During the war. Two soldiers decided to form the nra. One is to facilitate and grow long range rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state nascars in marksmanship. The nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization. The they grew to 1700 by 1929. They also are, just so you know, built on there was an English National rifle association, and they were that was the predecessor in 1859. The franchise model, you could start and build a rifle club locally or statewide and then you were nrr affiliate. Would the early founders of the nra recognize the Organization Today in 2020 . Oh, not at all. The organization was not at all intended to be political in any way. I think you could even say as late as 19 mid 1960s that the heads of that organization could not see what the nra has become today. The nra, it became a Political Organization, not focussed solely on marksmanship. The second thing i would
He would like to reduce detention between the any differences that exist between the muslim countries and thats what our stance has been how do we talk about having the assassination as we said whats pakistans position when donald trump tweeted that he wanted to destroy cultural sites in iran but i think. The world statement and our leaders have reacted to that and the we have this is this is how we look at it that any action that could destabilize the region that could escalate detention in the region is a matter of concern to us thats the same as the british governments position is although Boris Johnson did send 2 warships immediately to iran through as it was montrose major missile defended to the shores i mean would pakistan join in any u. K. Intervention against iran i think our position is very clear if you look at the statements coming out of park a sign that we would not like to be part of any. Adventure and we would not like to be part of anything that causes. Of the region o
About must not happen the news that mr sarin would be pulling out of the race prompted polling across the state of bavaria which showed that almost every other person would have an issue to some degree with the mayor of their city or community being of the islamic faith with over a quarter saying they would definitely have an issue when the polling data was broken down to voter preference on surprisingly supporters of the anti immigration a. F. D. Overwhelmingly were against the muslim air but just a touch and a half of c. S. U. Voters held the same view the Party Faithful putting out a very different message to that on the bavarian interior ministrys website a ministry run by the Christian Social Union we want a culture of togetherness so that people with foreign roots have the desire and the opportunity to get involved both at work and in the local community then assad says he will continue to support the c. S. U. While senior Party Figures have gone out of their way to show him supp
Stanton. She is a historian of womens history. We are delighted to have her here tonight. Elizabeth griffith, thank you for being here. [applause] hello, everybody. We are making a few adjustments here. The light relates to cspan filming, so we are stuck with the light, which is affecting some of the colors. I hope you have already noticed that the background was suffrage for all. [laughter] hello, welcome, and thank you for being here. Thank you to the smithsonian for the invitation and the opportunity to talk about what im learning as i write a new book. This book is about women in the 20th century between the two betweenon washington, the march 1913 suffrage march, organized by alice paul the day before Woodrow Wilson was a nigra, and the march january here, around the country and around the world the day after president trumps inauguration. Spanhundredyour encompasses economic, legal rights for women, large cultural shift, sexual expectations, as and. As sexism, misogyny, historian
Sherman tank was the most commonly used American Tank in world war ii. Up next, i rock and afghanistan think veteran nick lewis moran talks about the design and history of the m4 sherman tank. The tank was the best u. S. Tank during world war ii because of its versatility, low production cost, and reliability. Nicholas miranda is the director war intary director of america, the stakes game as 100 million players worldwide. York military Affairs Symposium hosted this 90 minute event. [applause] Nicholas Moran graduated from University College dublin and enlisted in the Irish Defense reserve forces in 1997. The United States army in 2000, and was commissioned as an army officer in 2002. He then spent one year in iraq as a tank platoon leader and a oneyear tour in afghanistan. Is also aoran graduate of the u. S. Army command and general college. He has been working at the San Francisco bays wargaming americas inhouse tanker and his historian since 2012 and has the nickname of the chieftai