And then the secretary 1864. Of war set aside 200 acres to become a national cemetery. By the end of the civil war there were 15,000 union and confederate soldiers buried here and general john logan. Established Decoration Day, she which he declared may 30 of every year. The idea that was throughout the country people would visit the graves and place flowers. Decoration day became a more memorial day. It became so popular that in 1873, quartermaster general Montgomery Meigs designed Decoration Day ceremonies. In time that became such a small venue, because every year thousands of people would show up to arlington. One year we found that 25,000 showed up to decorate the graves. 1913 congress authorized this moria memorial we are standing in. In 1950 as part of the laying of the cornerstone, this memorabilia box was placed by woodrow wilson. He laid the first stone which now brings us to the memorabilia box and its history. Ms. Smith when the memorial amphitheater began construction in 1
Visit arlington to see the contents with tim frank and caitlin smith. To talk about this memorabilia box, we really have to take you back to 1864 in order to bring you forward to 1915. In 1864 we buried the first soldier here in maine. And then the secretary of war set aside 200 acres to become a national cemetery. By the end of the civil war there were 15,000 confederate soldiers buried here as well as union soldiers. And general john logan established Decoration Day, she declared may 30 of every year. The idea is that people would visit the graves and place flowers. Decoration day became a more real day. It became so popular that in 1873, quartermaster general Montgomery Meigs held to Decoration Day ceremony and at the time it became a small venue. Every year thousands of people would show up to arlington. One year we found that 25,000 people showed up to decorate the graves read in 1913, congress authorized this memorial empathy under that we are standing in. And in 1950 as part of
Expansion of chinese communism, federal expansion, Economic Growth and civility in political discourse. Mr. Kennedy defeated mr. Nixon in a close general election by less than 1 of the popular vote. Bill good evening, im bill chevelle of abc news. It is my privilege this teeng preside in this, the third of the series of meetings on radio and television of the two major president ial candidates. Like the last meetings, the subjects to be discussed will be suggested by a panel of correspondents. Unlike the first two programs, the two candidates will not be sharing the same platform. In new york, the democratic president ial nominee john f. Kennedy, separated by 3000 miles in the los angeles studio, the Vice President richard m nixon. Now joined for tonights discussion by the facility, which permits each candidate to see and hear the other. Good evening senator kennedy. Sen. Kennedy good evening. Bill good evening Vice President nixon. Vice president nixon good evening. Bill hank from nbc
Works subcommittee will address options to address the wild fires and Forest Management. This includes testimony from an interior Deputy Department official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to t order. The purpose of todays hearing is to receiveands testimony on i bills pending beforece the publo lands force and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of t bills onhe todays c agenda, it going to go through all of them right now. But the complete agenda will, of course, be included in the record. I want to note at the outset weve got a former member of our committee here, former senator from louisiana, longtime member of the senate and this committee is in the back. Weve got members who will be at t who have tly another Committee Assignment at the i moment. E. We have others who will be d eme joining us dtelephonically. As i want to recognize the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has
Markets this morning are lower. Mixed picture at the start of trading, dow industrials down 68 points. Nasdaq up 30 and the markets were able to cut losses almost by half. Dow, s p 500 are on track for winning week despite 140 points lower for the white house. Battle for the white house goes prime time. Biden breaking down the election as scranton versus park avenue. Power panel hour. Cohost of the 5, Juan Williams is here and joe concha to tackle what is going on and backlash of facebook spying on instagram users tapping into your phone camera. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning look like this. European indices are mix. Cac lower by 15. We did get positive news on the brexit front. European Commission President saying shes convinced a deal is possible following a round of informal talks in europe. Take a look at indices. You will see the shanghai composite was up better than 2 . Some op the top stories that we are watching this morning. President trump