American history tv is joining the Cox Communications cable partnership is the history of fayetteville, arkansas. To learn more about the cities visit current tour cspan. Org citiestour. We considered as we continue the history of fayetteville. The museum of American History in bentonville, arkansas , the mission of the museum is to teach history. Query history museum. We are history museum. We use native american art to story, the story that spans 16,000 to 18,000 years. We are set up chronologically, we start with the oldest story,t time ,eriod, the paleo time period and then go through different galleries, the archaic time period, the mississippian time period into the historic time period. From presorted because that is First Contact with europeans and how the europeans changed native american life. When the word indian is mentioned, we cant help it, we all do it, but we automatically of a guy picture sitting on a spotted pony with a big headdress and his staff on the plains of neb
[music]. [music] [applause]. [applause] as we were downstairs getting ready to start, captain jerry yellin was asking me do i stand for the army . Or do i stand for the air force . Because he was in the Army Air Forces. I said sir, you are 93 years old. You can stand for anybody you want to. [applause] captain jerry yellin is an Army Air Force veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 and 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday just two months after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating from loup Army Airfield as an island in 1943, thats a right old age of, he spent the remainder of the war flying c 47s and p 51 combat missions in the pacific with the 78 fighter squadron. He participated in the first landbased fighter mission over japan on april 7, 1945. And as the unique distinction of having flown a final combat mission of world war ii on august 14, 1945. Today, and. On that mission is when man philip schlumberger was the last man killed in a combat mission in world war
To my mind, professor not has done more than anyone to tell us what Woodrow Wilson had to deal with, to tell us the history and the moment of Woodrow Wilson, to tell us what he confronted in the world he lived in. Professor tony smith has done more than anything to tell us why this matters. Frankly, every president since wilson, it has not been a question of whether or not they were will sony and whether or ian or not. Re wilson so much of his book tonight still continues to guide American Foreignpolicy. Some might say hot might say haunt american policy. What professor smith will help us understand in a more foregoing way helps drive america today. Im pleased to have the author of this book, why wilson matters , to explain to us. Then you can go buy your own copy. Professor smith, the floor is years. Applause [applause] professor smith i think everything is working. I think he introduced me in a way that introduced my family. My sister and i grew up in Richland Hills in the heart of t
Originally commandants house. ,here at fort adams, in newport. Join us as we learn more about this historic home. So the Eisenhower House we are in today was used as a summer white house during 1958 and 1960. He came in the summer of 1957 and stayed in the naval war college. He found that living on the war college was not exactly what he was looking for, study took a little tour of the town. He saw this house which was at that point used as the commandants quarters and decided this would make a fine summer white house. So he was here for two summers, usually late summer. So late august into the middle to late part of september was primarily the two years he was here. The summer of 1957 was the integration of Central High School in little rock, arkansas. Which was a very big, politically charged event he did deal with while here in newport. He was famously said the white house was essentially wherever he is. So there were always things that go on he had to deal with here, as well as in
White house in 1958 and 1960. Originally, it was the commandants house at fort adams. Join us as we learn more about this historic home. The Eisenhower House was used as a summer white house during two summers, 1958 and he came in 1960. The summer of 1957 and stayed at the Naval War College. Found living on the war college was not exactly what he was looking for, so he took a little tour of the town. He saw this house, which was at that point used as the commandants quarters, and decided this would make a fine summer white house. He was here for two summers, usually late summer. Late august into the middle to late part of september was primarily the two years he was here. The summer of 1957 was the integration of Central High School in little rock, arkansas. A very big, politicallycharged event he did deal with while he was here in newport. He famously said the white house was essentially wherever he is. There were always things that go on he had to deal with here, as well as his Remot