You come into this house and there is so much to do with so much coming at you that there is no time to think or reflect. Hi everyone, we are here digging up soil because we are about to plant a garden. I wont be satisfied nor will my husband until every single veteran in Military Spouse who wants a job has one. At the end of the day my most important title is still mom and mom in chief. In 2008 barack obama was elected as our 44th president and he and First Lady Michelle Obama went into the history books as the first African American first couple now one year into a second obama turned the first lady continues were focused on child will be city support for military families and access to education. Good evening, and welcome well tonight is the final installment in our yearlong series first ladies influence an image, and we finish appropriately with the current first lady, Michelle Obama. For the next 90 minutes we will learn more about her biography and how she as approach the job in
BryanCollege Station, texas. The history of the neighboring cities sitting within three hours of houston, san antonio, and dallas. In about five minutes, we take you inside the george h. W. Bush president ial library and museum for our first ever look at newly discovered film footage of george and barbara bush on their honeymoon. Following that, the final resting place of the 41st president and the first lady on the grounds of the library. In about 20 minutes, the history of the area as we travel to the brass yoes Valley Museum of history and later a trip to the campus of texas a m university for the story of a core of cadets, the student military organization dating to 1876. We begin our special feature with the mayors of bryan and College Station as they talk about the history and special relationship between the two cities. One of the wonder fingers about bryanCollege Station, you have two cities, one community. The university started in the 1870s. The city of bryan started a couple
San antonio and dallas. In about five minutes, we take you inside the george h. W. Bush president ial library and museum for film footage of george bush and barbara bush on their honeymoon and the final resting place of the 41st president and the first lady on the grounds of the library. In about 20 minutes t history of the area as we travel to the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History and later a trip to the campus of texas a m university for the story of cadets, a student military organization dating to 1876. We begin our special feature with the mayors of bryan and College Station as they talk about the history and special relationship between the two cities. One of the wonderful things about Bryan College station, youve got two cities, one community. The university started in the 1870s, the city of bryan started just a couple of years before, really right after the civil war. There was a railroad coming from houston that was marching its way here, stopped before the civil war, an
Cspan. Org coronavirus. Are look concludes with a visit to the sanders core center to hear about texas a m universitys corps of cadets. Texas a m and the core of today its came into existence at the same time and a lot of the things that go on here corps of cadets. A lot of the big traditions started with the corps of cadets. Welcome to texas a m university and the corps of cadets. My name is col. Byron stebbins, im a member of the class of 1970 and i would like to welcome to the core center designed to provide visitors to texas a m an understanding of what we are all about. It explains its history and some of the traditions that we have. Octoberm was opened on the fourth, 1876. Unfortunately, they did not have the student population to start classes. On october 6, 1876, 2 days later, it opened its door to 40 students. From that point to today where we are not only the Largest University in the state of texas, but we started as the Largest University in the united states. We have appro
It explains its history and some of the traditions that we have. Texas a m was opened on october the 4th, 1876. But unfortunately, they did not have the student population to actually start classes. So on october 6, 1876, 2 days later, it actually opened its doors to 40 students. From that point to today where we are not only the Largest University in the state of texas, but we started as the Largest University in the United States. We have approximately 60,000 students here on campus, of which 2300 of those were members of the corps of cadets. From 1876 for the next 24 years, a m had to struggle in order to be able to maintain a university here in College Station. It was not until a former governor of the state of texas came here in 1890 that the university took off. At that point, his reputation allowed the mothers and fathers of the state of texas to want to actually send their sons here to the university. Because it was established under the morrill act of 1862, a m was an all male