Sensitivities in mind, hoover officialhe take a semi tour latin america after the election. Coolidge agreed. Earlyovember 19 1928 to january 1929, hoover not only stayed out of washington. Better still, he stayed out of the country. Fulfilling an29, ambition that had touched his soul for a decade or longer, Herbert Hoover became president of the United States. He had done so without ever elective public office. For an hour and a half, he and Calvin Coolidge stood, sat and walked sidebyside without saying a word to each other. In his inaugural address, hoover paid tribute to his right predecessor. Is when the ceremony was over, they said goodbye, and the expresident went home to new england. Announcer 2 you can watch this and other American History programs on our website where the video is archived. That is cspan. Org history. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Buffalo Bills death at the buffalo and the Buffalo Bills Center Hosted a symposium. Western historian paul hutton delive
Press. All of the presenters are invited, as they know, to submit their work for consideration for this volume. Then all of the rest of you are invited to purchase and read that volume when it comes out. [laughter] so stay tuned. Its a great pleasure to introduce tonights keynote speaker. Paul Andrew Hutton is an american cultural historian. He is an awardwinning author. He is a documentary writer and television personality. Hi him him him him him he serves as a distinguished professor of history at the university of new mexico. As we all know, he is published quite widely in both scholarly academic venues and popular magazines. And he has reached a very large audience through that kind of work. His work has been recognized far and wide. He is a sixtime winner of the western writers of america spur award and a sixtime winner of the western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy and western Heritage Museum for his work in both print and film. It was his book jeremy mentioned the other
You are looking at the u. S. Military academy at west point. This is the oldest continuous operated Military Point in United States. Welcome to war stories. Some of the greatest leaders to command on the battlefield walked these grounds as cadets. Generals grant and lee, eisenhower, patton and this man, general Douglas Macarthur. Few solders yb more admired or controversial. He was a military prodigy and a highly decorated soldier of three veteran american worse. He inspired great devotion of his men and troubled relations with several president s. And like a figure of a greek tragedy he fell from power. Come with us on this special journey into the life of this altogether too human fivestar hero. It would be crowds lined up sometimes three to four blocks long. Youd just get a glimpse of this man. I do recall some comments, who does this guy think he is . They say i thought he was a little bit shy underneath. General macarthur has a superiority complex and i think its because he is sup
The west posted something. Western historian paul hutton delivered the keynote address. He described how william cody became a symbol of the frontier and influenced american perception of western culture. This is just over an hour. Welcome, everyone, to the final event of what has been a terrific three days. You know, when you start to plan these things, and you think we will have this person and that person and do all this stuff. There was this moment when we started to put the program on paper and said we have 36 different speakers on this thing. It exceeded our expectations certainly. So thank you to everyone for all the terrific presentations. Thanks very much. [applause] and this wont be the last you will have heard from the gathered scholars. We are going to compile an edit a new volume in our women f. Cody series of the American West with the university of oklahoma press. All of the presenters are invited, as they know, to submit their work for consideration for this volume. The
After this frightening accident. A boy launching off the ride, landing on concrete. He walks away with minor injuries. Investigators racing to figure out why it happened and how to keep it from happening again. And horrifying crash. Two cars collide at the indy 500. Sending one of them airborne, hitting the wall and flipping several times. I have never witnessed an accident like that. The car destroyed. The driver, incredibly unhurt. What hes saying about that wild ride. And the history that was made at the end of the race. Today, monday, may 29th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this monday morning, memorial day. Craig melvin alongside sheinelle jones. Matt and savannah are enjoying the morning off. That crash yesterday in indianapolis. Unbelievable. And hes okay. Scott dixon, just fine. Thats about a quarter of the way into the race. My wife was there at the track. And she said