps he stole from several libraries and universities. This is about an hour. Thank you all so much for coming here this afternoon. Im particularly pleased to be giving this talk here at the national archives, such a wonderful repozztoir of old books and manuscripts, and in the reporting of this book i became a great lover of archives going to the institutions that smiley ended up taking rare maps out of. I got to see a lot of these old documents like myself and theres nothing like seeing an original document to be able to touch it wit
Where is the mental thing on some of this . You dont want to irritate the some of these major powers. Where does the mental ideas come . The thinking . Far be it for me to get in the mind of what makes spy master things to convince mexico to go to war against the United States and it works, but it becomes, as always has taught us, a great deal of arrogance of people in power and they think arrogant people think they can do whatever they want. They can change the course of history. And sometimes they do. Th thank you very much. Thank you. [ applause ] youve been watching American History tv on cspan3. We want to hear from you. Follow us on Twitter Twitter cspanhistory. Connect with us on facebook at facebook. Com cspanhistory where you can leave comments and check out upcoming programs on our website at cspan. Org history. Every sunday night at 8 p. M. And midnight eastern a special look at the u. S. Presidency learning from leading historians about president s and first ladies. Their p
This is a map of new england by john smith in 1616. This is yales copy that was done in 1631. I want to pause for a moment and tell you about this map and explain what makes it so important and what makes it so valuable. We all know of john smith from the Virginia Colony down the street from here and his role in founding that and study in 1607. He had sort of a Second Chapter in his life after he was sort of drummed out of virginia for reasons that i wont go into. He started exploring this area that was then just known as north virginia with the idea of founding a new colony there. And he thought that it needed a snappier name so he came up with the name new england and john smith was actually the person who coined that term as a way to claim this territory for his home country and sort of tell the other countries, you know, this is english territory. And he also wanted to claim this territory for himself and make sure that he got credit for discovering it and that he was going to be i