And answer portion, in the interest of video and audio reporting, if you could just come to our microphone by the white pillar so we can hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion, and lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against something solid. Our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. Tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen, to politics and prose the founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjuncrt senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. He is the New York Times best selling author with eric schmidt of the new digital age and has written the children of jihad. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is the tale of two brothers. One went off to sea and one became Vice President. Neither was heard from ever again. However in rare cases, the Vice President is not relegated to obscurity. Namely when the president the previous president dies. And his newest, best New Y
A portion of the event was held by video conference. [bugle] [inaudible] love of god, fairness in human relations, responsibility, concern for the welfare of others, and conviction that each individual could through his own efforts achieve a full life. It is the firm duty of each of our free citizens to place the cause of his country before himself. We must be ready to give out to our country for history does not long entrust the care of history to the weak or timid. We must be willing to accept as a nation to accept whatever sacrifices must be required of us. A people who values privileges above principle soon will dissolved. These men came here to storm these beaches not to gain anything for themselves but just to preserve freedom, systems of selfgovernment in the world. Many thousands died for ideal such as these. But these people gave us a chance and they bought time for us so that we can do better than we have before. We must find some way to gain an eternal peace for this world.
Im the deputy executive director of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission. And were here tonight in washington, d. C. At the northwest corner of the new president ial memorial for dwight d. Eisenhower. But this story starts about a thousand miles west of washington, d. C. In abilene, kansas. And while eisenhower was born in dennison, texas, his family moved back to abilene, kansas when he was just a toddler. He stayed there through high school. I want to direct your view over here to this speech that is inscribed on this wall in the northwest corner of the memorial. When world war ii ended eisenhower came home to abilene and was given a heroes welcome and in a very humble way he started talking about not that he was a hero but what he dreamed of doing when he was a young boy in abilene, kansas. And ended with the proudest thing that i can claim is that i am from abilene. I come here first to thank you, to say the proudest thing i can claim is that i am from abilene. That first paragraph o
Congress. How the process has changed since 1789 and the fliinfluence changes. Enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan3. Authorized by congress in 1999, the dwight d. Eisenhower memorial occupies a fouracre park near the u. S. Capitol across the street from the Smithsonians National air and space museum, up next on american artifacts, a 30minute steuer of the new memorial, and following that, we talk to Washington Post art and architecture, to talk about the debates over the design and to hear his thoughts on the architect and the completed work. Hi. Im victoria tidwell and im the xe executive director of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission and were at the northwest corner of the new president ial memorial for dwight d. Eisenhower and this story starts about a thousand miles west of washington, d. C. In abilene, kansas, and while eisenhower was born in dennison, texas, his family moved back to abilene, kansas, where he was just a toddler and he stayed there throug
Partisanship on those changes. That starts tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan3. Causes my mind to go back to the truth we learned at home, beliefs would shake my paths and their guidance of their children. Love of god, fairness in human relations, independence, and responsibility concern for the welfare of others and conviction that each free individual could, through his own efforts, achieve a full life. It is a firm duty of each of our free citizens to make the cause of his country before the comforts of himself. We must be ready to dare all for our country, for history does not trust the freedom to the weak, we must be willing individually and as a nation to accept whatever sacrifices may be required of us. A people that values its privileges above its principles. These men came here to storm these beaches, not to gain anything for ourselves, but just to preserve freedom, systems of selfgovernment in the world. Many thousand