Trenton was selected because of its location, even though we are not in the Geographical Center of the state. We are situated on the Delaware River. Equidistant between north jersey and south jersey. It made sense for trenton because trenton was a household name. It was made famous by George Washington and the battle of trenton, crossing the Delaware River. It was also a center of commerce. William trent had established trenton as a port town. A river port town. Hisould fail sail merchant ships as far as this point, up to the fall lines of the delaware. It made sense to bring government here. The building involved over the course of 200 years from 1792 to 1991. 10 different architects, 16 Major Construction projects. Where we are standing in the rotunda was completed in 1889. The first steakhouse was constructed between 1790 in 1792 by jonathan doan, he was the builder, an architect from philadelphia. He constructed a very simple, georgianstyle building. It cost 215 pounds, which is 40
Century culture and we talk about how the french and indian war are confused in the minds of most americans. It is a very complicated time to see that is why five years we would culturally british to not wanting to be british anymore and to breakaway and be one of the most liberal and a free governments in the world. The verruckt slides initially used by british troops who would have been cornered here in the french and indian war. Well the fighting was in new york and pennsylvania they needed a place to come and the wintertime. The british troops brought their troops into the eastern side of the countys and the french brother troops into quebec. They were quartered and taverns, both filled up pretty quickly and then the crown said i know we are not forcing the quarterly and peoples homes, it is wartime, we have to make concessions. You will be paid. Troops started showing up in peoples homes, they would stay there for the winter. A lot of people were not happy about it. With colonists
They were born. They were girls. They were old people. My definition of the newsboy is really broad. As one striker in 1899 says, these are negroes, old ladies, cripples and these are , my people. These are the ones selling newspapers in American Cities from the 1830s into the 1940s. What was life like for them . In a word, life was precarious for newsboys. Their earnings fluctuated with the headlines, the weather. They were vulnerable to violence and competition. At the same time, they had spending money. They had more leisure time because they worked during times when the paper would come out. So, you could gamble, go to the theater at night. They have the high and low of the business. Working hard, being vulnerable, but also enjoying themselves. What were their living arrangements like . Most lived at home with their parents. They had poor, workingclass, tenant apartments. They would sneak out near newspaper offices. Newspapers like to have them close at hand for extras, for work. A
Good evening and welcome to the Lincoln Group of washington, d. C. It is a pleasure to have you all here tonight for our speaker program. Those also who are watching on cspan. The Lincoln Group of washington, d. C. , is the longest, continuously functioning lincoln organization having been founded in the 1930s. Www. Ve a website at lincolngroup. Org, which is where our members and friends find out what we are doing. We are pleased tonight that our speaker is charles strozier. Charles is both a historian, professor at the City University of new york, but also a practicing psychoanalyst, and his study of Abraham Lincoln, which began many years ago 40 years ago and more has culminated in the book he published last year, your a. Lincoln the enduring friendship of Abraham Lincoln and joshua speed. Author of many books. In particular in 2011, and the anniversary of 9 11, his book until the fires stopped burning the11 and new york city in words and experiences of survivors and witnesses was n
We have been watching this for a few minutes. You can see people right there with a stroller carried out of the water there. Weve also seen people carrying elderly. Weve seen airboats, jet skis, motor boats. 18 wheelers covered past the windows. This is really a remarkable sight in this area. We understand we understand what this is, is people leaving, walking off a nearby interstate. I think we have a wide shot where you can see the scope of what this is. Theres a wider shot of whats going on right now. Again, the airboat driving past there. We have a motor boat, jet skis there. And right in the middle, an 18 wheeler just covered. And then theres the people trying to walk through this, trying to get to safety, trying to help each other out. You can only imagine this scene is being played out across the houston area right now. The rain is still falling, according to hurricane center, it could dump up to 50 inches total. Two reservoirs there are in danger. Were seeing an elderly couple