He will be here momentarily. The newly elected democratic member of the senate. From the state of new york. He comes with the confidence of his colleagues and the enthusiastic support of his constituents. You will tell them i said that, right . When he gets here. So tomorrow, 40 days into the new administration. President trump will deliver his first address to a joint session of congress. As we are reminded anytime the president or anyone from his administration speaks to the American People dealing with this administration demands that we stand up for the facts. And the facts are these on january 20, 2009, in the middle of the worst economic catastrophe since the great depression, president obama in his inaugural address called for swift, bold, action now to create jobs and lay a foundation for economic growth. One week and one day later, the Democratic House passed the american recovery and reinvestment act. One week after that, the Senate Passed the bill and on february 17, preside
He will be here momentarily. The newly elected democratic member of the senate. From the state of new york. He comes with the confidence of his colleagues and the enthusiastic support of his constituents. You will tell them i said that, right . When he gets here. So tomorrow, 40 days into the new administration. President trump will deliver his first address to a joint session of congress. As we are reminded anytime the president or anyone from his administration speaks to the American People dealing with this administration demands that we stand up for the facts. And the facts are these on january 20, 2009, in the middle of the worst economic catastrophe since the great depression, president obama in his inaugural address called for swift, bold, action now to create jobs and lay a foundation for economic growth. One week and one day later, the Democratic House passed the american recovery and reinvestment act. One week after that, the Senate Passed the bill and on february 17, preside
He will be here momentarily. The newly elected democratic member of the senate. From the state of new york. He comes with the confidence of his colleagues and the enthusiastic support of his constituents. You will tell them i said that, right . When he gets here. So tomorrow, 40 days into the new administration. President trump will deliver his first address to a joint session of congress. As we are reminded anytime the president or anyone from his administration speaks to the American People dealing with this administration demands that we stand up for the facts. And the facts are these on january 20, 2009, in the middle of the worst economic catastrophe since the great depression, president obama in his inaugural address called for swift, bold, action now to create jobs and lay a foundation for economic growth. One week and one day later, the Democratic House passed the american recovery and reinvestment act. One week after that, the Senate Passed the bill and on february 17, preside
As i mentioned, over two hundred thousand people could be here on a day during world war ii. The station had to be closed because it was full. Some of the benches needed to be removed then. It was still a primarily the largest waiting room certainly, in the city and the crossroads of the world, it was once dubbed by the press. Interesting to go through this building, particularly world war ii and the changes that were made. For example, the announcers voice was changed to a female voice, under the theory that a female voice would be sweeter and softer and more appropriate during wartime. We have a quote from one of the porters who says that he was bribed frequently or attempted to bribe frequently to put people in a wheelchair so he could take them to the head of the line. The lines were so long, he extended quite a way through the building. Watch the entire tour of Union Station at 6 p. M. And 10 p. M. Eastern sunday on american artifacts. This is american cspan3. V only on join us to
Took advantage of people during their time of need. In response to this exultation, this exploitation there was a , trend toward simple burial and the formation of socalled memorial societies that offered workingclass families a much cheaper cost associated with the death of their loved ones. And another change was the enormous attention to the possibility that blindness could be cured by cornea transplants in the 1940s. Thousands of americans volunteered their corneas after their deaths in the effort to restore the sight of a blind person. Among many of these individuals, they thought if i am giving my corneas when i am dead, why not the rest of me . So, there was increasing interest and you see it in the archives of medical schools my eyes are going to be eyebanked at stanford. What about the rest of my body . You see the establishment for the first time organized, systematic body donor programs at virtually every American Medical School in the United States. Was their Public Resista