Nothing this this room can change. To my left down the block is the colorado river. This is an important site in the citys history. This is where waterloo was. It was a cluster of cabin occupied by four or five familieses including j. Carol. Im standing at the spot where the cabin was. This is where Mirabella Mar was when he and the rest got word of a big buffalo herd in the vicinity. They jumped on the horses congress avenue wasnt the avenue. It was a muddy ravine then that led north to the hill where the capitol sits. The men galloped on the horse s. They stuffed their belts full of pistols and rode into the midst of the buffalo firing and shouting. Lamar at 8th and Congress Shot this enormous buffalo. From there he went to the top of the hill to where the capitol is. He told everybody this should be the seat of a future empire. Watch our oh eventses from austin saturday at noon eastern on c arespan 2s book tv and sunday afternoon at 2 00 on American History tv on cspan 3. During thi
Anniversary of president john f. Kennedys assassination, president obama will pay tribute to his legacy. Hell award the president ial medal of freedom, and head to Arlington National cemetery to lay a wreath at president kenne kennedys grave. Mike how are the recipients chosen . The president does have these two ceremonies on his schedule today. One joyful, the other solum. How are the honorees chosen, well, the president has a big say so. But basically these are people who have had meritorious contributions to american society, whether it be sports, entertainment, the sciences, jurises here, civil rights activists. It is obviously the nations highest civilian honor. And in the grandest stage that this old billing has to offer. Lets go through the list. Right off of the bat you can see the president s influence here. Ernie banks, mr. Cub ben bradlee, at the Washington Post. Bill clinton, and Hillary Clinton is there, of course, the former secretary of state, joe biden will also be in t
Debate over gun control is heating up today. The white house, is sending a strong message to congress, saying the mass shooting proves that the country needs bedder Mental Health screening for gun guyers. The call come as more details shooting. Reports say alexis had a history of mental illness, and even complained of hearing voices. On tuesday, president obama met with fbi director and the attorney general eric holder, thats the picture you see here, mr. Ottawa ma called for a review of security at all federal agencies. Police have identified all of the victims none of them were active duty personnel. Good morning. This morning officials are making arrangements to allow nonessential personnel to retrieve their vehicles from the Washington Navy yard, still today only essential personnel at work as Investigation Continues into the procedures that were used to give a man with a troubled past a security clearance. Once inside, he reassembled the weapon in a mens room, eventually opening f
Then part of the land making up the district of columbia. This was a very wealthy port on the potomac. And they also could pose a threat to other targets in washington that hadnt been taken by the british army. Though they dont know this at this point. Georgetown had been left alone by the british and theres an important foundry that makes weapons for the u. S. Navy that is still sitting untouched. In any event, they were proceeding up river when theyre hit by the huge storm. The remarkable storm that comes through washington on august 25th sweeps down river and severely damages several of the ships in gordons squadron. And they have to stop to make repairs. They almost considered turning back at that point. But they keep coming up river. They sailed past mt. Vernon, which was just down river from here. And finally on august 27th, they come in sight of ft. Washington, which is the last fortress guarding the Potomac River as they on the approach to alexandria in washington. This was the
And u. S. Capitol building. Historians recently discussed the battle in bladensburg, maryland. They are introduce d by Rushern Baker. I want to welcome everyone to this roundtable discussion on the war of 1812. Were certainly happy to have you in bladensburg, maryland, in the county of Prince Georges County. You know, i am the county executive of Prince Georges County Rushern Baker and i get the pleasure of doing something i love to do and thats talking about history and the role the state and county place. I want to welcome our cspan audience who may be watching today on this 200th anniversary of the battle at bladensburg, which i think is tomorrow, the 200th anniversary. As i said i majored in history at Howard University so this is going to be a really fun day for me and im looking forward to hearing from our panel of experts. Normally you hear elected officials talk a lot, this is the most youll hear me so well get to those who are here who are experts and enlighten us all. On our