Mothers at what is still considered the largest dinners ever held at the white house. As president nixon said, it rained all day and much of the evening, and the south long was south lawn was soggy when the guests started arriving for dinner. Many of the womens long dresses got splattered with mud, but nothing would dampen the spirits of that night. In the first year of his presidency, nixon met with the wives and mothers of the pows during the christmas season. He wrote that the women spoke respectfully and passionately about the need to get their husbands and sons returned home to american soil. From that time on, each pow was an individual to me, obtaining their release became a burning cause. Our distinguished speaker on this memorial day will tell this important story. Her name is heath hardage lee. She is a historian, writer, and museum curator, and holds a ba in history with honors from davidson college, and an ma from the university of virginia. A 2017 robert j curatorial fello
On this memorial day we honor the follow the fallen. We are we honor those who were killed in action during the vietnam war. President nixon was commanderinchief. This week marks the 46th anniversary of when the president and first lady welcomed the american prisoners of war held captive in vietnam, and their spouses and their mothers. It is still considered one of the largest dinners ever held at the white house. As president nixon said, it rained all day and much of the evening. Many of the womens long dresses got splattered with mud, but nothing would dampen the spirits of that night. With the wives and mothers of the pows during the christmas season. He wrote that the women spoke respectfully and passionately about the need to get their husbands and sons returned home to american soil. From that time on, each pow was an individual to me, obtaining the release became a burning cause. Our distinguished speaker on this memorial day will tell this important story. Her name is heath har
And to try to find out why the United States has the worst rate of infant mortality in the industrialized world. Its monday morning in clevelands metrohealth hospital. A newborn baby boy has just been rushed into Neonatal Intensive Care Unit known as the nicu. Weighing just over 2 pounds, hes 14 weeks premature it means he was only in the womb for less than six months. Hes really retracting. You see his Blood Pressure . Very low. Theyre right now trying to get urgent care to the baby thats just been born here, literally within the last couple of hours. And right now getting respiration assistance, and an intravenous drip inserted. This is the kind of scenario that happens all the time on this ward. Medical advances have dramatically improved the odds of survival for premature babies, but they havent changed one aspect of this crisis. Almost all of the babies in this ward are black. Just under 40 percent of the babies born are African American but they contribute to 70 percent of the ba
What is causing these deaths, and to try to find out why the United States has the worst rate of infant mortality in the industrialized world. Its monday morning in clevelands metrohealth hospital. A newborn baby boy has just been rushed into Neonatal Intensive Care Unit known as the nicu. Weighing just over 2 pounds, hes 14 weeks premature it means he was only in the womb for less than six months. Hes really retracting. You see his Blood Pressure . Very low. Theyre right now trying to get urgent care to the baby thats just been born here, literally within the last couple of hours. And right now getting respiration assistance, and an intravenous drip inserted. This is the kind of scenario that happens all the time on this ward. Medical advances have dramatically improved the odds of survival for premature babies, but they havent changed one aspect of this crisis. Almost all of the babies in this ward are black. Just under 40 percent of the babies born are African American but they cont
Fault lines travels to cleveland, ohio to look at what is causing these deaths, and to try to find out why the United States has the worst rate of infant mortality in the industrialized world. Its monday morning in clevelands metrohealth hospital. A newborn baby boy has just been rushed into Neonatal Intensive Care Unit known as the nicu. Weighing just over 2 pounds, hes 14 weeks premature it means he was only in the womb for less than six months. Hes really retracting. You see his Blood Pressure . Very low. Theyre right now trying to get urgent care to the baby thats just been born here, literally within the last couple of hours. And right now getting respiration assistance, and an intravenous drip inserted. This is the kind of scenario that happens all the time on this ward. Medical advances have dramatically improved the odds of survival for premature babies, but they havent changed one aspect of this crisis. Almost all of the babies in this ward are black. Just under 40 percent of