On cspan3. Next, the president of the society of the honor guard, tomb of the unknown soldier, talks about the history of Arlington National cemetery and the tomb of the unknowns. He describes how confederate general Robert E Lees mansion became a Burial Ground during the civil war and discusses the role and creation of the tomb guard and tells stories about some of the notable people interred at Arlington National cemetery. Is a little over 90 minutes. [applause] all, thank you for the invitation and thank you, Jessica Jones were doing the legwork and getting this organized and put together. This is very much we have guys in their 90s, guys in active duty, and females in our society who have guarded the tomb because the tomb was guarded first in 1995 by corporal heather johnson, the first female to walk them at in 1995. The tomb guard badge depicted on case here,d in this this is the second least awarded badge with the exception of the astronauts badge. The astronaut is in the low 200
We have been doing this for many years. Together a number of times going over the bitterroot mountains, following in the footsteps of lewis and clark. We initiated that for the smithsonian, carried that on. I was lucky enough to be involved in a number of those. That is how we became interested in lewis and clark. Of course, he is a historian. Said he came at it from that point of view. Ima historian of cartography. I am a historian of cartography. Together we put this book together. As far as we know, its the only book that talks primarily about the maps of lewis and clark. Of course, a huge number of books since the bicentennial of lewis and clark on them and on the various activities. Some touch on maps. There is a fine atlas that was put together of lewis and clark maps. We are trying to correct this imbalance by guiding and documenting the root of these maps. Before i continue, i want to thank a number of people that were involved with this production. Beginning with love and your
Now i expected him to go thanks. I will finish for now i could go on all day. I know you could. You just about half. Were supposed to be on for about 15 minutes and i have gone 35. I a labeled the polka Warda Peabody had a shot up. You took 35 minutes. Shuts up. This is what he does. Take control. Come on. I feel i need a whistle and a striped shirt. Can you please control them . He is calling me a liar on National Television because imus spoke of this is what he does is he demonizes than other people pick it up now i misspoke. You did not miss speak. This is what he does. He is vicious person blinded by ideology and that is all i will say. Dell franken and bill already whose books were best sellers in 2003. Yellowstone was deemed to park 1872. Actually was first discovered 82 07 by a man named john coulter part of the lewis and Clark Expedition and he mustered out of the way home and went back with some travelers said 1870 you looking for indias trade with. It was relatively call for
There was also an amendment that was proposed at that time that wouldve made the bill of rights binding on the states. We all know it took a civil war to do that. So the answer is extremely confusing and i thank you for asking the question. So we are done. Thank you for coming. [applause] the book is on sale in the bookstore, and also from fine booksellers everywhere if you dont buy it over here. Thank you. You are watching cspan2 with politics and public affairs. Weeknights featuring with live coverage of the you centered on weeknights watched key Public Policy fits into the weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. You can see past programs and get our schedules at our website and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. Here are some of the books that were published in 2003. That was cspan2s sixth year on cspan. We did what were supposed to do come first in the morning and any came down the trail and weve ambushed them. We killed them. We knocked them
Raid because people cannot spell. [laughter]. And its a job and folks. Then we have the next hoax called race to the top. Race to the top was just recently criticized in a report by a group of d. C. Called a broader approach and the American Association school superintendents. What they concluded is its not working. I said three years ago wasnt going to work because its an blb 2. 0. Its more teaching to the test. Its demoralizing teachers. Its leading to more School Closures and the bottom line is why are we racing to the top . What is the top . I dont know what the top is. Do you know what the top as . We are talking about her children. Do you want your family to race to the top of the neighborhood . Wheres the top of the neighborhood . The promise of American Public education is Educational Opportunity. Its a system of winners and losers. [applause] and then comes the narrative bond which these hoaxes are built and the narrative is another hoax. Its the narrative that says our Public