United States Supreme Court and when these cases result in the opinions of the court, history turns. The ways in which we think about and live under the constitution are reflected in the courts interpretations in both their Historical Context and their legacies. Some cases and the courts opinions in them so profoundly alter our constitutional understandings that they can only be rightly be called landmark cases, markers of where we have traveled as a nation. As a part of an initiative begun in 2015, the National Constitution center partnered with cspan to create a 12part series illustrating the history, issues and people involved in monumental landmark cases. Through the resulting online videos and other classroom Resources Available at landmarkcases. Cspan. Org, students and educators can analyze some of the most famous and infamous cases. Last year we continued this initiative through a series of town hall discussions. In depth articles on our constitution daily blog and the publicat
Special event. A Panel Discussion on some of the Supreme Courts most significant landmark cases. When the stories of we the people become cases before the United States Supreme Court and when these cases result in the opinions of the court, history turns. The ways in which we think about and live under the constitution are reflected in the courts interpretations in both their Historical Context and their legacies. Some cases and the courts opinions in them so profoundly alter our constitutional understandings that they can only be rightly called landmark cases, markers of where we have traveled as a nation. As a part of an initiative begun in 2015, the National Constitution center partnered with cspan to create a 12part series illustrating the history, issues and people involved in monumental landmark cases. Through the resulting online videos and other classroom Resources Available at landmarkcases. Cspan. Org, students and educators can analyze some famous and infamous cases. Last ye
Dedication, we are armed and ready. We cannot give up. We will not give in. No more than ever before, we need your art to continue to be the wind beneath our wings. And, again, i congratulate you and thank you and salute you again for this welldever offse honor. [ applause ] this concludes our program. I would like you to join with me in one final applause and recognition for our t honoree a he helps the next generation of americans. Thank you. Youre watching American History tv. 48 hours of programming of American History every weekend on cspan 3. Follow us on twitter cspan history for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest news. The next, the participants in Landmark Supreme Court cases talk about the legacies. Koramatsu versus United States. During world war ii, brown versus department of education and tinker versus des moines during the vietnam war. The National Constitution center in philadelphia hosted this hourlong event. My name is vince stango. Im the execu
Some cases, and the courts opinions in them so profoundly , alter our constitutional understandings that they can only be rightly called landmark cases, markers of where we have traveled as a nation. As a part of an initiative begun in 2015, the National Constitution center partnered with cspan to create a 12part series illustrating the history, issues, and people involved in monumental landmark cases. Through the resulting online videos and other classroom Resources Available at landmarkcases. Cspan. Org, students and educators can carefully analyze some famous and infamous cases. Last year, we continued this initiative through a series of town hall discussions. Indepth articles on our constitution daily blog and the publication of our 2017 popular civic calendar, which featured 12 beautifully designed mini posters highlighting 15 landmark cases. Todays event is the culmination of this initiative and we are thrilled that our three panelists have joined us to celebrate Constitution Day
Further surprise in the form of tonights speaker. A person who many of you probably know quite well. Dennis frye is the chief historian of the Harpers Ferry historic park. This is a homecoming of sorts. He graduated with a ba in history. We are extremely excited to have him back here this evening. He has had a very long, very, and prestigious career. If i were to recite his entire cv, we would be here until 7 00 this evening. This will be a shortened version of his accomplishments. He is a writer, a lecturer, a guide, and a preservationist. He is a prominent civil war historian. He has had numerous appearances on pbs, the history channel, the discovery channel, and a e as a guest historian and he helped produce and the awardwinning winning programs such as, abolitionists john brown and marilyn during the civil war. He is also a leading Civil War Battlefield preservationist. He is cofounder and first president of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation and he is cofounder and former presi