Michael owens. How did this change america . This was the first time that a convoy, an official convoy had driven all the way across country and it attracted attention all across the route. Thousands of people came out to look at the vehicles, to talk to the men who were in the convoy and spurred interest for motor si ized vehicles. Did it get a lot of attention in the press . It did get a lot of attention. They had a major sendoff at the white house. President wilson was in europe at the time, but secretary of war newton baker waved them off. There were speeches, the press was all there. There was really quite a scene at the white house before they took off to drive through the district, through maryland to frederick, maryland, where they spent the first night. You explained how it changed america, but walk us through the genesis of this idea and why 80 vehicles as part of this convoy. You have to look at it in the context of the time. World war i had just concluded a few months earli
And expression. Everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person who worships god in his own way everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want, which translated in the world forum means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom of from fear. Which translated in the world terms means a worldwide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation would be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor anywhere in the world. [applause] john what people forget today is that the concept of four reedoms did not take immediate hold on the national psyche. A few artists made images of freedoms. There was talk of freedoms, but it didnt capture the imagination in any way that people would be excited about until Norman Rockwell. Rockwells four paintings of the four freedoms encapsulated, made understandable and tangible the v
Expanders. Continue the tour and learn more about world war ii battalion eight stations. Unday at 6 00. N american artifacts tv and American History tv on the road, with the support of the buckeye broadband cable partners. Visit notable locations. In about 15 minutes, the battle of Fallen Timbers and its native american removal in the west. Later, we learn how toledo became known as the glass capital of the world. We begin with the toledo war. The toledo war goes back to 1787 and a northwest ordinance that established the area that by state andcame establish in order that started at the bottom of Lake Michigan iran east to lake erie. The strip of land formed was called the toledo strip. It was formed by two different surveys and that was a wedgeshaped strip five miles knows theat we indiana border today. Eight miles wide by the time it reaches lake erie. It is a pie shaped, 454 square mile edge that became the toledo strip that ohio and michigan really started to wrangle over. Point bo
Invented over centuries as different groups of people from the americas, europe, and africa converged and combined his experiences. Why rum . What is interesting about rum is it is ubiquitous. It is something, we look at the example of George Washingtons mount vernon, everybody is drinking rum. It is served on washingtons table. Martha washington says rum may always be had. It is being imported from a distillery locally in alexandria, virginia and also from the caribbean. It is having an internal economy bringing in workers who get their wages in rum. Enslaved people receive rum for anything from childbirth to rescuing a cow. It is one of these moments where you can see how different groups of people we dont always think of interacting around an item part of everyday life. Where and when is it invented . I argue in the book it is invented in barbados in the early to mid17th century when europeans from england and scotland and native people from south america and africans arrived in bar
Hour delay and all other schools have business as usual. The buses are running on time and that is the latest weve gotten. We have you covered east to west for the Road Conditions with alex cannito in sparks and ryan kern on interstate 80, west of town and west of rough driveby golden ranch on the state line. Interstate 80 was closed. It was, it was closed in both directions. It reopened around 5 00 this morning for commuters going over the hill. The snow is coming down. Be careful on the morning commute if you travel in higher elevations. You can see that we still have what looks to be flurries closing and on the camera shot. And it is tough to get them to show up on camera. It is snowing in several spots this morning and we are looking at snow showers and western nevada and the sierra. Snow is falling. The main push from last night, the heavy rain that came to the airport last night into midnight, that has arrived in Eastern Nevada as heavier snow, at this point and we are looking at