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Here we are, finally at the end, where were going to focus on memory for our last class. Theres no better event in United States history to talk about how powerful contending memories of something that happened in the past can be. Theres simply nothing remotely equal to it i think in the civil war, passions get up quickly when people remember the civil war, and then watching that in charlottesville in the last year and a half in the debates over the equestrian statue of r. E. Lee. Well talk at the end when i get to the war today about some of the resonances of the war in our current american situation and the ways in which the different streams of memory put in places by the wartime generation, either do or do not remain with us now. My real focus today is going to be on how the wartime generation remembered the war. And im going to focus on four great interpretive traditions that came out of the wartime generation, thrived for many decades thereafter, and in differing degrees continue
It used to be that people talked about the constitution quite a lot. ,hether it was in congress whether the bill in question was in constitution or not. Whether it was in the public through discourse, commentaries. For manya big topic years in the United States. Not so much anymore. People say you hear that the constitution is too old, it is archaic. It wast time i checked, not written in old english or shakespearean. Thee in it. Thou or i think people are scared. They dont really know what it means. They look at the document and what do those things actually mean . My job was to give people a readable story of the constitution. I went through clause by clause and wrote it down. Would know what it meant to read the constitution, what the founding generation said this constitution meant. It also i also was motivated to write the book because of the charge in the constitution itself. The founding generation left this constitution to their posterity. That is often a word that we dont use.
Wiretapping of u. S. Citizens is iscussed by joshua geltz good morning, this is friday, february 2. Even though the house and senate are not in legislative session today, it could turn out to be a very significant day here in washington. As you have probably heard, the president is poised to possibly approve the release today of a classified memo that the republicans alleged shows improper surveillance of one of the president s armor campaign aides. President s former campaign aides. We want to get your thoughts on what is being called the release of the nunez memo. If you agree with the release of the house intelligence memo, call this number 202 7488000. If you disagree, 202 7488001 is your number to call. And you can also weigh in on social media. You can comment on twitter, or on facebook. We will start things off with billy house, the Congressional Correspondent bloomberg news. You this from the top, if could. Explain for our viewers what this memo is all about and why it has beco
The capitol took 3 2 years to build, starting in 1867, and it was deemed completed in 1899 by governor Theodore Roosevelt. Construction materials such as granite and marble came from all over the country and all over the world. Five architects worked on this building. The building reflects those different architectural styles. Were standing on the eastern approach to the capitol. This stairway contains 77 steps. And were told that the 77 was chosen to commemorate the year 1777, which was when new york officially became a state. The stairway is also important in the history of this building because its said governor Theodore Roosevelt used to run up these steps. And he would challenge reporters that if they could keep up with him, he would grant them an exclusive interview. At the very top you can see carvings of henry hudson and joseph grant. Now, its logical that henry hudson might appear on the new york State Capitol since it was henry hudson who came to albany, discovered albany in