Of the end of the year. The sydney awards are given for the best magazine essays of the year. They can be in journals for obscure literary magazines. The idea is they always come out around christmas week, between christmas and new years. It is to step back and not read tweets or newspaper articles but to step back and have the time to read something deeper and longer. It is to celebrate those longer pieces. I do believe magazines change history. The new republic was the most influential american political magazine of the 20th century. It created progressivism. It created a voice for modern liberalism. Conservativism barely existent until they formed National Review and gave it a voice. Sunday on cspan. February is black history month. The cspan bus is on the road visiting the top let colleges and universities to speak with faculty and highlight the role in americas education system. This tuesday, we willing the we will be at Fisk University in nashville. Each week, American History tv
Interactions between european colonial powers and native american tribes on the great plains during the 1700s. He describes the importance of owning horses and guns, and how the tribes had the upper hand on trade and more. Lets go into this lecture about the great plains. Unlike some of the classic American History courses, we have a more expansive view. That includes the great plains. I think we will enjoy this. We have a couple of starting anecdotes. The year is 1720, the spanish in new mexico are hearing more about french activity coming out of louisiana and canada. They hear these rumors that french traders are moving west. That they are aligned with the indians on the great plains. 1720, the governor of new mexico sends an expedition to investigate. 45 spaniards and 60 pueblo indians go out. Everything is uncertain, but they probably get into what is now western nebraska, and they encounter a large group of indians who were probably parties pawnees. They attacked the spanish with
We filmed the First Episode of jag here. We just finished filming a big pepsi deal, halftime for the super bowl, a Blake Shelton concert. We have become not only a tourist attraction, we have also attracted the movie industry because if you stand on our flight deck and lookout, use ebay. Youll see bay. You do not see a lot of buildings. There are certain shots they can do that make it look as if this is a ship at sea. The navy is critical and very important to this nations prosperity. So it is important people understand the role of the navy, understand how we got to where we are, and understand, for us the evolution of the aircraft carrier. World war ii essentially saw the first aircraft carrier. That was the invention or the operations of the first aircraft carrier. The japanese proved how strong and how important aircraft carriers could be. We took that and evolved it during the course of world war ii. And now aircraft carriers are the centerpiece of our seapower. So it is important
Sunday, just after 9 00 eastern. All weekend, American History tv is featuring Corpus Christi texas. Corpus christi started out as a small trading post and has transformed into a small city with the fifth largest seaport in america. The tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the history of the city. Learn more all weekend on American History tv. I christen thee lexington. [applause] [crowd cheering] rocco lexington is what is known as an essex class air carrier. The way the navy sets its class of ships, the name of the first ship in the group sets the class. So the essex was the first Aircraft Carrier built of this type in world war ii. Every ship of the same type afterward becomes an essex class. Even though they have a different name, for instance, modern Nuclear Carriers are known as the nimitz class, because the first ship in the class was the uss nimitz. There were 24 essex class built, 19 in world war ii. They were designed to be the super carriers of the day. The only
Thanks for the lookahead. Tomorrow, the u. S. National intelligence chair will talk about changing National Security needs. The event is hosted by the Atlantic Council and live coverage begins at 5 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Next, a forum examines how to get citizens more involved in their communities. After that, discussion concerning crimereducing programs that offer alternative incarceration. Then, q a. Civic business and education leaders talk about activism and corporate responsibility. During the event, retired general Stanley Mcchrystal is recognized for his service and just how to get involved in the community. It is about two hours and 40 minutes. And now, ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the national anthem. By the say, can you see, dawns early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming brought stripes and bright stars through the perilous night watched ramparts we were so gallantly streaming red glare, the bombs bursting in air night and through t