It was a decade before that shot heard around the world. Museum is inside the its president and ceo, Michael Quinn. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for allowing cspan into the museum. It is a pleasure to be with you. Youre welcome any time, as is anyone watching. Is, howening question did this project come about and why . It came about out of the decision that we needed to reserve and tell the story of americas founding, not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who thought up these ideals of equality and liberty and selfgovernment. And then how that spread and inspired a nation to achieve it. It is the most important event in our nations history. It not only gave birth to our nation, but it gave us the values that made us a people. So it is more than just artifacts . It is far more than artifacts. One of the more comprehensive collections of artifacts of the revolution that has probably ever been assembled. How did these people who were citizens of
Quinn. Thanks for being with us and for allowing cspan inside the museum. Its a pleasure to be with you and were honored to have o cspan in the museum. You with are welcome anytime as is anybody watching. We were there for Opening Night of the museum. W but my opening question is how this project came about and why. Well it came about out of a decision that we need to preserve and tell the story of americas founding. S tu and not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who fought off these soaring ideals of equality and how that inspired a nation, people in our nation to achieve it. It is the most important event in our nations history. It not only gave birth to our nation but it really gave us the values that make us a people. Everything that we cherish and hold dear. So its more than just e artifacts . Its more more than artifacts. Our museum is founded on artifacts. In fact when you come to the en museum you will see one of the more comprehensive collecti
Valley have alexa plugged in all the time. Yes. When i say alexa on tv their goes off. Yes. And answers the question i ask. You have been ordering things, saying all kind of stuff. Some guys says he got an hearn girl doll coming to his house. He owes 120 bucks. They are not cheap. Is this dick knicks object s birthday. For some reason i think january 9th is Richard Nixons birthday. January 8th was elvis birthday and my fathers. I saw the party. What is this. The sixers flight squad. Yes. Nixons birthday is today. You are good with birthday. You are changing your name to the dunk squad, so you know what this means. The dunk squad because of Dunkin Donuts. Exactly. But this is why it is great for us. Eagles have, every time they win a home game, or every time they win. Yes. You get the free coffee for your Dunkin Donuts member. Thousand every time there is a home game, sixers win, but every time you get a home game you cap get a 76 cents coffee. Do they have to win. It has to be a dd per
You can follow all of our coverage online anytime at [indistinct chatter]. Anytime at cspan. Org. We hope you have a safe and wonderful holiday, and happy new year. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] ,nouncer today, it is q a with evan thomas on his book, being nixon. We will also hear about nixons relationships with personal advisors, friends, and staff. Q a airs today at 7 00 eastern on cspan2. Announcer three days of featured programming this new years weekend on cspan. Friday night at 8 00 eastern, Law Enforcement officials and journalists examine the prison system ands on minority communities. The first and primary reason we have the first and primary reasons we have prisons is to punish people for social behavior and to remove that threat from society to keep us safe, whether they are going to rehabilitate the prisoner or
And after nairobi and after all of the other attacks on our facilities, im sure all of them, republican and democrat alike, especially where there was loss of american life. To say okay, what must we do better. How do we send men and women without weapons and support from the military into some of most dangerous places in the world . I will continue to speak out and do everything i can from whatever position im in to honor the memory of those we lost and to work as hard as i know to try to create more understanding and cooperation between the state department our diplomats, our Development Professionals from usaid and the congress so that the congress is a partner with us. That was the case in previous times. I would like us to get back to those times congressman, whereas i think one of you said, beirut, we lost far more americans not once but twice within a year. There was no partisan effort. People rose above politics, a Democratic Congress worked with a Republican Administration to