Smallest buildings in the united states. The citizens offered the doors, the locks, the hinges, the lumber and a sum of 3,000. Which had t we had the most resources to start a capitol here. This building was our third State Capitol building. The two previous Capitol Buildings that sat on the spot burned to the ground. This building is here, even though there is a current Capitol Building. It is a way to commemorate what went on in this building. They really thought long and hard about whether they wanted to keep it here in frankfurt, eventually they did. And they thought about whether they wanted to put the capitol on this new property. It spared this building from being torn down the architecture of this building is very unique. Built in the greek revival style of architecture. The architect was a man by the name of gideon schrock. The two previous Capitol Buildings that sat on the site had burned to the ground. You would think after two previous buildings burning to the ground, they
Was so upset by the whole affair that he wrote a letter to his uncle, and in the letter he we went to bed Old Fashioned, conservative, compromised union wigs, and waked up start raving mad abolitionists. Plus, spencer crew on the great migration of africanamericans from the south to the midwest, after world war i. Workers to a lack of help prepare the mediations and supplies needed for the war effort. Began to do was figure out, where else can we find people to hold these jobs . And for the first time ever, positions for africanamericans in northern industry began to become available. There is no reason to move to the north. Because there are jobs. Tv, allcan history weekend, every weekend. Only on cspan3. Civil war authors discuss how they started writing about their topics, their process of researching, and at some of the unexpected information they have discovered. The Gettysburg Heritage Center hosted this hourlong talk. My name is tammy myers, welcome everybody. I am pleased to we
[applause] tim i am neither a historian or an author. I just draw silly pictures. Im happy to be here today to discuss, discovering gettysburg. Im just going to throw your name, and give me a brief introduction of who you are, so the folks out here can know what you are up to, and maybe tell us about the book you just published. Let me introduce first, my partner in crime, dr. Stephen coleman. Hello. Yes, we have been very pleased that the book was published by savis beatty. It is called discovering gettysburg an unconventional introduction to the town, and the battle that made it famous. I was in theater for 50 years, and as my career in theater waned, i found my interest in theater waning with it. I needed a new interest. I said, lets go see the beautiful foliage in pennsylvania. And that little altercation in gettysburg, maybe we can find out a little bit more about that. I found a hotel and discovered the battlefield guides. So, what we have done is try to come at this whole questi
Senate and in the house of representatives and well have the votes but we take nothing for granted. Trade to the latest is President Trump the latest is President Trump all the latest as President Trump will visit capitol hill tomorrow to push lawmakers to get a deal done by the end of the year. Target, watching for the numbers and well have that tomorrow. Futures meanwhile show it but give them a sharp selloff but the dow industrials down 130 points. Nasdaq down 33 points. Markets pulling back with european markets similar story. European indies to the ft 100 down two thirds of a percent. Dax down better than 1 . In asia overnight stocks were lower across the board. The light is dimming for General Electric. Another terrible day yesterday down 13 . The Company Announced dividend cuts and restructuring plans. The American People coming out. Papa johns offers an apology for divisive nfl and the remarks. Plus, played the border wall game. How cards against humanity for his to stop a plan
1 00. Announcement before you head off to lunch. We are going to have two sets of concurrent sessions. One set is at 1 00 and another at 2 30 p. M. They will be held in the ballroom and others will be in two other academic holdings on campus. You will see them marked on your map. They are not very far away from here. Because of the construction, you are going to have to go down this way. This is American History tv on cspan3. For the next hour, we will take a tour of the monuments of gettysburg with two guides who coauthored a book. They have been giving tours of the gettysburg battles field for many years. They recently coauthored a field guide to gettysburg. We joined them to learn the story of the three day battle. We begin with the battle started on july 1, 1863. This is a lincoln highway in pennsylvania. Carol hello. I am carol reardon. Im a scholar and resident of the civil war era center. With me as colonel tom foss ller. Tom and i have led many programs around battlefields at g