National security threats to the United States to provide a Clear Pathway to improve strategic confidence joining the conversation is the director of the National Archives Public Programs on tuesday at 3 00 p. M. David winkler who is the smithsonian air and space museum in Charles Lindbergh fellow will discuss his recent book and at the world war ii memorial. And inpril 2020 the United States embarked on the 2020 census a tenure national count is mandated inhe United States constitution also counng people going back three millennia the census forms collected throughout the century are more than just numbers for those at the National Archives the firs encounter is through census records to seek family connections and past. Traces the remarkable history and then to show Housing Institution of housing on counting people how Society Changes and how it changes those as and an economist phd from the university of austin most recently worked the data group of the world bank and co editor of t
Two upcoming online programs you can view on the National Archives youtube channel. Friday, october 30 6 00 p. M. Hr mcmaster will tail asked about his recent book. Has Current National security threats to the United States and provides a Clear Pathway to improve strategic confidence. Joining the conversation will be nicholas coddington, director of the National Archives office of education and public programs. Tuesday, november 10 at 3 00 p. M. David winkler, the smithsonian air and space museum Charles Lindbergh fellow and Aerospace History will discuss his recent book tribute to a generation Aiden Williams and the building of the world war ii merial i hope you will join us for tse programs. Apri2020 the United States embarked on its 24th decennial population census, the 10 Year National count is mandated by article 1 section 2 of the United States constitution and also part of a tradition of counting people that goes back to at least three millennia and now spans the globe. The cens
Congress. How the process has changed since 1789 and the fliinfluence changes. Enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan3. Authorized by congress in 1999, the dwight d. Eisenhower memorial occupies a fouracre park near the u. S. Capitol across the street from the Smithsonians National air and space museum, up next on american artifacts, a 30minute steuer of the new memorial, and following that, we talk to Washington Post art and architecture, to talk about the debates over the design and to hear his thoughts on the architect and the completed work. Hi. Im victoria tidwell and im the xe executive director of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission and were at the northwest corner of the new president ial memorial for dwight d. Eisenhower and this story starts about a thousand miles west of washington, d. C. In abilene, kansas, and while eisenhower was born in dennison, texas, his family moved back to abilene, kansas, where he was just a toddler and he stayed there throug
Bruce westerman discusses the western wildfires, Climate Change, and other news of the day. Good morning. It is thursday, september 17, 2020, Constitution Day in the United States. This morning on the washington journal we will begin by asking you how you would amend the constitution if it were up to you today. Give us your ideas on how you think we the people may benefit on a change from the founding documents dating back to september 17. If youre in the mountain are pacific time zone, the number to call is 202 7488001. You can send us a text, 202 7488003. If you do come include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on twitter or on facebook. To you. Rsday morning officially known as Constitution Day and citizenship day in the United States. We are talking this morning about the u. S. Constitution. Some history is your calling in 1787, delegates opened their Constitutional Convention on may 25, 1787 in philadelphia to begin discussions on how to create a consti
More ill is senator pat roberts, the head of the commission for that memorial. Senator roberts good morning to you m sir. Guest good morning. Dwight eisenhower was a great president. Host this memorial today about that legacy. Can you talk about the history of this memorial . When did the began in what was it like to land this opening amid pandemic . O guest well we persevered and not only persevered but the eisenhower family among any others and agencies in washington not to mentioned the appropriations of the senate and we finally got it right. We dedicated it and its going to be a beautiful sight on independence avenue across from me are in space Museum Within sight of the capital and its a park. Theres a statuary where the president and it also has the iconic statuary of the president with the hundred and first airborne saying lets go on dday. Ike is unique in that he was the supreme allied commander and defeated germany and saved western democracy. We had eight years of peace and