Complicated and controversial building of a memorial to president James Garfield on the u. S. Capitol grounds. Well hear from Matthew Gilmore who edits a washington, d. C. History blog. Those of you probably know matt by name, if not in person. He runs a blog, the matthew b. Gilmore press blog and also hes an author of the column of the intowner. If you follow d. C. History, hes been integrally involved. Anything history in d. C. Oh, you also run the d. C. History list. Thank you for that on behalf of the city. Today hes going to talk about James Garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington, d. C. I wont say too much more about it. I dont want to steal his steam. Please join me in welcoming matt. [ applause ] thank you very much. The story im going to tell might be ripped from todays or recent headlines. There was a president ial memorial delayed for years caught up in congressional infighting. Legislation pending. A powerful lobby behind the mem
And hes also an author of that column of the in town or what once was. Again, if you worked in with d. C. History, and d. C. History conference, that has been involved with it. The journal, just anything history in d. C. , owing also around the d. C. History lists serve. Thank you for that, on behalf of the city. So, today is gonna be talking about James Garfield his, death and efforts to commemorate his life and death, here in washington d. C. I want slate to much about it, i wanna i dont steal this, team but please join me in welcoming math. [applause] thank you very much. So, the storm unitel might be ripped from today or recent headlines, there was a president ial memorial delayed for years, caught up in congressional fighting, legislation pending to displace immemorial and replacing with another a powerful law between the memorial of choosing the site, and choosing the design criticizing the press. And it designer, without competition, decided very close to the capital, on marylan
Them she doesnt have an agenda and wont let her religious views influence her decisions also coming up tracking garbage in space before it causes any damage we take a look at a new radar tool design here in germany thats helping spacecrafts navigate their way around all the temporary affair. Im hearing from a stun welcome we begin was a pandemic in Europe European Union countries have agreed a common strategy for restricting travel from coronavirus hotspots e. U. Ministers meeting in luxembourg want a traffic light system showing regions as green orange red depending on the number of corona virus cases mrs hope to avoid the kind of confusion that disrupt. To travel across the e. U. At the height of the initial outbreak earlier this year. Earlier d. W. Brussels correspondent barbara visa explained in more detail how this traffic light system is expected to work but countries are not trying to do is use the same data and use the same criteria to determine whether you can travel from poin
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