He once was dying of cancer and his family was facing serious financial problems. At this point in his life he was a man trying to take care of his family and we get to tell his story here that most people dont know about. Welcome to Saratoga Springs on the tv. Located about four hours north of new york city it has a population of about 27000. Names for the numerous springs in the area early settlers walked here to experience the therapeutic effects of the natural mineral or water. Today Saratoga Springs is a popular Tourist Destination with its spots. Revolutionary war history and. With the help of our spectrum Cable Partners for the next 90 minutes will learn about the citys history and feature its local Literary Community including Andrew Mckenna on his battle with opioid addiction. Growing up i thought the person who is addicted to heroin lived under a bridge somewhere and was pushing a shopping cart around or Something Like that you know, that is not the case. One of the most abus
Up next on American History tv, a Panel Discusses the textual tradition of the declaration of independence. Including how it reflects the times to which it was written and the newer reproductions that followed the original. Panelists include historic document dealer and the editor of the papers of Thomas Jefferson. Among the questions they examine is how punctuation influences how the declaration is read and interpreted. The National Archives hosted this event. It is about 90 minutes. Ted the declaration. This is 2 hours and 45 minutes. Good morpning, everybody. Its a pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for joining us. I want to start by thanking our hosts, the archives. Its been extraordinary, the way theyve jumped into supporting my effort to bring more attention to the question of how we read the declaration of independence and how we think about the diversity of the declarations textual tradition. We are punctuating happyinesshappiness. Were focused on the second sentence intent
In full swing. Our contractor has finished pouring the foundations for the building, and will start putting up steel in another month. We are right on schedule to open the museum in early 2017. And that was the first of a twopart look at the collections of the museum of the american revolution. In part two, we will see a part of George Washingtons tent from the revolutionary war. Up next on American History tv, a Panel Discusses the textual tradition of the declaration of independence. Including how it reflects the times in which it was written and the newer reproductions that followed the original. Panelists include a historic document dealer and the editor of the papers of Thomas Jefferson. Among the questions they examine is how punctuation influences how the declaration is read and interpreted. The National Archives hosted this event. It is about 90 minutes. And how later generations interpreted the declaration. This is 2 hours and 45 minutes. Good morpning, everybody. Its a pleasu
Second sentence of the declaration of independence. We hold these truths to be selfevident that all men are crated equal, they are endowed by their crater with certain unalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the bridges of happiness. The pursuit of happiness. Uit of happiness. Governments are instituted among men. Whenever any form of government becomes detruktive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and Institute New government, laying its f i expect that all of you are not surprised by how long the sentence is. But as i have gone around the country talking about the declaration over and over again people have expressed surprise at just how long the sentence is. It is important to recognize that there are two moment happiness appears in the sentence. We are talking about individual rights and down at the end of the sentence when we come to the peoples responsibility for organizing government in such form, as to them shall seem most likely t
Declaration of independence. How the document was written, revised and edited, and how later generations interpreted the declaration. This is 2 hours and 45 minutes. Good morpning, everybody. Its a pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for joining us. I want to start by thanking our hosts, the archives. Its been extraordinary, the way theyve jumped into supporting my effort to bring more attention to the question of how we read the declaration of independence and how we think about the diversity of the declarations textual tradition. We are punctuating happyinesshappiness. Were focused on the second sentence intently of the declaration of independence. Im going to reintroduce the second sentence to you and invite my panelists to expand. Well each speak for 12 minutes, leaving time for questions from all of you. I understand we may also have some questions coming in over email or twitter, possibly. Im not sure exactly how that works. I imagine somebody will. Thatll become magically cle