Let me see here. We have to change this. Uhoh. Im a very simple man. And im totally serious about that. Im not a clever musician. I hardly know, you know, anything about the piano or the guitar, but i know what i need to say. And this song is for you all. This is the one i finished at 4 30 in the morning and sang that night. Its called here for you. Im here for you just look at what weve been through together all these years im here for you through all the laughter and through all the tears im by your side through thick and thin we will always be friends im by your side holding on until the very end day to day i think about our life together with the children and a future thats been born and it would break my heart if we were not together knowing well go on and on im here for you when all the memories that passed im here for you the love we share is a love that lasts im here for you thank you. Graham nash. Appreciate it. [ applause ] our special American History tv programming in prime
Hes going over there to do his share when alexander takes him ragtime band to france hell capture everyone and take them one by one the ragtime tunes will put the germans in a trans theyll sing hip hip hooray theyll get so excited theyll come over the top two steps back to berlin with a hip and a hop hitler will know when alexander takes his ragtime band to france now, i came in here and rehearsed. So imagine how bad it would be if i hadnt rehearsed. That song obviously comes once weve gone into the war. Let me fill in the pieces broadly, and then as the songs come up, ill place them for you. We get that berlin song called lets all be americans now which comes soon after a group of songs that were in response to a specific incident. That is what really galvanizes american patriotism. What really galvanizes american support for the allies, you know what the event was . The sinking of the lusitania. In the months after the sinking, there are dozens of songs about the sinking of the lusit
Music document construction between 1904 a. M. To 1914. That is on american artifacts, that takes viewers into archives, museums, and Historic Sites around the country. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Next, we visit the National Archives in college park, maryland, to learn about the kennedy assassination records collection. The warren report was released to the public 50 years ago on september 27, 1964. We will see video recorded by the National Archives of many of the wellknown artifacts of the investigation including Lee Harvey Oswalds rifle, the socalled magic bullet, and the originals of the zapruder film. The president john f. Kennedy assassination records collection was created because of the act of 1992. Since the time of the assassination, there have been numerous official investigations starting with the warren commission. And then some congressional investigations. The Church Committee looked into it. And the committee, H
Another pair of sneakers, buy another soda, and leave us alone while we rob you. Thats whats going on today. On a very, very subtle level and sometimes not so subtle. There are many protest songs still being written. If you go to neal youngs website, living with war, youll see about 3,000 of them. But the people that control the media dont want to hear any of that. It used to be that most of the societal changes came from universities, especially the sarbonne in paris and berkeley in Northern California and london to a certain extent. We have trained our kids to be doing this. Thats all they do all day. And its great for them. But its not really a part of the real world about whats going on. We have distracted ourselves from the importance of whats really going on. We are much more interested in Justin Biebers monkey and the size of Kim Kardashians ass than we are in afghanistan, in yemen, in somalia, in iraq. On the surface of things, we dont stand a chance. But i cant believe that. I
Watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. Each week, reel america brings archival films that tell the story of the 20th century. This is a 1953 Treasury Department film which shows a new recruit learning to protect the president , added to the duties of the secret service after the assassination of William Mckinley in 1901. The secret Service Director retired after a security breach. In one, a man made it into the east room of the white house before being stopped. [gunshot] not bad for a beginner. , take aoting business comfortable stance, line up your sites, aim at 6 00, lisa trigger, practice squeeze the trigger. If he could do it, maybe i could learn. I was certainly learning a lot of other things. A month before, after my appointment, i reported to the treasurer building in washington. I had butterflies in my stomach. My instructor took me through the exhibit room in the treasury it, maybe i could learn. I was certainly learning a lot of other things. A monthbu