About 10 years ago. He came and visited the museum, gave a presentation on his book, and we have not managed to get him back here. We tried. He was going to come in april of this year, but of course things got out of hand, and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. But im sure most of our viewers here today know many of johns books. Hell from the heavens, for crew and country, and tin can titans, which one the elliott won the Elliott Morrison naval literacy award. It was awarded regarded naval history. So congratulations on that. Many years belated. As i mentioned, john was supposed to come in april, and thankfully we were able to work in the Distance Learning team to bring these programs to you all. This one, specifically, has to do with our theme of the end of the war, specifically the 75th anniversary of the end of the war. We will get right do it so we can try to get as many of the audience questions, asked and answered by john. But im going t
Okay. Good morning. Welcome. I call to order the subcommittee on oversight. I want to thank everybody for joining us today. Were holding this hybrid hearing in compliance with House Resolution 965. Accordingly, i am joined but members here in the hearing room as well as approximately ten members on the remote platform. Thats outstanding, and i want to thank them for joining us. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind the members of a few procedures to endus navigate ther the help us navigate the terrain here. First, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted. For those participating virtually to limit background noise. [inaudible conversations] well pause for one moment. [background sounds] members are responsible for unmuting themselves, unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members here in the hearing room also are reminded to keep your microphones muted when you are not recognized. Sec
What architecture can reveal about how the mentally ill were cared for over time. We decided to do this exhibition for many reasons, one of which i think its a real important moment to be talking about the role of the federal government in providing Public Health and providing healthcare for the mentally ill. And what that role has been over time. I think this is an interesting time to talk about that. Also, right now, at st. Elizabeths in d. C. , its really a time where theyre looking to develop the land. Its now split into two halves, the federal government owns half of it and it will become the department of Homeland Security, which is something thats happening right now and also development is really starting on the east campus, which is owned by the city of washington, d. C. , its a really interesting time to Start Talking about that since theyre really moving forward and starting that development process. This is the great hall as we call it in the old u. S. Pension building. The
Hes made the independence euro. And lets kick start the program with football with about 3000000000 fans the well its now in africa, nigeria is one of footballs biggest houses. A Country House would use big name talents like j. G. And theres more hidden gems out there. So we went on the outskirts of up to meet a young man who is helping kids from his community develop the talent. Nigeria has long been a hot spot for football. Like many youngsters, always dreamt of becoming africas best football player. But it would have it, john is now a cool, a unique star. The program has reached out to about 800000 youth in disadvantaged communities across africa. What motivated me to start was because salsa ministry to kids, in communities and most of the vices, such as drug abuse and so on. So i said how we started this on how to solve all of these challenges. So i said, i want to involve most i want to tell energies into sports activities. John has successfully humping over 64 young Football Play
Amy tyson from the History Department to present and interview them. I also want to thank all of you for being here. It is always so meaningful to feel support for artists and the arts. I think especially during this difficult time when bombast and quick takes seem to rule the day, a lot of us realize it is the quieter, more thoughtful and intelligent creations that actually sustain us. That said, i encourage you, if you like what you hear tonight, to support these great writers. I will post links to their books in the chat, and i know they are also on display at the depaul bookstore. We have one technical constraint that i would ask your help with potentially. We are limited to 100 participants tonight. I see we are at 52 right now. I anticipate that will grow in the next few minutes. If we do start to approach 100, i would ask some of you to go over to the link on facebook and watch it on Facebook Live so more people can continue to come in. Thank you very much. I will introduce amy