Author of president ial libraries. The National Archives in washington hosted this hourlong event. Good afternoon, everyone. I would like to welcome you and our good friends from cspan to the mcgowan theater located in the National Archive theater in washington d. C. I am the Visitor Services manager and producer of the lecture series. Before we begin todays program, i would like to remind you of other programs taking place at this location in the near future. Thursday,vening on march 30 at 7 30 p. M. , the state of alaska is sponsoring a performance of the Alaska Chamber group. As the state celebrates this centennial of williams purchase of america. On thursday, we will presenting a panel discussion, 100 years world war i in the wake of sacrifice with the discussion will be centered around the new National World war i memorial that will be billed in pershing. Ark theind out more about programs, you can visit our website. Dr. Jody is an associate professor of theater in the department
Police about the man and woman in the video. Lets turn to storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell. He is looking at 4 things to know about the weather. It is friday that is the most important thing. It didnt make it on the list but the most important thing of all is that it is friday and equally important it is veterans day today. Thank a vet. That is our hashtag for today. Cold wind is arriving this afternoon. It will be a blustery and very chillyid here. Not just saturday morning but honestly, sunday morning may be the coldest of the weekend and then of course, monday is the super moon. Looks like sunday night going into monday morning will be the best chance to see the super moon. There could be cloud cover or a rain chance on monday. More on that in a few more minutes. Here is miss friday morning herself, Melissa Mollet. Im so glad it is friday. Arent you happy it is friday . Eastbound southeast southwest multi car crash with the right lane getting by. Updating to make sure it is stil
Chopper 4 was over Highpoint High School in beltsville this week where a small group walked out around lunchtime. One of the largest protests happened right outside the trump hotel. News4s shomari stone was there. Reporter hundreds of d. C. And Montgomery County Public School students along with some teens from private school shout you cant divide us outside the Trump International hotel in northwest d. C. And i like it. I feel like we all came from different types of schools across the city. We came and united as one. We are not trumps america. Reporter the protests started around noon when hundreds walked out of Woodrow Wilson high school in northwest d. C. A few parents told me they supported their kids protesting against president elect trump. Im proud of her. Shes standing up for her First Amendment free speech rights. Reporter but paula didnt allow her daughter to go. I am just concerned about safety. Reporter there were a few safety concerns but no violence. One student climbs o
Blaze sparngd during an Electronic Music Party at a warehouse home of an artist collective. Its a makeshift Artist Studio and its like individuals came in and set up their own little petitions. This say very tragic event. Our hearts go out to not only the families but community. Firefighters arriving late friday night to find the warehouse filled with heavy smoke and flames. It took roughly five hours to put out the blaze in a building which reportedly did the roop collapsed making it difficult to get crewsed in the build sfwling right now were making the scene stave and make it secure and let us do our jobs and the roof is collapsed down on to the second floor, so, we have to literally go in there piece by piece and move wood and timbers and debris to get assessment. Authorities launched drones with thermal images capability to hip officials find 50 people were believed inside the building at the time of the blaze and officials fear the death toll could rise. Theres a lot of the build
Thats interesting for us to understand why those myths fit and the reality of the experience. I want to start first by talking about how this connects to the first world overall. It is not just america that has this these myths but in the sense of how we understand the First World War to begin with and we think of the general narratives that we attach to it. One of the most common narratives was world war oi was as senseless slaughter. We get those images a lot, those are the images that i have up here for you. The idea that it is men sent to their deaths. I got two examples. One is all quiet on the western front. You are going to like this image. This is the cover for the first english edition of the novel. You will recognize it. Last class with the german war bond poster and that soldier was meant to represent germanys last hope. The one hes willing to sacrifice for his country and now it becomes sort of recycled as a different image and now it is an image of a man whos sacrificing f