It is certainly one of the least studied aspects of American Transportation history. And one that ime want you to keep in mind is that we can make the argument that trolley is the linkage betweens team railroad. Perhaps we would not have the interurban area. The we can make a case that interurban is the transition freightSteam Railroads and the coming of the motor truck. To begin, the innercity road system was awful. It thatalk about continued into the 20th century. We had that National Road that was financed by the federal government in the 1840s. It will not be there until the 1890s that there was this bicycle craze. Communities were being pressured to have better roads. Only going up into the suburbs. We have places like cleveland and philadelphia. , and alla movement prior to thesystem coming of the automobile which is really from 1900 to 1905. Roads were my ands during the wet season extremely dusty during the dry season. Only aboutmated that 2. 2 millionas miles of roads were act
19yearold switzerland are 19yearold switzerland native Albert Gallatin came to the United States in 1780. He served as treasury secretary and later was ambassador to france and england. Next, on American History tv, interpreter ron duquette discusses the founding father and the immigration laws in the early american republic. The lecture is part of a twoday symposium hosted by the capital society, titled congress and the nation of immigrants. I called the session to order. Mr. Digiacomantonio the stalwarts will be startled that we have a lunchtime program, but we wanted to make a part of the symposium because we have a special person with us. I have the pleasure, well two things, i what to think the bank of america thank the bank of america for helping to make this possible by their generous donation. [applause]
Early american republic. The lecture is part of a twoday symposium hosted by the Capital Congress andd the nation of immigrants. I called the session to order. Mr. Digiacomantonio the stalwarts will be startled that we have a lunchtime program, but we wanted to make a part of the symposium because we have a special person with us. I have the pleasure, well two things, i what to think the bank of america thank the bank of america for helping to make this possible by their generous donation. [applause] also, on amantonio more personal level, i have the pleasure of introducing the ghost of albert gallatin, who some of you have noticed is sitting behind us and he will be speaking on his personal experience and the reflection on being an immigrant. Was one of the united servants most faithful as a legislator, as a secretary of the treasury under jefferson and madison, helped fund lewis and clark, was not 1812,een on the war of then became a piece negotiator peace negotiator, and ambassador,
Colonial period to modern day. This event is part of a twoday u. S. Capital Historical Society symposium. Its about an hour and 15 minutes. The keynote opening this particular symposium. We have paul finkelman. Those of you who come on a routine basis know paul well. Hes been our fearless leader for the past several years in helping to direct the symposium. Because of that, i feel like no introduction is needed. That old canard, but in pauls case, its really true. Ill just say that he comes to us from the university of saskatchewan to give you a sense of how far hes come to be with us today. Hes there on a professor, visiting professorship on human rights. And hell be speaking on a nation of immigrants, the keynote, of course, is an opportunity to look at the theme in a broader sense. So hes going to be laying the groundwork for everything were going to be discussing tomorrow, and i hope youll all come back as you can tomorrow as well. One last thing before paul comes up to the podium.
Holocaust as a cultural category, nevertheless was a soldier on behalf of the distressed. Were bringing mikes, so, and if youll let me know what my time frame is. This may be too narrow a question, but ill ask it anyway. So, i saw on cspan a while back interviews with bernard ferrenz, who was with the army and worked with Holocaust Survivors getting restitution. I wondered if you were familiar with his work and if that was connected at all with the congressman . No, i didnt see that. Its fascinating. Fascinating. I know the harrison report alone. Okay. Maybe you could tell me what fascinating. He has his own story, jewish background, and very unhappy being a private in the army when he was an attorney and all those and really singlehandedly, there was one other individual in the army who when they went into the camps tried to maintain all of the documentation so that they could pursue. And he followed up at nuremberg. Very, very interesting interviews. Documentation was key. I should h