Hampden, virginia. Up next, robin reed gives us a tour showcasing the forts history from a colonial era through its completion in 1834 and its role in the civil war. Welcome to fort monroe located on the Pleasant Place we call Point Comfort. Actually, oh, Point Comfort and that way for a long, long time. Here over 400 years of history occurred. In fact, some say even longer. Some say even thousands of years. Inside the museum aptly named, Casemate Museum. A vault made is inside a for the wall. Youre inside the fourt wall. Unique for museums this date in time. Well talk about the history that occurs here. Some of our stories deal with the virginia indians, the africans that first arrived here, and their plight during the American Civil War. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. They migrated as far as, far west as mexico and the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america, and central america. They migrated all the w
Native americans focusing on the aftermath of the revolutionary war and the initiatives of George Washington. Mr. Butterfield is the executive director for the library at mt. Vernon. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. If you all could take your seats, please. Happy leap day. What could be better than a bonus day and some real meaningful history content. Its a double win for me. I love it. Im thrilled to have you all here to your Virginia Museum of history and culture. I have the privilege of serving as the president and ceo here and im going quickly kick us off as we have an allstar lineup of speakers today for this wonderful collaboration. I will point out, since i see now faces that are not our usuals here at this museum that you are gathered today in the oldest Cultural Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. Were older than the smithsonian institution. Were older than half of the states of this country. In fact, in this is interesting to consider. With the topic we approach
To chairwoman waters expressing appreciation for her willingness to work cooperatively on this legislation. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Norton mr. Speaker, i have no further speakers, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman reserves. The gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Rouzer. Mr. Rouzer mr. Speaker, in closing, h. R. 8326 will ensure that child care availability is incorporated in the Economic Development strategies required for e. D. A. Grants. I urge support of this bill and yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from North Carolina yields back the balance of his time. The gentlewoman from the district of columbia is recognized. Ms. Norton i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from district of the ia yields back question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 8326. Those in favor say aye. Tho
A grateful nation gives thanks for victory. Hundreds of thousands crowd into americas churches to give thanks to god. President truman announced he official surrender, this is a solemn, but glorious our. I wish that franklin d. Roosevelt had live to see this day. General eisenhower informed me that the forces of germany have surrendered, to the united nations. The flags of freedom fly all over europe. For this victory we join in offering our thanks to the providence which is guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light. Much remains to be done the victory won in the west must now be won in the east the whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half the world has been freed. United the peaceloving nations have demonstrated in the west that their arms are stronger by far than the might of dictators or the tyranny of military clicks that once called us salt and wheat the power of our people to defend themselves against all enemies will be proved in t
Captioning performed by vitac captioning performed by vitac. So i think for the native americans it was a feeling that first of all theyve got some practical skills that are useful, and second that it is an affirmation that that is pan american war. Salvatore in annapolis, maryland. Welcome. Caller hello. My dad fought in world war ii in the pacific. He had Four Brothers who also fought in world war ii. Couple in the pacific, couple in europe, and another uncle who fought in the pacific in the navy. Couple of questions, my dad was a Second Generation italian american. It appears that the prejudice against italian americans was much less than against japanese americans and im wondering if that was true and im wondering why. And the second question, dropping of the atomic bomb probably is the reason im talking to you today. And wondering how that impact had on the outcome of the war and the ability of more american soldiers to survive. Okay, thank you. Well, thanks for the call and the q