Some of these authors have appeared on booktv. You can watch online, booktv. Org. Later story of hello girls of world war i. We begin the special features of the mayors of bryan and college station. One of the wonderful things of bryan, college station, you have two cities, the city of bryan started a couple of years before, really right after the civil war. There was a railroad coming from houston that was marching its way here. Stopped before the civil war and after civil warred and it continued on and bryan for the first few years after the civil war struggled to get itself created and was able to do that. The University Got its first six students and city of bryan was getting going and the area that you see around us today are still some of the first buildings that were being built at the time, 25 years ago this was a ghosttown. Because of area of state, geographically blurred too. Texas a m was one of the land grant institutions and over time it grew but it was 5 miles from a town
We travel to bryanCollege Station texas. Coming up will feature the citys local authors including Nikki Van Hightower. Then 12 minutes would visit the museum of the american g. I. And about the role Elvis Presley played in the Cold War Army in the 1950s. Later in about 45 minutes the story of the the hello girls of world war i. We begin our special feature with the mayors of bryan and College Station. One of the wonderful thinks about bryanCollege Station come get to cities, one community. The universe you start in the 1870s, the city of brian start a couple years before. Really right after the civil war. There was a railroad from houston that was marching its way here come stop before the civil war and then after the civil war it continued on and brian for the first years after the civil war struggled to get it selfcreated but was able to do that. In 1876 the University Got its first six students and the city of brian was really getting going and airy you see around us today are still
Have the privilege of serving as director for the americas foundation. I think we ought to start this morning by thinking our good friends the United States secret service. There are a few of them in the room. [applause] they have done very important work. They have a very important job and fsoc to make this event possible so we are grateful or your service to our country along with the local Law Enforcement who acted as support for this event as well. It is such an honor to have karen pence, the second leg of the United States, and her daughter charlotte with us today. This talented duo will be introduced you in just a few moments, and when it happens lets make sure we give them a very warm welcome to Santa Barbara and the Reagan Ranch Center. Todays graham i think its worth noting is certainly not the first time that Young Americas Foundation has worked with the pence family. The whole family visited for private two other reagan ranch fn congressman mike pence addressed or student au
More cameras gathered here today than covered the visit of president eisenhower to western germany. Questions at the event. The first and only News Conference that the army has permitted its best known sergeant, Elvis Presley, to give. Just prior to his departure for the United States, i titled his elviss army in part because of a remark that an officer made to me. And i was saying that, you know, if you really want an interesting army, an army thats really working with change, social change, military change, technological change, this is the best army that you can study. And he got very dismissive and he said, well, that was a terrible army. It had Elvis Presley in it. You know what . What kind of army is Elvis Presley . And as a historian, i thought thats a really interesting question. What kind of army does have Elvis Presley . What kind of Society Makes Elvis Presley . You know, serve and and what is the army that elvis enters . What does the army want from him . What does elvis ex
More cameras gathered here today than covered the visit of president eisenhower to western germany. Questions at the event. The first and only News Conference that the army has permitted its best known sergeant, Elvis Presley, to give. Just prior to his departure for the United States, i titled his elviss army in part because of a remark that an officer made to me. And i was saying that, you know, if you really want an interesting army, an army thats really working with change, social change, military change, technological change, this is the best army that you can study. And he got very dismissive and he said, well, that was a terrible army. It had Elvis Presley in it. You know what . What kind of army is Elvis Presley . And as a historian, i thought thats a really interesting question. What kind of army does have Elvis Presley . What kind of Society Makes Elvis Presley . You know, serve and and what is the army that elvis enters . What does the army want from him . What does elvis ex