Covid19 pandemic and Vanderbilt Universitys william shatner, professor of Infectious Diseases in Public Health policy. Join the conversation tonight at 8 00 pm eastern on cspan. I am tony clark, you are here, a special night for us, the book itself is perfect, and what we have a carter president ial library, talks about congress and the president and how they Work Together even when they dont necessarily agree on things. What president carter after congressman brooks and one of the things the president said is he was a new president , one congressman who disagreed with me, im the president of the united states, that is no big deal and found out that one congressman was jack brooks. President s Work Together and it is time that we hear that message about how they Work Together. We are especially pleased tonight to have congressman jack brookss son jeb, he has worked in the financial industry and all 5 companies for more than three decades. He started his career, on the International Sec
Hosted this 35 minute talk. Good afternoon and welcome to the gettysburg Heritage Center. This is our second in the series for today. Ive the pleasure of introducing the next speaker, james rada. He is a historian and an author. He has written many works of fiction and nonfiction history. They include popular books such as battlefield angels, the charity work of civil war nurses. He lives in gettysburg where he is a freelance writer. He has received numerous awards from the maryland delaware d. C. Press association, the associated press, the maryland state teachers association, society of professional journalists, and computed hash Community Newspapers holding, inc. , for his newspaper writing. Without any further introduction, i will introduce to you james rada. James good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about a book that myself and a coauthor wrote called the last to fall. It is about the marine march in 1922 that saved the marine corps. The marines had proved themselves a Form
We also have the collection of david valdez, he was george w. Bushs white house photographer. And we have diana walker, a Time Magazine photographer for 20 years. She is known for her work covering hillary clinton. She covered the Clinton White house really broadly and deeply. She also cover the Reagan Administration and george h. W. Bush. David valdez and diana walker are actively involved in our program. They both belong to our advisory council. What you hope viewers will take away . The importance of photojournalists and new documentary news documentarians. The value of their work, not only for the news but also as historical evidence. These photographs capture and document an amazing array of extremely important processes and event and personalities. I hope the public appreciates the work that they do. They see their work every day on television and newspapers and so forth, and i hope they will not only appreciate the work that the photographers themselves. Thanks for joining us. Y
Each week, american artifacts takes viewers into historic sites, archives, and museums across the country. Up next, we visit the National Constitution center in philadelphia to learn about the creation of the u. S. Constitution in 1787 and to see several early drafts. Jeffrey welcome to the Constitution Center. I am jeffrey rosen. This is the only institution in america charted by congress. I am so excited to show you a new gallery we have opened. American treasures, which contain the five rarest early drafts of the u. S. Constitution. Not even at the Constitutional Convention were these five drafts displayed in the same place. Now thanks to the Great Partnership of the Historical Society of pennsylvania and David Rubenstein, we have been able to open this gallery and display the stress together these drafts together, and tell the story of the evolution of the text of the constitution into the draft that was ratified in 1787. It is so exciting. I cannot wait to show it to you. Lets go
And share this speech with your social network. My daughter tells me this is something called live tweeting. [laughter] i know social change and revolutions have been brought on by tweets or facebook posts. As agents of change, i want you to inspire your network of friends. And when you feel inspired and moved by anything that happened today. I want to thank the organization ethnic fairness in the courts for the 25th anniversary. This is work that has been going on for a long while. Four years ago, i was invited as a brp guest four years ago i was invited as a be i. P. To sit on the steps of the capitol and witness the first swearing in of president obama. Any of you who are not from washington, i have seen so many old friends, we could possibly have the next lunch in the supermarket and be able to stay close to one another. On that day four years ago, my mind drifted back to a hot august afternoon in i, as a 1963. Recent College Graduate from michigan state, was here with thousands of