With the companions who have joined them in eternity in the years since. Bless all women and men in military service, their families and all of those who put themselves in harms way for the safety of others. God bless america and grant us peace both in the present and with you forever. Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain at your seats for the departure of the official party. In june president obama awarded the medal of honor to william shemmin and Henry Johnson for their courage and actions during world war i. This event takes place in the east room of the white house. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. We read in the sacred psalms, even were i to walk in a ravine as dark as death, i should fear no danger. For you are at my side. Your staff and your crook are there to soothe me. Let us pray. All powerful, ever living lord of all, may you guide this time, this gathering as we remain mindful of the cost paid for our liberty. We gather here in gratitude for th
Today only two raiders remain, Lieutenant Colonel dick cole and Staff Sergeant david thatcher. May thethatcher. May the breath of god uphold their noble and heroic story. May it carry to other generations and even to other nations a message to inspire citizens everywhere to believe and act upon the truth that there is no greater aspiration than to be willing to lay down ones life to save others. May those who made the ultimate sacrifice that day and thereafter rest in peace along with those companions who have joined them in eternity in the years since. Bless all women and men in military service, their families and all those who put themselves in harms way for the safety of others. God bless america. And grant us peace both in the present and with you forever. Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain at your seats for the departure of the official party. In june president obama awarded the medal of honor post h humousley for actions during world war i. This event takes place in the e
River. Of next week will take you to a wake church where the party held its First National convention in 1839 where the hig party held its First National convention in 1839. The election of 1840 was very election. Inal the springch of talking about how contested elections work and how critical it was to be there setting the rules. That happened here first. We are at the church, which is to say the 1830 nine convention here in harrisburg. The whig party was basically a loose conglomeration of divergent political views that agreed on one thing that under the administration of president Andrew Jackson, executive power had just not in way out of control gotten way out of control. In fact, that is where the name came from. The whigs named themselves after a group that was opposed to king during the revolution. They were opposed to king andrew of his minions. Otherwise, they did not agree on much. The whigs were made up of the conservative faction in the country. Of ais a little bit misnomer
We are in the name of design lutheran church, which is to say the 1839 convention here in harrisburg. Was basically a loose conglomeration of all sorts of divergent political views, but agreed on one thing. That under the administration of president andrew jackson, executive power had just gotten way out of control. That is rather name came from. The whigs named themselves after the daysge iii back in of the revolution. So they were against king andrew all of his dominions. Otherwise they didnt agree on much. The whigs were made up of the conservative faction in the country. Thats a little bit of a misnomer because, for example, back then the democrats were the hard money people. The whigs where the soft money people, which is totally reversed right now. Were made up of it was a whole conglomerate trade you had probank, antiunited hades bank, you antislavery. You had antimasons thrown into the mix. As ive said, the greatest unifying factor of the party was in opposition to the expansio
Include i had a piece of information that bob woodward wanted. I didnt articulate to myself. But when i looked back and i asked myself why i did this bad and stupid thing. I think thats what it comes down to. Sunday night, Georgetown University professor talks about working as a researcher and government writer for Hillary Clinton and bob woodward in her ook. I resisted. I spoke in general terms what it was like being in the white house and i told them the story about being in the room during this unusual exercise. I told them you cant use it. There were only these two women in the room who were doing this. These two guests and one or two staffers and mrs. Clinton. If you use it, everybody will know that i was the source. And i was very worried about that. But i trusted them. Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. For the next hour, American History tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits harrisburg, pennsylvania to learn more about its unique history. For five years we traveled to