President this night event 90 minute event held at the same hilton hotel in washington, d. C. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. My name is craig. And the president and ceo of the National Law Enforcement officers Memorial Fund. Tonight, on behalf of the board of directors, we are pleased to present our 16 witness to history program. This is a series of programs we do where we invite the actual participants of historical Law Enforcement events to tell us their stories. It has been fascinating. Every event we have done, we film them and they will be a permanent part of the Museum Archives, and we couldnt be prouder of the content we had assembled and compiled so far. Tonights event will explore the assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan 26 years ago. 26 years ago on march 30, one week or so ago. Before we begin, i want to acknowledge and thank our partner and very proud sponsor of our witness to history series. They have been a longtime partner of the Memorial Fund and supported u
Hes a political scientist at grove city college, which along the institutions as hilldale college, they dont which any federal money, means he doesnt have to bend. He can tell it as it is. That is fabulous because we we do not accept any of taxpayers money. Paul kingery is a public intellectual on the conservative side. Hes one of the few who has to break through he has written a number of books on conservative issues, including very , including gays marriage. Thingswritten a few about Ronald Reagan, including the crusader. Last but not least i would like to recognize talking her for appreciating the institute of politics. He has been around the institute , including my mentor such as it is onlyofessor because of the junkyard dog qualities at some of the dinosaurs keep even cap. I have begged them forever, please write books, please provide the truth. Narrative alternative that would shed to shed true light into the past. Instead, most of the cold warriors have left everything in the e
Each week, American History artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next, a visit to the National Learn abouteum to the exhibit architecture of an st. Elizabeths, 1852 to 2017. Known as the Government Hospital the insane when it opened, d. C. D a you of washington, at its peak in 1960, st. Elizabeths had almost 8,000 and covered 300 acres. It is still open today. This hour long program, usator sarah levit shows what architecture can reveal about how the mentally ill were cared for over time. This decided to do exhibition for many reasons, one of which i think its a real important moment to be talking the role of the federal government in providing public and providing healthcare for the mentally ill. Also right now, at st. Elizabeths in d. C. , its really a time where theyre develop the land, its now split into two halves, halfederal government owns of it and it will become the department of Homeland Security, which is something thats happening right now and also development i
This is a newspaper clipping from the 1948 election. Somebody added comments to it. He expresses interest in their families as well as the people were writing back to him also house margaret, i hope they are doing well. This is a letter that talks about something with close pictures which is the clipping that they are referring to. They had to have before joked. All good wishes and congratulations to your your family. If you ever need anybody for entertainment purposes, let me know. President truman did not seek out entertainers or one the people. He cultivated some relationships, especially jack benny. He had a good friendship with him. Here is jack benny and president truman. This is at the truman library. They are at the library again. This is the clip. You can watch this and other American History programs on our website where all of our video is archived. That is cspan. Org history. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next, a v
It is still open today. In this hour long program, curator sarah levit shows us what architecture can reveal about how the mentally ill were cared for over time. Sarah we decided to do this exhibition for many reasons, one of which i think its a real important moment to be talking about the role of the federal government in providing Public Health and providing healthcare for the mentally ill. And what that role has been over. Ime it is an interesting time to talk about right now. Also right now, at st. Elizabeths in d. C its really a time where theyre looking to develop the land, its now split into two halves, the federal government owns half of it and it will become the department of Homeland Security, which is something thats happening right now and also development is really starting on the east campus, which is owned by the city of washington, d. C. Its a really interesting time to Start Talking about that since theyre really moving forward and starting that development process. T