In 1861. It started in these refugee camps. Im going to start with two stories. The first one might be familiar. The story of how the contraband decision got handed down. It happened Important Role virginia. Baker,ownsend, James Shepherd mallory get a boat where the union just arrived. There are confederates all around and these gentlemen had been building confederate fortifications for their master. They knew they were about to go to North Carolina and would be leaving their families and they decided to chance it. Next morning, a confederate soldier comes under flag of truce and says, please return the slaves. Were rebels really entitled . Werent they foreign country . You say you are a foreign country. Said, im confiscating these three men as contraband property of war. He even gave the confederate soldier a receipt. This spreads incredibly quickly. It is an in between status. Property likee of smuggled goods but you are a person. But whatever the ambiguities of contraband, it defini
Credit card if she divorced or her husband died. The fair housing act. A landlord could say i do not rent to waiting period that became two women. That became illegal. Sexism inliminated education. The 1954 democratic and Republican National conventions. Lyndon johnson accepting the republican the democratic nomination and Barry Goldwater accepting the republican nomination. I would remind you that extra is in and the defense of liberty is no vice. Also thatind you moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. Years, the last four world has begun to respond to a simple, american belief. The believe that strength and courage and responsibility are peace. S to for our complete American History tv schedule, head to www. Cspan. Org. Our Charter Communication partners worked with us when we travel to cleveland to export history. The city was founded by a general Moses Cleveland in 1976 aarn more about cleveland week here on American History tv. Today we are at a Research Room in the cl
Manufacturing center in the late 1800s through the depression, combining its location on the water with the coming of the railroads. Today it is ohios most second populous city. With the help of Charter Communications, as cleveland prepares to host the convention, we take a look back at the history. We visit the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum to find out by it lost the distinction of the motor city. Became the city where highend automobiles were built. There was a lot of wealth in the the. So, the vehicles being built here were primarily vehicles for the wealthy. Happens, find out what music and politics collide at the rock n roll hall of fame. Congress put together the list of the filthy 15. Kind of public enemies number one through 15 in terms of making the case that rock n roll has to be controlled, censored. It led to warning labels being put on cds. These talk to artist, songs, they were not that outrageous. Plus we take a look at to pass conventions in cleveland. In the rear book
Were now in the billiard room which is one of the rooms that was built as part of the addition that the blaines made to the house in 1872. This is also a room which has been a place to hang photographs and in some cases the christmas cards of the previous first families. The first family was the millikens, and this is a large family, Carl Milliken and his wife are shown in the photograph along with their large family. There have been 21 families who have called the blaine house their home from the millikins in 1920 to currently Governor Paul Lepage and his wife first Lady Ann Lepage beginning in 2011. Today when we think of james g. Blaine in maine, i think we think primarily of the blaine house. It really is a symbol of both the maine governorship. Thus the equating of the name blaine with the Governors Mansion really keeps his name alive and in the public today. The cspan radio app makes it easy to continue to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. Its free to download from the A
Harriet blaine beal donated the house and grounds to the state of maine for the purpose of a governors home. Sadly Harriet Blaine beal had lost her son, Walker Blaine beal, in world war i and he had actually owned the house and then upon his death the house reverted back to her and she, recognizing it probably wasnt going to go on in the family and negotiation that recognizing the need that maine had and the close proximity of the blaine house to our statehouse across the street she donated the house for the purpose of the governors home. This is the state reception room. When the house was built in 1833 this was two rooms and then when the blaines acquired the house in 1862, in 69 and again in 1872 they made some major changes to the house which included opening up both these two rooms into one big reception room. This really reflects the fact that in the blaine period of ownership from 1862 into the early 1900s that there was a lot of entertaining that went on in the house related to