Carmen like to introduce. He is the Vice President and the head of the virginia program. He is the head of the National Union and the local chapter. This is a Service Union with more than 120,000 members. Thank you. All right. All, congressman, it is always a pleasure. First of all, i want to say thank you. You be spending your day in virginia. Spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] spanish] commemorating the 50th anniversary of the margin washington. The march on washington. He said something very important. Today, we commemorate. Tomorrow, we agitate. Today, we commemorate. Tomorrow, we agitate. Today, we commemorate. Tomorrow, and virginia, we agitate. Tomorrow, we agitate. Spanish] [speaking spanish] [applause] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] ok. [speaking spanish] [applause] [speaking spanish] si, se puede. Si, se puede. [indiscernable] coming up on cspan, first. Adies features ida mckinley talks aboutkerry chemical weapons in the spanish civil war in this year in it
Between her husband William Mckinley. They spent 30 years together which brought them happiness early on. It changed their life into illness and devotion to shape the presidency at the turn of the new century. Joining us tonight to tell the story of ida mckinley are two guests returning to the table, Richard Norton smith and carl anthony. We are going to start our program with film. This is the first time that a president and first lady have been captured on film in the the United States. This rare footage is mr. And mrs. Mckinley coming on stage in 1901. That date is significant because the next day the president would be shot by an assassins bullets. What was it about this exhibition that attracted the president to want to go . It was a world there. Fair, it was a celebration of americas place in the new world. The presidency was very surprising in many ways. In fact, he was the president who took the country to the world stage. The spanishamerican war and turned america into a repub
Who has an inheritance so strange, it takes years just to figure out what it is. My name is mike meister. My siblings and i inherited something that goes back to our greatuncle more than a hundred years ago. Wed always been told that it came from the white house, but it was just a family story. Hi, jamie. Welcome to boston. Thanks, mike. Nice to meet you. Yeah, nice to meet you, too. Mike leads me inside, saying he has something amazing to show me. He keeps it in its own molded, airtight protective case. Can i take a look . Sure can. You brought me all the way here, mike. This is. What is it . Mikes strange inheritance is this piece of decorative pinewood. 30 inches long, 14 inches across, four inches thick. On the back is a faint signature and a date j. S. Williamson, october 15, 1902. Theres a real story behind it. Family legend is that its from the white house. Could that be . The white house does have a colorful past. Its nearly completed at the end of john adams presidency. He mov
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On this day in history, April 20, 1898, the 25th president, William McKinley, went to Congress to ask for declaration of war on Spain in defense of Cuba, which had been battling Spain.