Score of subtle harmonies before a note is stirred. And the nature now is pondering the title symphony of spring as yet unheard. This is a poem by John Bannister , american poet buried in Hollywood Cemetery. Here at Hollywood Cemetery we are anticipating the coming of spring. Now many of the trees are dormant, but soon they will break forth with tremendous color and life. Hollywood cemetery was beyondshed in 1847, just the city limits of richmond, virginia. The founders of hollywood hired , a philadelphia landscape architect, to design and layout they grounds. Not rename the grounds, but the you name the grounds for the extensive growth of hollywood trees, and he transformed this wooded area into one of the most picturesque rural cemeteries in the United States. By the middle of the 19th century, American Cities and towns had grown due to immigration and industrialization. The city churchyards and bearing grounds had become overcrowded. The Rural Cemetery was created to provide safe, s
Obama. Want to get your reaction. Who is your favorite president . Tell us why. 202 7488001, if republicans. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488001 independent colors. You could also share your comments on facebook. Good monday morning to you. Thank you for being here with us on this president s day holiday. We talked about this yesterday with three leading historians survey. Ed conduct this this is the third time that cspan has conducted the survey. The first in 2000 and the second in 2009 and now, our third president ial historian survey. Number one, no surprise, Abraham Lincoln. Followed by George Washington. Franklin d. Roosevelt is number three. Teddy roosevelt is number four. Followed by eisenhower, jefferson, kennedy, reagan and johnson. Different point of view. We want to hear your calls and comments. Yesterday, explaining the methodology. Who was involved and why the historians came up with these. Guest we chose the 10 categories that we thought were the most important to use in
Meet the shortfall. And Sofa Psychology what do these pictures of president ial adviser Kellyanne Conway show us about power in the west wing . Hello and welcome to one hundred days, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. A Primetime Speech to a Joint Session Of Congress is a perfect opportunity a0 days into this presidency for donald trump to explain what he wants to do with the office. His speech in a few hours time will focus on three initiatives the rebuilding of the us military, the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care act or obamacare, as its known, and reform of the tax code. Ahead of his speech the president gave an interview to fox news. He was challenged on how he intends to pay for a 58 billion increase in the defence budget. Where is the money coming from . If you put all the money, thats about 50 billion. The money will come from a revved up economy. If you look at the numbers we are doing, we will probably have a gdp of little more than 1 and
It is tremendously significant to show the contributions not just for africanamericans but all americans to show this is indeed our country and we contributed to it just as as much as anybody else if not more. How do you see the museum fitting into the larger story line with the passage of the civil right and the first africanamerican president is opening the museum. Does the museum itself have a larger role in history . I cannot continue to think of the 44th president of the United States and for example when he was first sworn in or first won the primary even it was on the eve of the march on washington. When he was sworn in it was right after the birthday of dr. Martin luther king. Now before he leaves office, after serving eight years as the president of the United States, this magnificent, museum is opening. When children look at the grand opening of the museum they will see the picture of the first africanamerican president of the United States. I think of it not only in the cont
Parks is the name of the book. Our topic for today is henry clay and americas greatest statesman. Mr. Unger is a veteran journalist broadcaster, educator and historian, former distinguished visiting fellow at the George Washington. He is the author of 25 books including three histories of early america and ten biographies of americas Founding Fathers. Among them George Washington, lafayette, Patrick Henry and james monro. Hes appeared on the History Channel and a cspan book tv spoke at mount vernon, yorktown and many other historic sites. A graduate of the Yale University with a Masters University with a masters of arts from california state university. Spent many years as an analyst for the new york World Tribune in the service and the canadian broadcasting corporation. Mr. President and John Marshall reveal how George Washington and John Marshall constructed the executive and judicial branches of the american government. The greatest statesman tells how a fearless young kentucky warr