With live interviews on washington journal. For the next hour, and exclusiven. A for six years, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing that literary scenes and Historic Sites to our viewers. citiestour. Span. Org on our visit to souix falls, south dakota, we spoke with senator john thune. We asked the senator about constituent work, the economy, and what events in the States History most interest him. Raised were you born and where were you born and raised . A small town on interstate 90, a stopping place for people headed to the black hills, Mount Rushmore, yellowstone, points beyond, so a lot of motels, restaurants, filling stations, and all of my siblings, and my parents for that matter worked in one of those types of establishments ready much every summer. What was it like growing up in south dakota . A greatthune background. I love this day. It is very beautiful to me. I love prairie. I like whiteopen spaces. Part of that is because of where i was raised. I am an outdoors pers
Harry thompson voices of the Northern Plains refers to the many different ways that life on this part of the country has been recorded. Either through letters or diaries or journals or photographs or objects as well. By the many, many different varieties of cultures that have lived here. What we wanted to accomplish and emphasized in the material you see in this exhibit is that more information can be gathered by just using the records we have on the second floor, our research core. The archives themselves, and also the research library. 40,000 volumes on the american west. Human habitation of the plains would date from well before the current era. Most anthropologists date north American Indians as far back as 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Plains culture. What you will see in this exhibit is much more recent, from about 1700. It is still precontact. Date contact periods in this part of the country from the french expedition along the Missouri River, the Andre Brothers and their father.
Up the legacy and legitimacy of the supreme court. The institution was quite weak when he took over and he built it into a much stronger institution. He is a hero of the american revolution, serving in valley forge with George Washington and alexander hamilton. He was an important figure and a brave soldier in the revolution. He is a key supporter of the constitution in virginia. One of the pivotal ratifying conventions staring down the , barrel of Patrick Henry and george mason. Great figures in American History but folks who oppose the constitution at the ratifying convention. It is a Young Marshall making strong arguments for why we need a stronger government. At the urging of George Washington we have John Marshall , serving in congress and then being asked to be secretary of state for john adams. During the adams administration, he plays a key role in negotiations with france trying to dampen hostility. These negotiations failed but through this experience, he earns the respect of
Americans played in the expectation. In the expedition. The library of congress hosted this hourlong event. Thank you john. Herman and i are going to act as a tag team today. We have been doing this for many years. We did a trail together a number of times going over the bitterroot mountains, following in the footsteps of lewis and clark. We initiated that for the smithsonian, carried that on. I was lucky enough to be involved in a number of those. That is how we became interested in lewis and clark. Of course, he is a historian. He came at it from that point of view. I am a historian of cartography. Together we put this book together. As far as we know, its the only book that talks primarily about the maps of lewis and clark. Of course, a huge number of books since the bicentennial of lewis and clark on them and on the various activities. Some touch on maps. There is a fine atlas that was put together of lewis and clark maps. We are trying to correct this imbalance by guiding and docu
3 00 and temperatures drop in the upper 50s. Bigger changes on the way and we will tell you when coming up. Alyx make it two in a row for Hillary Clinton. With overwhelming support from black voters, the former secretary of state won the South Carolina democratic president ial primary, beating vermont senator Bernie Sanders. Craig boswell has the story from washington, d. C. Craig Hillary Clinton ran away with the South Carolina president ial primary. Cbs news projects clinton beat vermont senator Bernie Sanders by a wide margin. Hillary clinton thank you, South Carolina. Hillary, hillary, hillary. Craig exit polls showed 84 of black voters went with clinton. She also dominated among women by nearly 50 . Anne bolton hopes americans give clinton a chance to be president anne bolton the main thing on her mind is to see that americans have what they need to have. Craig with more than 800 delegates up for grabs next tuesday, sanders looked past South Carolina saturday and over specifically