Panetta lecture series. Before we begin, i want to first ask that on this memorial day, we have a moment of silence in honor of all those men and women who have died while serving in the United States armed services. Thank you. This season we are discussing the health of american democracy, and it is very fitting that we recognize the individuals who have given their greatest sacrifice for our freedom and our way of life. We honor their commitment to country. Our guests in our discussion this evening are particularly fitting for this holiday because tonight we will conclude the 2019 lecture series by looking back to the founding of our nation and to the men who first took up arms to fight in the name of liberty and give birth to our republic. In the wake of victory, they understood that they had to create a system of government that would preserve and protect the values for which they had fought. What were their motives and intentions . Asking this question, it is important to recogniz
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the fourth and final event in this years leon panetta lecture series. Before we begin, i want to first ask that on this memorial day, we have a moment of silence in honor of all those men and women who have died while serving in the United States armed services. [ event concluded ] [gavel pounding] thank you. This season, we are discussing the health of american democracy. It is very fitting that we recognize the individuals who have even the greatest sacrifice four our freedoms and our way of life. We honor their commitment to country. Our guests and our discussion this evening are particularly fitting four this holiday, because, tonight, we will conclude the 2019 lecture series by looking back to the finding of our nation founding of our nation and the man who first took up arms to fight in the name of liberty and protect our republic. In the wake of victory, they understood they had to create a system of government that would preserve and protect t
Thank you very much. The beverages are still here, so you may enjoy one another. Our photographer has a few photos to take. Thank you so much. Each week museums, Historic Sites around the country. Next library of congress in washington, d. C. , to learn about baseballs origins and early days. Welcome to the library of congress. Im susan rayburn, curator of baseball americana. This was a collaboration the library did with Major League Baseball, espn and Baseball Hall of fame in cooperstown. Weve got incredible things on display, things youve probably never seen before. Lets start with some of the earliest. So right now were standing in the front of the exhibit looking at origins and early days where weve got some interesting artifacts that suggest that baseball has a history thats much longer than the 19th century. In fact, weve got an example from a medieval manuscript. These are little miniature figures that are part of the border of a book produced in 1344. You can see weve got a mon
The during this evening at the market a couple of quick notes before we get started if you havent already done so please take a moment of silence your cell phones. Keep them on, do whatever it is you do just do it silently. You dont want to be the first one who starts raining on television. When we get to the qanda portion of the event i will be Walking Around with a wireless microphone so if you have a question which we highly encourage, please wait for me to give to you and speak into the microphone so everyone here can hear your question and it gets picked up for the recording as well. If youve not purchased your book yet and youve decided you would like to, they are available at the register and you can head back and buy one and come back here to get it signed. And now of course the reason we are here to talk about the new book how to read the constitution and why. And the special tool helping us protect our rights. The new book presents the full text of the u. S. Constitution alon
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