Nations edatnal, scientific and cultural organization. As well as the District Court nomination for ete new york. At 10 a. M. On cspan federal officials testify onhe ongoing investigaon into the collapse of Baltimores Francis scott key bridge before the House Infrastructure Committee and later, testifying on the agencys operations and 2025 budgeteqst before a house mend security subcommittee. Thats livet 2 30 p. M. Eastern. You can also watchur live coverage on the cspan now video app or online at cspan. Org. In honor of asianamerican and Pacific Islander heritage month President Biden spoke at a gala hosted by the asian Pacific Islander event and the president was introduced by the california representative judy chu. This is 20 minutes. applause good evening, and happy asianamerican, native hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage month. As chair of the congressional Asian Pacific american caucus, or capac. Im excited to be celebrating the 30th anniversary at tonights awards gala or as
Students at the university of illinois where we both were studying under harold hymen, one of the greatest of the field of constitutional history and reconstruction. And although les received his b. A. And masters degree at the university of illinois, where he was able to root for his beloved chicago cubs, he later disserted that by going to Rice University when professor hymen moved there and received his ph. D. At Rice University where unlike many people he published not just one book out of his dissertation but two. And fortunately one of his books that he published out of his dissertation arrived at a perhaps auspicious time, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1973. You may know what else happened in 1973. Les, as though of us who know him call him, has also been president of the society for historians of the guilded age. He was also a distinguished lecturer for that organization. And a very important mover in that organization, but les has also been extremely active as an author
Until then, the Museum Artifacts are stored at a facility in forestville, maryland. We visited with rebecca looney, exhibits and programs director, and sarah haggerty, curator, to learn about the museum and the collections which will tell the story of Law Enforcement history. Rebecca we are at the collections Storage Facility for the national Law Enforcement museum. Right now, we have about 17,000 objects that we are going to use to tell the story of american Law Enforcement in the new museum. This facility is climate controlled. Here is where we will make sure all of the objects stay safe until the opening day, and we can put them on display. The national Law Enforcement museum will be opening in Judiciary Square in washington, d. C. , straight across the street from the national Law Enforcement officers memorial. The museum is an outgrowth of the Law Enforcement officers memorial. About 25 years ago, the memorial began. And from there, people realized there were a lot more stories to
Plenary. This sponsored Community Partnerships and the preservation of africanAmerican History sites and the National Park Services Second century. It is an honor to be here with plenary participants especially especially mr. Stanton and mr. , franklin. I would like to take this opportunity to underscore our enthusiasm for the park Service Partnership with the association for the study of africanamerican life in history. The park Service Needs this collaboration as we reach to more nuanced exploration of american stories, and sharing those stories with a wide audience in innovative ways. I hope you already know, or will discover, the National Park service is a good partner. Our civil rights initiative, begun this year, offers opportunities for collaboration, and in fact, the park Service Plans to create opportunities to help Park Services interpret interpreters research africanamerican stories associated with parks. The skills as researchers and historiography and teachers, our our ski
Disabilities and to see really what was going on. Most of the information that i got founded websites and thats how i muy the information was legitimate. Your message to washington defendant c. What is the most urgent issue for the new president and congress to address in 2017. Our competition is open to all middle school or High School Students grades 6 through 12 with 100,000 awarded in cash prizes. Students can work alone or in a group of up to 3. And will be awarded and shared between 150 students and 53 teachers and will go to the student or team with the best overall injury. This years deadline is january 20th, 2017. So mark your calendars and help us spread the word with student film makers. Lets go to our website student cam. Org. Thousand more from the association for the study of African American life and history with the panel about the preservation of African American historical sites. It includes former National Parks Service Director Robert Stanton and the National Museum