Welcome to all of you. The asking is who are so generous to make this program partial. Marcia, barney and lee, welcome to all of you. Thank you for being here and welcome to all our young visitors from Washington Area schools. So nice to have you here. And welcome of course to the cspan audience that will be watching this in the future. Who among you has never been in this library . Ok, quite a few of you. Well in the event you have not been in this building before, welcome to the Worlds Largest live every. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. The nations very own, your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed as it carried out duties of representing all of us. Initially the library was housed in the u. S. Capitol which sits across the street from here. I hope he sought when you arrive
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 this is not something that 40, 50, 70 years later we were saying that was a mistake back then but they had their reason for it, they had no reason at the time except to uphold what they thought was a patriotic duty. For the record, i want to get some of this on the screen so people can have the reference. First of all, the chief justice at the time was hare land fisk stone . Hare land fisk stone. He was appointed by herbert hoover. He was a republican but he was he wouldnt be a republican today because he was, in fact, one of the great chief justices weve had. There were also a number of other names that have become famous to people who dont even know much about the court. You mentioned william o. Douglas. Frank murphy and robert jackson. 7 of the 9 members with the exception of Justice Jackson and justice stone had been appointed by franklin roosevelt. They were the new deal justices. When roosevelt threatened to pack the court in
His time in wyoming. The library of congress is the host of this event. Welcome to the eskin family. To all of you, the eskins who are so generous to make this program possible. Marsha, barney, and lee. Welcome to all of you. Thank you for being here. And welcome to all our young visitors from Washington Area schools. So nice to have you here. And welcome, of course, to the cspan audience that is will be watching this in the future. Who among you has never been in this library . Okay. Quite a few of you. Well, in the event you havent been in this building before, welcome to the Worlds Largest library. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. The nations very own, your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed as it carried out its duties of representing all of us. Initially the library was
Who among you has never been in this library . Ok. Quite a few. In the event you have not been in this building before, welcome to the World Largest library. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. Your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800s, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed is a carried out its duties representing all of us. Tially, the library in 1813, the british army invaded washington in the Capital Building caught fire. It was engulfed in flames. All of the libraries books were burned to ashes. Thomas jefferson, who owned the largest collection of books in the country at the time, almost 7000 volumes in his house, offered to sell his books to the u. S. Government to refill the library. Congress trump. That chance, and now you can see jeffersons own books, original volumes, sitting at the very heart of this buildi
To the Worlds Largest live every. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. The nations very own, your very own library of congress. Founded in 1800, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information and need as it carried out duties of representing all of us. Initially the library was housed in the u. S. Capitol which sits across the street from here. In 1813, the british army invaded washington and the Capital Building caught fire. It was engulfed in the flames. All the libraries books were burned to ashes. Thomas jefferson who owned the largest collection of books in the country at the ate, 7000 volumes sitting his house, offered to sell the books to refill the library shelves. Congress jumped at the chance and now you can see jeffersons own book, those original volumes, sitting at the heart of this building. Since the arrival of those books , 6487 of them, t