Thank you. Real america revealing the 20 reconstruction an the president. The national air and space museum. The celebration took place in july with the Current Museum director retired general jack daley and a look at exhibits on the start of aviation and into space exploration. It begins tomorrow night at 8 00 eastern. Coming up this weekend on American History tv on cspan 3 as the National Park service prepares to celebrate its 1 00th anniversary, well take a look at the development of californias national and state parks. Saturday night at 10 00 eastern on real america the 1935 u. S. Interior Department Film the land of the giants documents the efforts of the civilian conservation core and the daily life in the work camps. Clearing dense undergrowth from the big red woods for Fire Prevention and freer growth provides lumber for practically any kind of construction job which may be desirable. The conservation core boys make everything from heavy bridge timbers to park signs. Sunday m
Born journalist, social reformer and photographer. This program is just under an hour. Im cheryl regan, im an exhibit director and im an exhibit director at the library of congress. Im barbara bear, the curator of this exhibit and the manuscript. Its a copresentation with the museum of the city of new york. It is the first time that the collections of the library of congress, the jacob riis papers, have been married with the photographs that are stellar collection at the museum of the city of new york. We picked the word copresentation very carefully. Because the exhibition here actually follows an exhibit that was at the museum of the city of new york and really that exhibit which was called jacob riis revealing new yorks other half, was slightly different. It looks at riis in a slightly different way and sort of concentrating more on his biography, more on his photography. Here we are looking at riis as the journalist because thats the strength of our collection. The papers here, whi
Washington, d. C. And i spent about a decade in washington. I guess you could call me a recovering policymaker. Now im a scholar still trying to atone for all of my years in the bells of bureaucracy. During my time working at the state department and on the n. S. C. Staff of the white house, i saw how hard it is for a president to get his government to do what he wants it to do or a secretary of state to get his or her, i worked for powell and rice, to get the Foreign Service, the state Department Building to do what they want to do. A clear president ial directives and orders would be disregarded, policy guidance would be shirked and evaded. That was fascinating to watch and sometimes frustrating to be working on at a time. It informed my scholarship now. It gave me a full set of questions for interrogating the archives and approaching projects. I came to appreciate that a successful strategy if one can exist isnt just a matter of getting the analysis right. Its not just a matter of g
[applause] [cheering] narrator that game was not won by the man who made that touchdown, it was by 18. And every man had a share in winning it. Now were playing another kind of a game now only this one is , not for fun. It is for keeps. [gunfire] narrator this game will not be won by any single player. It will be won by a team a team , called the united nations. The ball will be carried by backfield, the tough little guy from china, big joe russia, john britain, and the guy called yank. The four greatest backs in the world. So lets take a look at the men who carry the ball with us. Who are they . How do they live . What makes them tick . We will start with the one that is toughest to understand, the one we know just enough about to confuse us, john britain. Here is where he lives, a Little Island no larger than idaho. Half a Million People live in idaho. 96 times that many live in Great Britain. The the nazis and the japs complain about living space, but there are more people on a then
And 10 minutes. The timing of this symposium is intentional. 75 years ago next week, General Macarthur was recalled from retirement to u. S. Service, starting a road that defined him and asia are many years. World,rstand the modern you have to understand to understand much of the modern world, you have to understand the stories we are exploring today. In the Memorial Building next to us, the general is buried with his wife. We also have a temporary exhibit new the theater to your left on the liberation of the philippines, which i incurred you to explore. Take times during the breaks. The museum and this building will be open until 5 00 today. This symposium is another Great Partnership between the city of norfolk and that General Macarthur foundation to provide key support for the memorial and its programs. I would like to recognize them for their support. We have several Board Members here. I would like to recognize them for their support. Also might staff who are here today my staff