1800. Our guide as park ranger matthew. We are standing in the old house of representatives a building we Call Congress hall, although originally was billed as a county courthouse for philadelphia for most of its history, thats exactly what it was. But in the years that the city of washington d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary u. S. Capital. This room serves for the house of representatives, the second floor of the building we will see in a moment was United States senate, the house of representatives each representative at that point in our history represented 30,000 people. We had a population in our first census of about three and three quarters of 1 million. We had 106 members of the house, that would sit in this room. And eventually from 16 states, and the story of philadelphia as the u. S. Capital is a story that were taking a new constitution and actually operating it, doing things like adding new states to the original 13. Also, the bill of rights would
A very complicated thing. Yes, just two quick questions. I was wondering if the panel was familiar with the work of the late dr. Reuben westin. He passed, i think, last year. He was the author of racism and u. S. Imperialism. He taught at central state. He was a chairman of the History Department at one point. We talked about how the u. S. Government squashed the revolts of antonio meseo in cuba. The second part is i had an uncle named richard kidd who fought in world war i and came back, quote, unquote, shell shocked, and he spent some time in a hospital in danville, illinois, and i dont know could you speak to how black soldiers were treated upon their return to the United States . I know going to a bad Army Hospital was not the worst thing that could happen to you, but i dont know if these hospitals were segregated or theres because having a crazy uncle somewhere in your house is a trope in fiction from that period of time. The crazy uncle probably also had a child with a french nam
Up on the day by 2 after two days of heavy losses in the tech world. As a matter of fact, lets take a moment here at the start, look at apple, look at amazon, look at microsoft, all those stocks had big days. Amazon the better of the bunch up 3. 4 . There you go that is the close on wall street, a bit of a mixed picture. A big reunder for tech. Im connell mcshane. I am is time for news after the bell. Hillary vaughn in wilmington, delaware. Covering president elects transition team, gerri willis has another report today on what a Biden Administration for your money. So all of that coming up. Well start there on the north lawn, blake, with you, what is the latest from 1600 pennsylvania today . Reporter eight days since election day, connell, the Trump Campaign is up and running, continuing to file lawsuits. The latest lawsuit filed by the President Campaign in michigan. The campaign touting somewhat, at least potentially a little bit of good news for them in the state of georgia as the
A lack of social distancing, people not wearing face masks and large gatherings. All of that is prompting leaders to cancel this weekends street closure. One block of the avenue between prospect and diablo road has been closed every weekend since june. New at 10 00, smith is here now after talking with town officials and Business Owners about whats going on. The street was closed on friday, saturday and sunday only. Danville leaders say they are done with education and had to do something after some businesses did not comply with the health order. A fight broke out and cases spiked. We came out to hear and we went all the way down past the front of the restaurant. The owner of the kitchen and bar estimates a loss of a dozen outdoor tables on the avenue in downtown danville after leaders decided to open the streets backup. Initially, a little bit of disappointment. But, after we thought about it, i think it is a better choice because of what has been happening over the past few weeks. W
John the program is entitled the origins of the militaryindustrial complex and features dr. Daniel ellis, who is this years staff fellow, a prestigious position. He has been using items to investigate the origins of the militaryindustrial complex through wartime and immediate postwar, meaning postworld war ii, evolution between Scientific Research, industry and National Defense. Dan has advised congress on defense issues. I was a colleague of his at crs for several years. Dan did things in connection with things i knew, a whole range of things, defense production act, appropriations, military construction, and he does many more things at crs. He holds a phd in Political Science from George Washington university. And at crs, as many of you know, he is the author of many reports on defense, trade and security. , this project is the latest example of the work undertaken by staff fellows showcasing their knowledge and passion of their areas of expertise. This is funded by a gift left by th