Steps to the top of the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse. Wet were looking at here, have got the view of the bluewater bridges to the south and lake huron to the northeast. So, were right at the historic the source of the st. Clair river at the mouth of the lake. You can see the nice blue water and what tourists come to this area for. When they hear this is the bluewater area, this is what they get to see. They realize you are not line. Just north of the city of port huron, within the city limits, it gets its namesake from the military for that was established in 1814. Gratiot was an engineer in the u. S. Army and was responsible for building fort gratiot during the war of 1812. The defense from an attack that could come from canada and protecting the mouth of the st. Clair river and lake huron. The decision to add a lighthouse at the mouth of lake huron was made in the 1820s. At that time the traffic was increasing on the great lakes, so they felt this is a significant spot for adding a lighth
The Historical Association for putting together this remarkable conference. And for inviting me to facilitate this panel. This conference, like its at aerpart in 1983, stands historical crossroads. Themeslarly around the of this panel race, power and urban space. The projects we will hear about ,ver the next hour and a half the questions at stake in this panel touch of the heart of modern africanAmerican History. On questions of the structure in agency. On questions of freedom and unfreedom. On questions of continuity and discontinuity. The questions of slavery and what has changed and in what ways, and why. It touches on issues of segregation and integration terms that are misunderstood in contemporary political discourse but are at the heart of how we conceptualize the history of urban space. 19 83, the field of the africanamerican urban history was very much in the shadow of the urban uprisings of the lake 1960s. Or as they were called then urban riots, perceived as a product of pat
Announcer now, the director of the group right on time discuss the decline on the use of the Death Penalty and the potential for the Supreme Court to in the practice. This is from the aspen ideas festival in colorado. It is about an hour. Thank you for being here. One of the greatest decisions a Society Makes outside of going to war is to whom apply the Death Penalty to. We are here to talk about the Death Penalty, where it is going. I cant imagine a better group of panelists. Steve is the president for the center for human rights. In my mind, the leading Death Penalty litigant in the country and has been for a number of years. Traveling throughout the country to bring these cases to fight. He had a big win in the Supreme Court a few weeks ago. He has been teaching at yell law school since 1993. Mark does really interesting work and is making the case for a conservative case for limits on things like mandatory minimums or the over criminalization not on a defendant perspective of indiv
Meeting with gold star mothers today and tweeted and, this tweet from the republican who represents the 21st district of new york. ,poke at the Business Council new york state luncheon today about shared goals of increasing jobs and commerce in new yorks 21st district. Of congress back on tuesday, september 6. Coming upe things this fall, remaining federal spending bills for fiscal year 2016 2017. Zika prevention and research. Defense programs and policy, and possibly in the house, discussion of impeachment of the irs commissioner. For the next hour, and American History tv exclusive. The cities tour features visits port huron, michigan. For five years now, we have traveled to american cities, interviewing historians, authors, and leaders. You can watch more of our visit at cspan. Org citiestour. On the fourth floor of what is called the Municipal Office of city hall, right on the st. Clair river. Probably the most Eastern Point of michigan. Our population is around 30,000 people, whic