Waded in the street, and while bonfires lit up the evening, he said simply, i will no longer defer the pressure pleasure of taking each of you by the hand. The same,ould do speaking to sentences and taking you by the hand. All of you and the sound of my voice. If i could do so, i would first thank you individually for your confidence and trust. Lincoln didm sure as he moved among his friends in the light of the bonfire, we use andause and pa talk a while about the concerns in your mind. Im sure one topic to dominate the rest, and that topic is the future. This is a good time to think about the future, for this convention is celebrating its 100th anniversary. On this centennial oasion, not just for recalling the inspiring past, but for looking ahead to the demanding future. Just as on new years day we instinctively think, i wonder where i will be a year from now, so it is quite natural for the Republican Party to ask today, what will happen . Not just in the coming election, but even 10
Allison barber is in virginia and at the metro station. With the shutdowns and closures impact thousands and give it to us. Reporter about one average, this metro station with two others in the orange line are going to close the doors and theyre going to keep them closed until tuesday. And the metro system needs to be maintained and so i see this as an absolute need and is this a great weekend to do it, probably not. Reporter mark medders is more than one of a half million tourists that d. C. Expects to visit the area this memorial weekend. [ indiscernible ] that wont be so easy. And well have to drive around to another station and park there and come down. Reporter they originally planned to take the metro from the dun lori station but this station is closing and its not the only one. Vienna and another are sh down for the holiday weekend. I think its a bad idea. Reporter metro is taking every train off of the orange line. The silver line is operating through most of the stations that
Related to the september fhafa ruling revising membership requirement of fhlbs. And what they want to know is since they dont hold mortgages they being the Ohio Capital Fund that that range from 110 depends on the type or the asset size. When that goes into effect, it would cause them to terminate their membership with a Federal Home Loan Bank in cincinnati because it doesnt hold mortgages. So would you or your team give any consideration of doing an evaluation on the impact of the burden to Community Development Financial Institutions of a less severe remedy than loss of membership . We, we are looking at every aspect of this. Weve got, as i indicated before approximately 1300 comments in response to the proposed rule, and were going through them. Our preliminary analysis indicates that despite the fact that there are 7500 members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system now, only 50100 of them would bed adversely affected would be adversely affected by the rule. And thats not to minimize
Coming up next on American History tv, the National Archives posts independent researcher john emond as he reads letters from civil war soldiers, placing the letters in the context of the war as well as the soldiers daily lives, defined by personal hardship disease, and death. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. I think we are all settled in. Welcome. I work in the National Archives. I work i welcome you to this program. We have an ongoing lecture series to teach you about the records of the National Archives and how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond here with us today. The title of the event is civil war voices. A bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your email address i will send you that newsletter automatically. It we do a genealogy fair and wheels of have a Genealogy Program taken place at the National Archives building in washington dc. That happened several times a month. So, with
And how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond here with us today. The title of the event is civil war voices. A bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your email address i will send you that newsletter automatically. It we do a genealogy fair, and wheels of have a Genealogy Program taken place at the National Archives building in washington dc. That happened several times a month. So, with that, i will turn give the biography for mr. Emond. He retired in 2011 at the 30 years in government. Most of it in contract Technology Transfer and project management at nasa. He is a member of the Maritime Committee with the Maryland Historical society. He is a collector of historical artifacts from the American Revolution and civil war. Including several civil war soldiers letters which he will refer to in this presentation. A program that will be approximately one hour long. We will take questions and answer