Appearances on cspan as well as many other Supreme Court videos available on demand. Follow the Supreme Court at cspan. Org. Announcer 1 on november 11, 1921, an estimated 100,000 people gathered at Arlington Cemetery in virginia for a ceremony honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. The u. S. Army signal corps created a silent film documenting the journey of his remains from france to the u. S. Capitol rotunda and its procession through arlington through the streets of washington dc. Allison, how did this whole concept of the unknown soldier being honored, about . They really goes back to the mechanization of warfare during world war i. You get a lot more unidentifiable remains. You had a lot in the civil war, but people were struggling with the fact they could not figure out who these casualties were. So france and Great Britain had an unknown soldier in east of their in both of their countries. In england it was westminster abbey, and in france under the arc de triomphe. So thi
Your 25th lecture. I will try to do him justice in describing this pedal for room you have chosen for your 25th lecture. You have chosen a remarkably historic room. I have to think the offices of the Senate Curator and historian who prepare and test histories alone of all of our art and all of our rooms. Without them, this introduction would not be possible. Begin, in the early 1900s, the house and senate decided they had outgrown their space. They commissioned two architects them aw york to build house and Senate Office building. Thee buildings have become russell Senate Office building. They are mirror images of one another from about. Those two individuals were educated in paris and a part of that education brought this beautiful art that you see around this room. They took great care to design this room. They spent over a year finding this marble that came from south dover, new jersey. Which is very interesting. This was known as simply the caucus room. It was intended to be a room
Producer grace guggenheim whose credits include the Academy Awardwinning johnstown flood. And michael hill who coproduced pbss the civil war. The u. S. Capital Historical Society hosted the event as part of the National Heritage lecture. It is about one hour and 20 minutes. I am stacy mcbride. Welcome to your 25th lecture. Senator blunt is a High School History teacher. I will try to do him justice in describing this room you have chosen for your 25th lecture. You have chosen a remarkably historic room. But first, i have to thank the offices of the Senate Curator and historian who prepare and fantastic histories of all of our art and all of our rooms. Without them, this introduction would not be possible. To begin, in the early the house 1900s, and senate decided they had outgrown their space. They commissioned two architects from new york to build them a house and Senate Office building. Those buildings have become the Cannon House Office building and the russell Senate Office buildin
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