When this area was selected as the side of the university, there were no town or village here. There were neighboring farms, a chapel located on what is now the side of the caroline in, but there was no town to speak of. On the day they laid the cornerstone for the First University building, they also had an auction of town lots. They understood that if the university was going to succeed, there needed to be a town around it to provide businesses, places for people to live. The town of chapel hill and university were born on the same day. In university was chartered 1789. The ground broke for the first building in 1793, and about a year and a half later, in 1795, when the university opened, they january, 1790y five. They had events on campus here, no students showed up. It took them a few weeks before the First Student arrived. He came over 100 miles from the coast of North Carolina. He was the entire student body for about two weeks before more students gradually drifted on to campus.
Many of us felt we never would get a chance to really fight. Who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life i couldnt go in, which i didnt realize at that time, was because of the color of my skin. America america make god thy gold refine the story of africanamericans in world war ii is, indeed, a legacy of patriotism and valor. In 1941 americans looked at their world and saw war everywhere. Across the atlantic adolf hitlers german troops occupied nearly every inch of europe, from france to russia, to the baltic sea and in north africa. In the pacific the Japanese Army and navy had already captured parts of china, manchuria, korea and a number of nearby islands. Pearl harbor would stun the United States into war. Monday morning the first thing i did was go down to the recruiting station and enlist in the service of my country. I was told there was no quota for black troops. Theyve got to remember that this country was very discriminatory, segregated and there was no ch
Hosted this event and provided the video. My name is justin. I am the president of the National Civic arts society. We are delighted you could join us this evening to hear sabin howard present his classical design for the National World war i memorial. Founded in 2002, the society educates and empowers our leaders in the promotion of public art and architecture worthy of our great republic. We do so by advocating for the Classical Tradition and civic design. We believe that tradition is unparalleled in its dignity, beauty, and harmony and not to mention its legibility to the common man. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose the classical style when designing the Nations Capital and its core buildings of government. The founders sought to harken back to rome and athens and they knew classical architecture was timehonored and timeless. The National Civic arts Society Works to continue and expand upon the vision of the founders for the federal design generally. I perhaps dont
Mr. Jeffries for working closely with the caucus to be able to pull off that organizational meeting entirely virtually, given the dynamics of the pandemic and the extreme Public Health crisis that we continue to confront. We were able to convene with full participation from every Single Member of the House Democratic caucus and the incoming memberselect. We are unified in our sense of purpose, to go out, to work closely with joe biden and Kamala Harris to fight for the people. To make life better for working families, middle class folks, senior citizens, young people, veterans, those who aspire to be part of the middle class, the poor, the sick, the afflicted, the least, the lost and the left behind. Thats what House Democrats o. The House Democratic caucus elected nancy pelosi as our speaker designee for the 117th congress. Steny hoyer as our majority leader for the 117th congress. Jim clyburn as our majority whip for the 117th congress. And Katherine Clark as our assistant speaker fo