Anniversary of the beginning of the vietnam wars offensive of vietcong and north vietnamese attack on more than 100 cities, towns and outposts across south vi good evening, everyone. Welcome to the newseums theater. Im chair of the moo newseum. Were here to mark the marines in tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. This is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if youre a millennial, ill explain it to you, was a coordinated offensive by vietcong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities and american and south vietnamese military facilities. It began on the night of january 30th, 1968. And i remember it well, because i was an intelligence clerk with mac fee at the time. Our exhibit showcases the work of john olson who, like me, was a young army draftee. He was a photographer for Stars Stripes, the militarys daily newspaper. And he spent three days in february with the marines as they took back the city of hue, in what turned out to be the bloodi
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the newseums theater. I am peter prichard, chair of the newseum and we are here to mark the opening of our latest inibit, the marines and tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. This is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if youre a millennial, i will explain it. It was a coordinated offensive by viet cong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities, and american and south vietnamese military facilities. It began on the night of january 30, 1968. I remember it well because i was an intelligence clerk at the time. Our new exhibit showcases the work of john olson, who, like me, was a young draftee. He was a photographer for Stars Stripes, a daily newspaper. He spent three days in february with the marines as they took back the city of hue, in what turned out to be the bloodiest battle of the vietnam war. This exhibit features 20 large format photographs and 10 tactile versions of these photos, with touch activat
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Thing, but we cannot deny it is part of our past. All weekend, American History tv is featuring wisconsins state capital, madison. The city was named for james madison. Many streets surrounding the Capitol Square are named after other signers of the constitution. Posted by our Charter Cable partners, our staff recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more about madison all weekend on American History tv. Great things i have been able to do is to get elected in the last two campaigns, 1976 and 1982, without accepting any contributions at all and spending less than 200 in each campaign. I spent 177 in 1976. 145. 10. I spent in 1976 pending no money, i got more votes than anyone had gotten running for office in wisconsin. Do you think your other colleagues could do the same thing . No question. 2 3 could be reelected at least. We are at the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters in madison, deep in the archives stacks where the public never gets to go. This is wh
Alright, very well said and so thats why we do celebrate the 800th anniversary of magna carta. Thank you very much for coming this afternoon. I hope you join me in thanking lord judge and chief justice roberts. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Well done. I hope youll join us for a small reception in the back of the room. We open our exposition tomorrow. It will be here through january 19 of next year. Please come back and see it often. Thank you. Guest[captions copyright nationl cable satellite corp. 2014] watching American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Forow us on twitter information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Cspan is touring cities across the country exploring American History. Next, our recent visit to madison, wisconsin. You are watching American History tv all weekend on cspan3. One of the great things i have been able to do is get a two campaignsst without accepting any contributions at all and spending less t