That matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks cable. Republican bill lee has been governor tennessees prioritizing Economic Investments across Rural Counties, statewide permitting reform and increasing access to healthcare. He also talks about 140 million in Public School resource officers. Following last youre shooting at the Covenant School in nashville. During this speech governor lee commented on civility the protester interrupted his remarks this runs just under an hour. [cheering] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Sure glad you are here. Thank you. Thank y i am really glad you are here sir. We have been praying for your recovery. And it is not the same not having you sit right here. Not seem right but it does seem right to have you here so thank you sir. [applause] speaker saxton, speaker pro tem hale speaker pro tem marsh Deputy Speaker members of the one or 14 general assembly, and justicesjustices constitutional officers cabinet members staff, friends and my f
american history tv is looking at the revolutionary war in new jersey. coming up, we retrace the steps of soldiers who fought in the battle of trenton. mr. siegel: the battle of trenton is exceptionally of 1776ant in the time because the american revolution was on the edge of being extinguished. washington s army had reached its lowest point, he was in danger of losing a lot of his troops and his enlistments. he had just lost several significant battles in manhattan and in the new york area. and had retreated across new jersey, hoping to increase the numbers of his army while passing through new jersey and the opposite happened. he lost troops. the analogy i like to use is pointhe rebellion at that was like a candle that was about to be blown out. washington would retreat across the delaware river and set up his forces in pennsylvania in the new town area, and it s there that he developed a plan to use his army before they all went home, and to launch an attack against the
washington s army had reached its lowest point, he was in danger of losing a lot of his troops and his enlistments. he had just lost several significant battles in manhattan and in the new york area. and had retreated across new jersey, hoping to increase the numbers of his army while passing through new jersey and the opposite happened. he lost troops. the analogy i like to use is that the rebellion at that point was like a candle that was about to be blown out. washington would retreat across the delaware river and set up his forces in pennsylvania in the new town area, and it s there that he developed a plan to use his army before they all went home, and to launch an attack against the german garrison there was holding trenton. trenton was a very important crossroads city at the time, a town of about 1000 people on the major route between philadelphia and new york city. trenton have a lot of significance sitting on the delaware river about 50 miles north of philadelphia. t
there are moments in american history that divide our story into a clear before and after. from lexington and concorde to pearl harbor, those moments are most often defined by conflict. but in 1967, it was defined by a lack of sexual inhibition a steady supply of hallucinogenic drugs and a new thing called acid rock. that june a tidal wave of humanity packed san franciso s haight-ashbury district for what came to be known as the summer of love. it was the watershed moment for a movement that had been slowly building fueled by main stream press attention at events like the human be-in at golden gate park and timed perfectly to the end of the university school year. the nation was at a turning point. events in places watts, dallas and vietnam were unfolding. the baby boom was over. and it seemed like everyone had long hair. as spring semesters came to a close around the nation, young people couldn t wait to follow tim leary s advice to turn on, tune in, and drop out.
frederickatlas douglass. is my pleasure to welcome our guest today. our actor, moderator and the state which university professor from the university of maryland. professor levine has been an influential force in american and african american literature for over 30 years and recently has contributed important work to the burgeoning field of hemispheric and transnational american literary studies. he is the author of the 2016 book the lives of frederick douglass, and after today s production will be signing copies in the archive store. please welcome professor robert levine. [applause] thank you forne: the introduction. thank you to tom for organizing this. it is an honor to be here. my guess is that you would rather hear an actor over an academic, so i will be relatively brief with the introduction. about five minutes. as a lot of you know, frederick douglass was born into slavery in 1818, in the eastern shore of maryland. for the first 20 years of his life, he was a sla