Im the director of education here at the National Museum of the u. S. Navy, and this tour will take us throughout the history of the Washington Navy yard, which is a very extensive one. The art itself has seen a lot of yard itself has seen a lot of different historical events. Some happy, some sad some every , day events. The yard itself has changed dramatically over the many years. It was first founded in 1798 and it was around that time that the United States realized we needed a Standing Military force. It was after the American Revolution that all the military was basically disbanded because of the sentiments from before the American Revolution, who had a Standing Army at that time that was stationed in the United States. The british, with that idea still fresh in their mind, they realize they didnt want a Standing Military. We started having problems overseas. American merchant ships were being attacked in the mediterranean. We realized we needed that Standing Military. And more i
Firearms revealed that the shooter 26yearold chris harper f rcer brought six guns with him ts ang his rampage yesterday at gunsua Community College. He wore a flank jacket with thosl plates and had an extra five magazines of ammunition. Mercer lso found another seven of hit his home. All of those firearms, all 13 of them, were purchased legally facording to the atf within the mest three years by mercer poutedf or by members of his family. This morning weve also learned that mercer left a multipage e. Te at the scene of the shooting in which he spouted what Law Enforcement describes as a philosophy of hate. According to one person who was shot at the scene, mercer asked his victims about their religion. Christians were shot in the head. Those who stated another religion or did not answer were shot in the leg. Ent minutes after the first 911 call Police Killed mercer in a shootout. Use the guns to come under attack yourself for being a strong Second Amendment advocate. How do you feel ab
Well as their individual personalities. Joining the panel is Lisa Kathleen graddy, the curator of the first ladies collection at the National Museum of American History. The National Archives hosted this 90minute event. Hello, everyone. How are you . [ applause ] thank you for being here. Were going to have a rousing evening, i hope. Its certainly an interesting one and an interesting discussion, and i have to say the whole topic of what the first lady wears we know is a frequent topic of discussion, and we have Lisa Kathleen graddy here, who wrote the book on the first ladies collection here at the smithsonian, and Lisa Kathleen, i would speculate that you run the most visited Curatorial Department at the smithsonian. We are told it is the most visited exhibition at the smithsonian and at this point the oldest. We turned 100 years old this year. How fantastic. 100 years old. That is wonderful. I want to ask all of our panelists why do we care so much about what the first lady wears. W
Just a release that 495 northbound was open and just 30 minutes ago, there was nothing on this side of the track because you got to remember drivers were out of the habit of using the northbound side for. It was back on june 2 when drivers said something was wrong with the two bridges over the christina river. The northbound side was sinking from the southbound side. They were underneath it. They blamed it on soil there, and they had pilings and aboveground supports, and at that point, opened the southbound side on the 31st, and, of course, the drivers we talked to did not care about the science. They were just glad it was done. Well, im glad its back open. Traffic was backed up through the city all day. Im glad to see it back open. When i tell you its reopened in the last couple hours . Oh, my god, im so excited about that. I cant wait to get on it to go home. Makes we want to drive mow. We dont have to take the little streets and traffic backed up. Im so excited about that. You made
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