Front. In place, rest. Ladies and gentlemen, if i could have you stand up please . Leading us in the pledge of allegiance will be asia elliott. Asia . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You can take your seats, please. I would like to introduce our civil war docent who will introduce our speaker. Thank you, paul. This has been an eventful week for us at the congressional cemetery. We had an event at fort mcnair tuesday at the exact moment the explosion occurred. We remembered then and will remember now the women killed that day. On wednesday, we had a visit from the deputy Prime Minister of the republic of ireland. He laid this it is not there anymore. [laughter] he laid a wreath that day to remember the women, many of whom were irish immigrants. Our speaker today will be the daughter of the man who wrote the book about this long forgotte
Someone new in the driver seat at General Motors. Is succeeding dan ackerson. She started as a plant engineer on the factory floor when she was just 18, and the rest of her resume stands on its own. She was head of manufacturing, but religious given the second half, head of product of element in 2011. Her real calling card is cutting management layers, cutting red tape costs, and trying to taper what gm does while still building cool cars to make money. Barras appointment would make her the first female ceo for an auto company on the entire planet. She was asked what it was like to be a woman in a traditionally maledominated business. I worked at General Motors for 33 years with wonderful people. I always have been evaluated on what i contributed and what results i was able to obtain into your organization, but we come together as a team. Putting a car or truck on the road is a team sport. I just view myself as part of a team. If by being a woman i can encourage young women who like ma
Ackerson. She started as a plant engineer on the factory floor when she was just 18, and the rest of her resume stands on its own. She was head of manufacturing, but religious given the second half, head of product of element in 2011. Her real calling card is cutting management layers, cutting red tape costs, and trying to taper what gm does while still building cool cars to make money. Barras appointment would make her the first female ceo for an auto company on the entire planet. She was asked what it was like to be a woman in a traditionally maledominated business. I worked at General Motors for 33 years with wonderful people. I always have been evaluated on what i contributed and what results i was able to obtain into your organization, but we come together as a team. Putting a car or truck on the road is a team sport. I just view myself as part of a team. If by being a woman i can encourage young women who like math and science to not shy away from it and to pursue technical caree
June 17, 1864, washington arsenal explosion that killed 21 women. Many of the victims were young, impoverished irish immigrants. The youngest to die was 12 years old. This ceremony takes place at the historic Congressional Cemetery next to a monument for the victims dedicated less than a year after the accident. The event runs about 30 minutes. Hello, everybody. My name is paul williams. I am the president of the association for the preservation of historic Congressional Cemetery. I want to welcome you to the cemetery. I am happy our weather has held off so far. I also want to welcome you to the sesquicentennial commemoration of the funeral for the 21 women killed in the june 17, 1864, explosion at the washington arsenal. First, the honor guard will post the colors. Gentlemen . Forward, march. Detail, halt. Detail, present arms. Detail, recover. Detail, right about face. Detail, post colors. Detail, right about face. Detail, left face. Forward. March. Left follows right. March. Company
Far. What is intriguing is the location. According to the chinese its within a 20 kilometer or 12 1 2 mile radius of this spot on the map which corresponds closely to the point where controllers lost contact with the airliners radar transponder. We should stress again, this is very preliminary information. However i it may help narrow back down a search effort that grew enormously today. More from pamela brown. Reporter these Satellite Photos released by the chinese punctuate a day of case of and missed messages. Five days into the search investigators are still struggling to locate the missing 777, expanding the search area to 27,000 square nautical miles. The way forward is to be analyzing both the civilian and military data in the of the the east or west. Reporter 12 countries assisting with search operations. But complicating efforts are a string of confusion and conflicting statements by malaysian authorities. Military officials there now appear to be backing off an earlier sugges