Up next, American History tv visited the National Historic landmark to learn the story behind the gift from france which was unveiled october 28, 1886, after 21 years of planning, fundraising, and construction. Chris mullin welcome to the statue of Liberty National monument. I am ranger chris mullin. I am from jacksonville, florida. Folks, i have a great job. I have been working with the National Park Service Since 1989 and i have been all over the United States. I got my start in alaska at the klondike park and a few summers out there. Then i went to jacksonville where i worked in a small park for Caroline National memorial , and i went to the outer banks of North Carolina and worked at our nations First National seashore, Cape Hatteras national seashore. And then i moved north to new york city and i have been working here at the statue of liberty and ellis island for about seven years now. So i have a great job. , we want to protect these special places not only for today. We want to
Behind the gift from france which was unveiled october 28, 1886 after 21 years of planning fundraising and , construction. Chris mullen welcome to the statue of Liberty National monument. I am chris mullen. I am from jacksonville, florida. Folks, i have a great job. I have been working with the National Park Service Since 1989 and i have been all over the United States. I got my start in alaska at the klondike park and a few summers out there. Then i went to jacksonville where i worked in a small park on the banks of the st. Johns river for Caroline National memorial and i went to the outer banks of North Carolina and worked at our nations First National seashore, Cape Hatteras national seashore. And then i moved north to new york city and i have been working here at the statue of liberty and ellis island for seven years now. I have a great job. We want to protect these special places not only for today. We want to leave them unimpaired for future generations. That is our goal. Here we
That enjoy and appreciate the National Park system and as we close out here happy centennial to the National Park service. A reminder this program will air tonight at 10 00 p. M. Eastern time once again in its entirety and youll see a full tour of arlington house just as if you were here yourself. Thanks for being with us. Each week american artifacts takes you to museums to reveal what artifacts reveal about American History. Next he leads a tour of arlington house. The 19th century mansion situated on the hill above president john f. Kennedys grave in Arlington National cemetery. Today it is the most visited historic home in the National Park Service System which is marking its centennial this year. Arlington house will close at the end of 2016 for a yearlong restoration made possible by a 12. 35 million gift. I am a park service ranger. I have been here many years. I sometimes joke i spent more time in this house than robert e. Lee did. Although it was his home for 30 years. Its per
And lets be uncomfortable. Next year, more victories. Because Animal Rights happen if hard. And we try so please do everything you can possibly think of to do all the time. Thank you very, very much. [cheers and applause] announcer tomorrow night on cspan, talking about islam and the misperception westerners have about the religion by sharing her own experience of getting to know a muslim cleric and his family. She writes about in her book if the oceans were ink. Islam get more than its share of negativity in the United States . You write about that from your standpoint. Yes. I mean, i think the sad thing is andre you and i are in eventdriven business and being the violent extremists have figured out a way to insert themselves into the headlines and the vast majority of the rest of the 1. 6 muslims in the world have not. It is depressing but the old saying, if it bleeds it leads is true for all groups. Not tooy, there are many counter narratives that make it into the News Headlines abo
Million american visitors touring these iconic sites so as the Summer Travel season begins to wind down and on this anniversary well be devoting the next 90 minutes learning about your park Service Experiences and we want to hear from you. Our phone lines are open at 2027488000 for those in the central and eastern time zones 2027488001. What had been your experience at National Parks across the country, including a new one designated this week in the state of maine. You can also send us a tweet at spambingswj or join us on facebook. Com cspan. Good thursday. Thanks very much for being with us. If you pick up todays wall street journal or Washington Post, two editorials commemorating the National Park service including this from Terry Anderson. Happy 100th birthday National Parks and Jonathan Janis writing these lands are your lands, america. Read them online at wsj. Com. Some background on the National Park service. It was signed into law on this date by president Woodrow Wilson in 191