Track. We have a fairly large campus, full security and maintenance apartment. We have when we have training going on we are open 365 busy year for training. We recently did our dirt surface here in keeneland. We have highly engineered dirt. We are fortunate that we have a great surface and the trainers that are in our service love it. You have a lot of traders that treat this as their home base. And they ship to those other racetracks to run in those other races and then come back here. Trainers love to come back here. Every morning, you see some of the best horses in the world working out. You see those famous trainers. There are so many people because of the horse farms who can live anywhere in the world which used to live here because of what they are able to do here locally. Keeneland is a fun and social atmosphere, much like an sec football game. You have tailgating early in the morning. Our races do not start until 1 00. People start piling in around noon. On our larger saturday
Folks that came in overnight. I never knew what time i was going to go home. Depending on the schedule, what activities were going on certainly if there is a world situation that occurs, i have spent five days there at a time. I really cannot say there was a typical day. They were all memorable. I cannot say they were all enjoyable. The staff was the same way. I knew that i could count on them. They had regular hours. They were there from such time to such time. I said, look, something just happened in the middle east. The president is going to have a news conference. I need you seven people to stay here. You cannot go home at 3 30. You need to stay here and be prepared. They knew that was their responsibility. There was never any question. That is what they were there for. We serve the president. I hope that answers your question. I have a daughter. My wife could tell you many stories about birth meals burnt meals and not getting there in time. The we have a wonderful collection of ph
You are watching American History television every weekend. Follow us on twitter for the information on the schedule with via coming programs and to keep up with the latest news. The organization of american historians. We spoke with students about the research for about 20 minutes. You are the assistant professor of women gender and sexuality study at ohio state university. The title of your panel here in st. Louis is organization of historians meeting, women behaving badly. It is a nice play on words. We are looking at women who challenged the norm at the time. Whether that was gender norms or what women should be doing or active is an they should be involved in, what will they should have in the public sphere. So we thought of them as behaving badly or outside of the boundaries. I looked at a woman named lucy dix low and how she really challenged howard to become a more progressive space, a place more inclusive for the women attending there, every caring women for careers outside of
Welcome to weekends with alex. You are looking live at pictures from across the country showing what has been called the 100city justice for trayvon vigils getting under way right now from new york city to chicago to los angeles. Supporters in these hundred cities are gathering in front of Federal Buildings. The justice for trayvon vigils are organized by the Reverend Al Sharptons National Action Network and theyre calling on the government to pursue federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. Moments from now Trayvon Martins mother Sabrina Houlton will be speaking at the vigil here in new york. Then a short while ago trayvons father tracy martin had this to say at the rally in miami. My message this morning is simple. Id like the world to know that trayvon was my son. He was a love child. He did nothing wrong and were not going to let them persecute him the way they have. Nbcs Michelle Franzen is at the vigil here in new york city. Michelle, a good day to you. We hear there