Central part of the country. 202 7488001 for the Mountain Time zone. Send us a text, tell us where you are texting from and your name at 202 7488003. We also welcome your comments on twitter and on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. In many parts of the country, decent weather over the weekend, drawing people out, combined with looser restrictions in some states. An Associated Press story and the Washington Times, wellbehaved crowds coming to beaches and parks. Everyoneweather to seemed to cooperate at an oceanfront park on saturday as new jersey reopened its state parks, people itching to get sand between their toes after months of being cooped up. Island beach state park was among the parks to reopen, drawing several hundred to a beach that routinely handles thousands during the summer. Hours, almost all of the crowd stated six feet apart. They also right that the new jersey governor said he was pleased with the initial reports, not only from the beachfront park, but other state resorts
Pet charles is all former marine and Senior Historian for the u. S. Airport and the author of the book armed in america. Patrick charles. Thank you for being with us on cspan. Charles thank you, steve. Let me begin with the origin of the National Rifle association. How did it come about and why . It came back during the civil war. Two officers decided to form the nra based out of new york with two purposes. One was to facilitate and grow longrange rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state National Guards in marksmanship. The nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization. They grew to 1700 by 1929. They also are, just so you know, there is an english National Rifle association. This is supposed to be the american version. The only thing differentiating the two to start off with was the franchise like model where you could build a rifle club, statewide and you were a nra affiliated rifle
8 00 eastern to learn more about how small towns changed after the civil war patrick charles, senior next, patrick charles, Senior Historian for the United States airforce, talks about the history of the nra, including changes in gun control and views on the Second Amendment. This interview was recorded at the annual American Historical Association meeting. Pet charles is all former marine and Senior Historian for the u. S. Airport and the author of the book armed in america. Patrick charles. Thank you for being with us on cspan. Mr. Charles thank you, steve. Let me begin with the origin of the National Rifle association. How did it come about and why . Mr. Charles it came back during the civil war. Two officers decided to form the nra based out of new york with two purposes. One was to facilitate and grow longrange rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state National Guards in marksmanship. Just so youially, know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government an
The last few mornings. Richard said the harvest moon is the first full moon. That is correct. Septemberoctober, the full moon for august tomorrow is known as the surgent or grain moon or the fruit moon. Warm, warm, warm, 80s. The first pitch. Eighty degrees and the as and giants, the sunscreen, hat, whatever. The heat advisory is out. The excessive heat warming and warmer than 104 and the majority is warm here and above average. Santa rosa, San Francisco, livermore and san jose and well above average here. And that is not something we are seeing too much this summer. Probably be some record highs today. Santa rosa looks like no problem. 99. The record is 94 and San Francisco, probably not. Unless they get an offshore breeze. The record is 86 and going through 82. Oakland, close, the record of 88. The forecast high of 86. San jose falls two short. The forecast high is 94 and 19 nix. And theyre warmer than, that 98, 99 and officially, close and were close to record highs. There is zero b
In 2002, i was an emt on the truro rescue squad. The pager that i had went off and said that we had a rescue call from an unresponsive female at 50 depot road. I thought, gee, i think thats the worthington residence. So i went in and just looked and christa was naked from the waist down, lying on her back, and very dead. She was stabbed through the chest. Her cell phone was left on the kitchen counter with just the digit 9 punched in, as if she might have been trying to dial 911. 46yearold Christa Worthington, an accomplished fashion writer, was found murdered sunday in her truro home. It was everyones worst nightmare. A woman alone in her home with her 2yearold child in her beautiful cottage in cape cod overlookin the Atlantic Ocean being found dead it involved a single woman, who was a mother with an outofwedlock child, fathered by a local, murdered with her baby daughter left beside her for 36 hours unattended by anyone. Her 2 1 2yearold daughter ava was found unharmed near the body