Leading president ial candidates. Indiana punches above its weight when it comes to president s and Vice President s. Benjamin harrison. The greatest of them all, abraham lincoln. Unless you already got a state of course come t the latest twoyear infantry into the sweepstakes is mayor. [applause] we welcome the mayor to bloomington and we thank him fom for coming to be with us. Hes onhe is one of 23 democrats running for the democratic nomination for president. That number may go up by this evening. [applause] two of you are not applauding and i cant figure out why. [laughter] the grand ritual of democracy selection of the u. S. President is no underlay in. The starting out of these and others of course for the host of other offices and eventually the next president. Some of us here believe the thae outcome of these will determine the wellbeing. In my case it is a long, long time. [laughter] we admire and appreciate the mayor. Five years of his private life. Since 2012, hes been mayor
Ago, they did not run out of after feeding literally thousands of Democratic Candidates for president. Congratulations to you. If you leave this hotel and take Lakeshore Drive down to stony island and across to the indiana toll road, after about an hour and a half, you will come to my hometown, south bend. Our midwestern city and between the factories and the fields on the bend of the saint joe river. Divers from day one, south bend saw an industrial heyday that lasted into the 1960s, and then like so many cities of the socalled rust belt, we experienced the crushing decline as auto factories left. I ran forhe year mayor, the press said we were one of americas 10 dying cities. I ran for mayor saying that the old economy would not come back, but we would if we had the courage to reimagine our future. Report to you that now, south bend is back. Our city is growing. More people moving in then we have seen in a generation. Thousands of new jobs. Millions in investment. We are a good city,
Of Lori Lightfoot come a trailblazer and an inspiration and congratulate her on joining the community of u. S. Mayors. [applause] im honored to be in the presence with james clyburn, who clearly has the kind of biblical favor upon him. At the fish fry he hosted a few days ago, they did not run out feedingeven after literally thousands of Democratic Candidates for president. Congratulations to you. [applause] if you leave this hotel and pick up Lakeshore Drive and take it down stony island to the sky way and the cross to the indiana toll road, after an hour and a half, you will come to my hometown, south bend. Our midwestern city in between the factories on the fields on the bend of the saint joe river. Diverse from day one, self bandsaw an industrial heyday 1960s and into the then, like so many cities of the socalled rust belt, we experienced crushing decline as the auto factories left. By 2011, the year iran for mayor, the National Press said we were one of americas dying cities. I ra
Dr. Woods back to the library and to give a presentation on mormon transmigration in missouri between 1838 and 1868. Decades are an overlook period of lds in missouri history when latterday saints traversed hundreds of miles across across the state despite a government extermination threat issued by the governor. Woods has been a professor of Church History and doctrine at Brigham Young University Since 1998. He specializes in latterday saint immigration studies. And is the editor of saints by the sea saints by the sea website which documents lds maritime immigration in america in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hes editor and compiler of the mormon immigration index which was released in 2000 in his widely used by researchers. Woods has authored and coauthored more than a dozen books and scores of articles on lds history and as collaborated collaborated on several documentary films. The most recent being the saints of tonga a century of island faith, which is a companion work to hi
Fastpaced report of the stories of the day. Listen to cspan any time. Tell your smart speaker, play c span radio. Cspan, powered by cable. It is my pleasure to welcome dr. Woods of back to the library and to give a presentation on mormon transmigration in missouri between 1838 and 1868. These decades were an overlooked period of lds in missouri, history, when latter day saints traversed hundreds of miles across the state, despite a government extermination threat, issued by the governor. Woods has been a professor of Church History and doctrine at Brigham Young University Since 1998. He specializes in latter day saints immigration studies, and is the editor of the saints by the sea, since by the sea website, which documents lds maritime immigration in america , in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is editor and compiler of the mormon immigration index, which was released in 2000, and is widely used by researchers. Woods has authored and co authored more than a dozen books and score