Where theres quite enough to divide people that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. Jacqueline kennedys 1 is,000 days as first lady, political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. As television came of age it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedys assassination and funeral that cemented Jacqueline Kennedy in the public consciousness. Good evening, welcome to cspans series, first ladies. Tonight, jacqueline buvier kennedy. Michael beschloss, historian. Has a special focus over the years on the cold war era and Kennedy Administration. Thanks for being here. Pleasure. Barbara perry is a uva political scientist. As part of the modern first ladies series at the university of kansas. Great to be here. I want to start on the program before we get into more details about her white house years with the assassination and imagery of the assassination, since anyone alive at that age certainly has the images seared in their mind and su
Tattered historian about Civil War Soldier nutrition and hygiene. He describes what type of food would have been in the rations, how they might have cooked it, and access items like to take and toilet paper. The National Museum of civil war medicine provided his video. Thank you all for joining in with us. We are here with the tattered historian himself, i great friend. I just want to get in a little bit before we dive into the topic we are covering today which is hygiene and nutrition Civil War Soldiers, can you tell us a little bit about who you are, what you bring to the History Table . I think you bring a unique perspective and some great ideas. Thank you. Istarted out as a historian, earned my ba from Shippensburg University of pennsylvania and i went on one side the u. S. Army corps of engineers as an archivist. About a year into that i began the tattooed historian on facebook. I used it as a way to showcase some of the archival things we were finding, and i was really enjoying t
That president carter gave in naming a building in texas after congressman brooks. In one of the things that the president said at the time was he is a new president , thought well if i just have one congressman that disagrees with me, i am the president of the united states. That is no big deal. And they found out that that one congressman was jack brooks. [laughter]. And that was a big deal. It talks about how president and Congress Work together and i think at this time, it is very important that we hear that message about how they work together. Pleasedspecially tonight to ask congressman jack brooks son, jeff and his work in hethe financial industry and all size companies for more than three decades. He started his career at citibank until one and rose to Vice President of citigroups International Securities and then he is currently the managing partner of pinewood trading fund. And he is the chairman of the Jack Brooks Foundation which provided wonderful reception for nus tonight
Help in our time of need. May the peace of god be with you all. Good afternoon. Friends, we have gathered together today to celebrate the life of jim lehrer and to offer comfort to his family who have called this church their home since 1977. On behalf of the congregation of National United Methodist Church, welcome. And its my privilege to welcome and to introduce john obrien. Good afternoon. On behalf of the family, i would like to welcome everyone here today. Id first like to express the family familys gratitude and appreciation for the outpouring of love and support that we have received over the last week. Your calls, your cards, the visits, your beautiful flowers, the food, your support and condolences have meant so much. Knowing the sense of loss is felt by so many relieves the burden and is truly a comfort. Thank you. I want to thank those of you who have traveled from outside d. C. Knowing that you dropped everything to be here with us to celebrate jims remarkable life is grea
President said at the time was he had as a new president thought if i just have one congressman disagrees with me , im the president of the united states. Thats no big deal. Then he found out that one congressman was jack brooks and that was a big deal. But it talks about how president and Congress Work together and i think at this time, it is very important that we hear that message about how they Work Together and were especially pleased to not to have harassment jack brooks son jeff here with us. Jeffhas worked in the financial industry. And all all size companies for more than three decades. He started his career at citibank in taiwan, rose to Vice President of citigroups International Securities in london. Currently the managing partner of pinewood trading fund and is the chairman of the Jack Brooks Foundation which provided the wonderful reception for us tonight so please join me in welcoming and thanking jeff brooks. [applause] thank you so much tony for that kind introduction.