Since 2011, weve been to more than 200 communities across the nation. Like many americans, our staff is staying close to home due to the coronavirus. Next, a look at one of our cities tour visits. Were som wer so, about 4 10 of a mile from the library. And president bush chose this site to be his final resting place. And so in april, about a year and a half ago now, we buried mrs. Bush here. And then in november, after his death in november and the funeral six days later in december, he was brought up here with the up4141 and the special car. And amazingly, there were people lined the tracks all the way from houston. Its probably about 80 or 90 miles from houston here, and there were people lined up all along the tracks, all the way here. I was in a bus and we kind of followed the path of the train. And it was just amazing. You could see the people all over, all over the tracks. Conroe, and places like that. And then the train ended up at the university, about a mile from here. And the
Stripped out of the bell at the very end of the congress. This is a 1907 print, that it is calledll colored men who have served in the congress of the United States and it is really a testament to the persistence of hope, in the africanamerican community, for participation in public life. It is done in 1907. That is going to be another two decades before and africanamerican returns to congress. This print was done sort of as a momento. The way it is done, is this popular method of showing a lot of things on one page, as if it is a scrapbook or photo album. It is a recognition of things that have happened. It was printed in washington, d. C. We acquired it in washington, d. C. And it may never have left the nations capital, unlike brought black presentation of the type. The historye about of africanamericans in congress this sunday at 3 00 p. M. Pacific and 6 00 p. M. Eastern here on American History tv. The cspan cities tour travels the country, exploring the american story. Since 2011
Than 200 communities across the nation. Like many americans, our staff is staying close to home due to the coronavirus. Next, a look at one of our cities tour visits. We are about 4 10 of a mile from the library. President bush chose this site to be his final resting place. In april, about a year and a half ago now, we buried mrs. Bush here. And then in november, after his death in november and at the funeral six days later in december, he was brought up here with the up4141 and the special car. Amazingly, there people lined the tracks all the way from houston. Probably about 80 or 90 miles from houston here, and there were people lined up all along the tracks, all the way here. I was in a bus and we kind of followed the path of the train. It was just amazing. You could see the people all over the tracks. The train ended up at the university, about a mile from here. The casket was put in a hearse, brought here, and the corps cadets here lined the walkway on the other side of the graves
Are. It is not a secret in washington, d. C. We continue to see the bias crimes in crease as far as the numbers are reported here. One of the reasons why we actually celebrate the fact that our bias crime members keep going up is that we believe we are educating our citizens better every year and building stronger relationships, that bias crimes that were committed in the past are now being reported to us. That is part of the education. Third part of the mission and the part that im biased about that i think is the most important is, unlike most community policing, we are actually doing police work. The officers i work with and officials i work with our not only going to be at those events and classes, but when that pride parade was interrupted by what appeared to be an active shooter, but then got it wasnt. It was these officers and those liaison units who were amongst the very first running through the crowd in the opposite direction towards it. What Community Members saw was, member
People lined the tracks all the way from houston. It is probably about 80 miles, and there were people lined up all along the tracks, all the way here. I was in a bus and we kind of follow the path of the train. It was amazing to see the people all over the tracks. The train ended up at the university, about a mile from here. The casket was put in a hearse, brought here, and the corps cadets here lined the walkway on the other side of the break gravesite. The corps cadets lined the walkway all the way here. The Funeral Service here was just family. There was a Memorial Service at Saint Martins in houston. That was a public ceremony. Then the body was brought here. Like i said, people lining the path all the way here. People all along the tracks. Once the body got to the library museum, it was just family. Like mrs. Bushs service, it was just a family service. They chose early. After the library was put here, the gravesite was picked pretty early. I think the reason was because they lov