Historical society. He is an architectural historian who specializes in European Architecture of the 18th and 20th centuries. He is best known throughout new videohrough a series of walking tour is presented by channel 13 including the Emmy Award Nominated shows 42nd street, broadway and harlem. He has lectured at numerous venues, including columbia university, the Smithsonian Institute and the harvard graduate before we begin we would like to ask everyone to turn off cell phones, electronic beepers, lets give barry lewis a warm welcome. [applause] barry i dont need that. Me, i am all over the stage. It is interesting, i had some people talking to me about this lecture. I am not talking about the Brooklyn Bridge as much as brooklyn. Why brooklyn needed the bridge and more so than that, new york. New york would never ever admit that they needed brooklyn but they needed it. Just in case people were not here, it was a series of three lectures. I did the first one about a month ago. In rec
Quorum call quorum call ms. Heitkamp mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from north dakota. Ms. Heitkamp i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Heitkamp mr. President i rise today again to speak about and honor our nations and north dakotas Vietnam Veterans and specifically these brave Service Members who gave the ultimate sacrifice through doing this honoring through my continuing series of floor speeches. We are in the midst of a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. This special period of honoring our Vietnam Veterans runs through 2025. Ive partnered with students from Bismarck High School in researching these soldiers and once again i want to thank their instructors r laurie fortie, sarah reenis and Allison Wendell for coordinating this project and sharing Students Research with my office. Last month i visited these students and was so impressed with their commitment to this project, so i want to say th
The Cliff Mine Cemetery was founded a year after the mine began operating. Housing the remains of former Clifton, Michigan residents, it's located in the Keweenaw Peninsula.