Congress and hollywood filmmakers. Tv,ext on American History blacklist survivors, family members read testimonies and statements from those subpoenaed during the testimony. The Writers Guild foundation and hollywood progressives host this event. Onthe record will show that october 27, 1947, the subcommittee of the House Unamerican Activities Committee at with the chairman, dishonorable jail time is providing desperate siding. The House Unamerican Activities Committee is in session. Let yourself go. [laughter] there are not even subpoenas im going to speak anyway. My name is Richard Dreyfuss. [applause] i am a child of the blacklist. My parents were not in show business, but they were the victims of the blacklist nonetheless. I lived on 2 eighteen st in bayside queens and every house on that block was either a communist or socialist. If you had not fought hitlers and had not gone to the Abraham Lincoln brigade, you better have a dam good reason. [applause] when i was a young boy, i irn
Cable or satellite provider. President franklin d. Roosevelt proclaimed a national day of prayer for january 1st, 1942, following the japanese attack on pearl harbor. Fdr and british Prime Minister Winston Churchill worshipped together that day in George Washingtons hometown church. American history tv visited Christ Church in alexandria, virginia, to hear the story. Hi. Im john lawson. Of the former senior warden here at Christ Church in alexandria, virginia. With me is our rector. The story that i will describe today, to me, is really a lesson in leadership, from perhaps the greatest leaders of the 20th century, president Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. These are men who are willing to commit their countries to a long, bloody conflict in the name of freedom, to support the freedom and independence of their own homeland, but to support freedom and democracy for other people around the world. They combine that with a deep humility. They believe that our countri
Talking about what it was like to be a secretary at chart well. And part of the project were doing we plan to open the secretary room in 2020. So if you want to hear more about that, theres something in your pack act the project. In terms of churchill and island. I was thinking what we had in the collection. About that. We have a gift from london. Of a replica of one of my favorite items in the house. In the library. I was really interested yesterday to start to hear a little bit about churchills relationship with attlee. Well hear more about that now. So we have another family of writers like the churchills here. We have the bews with us this morning. We have lord bew. Professor of politics at Queen University in belfast. And we have john. Who is professor of i have that wrong. So lord bew is the politics expert. And john is the history professor and Foreign Affairs and Award Winning historian. Theyll give us an excellent take this morning. Starting off with john. Can we have a big wa
Flying debris, but the driver walks away. Truckin and fare thee well. The grateful dead end their legendary 50year run with one last show in chicago. While fans may be disappointed. Why the band is flying high today, monday, july 6th, 2015. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Savannah has the morning off. Weve got the numberone deadhead in the house, hoda kotb kotb. Hey, how are you . Not exactly. Not exactly. Okay. On a monday morning, thats good. How about yesterday . Were you watching the soccer game . I watched very little at the beginning and then i jumped in a car and if you missed the first 16 minutes, you missed everything. Can i tell you what i did . Three minutes until 7 00 went out and walked the dog, came back at 14 after and thought i was seeing things. I literally thought that things started at 6 00. I thought i missed an hour right .
Little bit about john. John is a professor of American History and the chair of the History Department at messiah college. He received his ph. D. From suny stonybrook in 99 and has been at messiah since 2002. His book examined the relationship between kal vannism, cosmopolitanism and enlightenment in 18th century america. He coedited the book confessing history, explorations in Christian Faith and the historians vocation with jay green and eric miller in 2010 and his book, why study history, reflecting on the importance of the past was published in 2013. Most recently hes written the bible cause, history of the American Bible Society with Oxford University press. John has published in the Christian Century and i christianity today along with the Washington Post and New York Daily News and has done article in the journal of presbyterian history and 19th american 19th century history. Tonight, dr. Fea will be speaking on material from his 2011 book, was america founded as a christian nat