Of Franklin Delano roosevelt began the long trip home. Slowly, the long, black funeral train rolled up from the south and then down pennsylvania avenue to the beat of drums, the president was born for the last time to the executive mansion that for 12 years had been his official home. The passing of fdr from the american scene came as a personal shock to the nation. People wept openly, unashamed of their grief. Drawn by six white horses, the flag draped caisson was wrought to the main entrance of the white house, carried into the great east room where 80 years ago, almost to the day, the body of Abraham Lincoln had also laid in state. At hyde park, his ancestral home, the guns of west point cadets rang down the final curtain on the man best known around the world as fdr. [gunshots] to measure something of his greatness, we turn back the clock to Franklin Roosevelt as a young man making his First Political campaign, to a time when at only 28 years of age, he was elected new york state s
Welcome. My name is Francis Gary Powers jr. I go by gary. Im the founder of the Cold War Museum at vent hill, virginia, about 45 miles west of washington, d. C. I founded the Cold War Museum in 1996 to honor cold war veterans, preserve cold war history and educate future generations about the time period. What i realized when i was giving lectures to High School Students in this area, nine times out of 10, the students would not know anything about the cold war. They would think that the utwo incident had something to do with the utwo rock band. I noticed that they needed to be taught about the cold war time period. In 1996, we founded the museum which opened in 2011 here at vent hill farms station. A former Army Communication base near the washington, d. C. Area. It used to be used by nsa, c. I. A. , asa, Army Security agency, and other groups to monday horthe Electronic Communications around the washington, d. C. Embassy and international signals. The cold war was a geopolitical stan
music music eleanor words felt began a long trip home. Slowly, the long, black funeral train rolled up from the south and then down pennsylvania avenue to the beat of drums, the president was born for the last time to the executive mansion that for 12 years had been his official home. The passing of fdr from the american scene came as a personal shock to the nation. People wept openly, unashamed of their grief. Drawn by six white horses, the flag draped caisson was brought to the main entrance of the white house, carried into the great east room where 80 years ago, almost to the day, the body of Abraham Lincoln had also laid in state. At hyde park, his ancestral home, the guns of west point cadets rang down the final curtain on the man best known around the world as fdr. [gunshots] to measure something of his greatness, we turn back the clock to Franklin Roosevelt as a young man making his First Political campaign, to a time when at only 28 years of age, he was elected new york state s
And out and about, thank you for matching up. I also want to thank the folks that are tuning in from around the state today. I am joined today by a couple of outstanding leaders, the National Guard. A member of the joint chiefs of staff and he works out of washington, d. C. He was here about 40 years ago as i recall for the Natural Disaster but it certainly is a joy to welcome him back here. If there is one consistent theme every time the governor is on the phone, there it is with the president and Vice President or whether it i is to go Governors Association telephone conferen conference, the one thing every governor has in common is how excellent the National Guard performed and that has a lot to do with the generals leadership as well as just the quality of the guardsmen and the airmen around the country. To see the interNational Guard perform this Tremendous Service in difficult circumstances, but this is very different than what we have seen before. We have had more than our fair
Also those who are coming in from around the states. Im joined today with a couple of outstanding leaders from the National Guard to serves as chief from the joint chief of staff out of washington dc and is with us today and was here about 40 years ago with a call for Natural Disaster when we had flooding but it is good to welcome him back here. Im especially pleased and i can tell you if there is one consistent thing every time the governors get on the phone whether the president and Vice President and the National Governors association the one thing that every governor that we have a lot to do with the leadership with the quality of the guardsmen and the soldiers around the country. And they are very familiar to see the National Guard with that Tremendous Service and in difficult circumstances. But this Public Health emergency is different than what we saw before we saw our fair share of floods and hurricanes and tornadoes. But this pandemic with the coronavirus is very different. We