Each week, American History artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next, a visit to the National Learn abouteum to the exhibit architecture of an st. Elizabeths, 1852 to 2017. Known as the Government Hospital the insane when it opened, d. C. D a you of washington, at its peak in 1960, st. Elizabeths had almost 8,000 and covered 300 acres. It is still open today. This hour long program, usator sarah levit shows what architecture can reveal about how the mentally ill were cared for over time. This decided to do exhibition for many reasons, one of which i think its a real important moment to be talking the role of the federal government in providing public and providing healthcare for the mentally ill. Also right now, at st. Elizabeths in d. C. , its really a time where theyre develop the land, its now split into two halves, halfederal government owns of it and it will become the department of Homeland Security, which is something thats happening right now and also development i
This is a newspaper clipping from the 1948 election. Somebody added comments to it. He expresses interest in their families as well as the people were writing back to him also house margaret, i hope they are doing well. This is a letter that talks about something with close pictures which is the clipping that they are referring to. They had to have before joked. All good wishes and congratulations to your your family. If you ever need anybody for entertainment purposes, let me know. President truman did not seek out entertainers or one the people. He cultivated some relationships, especially jack benny. He had a good friendship with him. Here is jack benny and president truman. This is at the truman library. They are at the library again. This is the clip. You can watch this and other American History programs on our website where all of our video is archived. That is cspan. Org history. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next, a v
It is still open today. In this hour long program, curator sarah levit shows us what architecture can reveal about how the mentally ill were cared for over time. Sarah we decided to do this exhibition for many reasons, one of which i think its a real important moment to be talking about the role of the federal government in providing Public Health and providing healthcare for the mentally ill. And what that role has been over. Ime it is an interesting time to talk about right now. Also right now, at st. Elizabeths in d. C its really a time where theyre looking to develop the land, its now split into two halves, the federal government owns half of it and it will become the department of Homeland Security, which is something thats happening right now and also development is really starting on the east campus, which is owned by the city of washington, d. C. Its a really interesting time to Start Talking about that since theyre really moving forward and starting that development process. T
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He had a lot of goals in life but those were then enhanced when he met and married mary todd. She also was very ambitious. She said she wanted to marry a man of good mind and hopes for a Bright Future and to marry a man who would be president. There was something about Abraham Lincoln that she saw the potential and encouraged it. Mary helped to basically showcase what her husband had done and how far he had calm and kind of hinted at where they were headed stating to the world that Abraham Lincoln had made it and he was ready to move on. He next, Alvaro Vargas llosa discusses his look global crossings which looks at some of the reasons people migrate to foreign lands even in situations where they might risk their own lives. Hosted by the Cato Institute in washington d. C. , this is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] welcome everybody to the Cato Institute. I am the director here at cato. Since the beginning of this year immigration has become a burning Public Policy issue in