Contagion. Struggle against epidemics is a global one. Sunday, at 4 00 p. M. On real america, the 1948 film the eternal fight. From a disease infected zone, the traveler became unwittingly a carrier of deadly germs. The germs stayed and spread. Sunday, at 6 00 p. M. John hancock created a committee as a whole to gather amongst ourselves an individual caucuses and decide how we should proceed. Do we really want independentsy and then he committed a committee of five men. From the tour of monticello and bill barker you know i served 40 years in Public Service and yet i have often thought if heaven had given me a position to migrate it would have been on a small spot of ground, well watered and near a good market for the produce. Gardening is one of my greatest delights. This weekend on cspan3. Every saturday night American History tv takes you to College Classrooms around the country for lectures in history. Why do you all know who Lizzie Borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard o
Once the crisis subdued and William Clayton dug up as documents again they might as well have remained buried they remain restricted for over 175 years. It wasnt until 2014. The lds church announced they were be making them available for the first time in published form. And dont forget to tell all of you that whenever there is a document or series of documents that are kept hidden and secret lots of legends and myths crop up around them. Over the century and a half there had been lots of myths about the Counsel Council of 50 and what took place in it. And this grew to legendary proportion until finally when they finally got access to the council some were disappointed by the content. Where was Justice Smith being crowned as a king or where were they ordering the assassination of the u. S. President. These were all things that were bandied about. Some people were disappointed in these records when they were finally released as a historian of American Religion and politics they were lik
Minutes of that secret counsel we had been meeting and over the last few months. He knew the contents of those records were very controversial and when seen in a certain light or context they could be understood as treason and he was anxious to keep them out of the wrong hands. William clayton to the great benefit of the rest of us. Chose to disobey his profit instead of and set up burning the documents he buried them. Once the crisis was to subdue and he dug up those documents again they might has well have been buried because they remain restricted from scholars and historians believers and skeptics alike for over 175 years. It wasnt until 2014 that the lds church and announced they were going to beat making them available for the first time in published form and they were finally published in 2016. I dont have to tell all of you that whenever there is a document or a series of documents that are keep kept hidden. A lot of legends and myths crop up around them. Over the centuries and
Good afternoon, everyone. First off, id like to thank the Clermont Institute for sponsoring this panel and for sponsoring all of its panels here at the american Political Science association, and thanks to all of you for coming to hear whether congress is still dysfunctional. I suspect you already know the answer to the question, but maybe well provide a fuller background and explanation about whats going on these days on capitol hill. Its no secret to political scientists that congress is a mess. Its no secret to the members of congress that congress is a mess. And nor is it a secret to the American People that congress is a mess. Routinely, congress polls very poorly when people are asked whether they approve of the job its doing, and this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress, most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also long standing. Over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved an Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this wa
Good afternoon everyone. Youll find seats and we will get our panel going. Good morning. Welcome to the fifth annual mississippi book festival. Im Chris Goodman with the Mississippi Department of archives and history if youve not done so please silence your cell phones. This panel on the u. S. Civil war is sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mississippi State University One of the book festivals Board Members from Mississippi State john mars luck is on the panel. As Francis Coleman here . Dean of libraries . Another strong supporter. As is stuart rockwell, director of Mississippi Humanities Council. I dont believe hes in the room but think them for their support and we are in the room today courtesy of forming walkmans walker. Our panelists are jaclyn dowd hall commercial be harold, john mars luck and bend when you can purchase copies of their books outdoors and you can find the times they will be signing in your brochure. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 mi