Griff, i wish i was there with you. I understand you got a little rain, but nonetheless. Griff its great to be with you. It was pouring a few hours ago at Arlington National Cemetery. We were there with ryans sister. And its special to be here on a weekend that brings us together as a country and thats our great appreciation for those who fought and died for our freedom. So important to remember that thats what this Holiday Weekend is all about. Cant wait for some of those interviews that youve been working on, griff. Really Looking forward to it. But in the meantime we are going to move on to some other news here. President biden unveiling his 6 Trillion Budget Proposals for fiscal year 2022 which would bring the national deficit to record levels. Mark meredith is live in wilmington, delaware where the president is spending the Holiday Weekend. Hi, mark. Alicia, good afternoon. President biden says his Budget Proposal is a statement of values. But republicans say its a nonstarting for
This interview is from the Veterans History Project and was conducted by the Atlanta History centers kenan research center. I was born and raised in a small town called gettysburg, pennsylvania, very historic place. Very small town, my whole family was there, aunts, uncles, grandparents, so it was real easy to have a family relationship. It was my Mom And Dad and three girls. I was the middle of the three girls. My dad was in World War ii, in the Army Corps of engineers, served in alaska. His brother, john, dierdorf, was a physician and he served in the European Tour in belgium and also in the korean conflict. My mothers brother, uncle, his name was jim sleigh baugh. He served on the Aris Scan any. I wanted to call it something else for a long time. So i did have service people in my family. One of the real highlights of gettysburg is memorial day. When i was a little girl, they had the Grade School kids march in the memorial Day Parade carrying flowers. And we would march in our class
Small town called gettysburg, pennsylvania, very historic place. Very small town, my whole family was there, aunts, uncles, grandparents, so it was real easy to have a family relationship. It was my Mom And Dad and three girls. I was the middle of the three girls. My dad was in World War ii, in the Army Corps of engineers, served in alaska. His brother, john dierdorf, was a physician and he served in the European Tour in belgium and also in the korean conflict. My mothers brother, uncle, his name was jim slaybaugh. He served on the aristony. I wanted to call it something else for a long time. So i did have service people in my family. One of the real highlights of gettysburg is memorial day. When i was a little girl, they had the Grade School kids march in the memorial Day Parade carrying flowers. And we would march in our classes, and it was a long march, but back then it didnt seem like it. We would go to the we would march towards the gettysburg national cemetery, and when the taps
Uncles grandparents. So it was really easy to have a family relationship. It was my Mom And Dad and three girls. I was the middle of the three girls. My dad was in World War ii he was in the Army Corps of engineers served in alaska his brother John Deardorff was a physician and he served in the European Tour in belgium and in rhineland and also in the korean conflict and then my Mothers Brother Uncle his name was jim slabaugh and he served on the aristocony oriskany, hes i went to call it something else for a long time. So so i did have service people in my family one of the real highlights of gettysburg is memorial day when i was a little girl they had the Grade School kids march in the memorial Day Parade caring flowers, and we would march in our classes and it was a long march but back then it didnt seem like it. We would go to the we would march towards the gettysburg national cemetery and when the taps started playing we were stirring flowers on the unknown Soldiers Grave many of
Baines johnson the daughters of Lyndon And Lady Bird Johnson share their white house memories with Moderator And Journalist susan page. I was born and raised in a small town called gettysburg, pennsylvania, very historic place very small town. My whole family was there aunts uncles grandparents. So it was really easy to have a family relationship. It was my Mom And Dad and three girls. I was the middle of the three girls. My dad was in World War ii he was in the Army Corps of engineers served in alaska his brother John Deardorff was a physician and he served in the European Tour in belgium and in rhineland and also in the korean conflict and then my Mothers Brother Uncle his name was jim slabaugh and he served on the aristocony oriskany, hes i went to call it something else for a long time. So so i did have service people in my family one of the real highlights of gettysburg is memorial day when i was a little girl they had the Grade School kids march in the memorial Day Parade caring