Here. I have really been looking forward to this talk tonight because Rufus Youngblood, ive known the name, ive known who he is for a very long time. And im just delighted that we can have his family here. Weve got members of Rufus Youngbloods family here. We appreciate that. We also have tom johnson who was an aide to Lyndon Johnson who is the man that Rufus Youngblood protected and we are really glad you are here as well, tom. He knew Rufus Youngblood very well. Rufus was a secret service agent. Hes known for his actions on november 22, 1963, when shots rang out in dallas, texas, and he leaped over the seat and protected Lyndon Johnson. And continued to protect him. Johnson was one of five president s that Rufus Johnson helped protect. After graduating from georgia tech here in atlanta with a degree in Industrial Engineering, he joined the secret service back in 1951, and he protected president s truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, and nixon, during his 20 year tenure with the secr
One of our members, one of you all and it fits neatly into our institutions history. For nearly 200 years, our Historic House has served as an Important Community Gathering Place or prominent cincinnati families such as those of martin baum, nicholas longworth, David Simpson and of course carl and anna taft. Each resident played an Important Role in shaping the history, art of cincinnati and this series celebrates their legacies aswell as the new ways our city continues to evolve and change. The complete schedule of all our fall programs including our upcoming lunch and learns are available on our website which is taftmuseum. Org. Today we have author of newly released book the bourbon king the life and crimes of george remus, prohibitions evil genius. Bob batchelor is here to share with us the story of george remus, the king who built the bourbon empire that stretched from his cincinnati matching mansion across america at the dawn of prohibition. Batchelor is a critically acclaimed be
Thats one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. On this 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, todays washington journal in conjunction with cspans American History tv will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern space flight. For the next three hour, we are live from the national air and space museum here in washington, d. C. , where we will talk about apollo 11 historians and michael collins. You want to talk about that day, your impressions of it, 2027488000 and for all others, 2027488001. You can post cspanwj your thoughts and impressions of the 50th anniversary. You can do the same at our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Our show will be based to hear from the national air and space museum. A couple of facts of the apollo 11 mission. It was astronauts Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins, the team for that day and the launch, youll remember took place july 16, 1969, at 9 32, to be exact. The moon landing on july 20, of july 69 at
Folks, thank you very, very much for being here and giving me this opportunity. I said at the outset that the speech im going to give you today, i planned on coming when we set this up a couple of weeks ago to talk about agricultural policy, unions, rural policies. But too much as happened in the has happened in the recent past. I have prepared for me a speech that i hope would set a marker for what we should be doing. You all know that the words of a president matter. They can move markets. They can send our brave women and men to war. They can bring peace. They can calm a nation in turmoil. They can console, they can confront and comfort those who have faced tragedy. They can inspire us to literally reach for the moon. They can encourage us to appeal to our better angels, our better nature. But they can also unleash the deepest, darkest forces in the nation. When he said after there were, and i quote, very fine people on both sides, i said then that it gave license in safe harbor to
[cheering] fmr. Vp biden thank you very much. Folks, thank you very, very much for being here and giving me this opportunity. I will say at the outset that the speech im going to give you today, i planned on coming when we set this up some weeks ago to talk about agricultural policy, unions, rural policies. But too much has happened in the recent past. I have prepared for me what is a speech that i hope will set a marker for what we should be doing. You all know the words of a president matters. They can move markets. They can send our brave women and men to war. They can bring peace. They can calm a nation in turmoil. They can console, and confront and comfort those who have faced tragedy. They can inspire us to literally reach for the moon. They can encourage us to appeal to our better angels, our better nature. But they can also unleash the deepest, darkest forces in this nation. That is what i believe donald trump has chosen to do. When he said after charlottesville, there were, an