Storage rooms where we manage our growing 25 million object collection. You can see just a few of the paintings in the museums holdings here in the row behind me and the large painting there features our the museums founder Surgeon General William Hammond who founded the museum in 1862. One thing that i personally find important about working here at this museum is the stories that we tell are the stories of americas soldiers, sailers, air men and marine and marines. Its important to share the sacrifices that they made for doctors and researchers and innovators to be able to help convey their stories and glad to be able to share that with visitors who come to see us every day here at the museum. This was the second of two programs from our visit to the National Museum of health and medicine, the first focused on the museums civil war collection. You can watch all of our american artifacts programs in their entirety by visiting cspan. Oval history. On sunday, october 25th American Histo
In this case were looking at a couple of objects that relate to the president s use of the house as his office. This is a side chair, called the gothic style, was made in 1845 probably. It was purchased in 1845 anyhow. It wasnt especially made for the white house, it was a style of chair that was made by many cabinetmakers and could be purchased on the general market. What made these interesting was that there were 24 of these black walnut side chairs that were purchased by the white house for use around the president s office table, the cabinet table, on the second floor of the house. There was no west wing until 1902. The president occupied the rooms on the second floor, both for his family and for his offices. So this chair would have seen was purchased under president james k. Polk so it would have been occupied by members of his cabinet during the next can american war and all the activities that went on then. It would have been used throughout the 1850s, was still in use in the 1
Flights have been cancelled but first grant lodes is here with the latest on the record breaking storm. Nat grant and you tried to drive a big rig through some for her can. Posted on twitter shows what happens. A big drag over their the fish calif. That is going up eventually ends of live side. The many dramatic images coming out of mexico. Overnight patricia went from a Tropical Storm to a tourists nightmare. Siren we were very unprepared. And then first thing this morning, you know, heard that it was going to be a category 5. Local residents and tourists scrambled to get supplies as the winds rose and the rain came down nat with the airports shut down. The only option tonight is to shelter in place. It was pretty chaotic at first, you know, i think a bit of panic people were kind of rushing to get a space inside the building. And it was about 100 degrees claustrophobic because it was all boarded up. Hurricane patricia is the largest and strongest hurricane ever recorded. It has weake
I am here to voice my strong support for the courageous people of afghanistan. Women and men who have suffered for years under the taliban regime. Each and every one of us has the responsibility to stop the suffering caused by malaria because every life and every land matters. All of us can do something to after studying first ladies and knowing some of them very well at my own motherinlaw or one that i married very much, Lady Bird Johnson, is our country benefits by whatever our first ladies interests are. She is the wife of one president and the daughterinlaw of another. Became firstush lady after a controversial election brought her husband, george w. Bush, to the white house. Less than nine months later came the 9 11 attacks and laura bush help comfort the nation while continuing to pursue interests important to her including education, literacy, and womens health. Welcome to cspan series first lady influence and image. Tonight, we tell you the story of the wife of our 43rd preside
I would like to ask you to stand and join with them in the singing of our national anthem. Oh, say can you see, by the dawns early light, at the proudly we twilights last gleaming . Brightraod stripes and thro the perilous fight, ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Starspangledat banner yet wave, oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [applause] tonight continues a wonderful weekend and yearlong of programming and activities as the Eisenhower Institute celebrates the 125th birth date of dwight d. Eisenhower. We have had film makers, members ofterans, the shape organization, and members of the eisenhower administration. We still like ike. Programlike to turn the over to steve scully, who will be moderating our town hall forum. Recognize someo of the brave men who served under general Dwight Eisenhower. We are pleased and honored and thrilled to h