Join American History tv on saturday, november 7th, for tours and live interviews from the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans. Well explore the road to berlin and the African American story, and well take your questions for historians joining us throughout the day. World war ii, 70 years later live from the National World War Ii Museum saturday, november 7th, on cspan3. Thursday night, American History tv in primetime will feature archival films featured on our program real america. Youll see seeds of destiny, a 1946 academyaward winning short film about the refugee crisis in europe at the end of world war ii. A 1963 film about the king and queen of afghanistans visit to the u. S. , and a 1975 film about the Energy Crisis looking at efficiency and alternative fuels. Tune in thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Up next on American History tv, historian john robert green chronicles the 1952 president ial election between Dwight Eisenhower and adley stevenson. He examines the myth tha
7th, on cspan3. Thursday night, American History tv in primetime will feature archival films featured on our program real america. Youll see seeds of destiny, a 1946 academyaward winning short film about the refugee crisis in europe at the end of world war ii. A 1963 film about the king and queen of afghanistans visit to the u. S. , and a 1975 film about the Energy Crisis looking at efficiency and alternative fuels. Tune in thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Up next on American History tv, historian john robert green chronicles the 1952 president ial election between Dwight Eisenhower and adley stevenson. He examines the myth that they ran for president against their own wishes. Mr. Green also talks about the introduction of political tv ads and how they changed president ial campaigns. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event. Its a little over an hour. [ applause ] so, good evening, welcome to the Kansas City Public Library. Im henry fortuneado, former director of public affairs
You who served in world war ii who are with us here this evening, and i have to tell youa that i have some sense of what it was like to have a ut his relationship with your supreme o commander. After we put his body on the train that went from washington out to abilene, kansas, and mary and anne can tell each tell their own story on this, the thing i remember most is that we stopped in every little town along the way and at about 2 00 in the morning, because, you ju know, we couldnt sleep at all. I looked out the window and just as we were passing there was a sole, solitary figure standing next to the train as the train went past. Saluting. And i never forgot that. G the i never forgot during the day, even in the most barren of country sides, they were thee were just crowds on both sides of the tracks, and people were holding up signs saying we like ike, and ill never forget thatl that and there was a political cartoon, too, and this one ill take with me. But it was soldiers on the bea
Rumors of trouble on this side of the fence. A husbands lust some topless pictures . Yes. Did you see them . Yes. Reporter then a wifes double life exposed. That was her biggest secret. A case that would test three juries and shatter two families. Before uncovering one terrifying truth reporter this has gotta be just more than your brain can absorb. Definitely. Its heartbreaking. Just like somebody hit me in the stomach. Reporter the cornfields of iowa. Are a far piece from memphis. But it was here, in ottumwa, iowa, a baby girl was named after a princess. Lisa marie. As a kid, i was pretty big into elvis. I knew that my first daughter was gonna be lisa marie because of elvis, of course. Reporter just as Todd Caldwell hoped, his little lisa lived up to her big name. She was just the life of the party. Once she started talking, she hadnt shut up. Reporter theyre divorced now but tracy and Todd Caldwell watched their girl grow up all but unstoppable. A vivacious, winning teen. Bowling, t
Named after a princess. Lisa marie. Yup, that one. As a kid, i was pretty big into elvis. I knew that my first daughter was gonna be lisa marie because of elvis, of course. Reporter just as Todd Caldwell hoped, his little lisa lived up to her big name. She was just the life of the party. Once she started talking, she hadnt shut up. Reporter theyre divorced now but tracy and Todd Caldwell watched their girl grow up all but unstoppable. A vivacious, winning teen. Bowling, todd, were not just talking recreational saturday night now and then . No, were talkin about a state champion bowler. Anything she did, she had to be the best at it. Lisa, look over here. Reporter lisa was a teenager when her parents divorced. Todd remained an active father to lisa and his three other children. All the while, he was working a stressful and dangerous job as a he found comfort in several ways. One was his occasional hobby. Hed take out his sketch pad from time to time. And then he met and fell hard for a