Dedicated. It not only celebrates kansas citys pioneer history, but is also a tribute to those who suffer great hardship and loss while traveling across the plains in search of a better life. In her new book, constructing cultural identity, the storian Cynthia Prescott rediscovers Pioneer Monuments erected across the nation, including those in the kansas city region. We are honored to have her here today to discuss her research. Dr. Prescott is an associate professor of history at the niversity of north dakota. Her research focuses on gender in the american west, specifically intersections of gender, social class and historical memory. Her work in these areas have been published in journal of the west and other ublications. Prescotts first book was published in 2007. It traces changing gender roles and ideology among early white settlers in oregon between 1845 nd 1900. While our academic focus and training are in social history, dr. Prescott has a strong background in several areas of
Traverse city, michigan. To learn more about its unique history and literary life. For eight years now we have traveled to u. S. That hes bringing the literacy and in Historic Sites to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits on cspan. Org cities to her. I thinkf the things people really love about that terrys is the taste. You couple that with a beautiful red color. It is really a fruit people fall in love with. Harvestt a month before on these cherries, were looking at cherries in various stages of development. These had all been blossoms that are going to fall off a pair. If we look down inside them, that is what the cherry looks like in its Early Development stages. Hopefully it continues on and it turns into Something Like this cherry, and then moves to maturity. So this cherry is in a swell stage. It is swelling now. Like i say, we are a month away from harvest on this cherry area so it has to grow up a little more. It also have to start turning red. Is known as the cherry c
Interview yesterday that he would consider accepting damaging information about his 2020 opponents from a Foreign Government it is like he always said, yes, collusion. [ laughter ] House Speaker nancy pelosi today responded to President Trumps comments saying that he would accept information on his opponents from Foreign Governments and said it is quote very sad that trump doesnt know right from wrong. Well, what do you expect he doesnt even know right from left [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause seth President Trump announced on twitter this afternoon that press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders would be stepping down at the end of the month. Shell leave the way she usually does, in the middle of someones question [ laughter ] according to politico, democrats are concerned about former Vice President joe bidens age, because if elected he would be 78 years old when sworn in you think that is bad, when our last president was sworn in, he was donald trump [ laughter ] i mean [ cheers and
President richard nixon. And type in. Org apollo 11 into the search bar for more of our coverage. Cspan cities tour is exploring American Cities as we take our book tour on the road. Every month, we bring you the history and literary life of a different city. With the support of our spectrum cable partners, this weekend we travel to Traverse City, michigan, known as the cherry capital of the world. It is responsible for two thirds of the tart cherry production in the u. S. Over the next hour, we will learn about the citys past. We begin with the origins of the cherry industry in Traverse City. One of the things i think people really love about cherries is the taste. Couple that with the beautiful red color, it is a fruit that people fall in love with. It is a month before harvest on these cherries, so we are looking at cherries in various stages of development. These are all of the blossoms that are going to fall off, up here. It is what the cherry looks like in its Early Development s
Just isnt the same without obama there. Its like going to a concert to see oates. [ laughter ] President Trump today attacked former Vice President joe biden, saying, quote, i like runningop against pe who are weak mentally. Its harder than you think, said hillary [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] it looks easy, but it ends up being a lot harder than you think. While, speaking to reporters outside the white house today,p president trumld up a single sheet of paper and claimed it was the text of his new Border Security deal with mexico, but i bet if we zoomed in [ laughter ] record time [ cheers and applause fastest theye ever seen it done. In accordto cnn, the Trump Campaign is attempting to find ways of winning the historically Democratic State of oregon in 2020. Well, e first step will be convincing them that its 2020 [ laughter ] president ial hopeful, governor jay inslee, has revealed that the Democratic Party ignored his request hold a primary debate focused on Climate Change issues i