D. C. Abwere here to celebrate he 225th anniversary of the bill of rights. Behind me you can see a printing 1788. Back in this was how everybody shared news of the day. I have steve and bill and were go back in time to have Thomas Jefferson and alexander amilton tell us about exactly why we should or should not have a bill of rights. Bit of to set a little ontest in 1788, we have successfully revolted from england. A new rying to form nation. We have articles of confederation which working tely are not very well. We have a government but its tenuous. Ad we think we need to create new constitution to bring us all together but the question is ratified. Be is it good enough. And mr. Hamilton, i hear you opinions very strong about this. Theres a rumor you might have writing under the name in some newspapers. About why we me should or should not sign off to this new constitution . Clearly the new constitution was not the best constitution written. Ld have been it was the best that could be
Swift and sure has been u. S. Retaliation for communists attacks on the high seas. This is the maddux, one of the two destroyers attacked in the gulf of tonkin near North Vietnam. War planes from two carriers, the ticonderoga and the avenge the assault with 64 surtees to North Vietnam pt base s. North vietnam oil reserves were badly depleted. 10 went up in flames after direct hits. Pilot foron said two lost. One was reported to be a prisoner. The u. S. Sorties were launched ar one purpose, as warning that unprovoked attacks will bring prompt response. Burned all night in the white house of president johnson conferred with his advisers and he went before the nation to report on the crisis. Thi acte larger sense, of aggressions new aimed directly at our own forces again brings home to all of us in the United States th importancee of t struggle for peace and securityhe in Southeast Asia. Against they terror peaceful villagers of South Vietnam has now been joined by open aggression from th
So many incredible things happened, if you know the story of the american revolution. You realize this is where general washington said goodbye to some of his principal Senior Officers. This is the place exactly a week before colonel burr and general hamilton face one another in a dual duel that the society of cincinnati met, and the set next to each other with all this impending. Burr was somewhat sullen. Hamilton was quite animated and was induced to sing his favorite song, an old martial song called the drum. I love the way it ends. It is with hamilton really singing paens to this country, saying it would live forever. Fraunces tavern, an incredible place. It is fun to be among people who love American History. When people find out you are interested in history, they sort of look at you like, what is wrong with you . Why cant you get a life and do something useful . I, like you, have enjoyed American History. Quite by accident, i became a scholar and performer of john adams, and lat
This is the campus of Stanford University, one of americas great schools. This is the memorial church. This is memorial theater. And this is the library on war, revolution and peace. I am meeting a Great American and an old friend. I am here to have a talk with the 31st president of the United States, mr. Herbert hoover. Sit down, ray. Thank you, sir. Can you tell us what it means . Well, it is the library on war, revolution and peace. The purpose of it is to present the complete history of this world since the beginning of First World War i. It has many objectives. One of them is to aid in development of measures of peace. It covers economic, military, other questions. It is now the haven of historians from all over the world. Because the german war library was destroyed in the last war, the french war library was destroyed and the British War Library was greatly damaged, this is practically the only complete story of what has happened in the last 50 years. How do the idea of the libr
Worlds changed, we dont want to go to war anymore. No, i dont, and so we wont, and the world will change, and the world will change for the worse. It will change because and i know, because ive seen this in Foreign Countries. They look at the United States or have looked at the United States in the same way thatted old u. S. Western movies you see the cavalries was coming, and everyone said the cavalry was coming, were going to win after all. Thats what people in Foreign Countries thought of the United States when they were when they really had it by a totalitarian, or a foreign power, they said, the United States is going to come in here. Look, im one of them. Vietnam i never thought for a second we could lose. Never did. And the people there didnt either. But by god, what happened, it was the 94th congress incidentally that did this. They were the ones who destroyed everything that we did. Our military never lost one battle in vietnam. Im just talking right now wherever my mind happe