Visitors to take another look at some everyday objects. Suzanne we are in the michigan history exhibit. We are looking at our new exhibit, secret lives of michigan objects. Secret lives of michigan objects is a playful and fun exhibit about museum collections, and the way that objects in museums add up to michigan history. It is a way to involve people who live in michigan to think about their stuff as part of michigan history. Especially in history museums, we like to put things into context. An object is not just an object, it tells a story about the time it was made, the people who used it. In this exhibit, we are saying, what are other ways to look at objects . And what are other stories that objects can tell . The first thing people see when they come to the exhibit space is this one object. Its in a dark room, lit very dramatically. Whats in this case . It is a bottle of vernors. It is a kind of ginger ale from detroit. Very well known to people in michigan. We decided to exhibit
He is an ohio native, graduate of miami university. While working for avery dennison, he was part of the team that set up the first commercially successful selfadhesive postage stamp. He has written 20 books. His biography won multiple awards, including the a prize for confederate history. He has written several articles for the gettysburg magazine and other historical publications. Scott and his wife debby reside in north pennsylvania. Scott . Welcome. Scott thanks for coming today. I want to talk about the railroads in pennsylvania. I have written three books on the railroads. They were from east to west, the philadelphiawilmington baltimore railroad. The northern central railway, harrisburg to baltimore. The third key railroad that ran between maryland and pennsylvania during the civil war. The Cumberland Valley railroad will be the subject of our talk today. All three railroads were targeted by the army during the civil war. Two had their bridges burned near baltimore from 1861, 18
An attorney a book on copyright issues. Use to navigate how the art ted in connects to or parts of history and culture and that is very what we will see today. Im looking forward to it so i offer y no more and libby. Thanks. I really am thrilled to see all f you here on this extremely muggy day and giving up your time to come to this presentation. Want to thank the staff for inviting me to come and talk really care that i about dearly. Am looking forward to you offering comments and at the end. Because one thing especially at that we ry of kofpfof congress can celebrate as the other Worlds Largest library, once you start opening turning over a mushroom or a stone you find so much more need to ask. Ly nd you find more pieces of the puzzle. I hope you will feel that way with my talk today. I will be learning from you at end of this and i hope you can take away some thoughts that for your ere valuable time spent with us today. Choice of topic today came from two interests. First one is th
Provisions including wiretap authority, Business Records authority and the lone wolf provision which were set to expand at the end of the year. This is about two hours, 10 minutes. Committee on the judiciary will come to order. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of its most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used by our government to keep us safe are consistent with our values and with the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution. This committee has long exercised its responsibility to shape the Legal Framework under which intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies investigate threats and collect evidence of crimes. Although we conduct daytoday oversight of intelligence agencies, hearings like this to conduct a broad review of how our government exercises its legal authorities and whether that
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