We have a few things that speak to her connection to the room here. One of the things she wanted to highlight was the native American Heritage here in the hill country. We have a small collection of arrow heads there. She had an eye for copper and collected items through the years and had gifts from various friends. Mrs. Johnson gave a tour of the house in 1968 that was filmed and where she featured the china you see here purchased in mexico. Very colorful. First lady mrs. Johnson spent a lot of time at the ranch. It was important because it provided such a respite from the turmoil of washington, particularly later in the presidency where the johnsons could come home, recharge their batteries and make the connection back to the land in this place they valued so much. First lady, ladybird Johnson Monday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern live on cspan. There are some serious scholars in womens studies. Most departments include their fair share of nonideological academics who offer straightforw
Learn more on American History tv. This is the story of willow run. The story that now can be told in full. [ bell ringing ] we are presently in whats known as hangar one at willow run airport. We are in bay eight. If you look out at a 45degree angle from here we see the two doors where the bombers would come off the Assembly Line after they were built. There are a lot of stories that lead up to the building of the factory. With the war in europe turning hot when the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u. S. Was totally unprepared. Roosevelt went to congress and said the u. S. Must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. Then in the fall of 1940, the battle of britain took place and the bombers were devastating england. It came out that bombers would be the way that you would have to fight world war ii. All the Auto Companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. Ford Motor Company was given the b24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. It was the ne
Known as hangar 1 at willow run airport. Were in bay 8. And if you look out at about a 45degree angle from here, we see the two doors where the bombers would come off the Assembly Line after they were built. Theres a lot of stories that lead up to the building of this factory. With the war in europe turning hot. When the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u. S. Was totally unprepared. So roosevelt went to congress and said the u. S. Must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. Then in the fall of 1940, the battle of britain took place. And the bombers were devastating england. And came out that bombers would be the way that youd have to fight world war ii. And all the Auto Companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. Ford Motor Company was given the b24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. It was the newest airplane. Still in development stages and they wanted to mass produce this airplane. So ford said, im not just going to build parts. Ill bui
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Its meet the press daily. Im chuck taud. With just 40 days until the election, the president of the United States is openly signaling he could take drastic action to attempt to hold on to power. With biden maintaining his durable lead in the polls, the president ramped up his attacks on the integrity of the election. Now hes publicly stating that he will not commit to a peaceful transfer of power. Will you commit to making sure theres a peaceful transferal of power after the election . Well have to wait and see what happens. Ive been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballots are a disaster. And i understand that. People are rioting. Do you commit to making sure that theres a peaceful transferal of power . We want to get rid of the ballots and youll have a very peaceful there wont be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation. The ballots are out of control. You know it. And you know who knows it better than anybody else . The democrats know it better than anybo