Cspan3. Next, a visit to the Smithsonians National portrait gallery. In the second of a twopart program, historian Kate Clarke Lemay gives American History tv a guided tour of an exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment using political cartoons and images of suffragists picketing the white house, ms. Lemay explores the National Womens Party Tactics under the leadership of alice paul. Hi, im kate lemay, and im the curator of votes for women, a portrait of persistence, which is an exhibition on view at the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. And im standing in front of what we call our title treatment. Its a large blowup of headwig lik riker who was a german born actress. During the finnish or the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington, d. C. , andst that just one event of the long Suffrage Movement that this exhibition highlights, and we have 124 objects that goes into the long history beginning in the 1832 and bringing it right up to 1920, but the
To join the war effort and culminates in the december 7, 1941 attack on pearl harbor. Children i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [gunfire] [plane engines] narrator in the jungles of new guinea, on the barren shores of the on the barren shores of the aleutians, in the tropic heat of the pacific islands, in the subzero cold of the skies over germany, in burma and iceland, the philippines and iran, france, in china and italy, americans fighting. Fighting over an area extending 7 8 of the way around the world. Men from the green hills of new england, the sunbaked plains of the middle west, the cotton fields of the south, the closepacked streets of manhattan, chicago, the teeming factories of detroit, los angeles, the endless stretching distances of the southwest, men from the hills and from the plains, from the villages and from the cities, bookkeepers, soda je
Decision to use the atomic bomb. In 1999, a poll of journalists ranks the bombing is the top new story of the entire 20th century. Beating out the landing on the moon, the attack on pearl harbor, and other prominent stories and events that occurred in the last century. The importance of a story of the atomic bombings of japan, has come over the last five decades or so, a enormous and highly acrimonious controversy, both among scholars and among the general public. It is safe to say that the issue of the atomic bombing is arguably and it is a strong argument the issue of the atomic bombings of japan is the most contentious debate in all of American History. I dont think we are going to settle it today. But i hope we will advance our knowledge of the subject and shed some light on some important issues and perhaps lower the volume of ill will at all to often has been a prominent part of this controversy. Trumanssy over decision to use the atomic bomb arises from two fiercely competing in
Sleep tonight, but i think it will be worth it. The covid19 pandemic has shown the devastating impact can be due to a moderate pandemic. And we can imagine the impact of biological threat here or in the horizons that have more than a 1 fatality rate. The biological threats that are enabled by advances and Synthetic Biology is make possible to design pathogens that are even more severe, even more deadly than what we find in nature and the capabilities are accessible not just to state and biological weapon programs that unfortunately persist today but also to individuals. To help us understand the threat we face and what we can do about them, we are fortunate to have two congressional leaders on National Security issues and the distinguished panel of experts including one of my mentors on the topic for 15 years. Im honored to first welcome that distinguished guests, representative mike turner that represents the tenth Congressional District in southwestern ohio which includes dayton and
Preparedness and emerging bio threats from other nations. Nonstate actors and natural causes. They also talk about the role of government partnerships with the private sector and International Communities as well as intergovernmental coordination. Im the ceo and president of the Rand Corporation a nonprofit and nonpartisan Research Organization committed to the public good. This is my first public event in my new role and i am grateful that its the topic that id lost the most sleep over the last 20 years. I expect i will be losing more sleep tonight, but i think it will be worth it. The covid19 pandemic has shown the devastating impact can be due to a moderate pandemic. And we can imagine the impact of biological threat here or in the horizons that have more than a 1 fatality rate. The biological threats that are enabled by advances and Synthetic Biology is make possible to design pathogens that are even more severe, even more deadly than what we find in nature and the capabilities are