Parks. The Planning Commission recently celebrated 90 years since our organization was chartered by congress. One note is that one of our early responsibilities involved acquiring the property that has become fort circle parks. In terms of what we do, i would like to mention one project, one relevant to the National Archives. We started work on the pennsylvania avenue initiative. We are working with the General Services administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for this iconic street which is home to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner but his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Fort totten, fort reno, for dupont. Fort dupont. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations
The generalng with Services Administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for which is homereet to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner bud his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations but many are surprised to learn about their civil war history. The civil war was a milestone in the nations history. Arerole of gettysburg wellknown to all of us. Today we are going to learn about another important albeit less wellknown battle that took place not far from where we are today. Defense is for the built to protect washington,. C. The battle of fort stevens the city of washington, d. C. Could be in a different place today. Today we will learn
Discuss Abraham Lincoln stroll, 18601861. More specifically, i want to talk about why Abraham Lincoln rejected any meaningful compromise. Following his election as president november 1860, the country the script but a crisis. Because many southerners feared lincoln and his Republican Party. Republican party was a northern party, and proudly so. But it did not have a significant southern connection. Lincoln was elected without a single electoral votes from any of the 15 slave states, and only four border states, missouri, kentucky, maryland and delaware did he get any popular vote. And they are nearly a handful. For the first time in the nations history, a Party Without any notable southern component would be taking over the executive branch of the national government. But there was more. The Republican Party, as i said, was proudly a northern party, turning its brief existence found in the mid1850s, its rhetoric had a song of the south, and the south a social institution racial slavery
Suggestion. Also ahead, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and others very annoyed by president obamas socalled latte salute. On the list of things that you could criticize this president for, this would be way way way down on the list. Tiniy. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Sus hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. President obama trying to rally the world against terrorism, that is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. Speaking at the United Nations this morning. Mr. Obama tried to be a tough guy and a statesman, both. While dealing with the islamic jihad. Whether he has succeeded in accomplishing anything is questionable but he gave it a good try. Many americans, including this one, are fed up with fighting the jihad without much help from other nations. Every sane person knows the evil involved, yet, china, russia and other powerful countries sit it out, letting americans bleed. That has got to stop. President obama knows
Suggestion. Also ahead, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and others very annoyed by president obamas socalled latte salute. On the list of things that you could criticize this president for, this would be way way way down on the list. Tiniy. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Sus hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. President obama trying to rally the world against terrorism, that is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. Speaking at the United Nations this morning. Mr. Obama tried to be a tough guy and a statesman, both. While dealing with the islamic jihad. Whether he has succeeded in accomplishing anything is questionable but he gave it a good try. Many americans, including this one, are fed up with fighting the jihad without much help from other nations. Every sane person knows the evil involved, yet, china, russia and other powerful countries sit it out, letting americans bleed. That has got to stop. President obama knows