Cspan three. Brought to you today by your television provider. Many americans thought they were voting to bring our sons home from vietnam in peace and since then 20,000 of our sons have come home in coffins. I have no secret plan for peace. I have a public plan and as one whose heart has ached for the past temperature years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of china on inaugural day. It was 2 30 in the morning when George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. He would lose badly to president Richard Nixon. Were live from the museum in mitche mitchell south dakota. Why is it 2 30 in the morning . The reason i think it was embl emblemmatic. And what happened was that as you heard the senator there, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things that has drawn me is one of the most flufl of those that ran for the presidency but was not successful. I think he did two things. One he spoke about that war in ways that no president ial candi
It was 1972, to a plot 30 in the morning when George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. A few months later, he would lose badly to president Richard Nixon. Tonight, the candidacy and legacy of George Mcgovern. We are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. Joining us is provincial author scott farris. It was 2 30 when he delivered the acceptance speech in miami. Why . It was emblematic of the whole Mcgovern Campaign, which was it was an insurgent campaign run against the establishment. What happened was, as you heard from senator mcgovern, he was very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things about senator government senator mcgovern as one of the most influential who ran for the presidency who was not successful, he went after the vietnam issue. He spoke about that war in ways no patinkin that had ever spoken about war before. No president president ial candidate had ever spoken about war before. It was Strong Language that unsettled lots of americans a
I have a public plan, and as one whose heart has ached for the past eight years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. [applause] greta it was 1972, 2 30 in the morning when George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. A few months later, he would lose badly to president Richard Nixon. The contenders. The candidacy and legacy of George Mcgovern. We are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. Joining us from there is president ial author scott farris. Acceptance speech in miami. Why . Scott thank you, greta. Of the structure of the Mcgovern Campaign. Against the establishment. Senator mcgovern, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things that has drawn me to writing about senator mcgovern as one of the most who ran for the presidency who was not successful, he went after the vietnam issue. He spoke about that war in ways no president ial candidate had ever spoken about war before. It was la
We have the main engine start. Go fly like an eagle. Go. We are at the Flight Simulator building at purdue university. This is where a lot of things started in aviation. The Purdue Program was the first in the country to offer bachelors degrees to pilots in the mid1960s. Today, it continues to be one of the best, most finest flight programs in the country. We have so many people who have been so important. I can tell you that, going back to the beginning, some of the countrys most important figures Billy Mitchell, who was world war i commander of air forces trained to fly by purdue graduates. The first guy who got involved in flight from purdue was a guy named cliff. He graduated in 1908. His father sent him here from dayton, ohio. Paid outofstate tuition for his son to come here and learn about internal combustion engines. We had Great Research going on in mechanical engineering. By the time cliff left, he said he knew more about the engines. The plan was for him to go back to dayton
In the country to offer bachelors degrees to pilots in the mid1960s. Today, it continues to be one of the best, most finest flight programs in the country. We have so many people who have been so important. I can tell you that, going back to the beginning, some of the countrys most important figures Billy Mitchell, who was world war i commander of air forces the fodder father of the modern air force were trained to fly by purdue graduates. The first guy who got involved in flight from purdue was a guy named cliff. He graduated in 1908. His father sent him here from dayton, ohio. Paid outofstate tuition for his son to come here and learn about internal combustion engines. We had Great Research going on in mechanical engineering. By the time cliff left, he said he knew more about the engines. They said he knew more about those engines than the faculty. The plan was for him to go back to dayton with his father, and they were going to build motorcycles. And they did. They did start a Motor