Daughter of president gerald ford and betty ford, reflect on the president s time in the white house. Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. , north dakota governor doug burgum holding his stated address in bismarck. This is an hour. It is with great pride i now introduce the governor of the great state of north dakota, the honorable doug burgum. [applause] governor burgum good afternoon and thank you. Mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Governor sanford, chief Justice Jensen and justice of the Supreme Court, fellow elected leaders, tribal leaders, cabinet members, first lady kathryn, children, joe, jesse and tom, family and friends and all fellow citizens of north dakota, welcome and thank you for joining us today, whether its online, over the airwaves in person, or across the hall in the senate chamber. As kathryn and i arrived to the capitol today, it was wonderful to see everyone bustling about, excited for the session to begin. Seeing all these bright, familiar faces and i was actu
Governor burgum good afternoon and thank you. Mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Governor sanford, chief Justice Jensen and justice of the Supreme Court, fellow elected leaders, tribal leaders, cabinet members, first lady kathryn, children, joe, jesse and tom, family and friends and all fellow citizens of north dakota, welcome and thank you for joining us today, whether its online, over the airwaves in person, or across the hall in the senate chamber. As kathryn and i arrived to the capitol today, it was wonderful to see everyone bustling about, excited for the session to begin. Seeing all these bright, familiar faces and i was actually overcome with it, a sense of warmth. And i turned to kathryn and i said, hey, im really feeling the warmth today. Its like radiating from all the people, the energy from everywhere. She turned to me and thoughtfully said, thats great, doug. May we go inside the building now . [laughter] yes, it really is just another beautiful january afternoon in north dakota. An
This is one hour. It is with great pride that i now introduce the governor of the great state of north dakota, the honorable doug burgum. [applause] [applause] good afternoon and thank you. Mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Governor sanford, distinguished members of the 67th Legislative Assembly, chief Justice Jensen and justice of the Supreme Court, fellow elected leaders, tribal leaders, cabinet members, first lady kathryn, children joe, jessie and tom, family and friends and all fellow citizens of north dakota welcome and thank you for joining us today whether it is online, over the airwaves, in person, or across the hall in the Senate Chamber work as kathryn and and i arrio the capital today, it was wonderful to see at one bustling about exciting for the session to begin. Seeing all these bright familiar faces, i was overcome with a sense of warmth and i turned to kathryn and i said hey, im really feeling the warmth today. Its like radiating from all the people, the energy from everywhere. S
Stems from a documentary i did on the mississippi delta chinese and i needed to find the right hook to tell the story of the chineseamericans in the mississippi delta. ChineseAmerican History is not sexy, so it took me almost 20 years to find the right way to tell the story compelling enough to bring in a full audience. And i had the good fortune of meeting dr. Gong, who had done a tremendous amount of research on the veterans, the Service Personnel from the mississippi delta. And from there, we discussed and talked about how to create a threepart series that aired on pbs on the chinese in the mississippi delta and that got me interested in the world war ii veterans. So honor and duty is really a compendium that lists all 22,000 plus chineseamericans that served in world war ii, correct . Thats correct. This research was conducted over three years time. Actually a little over three years. We have been able to identify 22,827 world war ii vets. We were able to verify their service throu
This year via zoom. The first is called commemorating the soldier. I want to introduce you first to the moderator, who will take over the session. The moderator is katrina quinn. At Slippery Rock university, she is working on editing about called, soldier and the civil war press. Papersssion consists of into bookbe changed chapters for that book. , all set forll new this upcoming book. Katrina quinn. Katrina thank you, dr. Sachsen dr. Saxman. In our memories, the civil war was characterized by generals, bloody battles, political divisions. Fraternal is him historians and for journalism historians, press keen to capture the stories for readers. But for the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and sweethearts of the era, the most urgent story to be told was the fate of the soldier, there soldier. Their soldier. Ischerokee county, alabama, a mountain, where paris casey 1839. Rn in farm,w up on the family and fishing for bass here on the shores of terrapin creek, until one day in august, 18