Flake opened his speech saying he wished to speak that day on the state of disunion. Websteresqst daniel ue at first. He said that democratic norms and ideals were undergoing a daily thundering. The healerne, lincoln, the lincoln who appealed to the better angels of our nature. That same lincoln had taken, at that time, a firm stance against slavery and was making plans against fort sumter. He was not compromising. Weve come here today and tomorrow to figure out compromises. Or not. Loyalty tohether state is more important to loyalty to country or not. Reporters ny these last few months have been the gift that give that keeps on giving to historians whether we wanted it or not. Asked, what would you say to general kelly if you talked to him . Have you ever been to gettysburg, have you ever read the gettysburg address . Just pointing that out. War, ande of the civil , theresr secession commentary ample from so many people. Jefferson davis gave a speech in late april to the Confederate C
Everybody has his own special dream of what the world will be like in the future. We all know it is steadily shrinking. One of these days, we will wake up and find the people and places we used to just read a barra read about are in our own backyard. Its happened. [humming] [gong] [gong] i do not like the looks of this. Why not . It is going to be wonderful. We cannot get along with those people, they are too different. We will get along, we have got to. The future of civilization depends on brotherhood. [applause and cheering] [whispering] wait a minute. What about this business of brotherhood . But, we are all different. Are you . Lets take a look at the facts, right from the start. The first people on earth knew only a very small section of it. They lived close together and looked alike. But pretty soon, they started to spread out. And as they drifted further apart, little differences began to appear. Most of the people of the world kept the same in between colors their ancestors an
, a time for prayer, a time to think about peace. That is true in america, too. At this time of year americans , traveled across the country in their cars, by train, or by airplane to be together with their families. Many americans came to the United States from other countries, and at this time of year, they look forward to hosting friends and family from their homelands. Most of us celebrate christmas or hanukkah, and as part of the celebrations, we go to church or synagogue, then gather around the family dinner table. After giving thanks for our blessings, we share a traditional holiday meal of goose, turkey, or roast beef and exchange gifts. On new years eve, we gather again. Like you, we raise our glasses in a toast to the year to come. In hopes for ourselves, for our families, and for our nation and the world. This year, the future of the nation and the world is particularly honor minds. On our minds. We are thinking of our nation because of the year ahead. We americans will choo
It takes an entire community to mobilize during the war. Theres the image of women and children. , workers in industry. And you will get a chance to see what inspired individuals to becoming gaged in the war effort at the turnofthecentury. There is much to learn here at this museum, and we have just had an opportunity to share a fraction of it. It has been a pleasure having you here. We look forward to seeing you at the National World war i museum. Watch this or other american artifacts programs at any time by visiting our website, cspan. Org history. Now, we continue our look at world war i posters at the National World war i museum in kansas city, missouri. American history tv, all weekend every weekend on cspan3. Posters in world war i were the true social media of the day. There was no television or radio, and posters were used by countries all over the world in the war to impress their ideas upon the passerby, and make them do things that the government wanted them to do. People r
Ive got a question. This . Me we live like and it wasnt always that way. For instance, at a stage of history with the socalled. Pure whites of Northern Europe were little better than savages, Eastern Africa had flourishing cultures, and the great civilization of northern china had begun to develop. All people contributed to civilization, reaching high levels at different times, each learning from the experience of the other. But there were certain basic ideas that were common to all branches of the human race, a belief in a supreme being, the home and the family. , how civilized a person is depends on the surroundings in which he grows up. The differences in the ways people behave are not inherited from their ancestors. They come from something called cultural experience or environment. You can watch this and other American History programs on our website where all of our video is archived. That is cspan. Org history. Next on American History tv, political economy professor and author