Everything thought it bypassed the United States is doing to search, i found how extensively the range of artists, not only high artists but popular artists, commercial artists, we digesting the war. And actually after the troops came home. Steve you teach this attitude at wake forest university. What drew you to this topic . Mr. Lubin i knew the anniversary of american involvement in the war was coming up. I thought, we were living in a time this was the early 2000s. I was thinking about how the war that we were facing, the wars in the middle east has a huge influence on the way we were thinking about things. I thought it must have been same back in the day a century earlier. It was more a question i had in my mind, why wasnt it similar . The rejection of anything to do with war. Normal shows a desire for war. Not for war. It roiled peoples consciousness. Thats what i kept discovering again and again. Steve lets set up our involvement in world war i and why we were involved, late in t
Battle of rhode island, about the battle for rhode island, and the revolutionary period in general. It is in a number of ways, from the most humble, which is a small piece of fabric, to the most elaborate, which is an extraordinary sword. They all tell a story if youre able to read them. We can start with this one, which is a piece of the flag of the first rhode island regiment. This is the first integrated regiment. This is part of the flag carried by that regimen during the battle of rhode island on august 28 and 29, 1778. We know that because this particular note, which is that, in 1878, almost a hundred years after the battle, pieces of flag at the battle of rhode island, it is modest, humble, just a small piece of fabric, but tells an extraordinary story about the people fighting for their freedom and in a war in the name of that freedom. Then we have perhaps one of the pieces of evidence about the worst side of the conflict, which is the violence. This is a cannonball. It is a so
Sarah ferris, now that congress has bought itself more times, what is the status on capitol hill . Ms. Ferris next week is supposed to be the opening salvo of the white houses immigration bid. Some of those details have come out. The white house is supposed to have meetings with congressional negotiators to try and move after gaddafiead weeks of stalemate, and at the same time, congressional negotiators are trying to push forward on a spending cap steel. They are getting close, but dr. Has been keeping things at a halt. We are hoping to see movement next week. We might not have too much craziness after the next february 8 deadline, but things are jumbled up for now. We arent sure how they are going to be getting to the next bill. Of mondays official release, the white house has released some topline information on what is going to be in their immigration proposal. It includes a path to citizenship for 1. 8 billion 1. 8 million people, including funding for the border wall. It would lim
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Following Hurricane Irma. [applause] also joining us in the east gallery is his wife first lady ann scott. [applause] gov. Scott good morning. Thank you for your graciousness towards me and my wife. It is wonderful to be here. I think about the first time i gave this speech. I am honored to deliver my final state of the state address today. I would like to recognize a few people. First, speaker of the house richard corcoran. [applause] gov. Scott mr. Speaker, i appreciate your commitment to cutting taxes to make sure that every floridian can get a great education. To Senate President joe negron. [applause] gov. Scott mr. President , your focus on lake okeechobee and floridas environment will benefit future generations. Lieutenant governor carlos lopezcantera. [applause] gov. Scott carlos thank you for , all you do for our great state and for joining me in the fight for freedom and democracy in cuba and venezuela. I also would like to recognize attorney general pam bondi. I spoke to her