When des moines got hit and lost its water, the president s back, the media was back and there was some very touching moments, i think, for the president when people came up and he heard stories what they had loss. There was one lady in particular saying, i cant take it anymore. It was a sincere moment. It wasnt politically staged. I think it affected him. He told me he was very impressed about what he saw going on there. What he saw in the community, one of the things that impressed me, we didnt have water. They trucked water in. The national forward would truck water in and these big huge tanker trucks. Kind of like you see driving down the highway hauling other fluids like gasoline or Something Like that. These were big huge tanker trucks. They would park the trucks at a high school or at a Shopping Mall and people would come up with their bottles and what not. What i recall more than anything else, is how these areas of water distributions became like town squares, 150 years ago. P
Front. In place, rest. Ladies and gentlemen, if i could have you stand up please . Leading us in the pledge of allegiance will be asia elliott. Asia . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You can take your seats, please. I would like to introduce our civil war docent who will introduce our speaker. Thank you, paul. This has been an eventful week for us at the congressional cemetery. We had an event at fort mcnair tuesday at the exact moment the explosion occurred. We remembered then and will remember now the women killed that day. On wednesday, we had a visit from the deputy Prime Minister of the republic of ireland. He laid this it is not there anymore. [laughter] he laid a wreath that day to remember the women, many of whom were irish immigrants. Our speaker today will be the daughter of the man who wrote the book about this long forgotte
June 17, 1864, washington arsenal explosion that killed 21 women. Many of the victims were young, impoverished irish immigrants. The youngest to die was 12 years old. This ceremony takes place at the historic Congressional Cemetery next to a monument for the victims dedicated less than a year after the accident. The event runs about 30 minutes. Hello, everybody. My name is paul williams. I am the president of the association for the preservation of historic Congressional Cemetery. I want to welcome you to the cemetery. I am happy our weather has held off so far. I also want to welcome you to the sesquicentennial commemoration of the funeral for the 21 women killed in the june 17, 1864, explosion at the washington arsenal. First, the honor guard will post the colors. Gentlemen . Forward, march. Detail, halt. Detail, present arms. Detail, recover. Detail, right about face. Detail, post colors. Detail, right about face. Detail, left face. Forward. March. Left follows right. March. Company
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