We are about five miles outside the city of portland. The white house the lighthouse was first lit in 1791. Construction probably started several years earlier but was halted at one time when it ran out of funds. This was part of the district of massachusetts at that time and the funds werent coming through. In 1789 all the lighthouses were placed under federal control and the portland lighthouse was the first lighthouse that was finished after that always signed by george washington. It rises above the surrounding land, so it is the portland head. At that time it was the portland head and when they built the lighthouse here it was portland head light. It was very treacherous for ships to sail into a harbor, when they didnt have much control over a sailing vessel at the time. I lighthouse was supposed to guide a lighthouse guided shipping to a harbor on the right path. And this piece of land on portland head, there is nothing on this side of it or that side of it that is blocking the v
Panel discussion featuring all seven speakers. Coverage on American History tv on cspan 3. [no audio] everybody. Ning, were ready to get started. Welcome back to the last day of our conference. And also welcome to our cspan viewers. Were live. Just a couple of announcements before i introduce the speaker. We still have some Tickets Available on our wonderful plan k, that you will be able to take him today if you want. Weve also got some other raffles going on, and at your table you have been given a notecard that we would like you to write down a question for our panel this afternoon. If you have a question for them, and what i will do, i will take up the most objectionable ones [laughs] well proceed from there. But, so if uyoyouve got a question, write it down, and we will ask our wonderful speakers today. Also at the break we are going to bring in my staff and were going to have a chance to make knowledge them. Our Panel Discussion is after lunch at 1 00. So, thatll be the end of our