Tweet us. Join the cspan conversation, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Since 1985, John Douglas Hall has been portraying president james madison. He has been in mount vernon, montpelier, and gatsbys tavern in alexandria, virginia. Next, to mark the 200 anniversary of the signing of the treaty of ghent by the president ending the war of 1812, the Octagon Museum hosted an event. Using his 30 years of experience researching and portraying president madison, mr. Hall discusses popular opinion of the time and the origins of the world 1812 or it this event is about 30 minutes. Good day to all of you. I am pleased to welcome friends here to the home of the which we have been occupying since last weve been here since february september. Of 1815, certainly in anticipation of great alterations to national circumstance. This is well to be evidenced. I find that, from time to time as president there is a necessity of explanation to the American People. As the circumstances press forw
Not just a southern thing. Omaha, nebraska. St. Louis, chicago, illinois. All erupted in race riots. Millions of workers, about 4 million workers are going to go on strike in 1919. And this wave of labor unrest then fed into this conservative mood. It seemed to spark hysteria. This is a time when we are dealing with the red scare. The red scare with the bolshevik revolution being so fresh, that americans now determined that perhaps bolshevism had come to the american shores and were undermining the capitalist system as we speak, right . So in this climate there is a very harsh reaction to labor unrest in 1919. There were accounts of violence that seemed to be tied to the labor unrest. The u. S. Post office during 1919 intercepted dozens of bombs that were being mailed to prominent americans. They did not intercept all of them. One of them blew up on the front door of mitchell palmers house. Mitchell palmer was the attorney general of the United States. Heres the thing about the red sca
A Christmas Town and thats why im here at christmas time i really hope to get into the christmas the mood and of course get to know the city as well. Ill definitely make my way to the hudson gate its the best known landmark in symbol of the city. Will also check out a few museums like the book. And well enjoy a christmas video sent in by two viewers from cousin in russia. There are a number of Christmas Markets in new big this one is in the north of the old town. How about a kiss. This is ive never seen this before a Christmas Market with maritime flare. All this reminds us that the sailors and fisherman used to live in this area because not only located on the river but also close to the baltic sea its only about twenty kilometers away from here and this is st the maronites church. This stately church is a memorial site for International Seafarers who have died at sea a lifeboat commemorates one particularly tragic incident in one thousand nine hundred fifty seven a sailing vessel cal
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