You can also stay current with the latest episodes of washington journal and find a scheduling information for c spans tv networks and cspan radio plus a variety of compelling podcasts. Cspan now is available at the apple store and google play. Download for free today. Cspan and now her front road seat to washington, anytime anywhere. On behalf of the Smithsonian Institution and its secretary lonnie bunch, i would like to welcome you all to the Smithsonians National museum of Natural History and this very special graduation ceremony. Im richard karen, the smithsonians distinguished scholar and ambassador at large. I would first and foremost like to extend a welcome to our colleagues and friends from the u. S. Army, distinguished leaders and of course our officer graduates and their rightly proud and maybe allowed families. I would like to welcome distinguished guests from the Monuments Men and Women Foundation including members of the board and relatives of the world war ii monuments o
Moms house or their grandmothers house or their favorite aunt. It is very humbly first. It is a very subtle, elegant house. The one thing people coming in say i could live here. This feels like my house. So it really is the peoples house in so many ways. It is not a palace by any means. They get it. Harry truman was truly human. Harry truman was one of us. And it certainly wouldve been so out of keeping with his character had they gilded furniture or something. It would have been inconceivable to harry truman to ever have anything like that. West developed as a port city in 1820s, and by the 1880s, and moved more cargo than any other port and florida. Next, we visit the u. S. Customs house in key west were history of the citys role in transatlantic trade. Were standing in the customhouse building in key west, florida. 1891building was built in and was originally used as a u. S. Customs house. Was also used as a federal courthouse building and a post office. Key west was settled in 1822
After that time, she went back to her normal duties on the north atlantic. In 1985 she became the most decorated ship in the country. , they decided after 52 years of service, they retired her in 1988. The unique thing is, since it was one of the last ships of seven, most of the stuff was left on. Guys its cigarette packs are still there guys cigarette packs are there. It is a time capsule from the time. Announcer the last stop on todays cspan cities tour, we visit the salvage wreckage of a ship that sank off the coast of key west in 1622. It was carrying silver from peru, gold from columbia, and pearls from venezuela. We are in the Maritime Museum in key west lord up. Key west, florida. Our museum was founded in 1982 by mr. Mel fisher. He was the worlds greatest treasure hunter and he went out to look for sunken spanish galleons around here and is quite famous for having wrecks of the Santa Margarita and a spanish galleons that wrecked in 1622 about 25 miles west of key west. Back in
Those free shirts that first year and then organized what they called the loud shirt contest and that was the official uniform of key west. It was hunt all year long for the craziest, you know, tropical shirt you could find so the president was often seen wearing these loud loud shirts. The press corps followed suit. They wore loud shirts too. And they even formed a little group of which president truman referred to them as the one more club because they were always hollering oh, just one more mr. President , just one more. The house is very simple. If you go to europe you go to palaces. If you go to when we were allowed to go the big white house, the white house is very formal and very president ial. The little white house, reminds many of our visitors of their moms house or their grandmothers house or perhaps a favorite aunt. It is very humbly furnished. Its a very subtle elegance about it. But i think the number one thing is that people coming in just go, i could live here. This fee
Those free shirts that first year and then organized what they called the loud shirt contest and that was the official uniform of key west. It was hunt all year long for the craziest, you know, tropical shirt you could find so the president was often seen wearing these loud loud shirts. The press corps followed suit. They wore loud shirts too. And they even formed a little group of which president truman referred to them as the one more club because they were always hollering oh, just one more mr. President , just one more. The house is very simple. If you go to europe you go to palaces. If you go to when we were allowed to go the big white house, the white house is very formal and very president ial. The little white house, reminds many of our visitors of their moms house or their grandmothers house or perhaps a favorite aunt. It is very humbly furnished. Its a very subtle elegance about it. But i think the number one thing is that people coming in just go, i could live here. This fee