Visits to college classrooms, museums, and historic places. Exploring our nations past every weekend on cspan3. I am the director of the George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum here on the campus of George Washington university in the heart of washington, d. C. Four freedomss exhibition celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Norman Rockwell museum, the 75th dday, and of putting on the rose the great images Norman Rockwell painted the created a National Concept of the four freedoms that made visible, tangible, and real the ideological concepts president roosevelt expressed in the state of the Union Address in 1941. [newsreel video] pres. Roosevelt the first is freedom of speech and expression anywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship god in his own way everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want, which translated into world terms means economic , understandings which will nation, ar every healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants
Troops. There is only few fragments of that statue that have survived. Its a great story. American up next on artifacts in the second of a twopart visit to philadelphias museum of the American Revolution, Vice President of Stephenson Scott leads us on a tour of the exhibit galleries covering the 17761778. We asked visitors in the gallery four big questions. The first of those questions is ow did people become revolutionaries. When they come back to the iii, they king george should be able to that question f how they become revolutionaries. The second question how did the revolution survive its darkest hour. While all of this lofty language about liberty and rights and accusations and remember the ladies is going on, the Largest Overseas expedition headed ean history is towards new york. So the mural that you see beside me here is an eye witness epiction which weve blown up as a mural showing five british 6,000 britishabout and hessian troops in landing to land on manhattan base on sept
Podcasts. Im dr. John wettenhall, director of the George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum here on the campus of George Washington university in the heart of washington, d. C. Norman rockwells four freedom exhibition is a major traveling International Show celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Norman Rockwell museum, the 75th anniversary of dday and putting on the road the great images that Norman Rockwell painted that really created a National Concept of the four freedoms that made visible, tangible and real the ideological concepts that president roosevelt expressed in the state of the Union Address in 1941. The first is freedom of speech and expression, everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship god in his own way, everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want, which translated in the world terms means economy understandings which will secure through every nation a healthy, peacetime life for its inhabit ants, everywhere i
On berkshire mountain there did dwell an artist man named Norman Rockwell stockbridge, in an area called berkshire county. A pretty kind of place. It used to be eithisolated surrounded by hills and mountains, not big like the alps or or rockies but big enough to discourage traveling in told days. Going west from boston you had to head over the passes on the old mohawk trail. Then you got into an area maybe 20 miles wide and 50 miles long. Like a lot of new england towns, there are the traditional white houses and neat gardens and picket fences. Thats the oldest house. Then there are the churches. And the town hall. The country around stockbridge has forests and farms. Water in good supply. They tell me it is much like the lake country in england, including the writers to go along with the scenery. Herman melvin, author of hobmo dick lived here. The theater. The ballet at jacobs pillow. And, of course, the concerts at tanglewood where the boston symphony plays. But most of the time the
Your hand if you heard about the jean harris murder trial before this class. You had all heard of Lizzie Borden, right . I want to talk about why some cases remain more famous than others. Especially because everybody talks about cases as if they are this case of the century, the trial of the century. Will begin with opening we will begin with opening statements. Most of america really got to know our alleged perpetrator and our victim in the opening statements. Nicholas will be presenting. Representing the prosecution, he will go first. Our second guest will go next. Come on up. I will step away. I would like to begin just by thinking my colleague for defending misting harris. Ms. Jean harris. People of the state of new york it is not to paint a false picture. My duty to the people of the state of new york uphold the foundation of our society. Justice. I must do this in a fair and equitable way. I must provide evidence, expert witness, and the testimony of dear friends and family. I m