Social media. Follow us at cspan history. The largest stone fort announcer the largest stone fort in the United States sits at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay near hampton, virginia. Up next, Fort Monroe Casemate Museum director robin reed gives us a tour, showcasing the forts history, from the colonial era, through its completion in 1834 and its role in the civil war. Mr. Reed welcome to fort monroe, located here on the very Pleasant Place we call Point Comfort. We actually call it old Point Comfort. That has been that way for a long, long time. It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. In fact, some would say even longer. Some would say even thousands of years. We are inside the Casemate Museum, aptly named because we are actually inside a casemate. A casemate is nothing more than a vault inside a fort wall. So you are actually inside the fort wall, kind of unique for museums at this point in time. We will walk you through the Casemate Museum and talk to you about the
Discussion entitled, historically speaking, Thurgood Marshall, a life in American History, an evening with spencer crew and paul finkle man. Before we begin, let me also welcome our audience whos streaming the discussion through the museums you stream channel. Our twitter handle this evening is historicallyspeaking. We are also thrilled that this program will be broadcast via cspan book tv and will be aired at a later date. Through dr. Crews compelling new biography introduces us to the constant battles of equality faced by africanamericans through a study of Thurgood Marshalls extraordinary courage and his believe in the power of the law to change society. Thurgood marshall, a life in American History, follows his career from his youth in baltimore, maryland, to his days as a Supreme Court justice. Thurgood marshalls inspiring story illustrates how pervasive is racism in American Society and reveals the difficulty of the struggles of africanamericans to make progress against it. Throu
Mccalls through this charming photograph that we use in the story. Im pleased that you have taken this picture which was taken a year or two after i came back from school in england, and had come out in the traditional way in new york. Fashions seem so funny today with the high neck and the gold beads around my neck and above all the hair. I had hair below my waist, so it was hard to get it scrolled up on top of my head, but it makes you look quite different. All i can say about the fashions today is that at least weve progressed and are more comfortable. In the next picture with your father you seem to have a very nice relationship with him. He meant a great deal to you, didnt he . My father meant a tremendous amount. I adored him all the days of my childhood. Did for many years. Did he have a particular nickname he called you . Little male after the dickinson story, i always liked that. Im sitting on my fathers knee, very badly dressed little girl, right up to my mothers death so i h
Welcome you to the celebration of the 2018 president ial site summit. The Kennedy Center is the perfect venue for this. Its so fitting because itself is a president ial site which is dedicated as a living memorial to president john f. Kennedy, and to assure the authentic nature of this historical gathering, the Kennedy Center brought it back to the 1800s in terms of the temperature in washington, d. C. [laughter] and we want thank you for that. Also, weve been given authority from no higher source than the chairman of the board of the john f. Kennedy center, David Rubenstein, for gentlemen and ladies would like to remove jackets and be more comfortable. So please feel free to do so. This years site summit is the largest gathering ever of a president ial site representatives. These Historic Sites include more than 100 birthplaces and childhood homes, memorials and museums, libraries and landmarks from coast to coast. Were grateful to have the site representatives here and for your devot