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Producer grace guggenheim whose credits include the Academy Awardwinning johnstown flood. And michael hill who coproduced pbss the civil war. The u. S. Capital Historical Society hosted the event as part of the National Heritage lecture. It is about one hour and 20 minutes. I am stacy mcbride. Welcome to your 25th lecture. Senator blunt is a High School History teacher. I will try to do him justice in describing this room you have chosen for your 25th lecture. You have chosen a remarkably historic room. But first, i have to thank the offices of the Senate Curator and historian who prepare and fantastic histories of all of our art and all of our rooms. Without them, this introduction would not be possible. To begin, in the early the house 1900s, and senate decided they had outgrown their space. They commissioned two architects from new york to build them a house and Senate Office building. Those buildings have become the Cannon House Office building and the russell Senate Office buildin
School history teacher and i will try and probably feebley fail to do him justice in describing this beautiful room youve chosen for your 25th lecture. You have chosen a remarkably historic room. But first, i have to thank the offices of the senate cure rater and historian who prepare histories of our art and rooms. Without them this introduction simply wouldnt be possible. So to begin. In the early 1900s the house and the senate decided they had outgrown their space. They commissioned two architects from new york. To build them a house and Senate Office buildings. Those have now become the Cannon House Office building and the russell Senate Office building. Interestingly, if you know theyre sort of mirror images from above. But those two individuals were educated in paris and a part of that education brought this beautiful art that you see around this room. They took great care to design this room. In fact, they spent over a year finding this black vained marble that came from new jer
On Friday, 6-year-old Nico Spinos joined his father, Gino, at Johnstown Flood National Memorial for a lesson on why the 1889 Johnstown flood still resonates 135 years later.
For the 135th anniversary of the Johnstown Flood of 1889, many paid a visit to the Johnstown Flood Museum Saturday and others participated in a special tour from the Johnstown