Recreate the hearse that carried lincolns body to his grave site. He discusses the 1865 funeral, as well as the research that went into duplicating the original hearse, which was destroyed in the early 20th century. The Illinois Historical Preservation Agency hosted this 30 minute event. A way to remember, educate, and heal. I want to tell a story about a brief and interesting story, a summary of what has taken place for the last 18 months. Abraham lincoln hearse build. To remember, thank you president lincoln for affording us a reason to remember. To educate, thank you elizabeth simpson, president of the Allstate Capital foundation which afforded us a way to educate by reaching out to me last december for the opportunity to speak you this evening. To heal, thank you katie spindel, chair of the 2015 lincoln funeral coalition, for the opportunity to heal through this project and the upcoming reenactment event. Thank you, our audience, our friends at cspan, our host, justin blanford, for
Should we take a little bit longer, add a little more money, and do it right . This is a tough area. Reporter in front of the harris home that of their neighbors penndot announced an Emergency Action plan to tear apart the existing bridge over the Plymouth Creek and a new one to withstand eroding soil crumbling limestone and water, all factors that led to not one, but three giant sinkholes forcing the road to close. The new plymouth road bridge will be similar to the existing span in regard to its length and width. It will carry two 12footwide lanes and 8footwide shoulders. Reporter with the road closed and bridge needing rebuilding, why not take the time and make the bridge wider in they showed up here to ask those questions themselveses. The width of this road is obviously an issue. Reporter to accommodate more traffic, penndot says that would take far longer and cost more money. Penndot is fast tracking the bidding process and plans to announce a contractor next week. They say the b
The fed was very accommodative, and we started to build a housing bubble which we burst in 2008, and now i think arguably in 2013 we may have created or at least started to create another equity bubble that in some areas, perhaps many some real estate markets, is also turning into a bubble. New york city, toronto, we were talking about this at lunch, other urban centers, especially those attractive to foreign buyers are seeing very rapid increases whereas in more rural areas thats not happening. So how do we, how do we respond to this, and what does this tell us about the future . One of the things thats emerged here is that the financial and real estate markets have in the United States and perhaps elsewhere have developed a kind of uncomfortable codependence with the central bank. That is, if markets, especially lets say equity markets in the last several years, are very resilient in the face of threats. We saw this in recent weeks where all the armwringing, handwringing and talk abo
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