I started with teddy roosevelt, i knew so much had been written about teddy that i needed another story. I got into taft, when i figured out what was the difference between the two and their leadership, it was teddys leadership, and tafts failure of leadership. So i started reading the publications, the magazines, the press, these guys stood at the center and played a single role. Even the best historians writing secondarily, said these people were the vanguard. I didnt know the core, so he came into this life. Roosevelt, taft, and the muckrakers, with the bully pulpit author. All weekend long, American History tv is featuring the history of ann arbor, michigan, it was founded in 1824 but john allen. They recently visited many sites exploring the citys history. Learn more about ann arbor, all weekend, on American History tv. Today youre at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum in the city of ypsilanti. What we have created here is a museum attempting to tell the automotive history o
Of business in 1957. Whats unique about it is the dealership has the feel and the look of a 1930s, 1940s car dealership. And it has that feel because it is absolutely original. After world war ii ended, didnt need bombers anymore and there was a giant factory, the biggest one under one roof in the world. And two industrialists got together and decided to manufacture cars. There was a pentup demand for consumer goods after world war ii. They went together and created a Company Called kaiser fraser, using their last names. And Kaiser Frazer manufactured cars at the old bomber plant until 1953 when in 1953, they were sales had declined and they were consolidated into toledo, ohio. And in that factory then, General Motors took it over and needed the factory after losing their hydromatic plant from a fire outside of detroit. They moved here to ypsilanti to manufacture transmissions and then took half the factory and used it as an assembly plant. A General Motors story here. We have a Kaiser
We have a few things that speak to her connection to the room here. One of the things she wanted to highlight was the native American Heritage here in the hill country. We have a small collection of arrow heads there. She had an eye for copper and collected items through the years and had gifts from various friends. Mrs. Johnson gave a tour of the house in 1968 that was filmed and where she featured the china you see here purchased in mexico. Very colorful. First lady mrs. Johnson spent a lot of time at the ranch. It was important because it provided such a respite from the turmoil of washington, particularly later in the presidency where the johnsons could come home, recharge their batteries and make the connection back to the land in this place they valued so much. First lady, ladybird Johnson Monday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern live on cspan. There are some serious scholars in womens studies. Most departments include their fair share of nonideological academics who offer straightforw
Learn more on American History tv. This is the story of willow run. The story that now can be told in full. [ bell ringing ] we are presently in whats known as hangar one at willow run airport. We are in bay eight. If you look out at a 45degree angle from here we see the two doors where the bombers would come off the Assembly Line after they were built. There are a lot of stories that lead up to the building of the factory. With the war in europe turning hot when the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u. S. Was totally unprepared. Roosevelt went to congress and said the u. S. Must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. Then in the fall of 1940, the battle of britain took place and the bombers were devastating england. It came out that bombers would be the way that you would have to fight world war ii. All the Auto Companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. Ford Motor Company was given the b24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. It was the ne
And visibly pregnant and asked how much Maternity Leave do you want to sake and she said basically none, the fact that such women exist, not the way i i took plenty of Maternity Leave but i feel like that is a growing number you know, that is a kind of woman that there can be space for. And the fact that there are some stay at home dads happy and who do not all entirely live in portland, oregon, thats okay, too. Only National Television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books and throughout the fall were marking 15 years of book tv on cspan2. All weekend long American History tv is joining our Comcast Cable partners to showcase the history of ann arbor, michigan. To learn more about our local content vehicles, visit cspan. Org local content. This is American History tv on cspan3. Today youre at the indianapolis landty Automotive Heritage Museum in the city of jips landty. What we have created here is a museum attempting to tell the automotive history of our area here. And right