Emerson, david alcott and thorough. The bridge that afternooned the flood, their flag furled. Here once the embattled farmer stood and fired the shot heard around the world. This National Historical park was established to celebrate activities and events that took place april 19th, 1775. Behind me is something called north bridge. This is what is considered to be the beginning of the american revolution. It was here that americans, colonial militia, if youve will, and british regulars will encounter one another, shots fired, lives lost on both sides, more importantly, its where the colonial militia was ordered to fire upon the kings troops, creating in essence an act of treason. Massachusetts was a royal colony. There had been tensions growing with the mother country since really the 1770s. Because of all this tension the Royal Military governor, thomas gage was appointed to oversee. What started to happen as the decade wore on, you had a series of events that would take place, somethi
Expleering the unique history and literary life. Were going to show you several stops to our visit of tacoma, washington. The western terms of the Northern Pacific railroad. The area is in the southern section of puget sound, which is sort of Washington State and the pacific northwests great inland water. And when the Transcontinental Railway came, there was talk of one day being able to expand puget sound. But really wasnt an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. During the depression federal programmed like the building of the grand coolly dam and stuff, there were big job creating works projects happening in the pacific northwest. And in the mid1930s there began be to talk of creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula. Tacoma narrows bridge was open in 1940 after two years of construction. The tacoma narrows is a bit of a wind tunnel and people working on the deck began to notice movement and almost like airplane wing lift in the bridge. So unl
Noon to 3 00 p. M. Eastern on book tv on cspan2. Hi, im john farrell, a producer on our cities tour team. This year we visited 24 cities exploring their unique history and literary life. Right now were going to show you several stops from our visit to that coma, washington, a city chosen as the western terminus of the Northern Pacific railroad. The area were standing in right now is in the southern section of puget sound which is the sort of Washington State and the pacific northwest. Its kind of great inland water. When the Transcontinental Railroad aim, there was talk of one day being able to span puget sound but it really wasnt an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. During the depression, northeasterly policemans like the building of the grand cooley dam and stuff, there were big job creating public works projects happening in the pacific northwest. And in the mid1930s, there began to be talk about creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula.
Hi, im john feral. This year we visited 24 cities expleering the unique history and literary life. Were going to show you several stops to our visit of tacoma, washington. The western terms of the Northern Pacific railroad. The area is in the southern section of puget sound, which is sort of Washington State and the pacific northwests great inland water. And when the Transcontinental Railway came, there was talk of one day being able to expand puget sound. But really wasnt an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. During the depression federal programmed like the building of the grand coolly dam and stuff, there were big job creating works projects happening in the pacific northwest. And in the mid1930s there began be to talk of creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula. Tacoma narrows bridge was open in 1940 after two years of construction. The tacoma narrows is a bit of a wind tunnel and people working on the deck began to notice movement and al
Italy among the most dedicated lifting a ban on funerals, promising more restrictions will end in the weeks ahead. In britain, Boris Johnson is back on the job, and while the Prime Minister says there are, quote, real signs the u. K. Is passing through the peak, he used his own personal bout with the virus and urging brits to, quote, contain your impatience. If this virus were a physical assaila assailant, an invisible mug gge which i can tell you from past experience, it is, then this is the moment where we have begun together to wrestle it to the floor. Here in the United States, more than a dozen states reopening some businesses today. Many other governors say they are nowhere close to jumpstarting american life. The nationwide numbers will turn anyone ashen. Take look there. The u. S. Will soon eclipse 1 million cases and 55,000 americans dead. In the last two weeks, the United States added nearly 500,000 new confirmed cases. It took 12 weeks to rack up the first 500,000. They are